We have introduced a technical enhancement that elevates speed, security and the ease of configuring custom domains for your Newspages.

Previously, if you wanted to use a custom domain like updates.acme.com for your Noticeable Newspage, you were required to set up two DNS records: a TXT record to verify domain ownership and another to link to Noticeable's servers.

As of now, Noticeable utilizes Cloudflare's extensive global infrastructure for managing custom domains, simplifying the process. The need for a TXT DNS record for domain verification is eliminated. If you've previously set up a TXT record beginning with _noticeable, it's now safe to remove it. You'll only need a single CNAME record pointing to custom.noticeable.news, which you likely already have if you've configured a custom domain before.

Leveraging Cloudflare's infrastructure enhances the speed of HTTPS certificate issuance for your custom domain and reduces network latency with its presence in over 250 regions worldwide. Additionally, loading times get a boost from early hints support, and security is strengthened with the enforcement of at least TLS 1.2 and support for TLS 1.3.

It's important to note that Cloudflare employs the Google Trust Services certificate authority for signing TLS certificates. If you encounter an ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH error with your custom domain, it might be due to CAA DNS records that don't include pki.goog on your parent domain. Adding pki.goog to your CAA records and initiating a custom domain verification through the Noticeable dashboard should resolve the issue:

1. Open the Noticeable Dashboard.

2. Navigate to “Newspage” in the left menu.

3. Under “Basic & Custom Domain”, and click on “Verify Domain”.

Should you have any questions or require assistance, feel free to share your feedback below or drop us a line.

We’re excited to introduce end user authentication with Noticeable widgets.

End user authentication is a feature you can optionally integrate to verify the identities of your end users. This ensures that when end users engage with widgets, such as commenting, their identity is confirmed and secure from impersonation.

How does it function?

Noticeable employs Single Sign-On (SSO) tokens for this authentication process:

1. On your server(s) side, you create an SSO token for each end user (using a secret we share).

2. You pass this SSO token with our Javascript SDK before rendering any widget.

3. Voilà! Your end user's identity is now securely authenticated with Noticeable widgets.

Note: While it's still possible to pass end user traits using our Javascript SDK as outlined in our various identification methods, this approach is no longer recommended.

We’re excited to announce that our email sending feature, which was initially launched last year in private preview and later moved to public preview, has now reached the beta stage!

Over the past months, we’ve been working relentlessly to scale and improve the platform to ensure a smooth, feature-rich experience for our users. We have also been laying the groundwork for some exciting upcoming additions.

Here's a rundown of the key features now available in the email sending beta:

• 📧 Effortlessly send emails to your subscribers with just one click.

• 🔍 Send a preview email to yourself or your team before dispatching to everyone.

• 📊 Manage subscribers directly from our dashboard or via the Noticeable API.

• 💾 Export your subscribers to a CSV file.

• ⚡️ Utilize Zapier to automate subscription-related tasks.

• 🎨 Customize the email sender's name, reply-to address, and header logo.

• 🌐 Set up a custom domain for your "from" email address.

• 🔗 Choose whether to track link clicks and/or email opens.

• 📋 Access detailed information about email dispatches and their senders.

• 🔐 Benefit from both double opt-in and single opt-in support.

• 📈 Analyze in-depth statistics on each email dispatch, including soft bounces, hard bounces, spam complaints, opens, etc.

• 📪 Enjoy automatic email unsubscription for hard bounces and spam complaints.

Stay tuned, as we have more amazing features coming soon!

We always welcome and value your feedback. If you have any suggestions or are interested in a specific feature, please don't hesitate to share your thoughts below.

We are writing to inform you that several fields, mutations, queries, and types in our GraphQL API and Zapier integration have been deprecated and will be replaced with their equivalent after May 21, 2023.

GraphQL API

• The argument id has been renamed to projectId in project query.

• The field creationTime has been renamed to createdAt.

• The field posts in Project type has been renamed to publications.

• The field updateTime has been renamed to updatedAt.

• The mutation named createPost has been renamed to createPublication.

• The mutation named deletePost has been renamed to deletePublication.

• The mutation named updatePost has been renamed to updatePublication.

• The query named post has been renamed to publication.

Zapier Integration

• The output field with the key creationTime has been renamed to createdAt.

• The output field with the key updateTime has been renamed to updatedAt.

• The output field with the key publicationTime has been renamed to publishedAt.

Please make sure to update your code or integrations to reflect these changes to avoid any disruptions.

If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or contact us directly.

Have a great holiday season! 🎄

It is already possible to customize SEO tags per Newspage publication. Today, you can do the same thing for your Newspage home page.

You can define a custom title page, description, and canonical URL. To improve the display and usability of your links on social media you can even set a custom Open Graph and Twitter Card title, description, and image.

To access the options, open a project on the Noticeable dashboard, click on “Newspage” in the left navigation and scroll down to the new subgroup entitled “Search Engine Optimization (SEO)”:

Newspages now include a search field that enables full-text search. You can easily find publications based on your own terms. Search applies to publications’ author name, content, and title.

Note that you can combine search terms with label selection to further filter results.

Besides, all sentences related to the new search feature are fully customizable from the Noticeable dashboard:

1. Select Newspage on the left navigation.

2. Open the Phrases settings group.

3. Click the Search category and apply the changes you need:

   

We’re excited to announce native email sending.

You are wondering what is behind this announcement? that’s the ability to forward Noticeable publications to your subscribers by email in one click:

Our goal is to make the publication of your updates but also the management of your audience easier.

Native email sending is currently under development. A minimal set of features is available at this time but we’re actively working on expanding the scope.

You can request access by clicking on the button below or dropping us a line by mail. Note that only customers on a paid plan and with an active subscription are accepted to join the preview.

So long, 2021! It was marked by productivity and growth. If we had to sum this year up in a few words, here’s what we’d say: more features, better user experiences, and even more success stories.

Here are some of the most important highlights of the year 🎉:

• New Dashboard

  Last year, our dashboard took a step forward with a more intuitive, fresh, and easier-to-navigate interface. We also released analytics, developed a rich text editor, a live widget editor, added support for Call-To-Actions (CTA), implemented notification preferences, and many other customization options.

• New Widgets and JavaScript SDK

  In 2021, we released a new version of the popup widget but also new modal and top-banner widgets. More layouts for more use cases and better product updates placement.

  Additionally, we also added support for code injection in widgets and the new JavaScript SDK makes use of the standard Web platform with a concise API that enables events support and cross-device synchronization.

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

  Early last year we launched support for SSO. Our implementation supports OIDC and SAML industry-standard protocols. SSO reduces chances of hacks by only requiring one set of credentials and only logging each user in once per day. We also created an integration to appear in the Okta catalog for easier usage.

• Improved Newspages

  2021 was also the opportunity to bring several enhancements and features to Newspages. This includes support for private Newspages to restrict accesses with a shared secret or by IP addresses, but also Right-to-left (RTL) support with Newspages and Widgets.

And many other amazing features!

Thank you!

This year Noticeable helped more businesses around the globe to engage and keep their users updated. Among them are Airfair, Checkout, Firstbase, Huggy, IBM, Lytx, Nylas, Picdrop, Pipplet, Synthesia, Testlodge, and more.

For the sake of every user, we’re committed to making Noticeable the best changelog as a service but we couldn’t do it without your support. Your feedback and suggestions were a valuable resource for the improvements we made in 2021, and they will continue to drive our roadmap this year.

We’d love to continue hearing from you in 2022! If you want to say a quick hello or drop a few suggestions, drop a line below, send us a message on Twitter or by email.

From the whole team at Noticeable, we want to wish you a great year ahead!