Changelog

• Add "noteNavigationStyle" metadata property.
• Add "width" metadata property.

• Add "resetBoxStyle" metadata property.
• Add "resetHeaderStyle" metadata property.
• Add "newsletterSubscribeCallToAction" metadata property.
• Add "newsletterSubscribeButton" metadata property.

• Fix a bug with multi author support.
• Add "listItemTitleColor" metadata property.
• Add "hideFooterLinks" metadata property.
• Add "hideHeader" metadata property.
• Add "linksUnderlined" metadata property.

• Add support for Soundcloud embeds.
• Each post can have multiple authors. Use "," to separate authors in "author" metadata property.

• Retired markdown syntax for links since Apple native links work now.
• Add ability to specific Mastodon link in site settings.
• Add ability to change notes' title color. New "titleColor" metadata property.

• Native Apple Notes quotes are supported now.
• Add property "openExternalLinksInNewTab" which will open all external links in new tab.

• Fix major issue that cause new sites creation.
• Use native Apple linking between the notes. See here.

• Add support for WeChat and AliPay payments.
• Add support for contact cards attachment inside notes. See https://demo.montaigne.io/contact-card.

• Support for "feed" layout. All the posts would be shown on the single page.

• Support for PDF files. Attach any PDF file to the note and it will be available online. See demo.
• Updating Apple Paper drawings will be reflected on the web.
• Analytics is available for Pro accounts.
• Support syntax highlighting in the notes with "codeHighlight" metadata property.

• Integrate with recur.email for newsletters.
• Add support for "fontSize" metadata.
• Audio shows title and not URL while playing on iPhone Lock Screen.
• Deprecate several unpopular features: form, wishlist templates and old implementation for newsletters.
• Improvements for search and tags pages.
• Fix multiple footer related issues.
• Added embedding of Spotify Albums and Playlist
• It's possible to specify folder page title. Use `title` metadata keyword in the index note.
• It's possible to set custom slug for each note. Use `slug` metadata keyword.
• Fix issue with rendering pages in the Archive.
• Sharper social media preview images for all Montaigne links.
• Do not show Tags page for sites that has not tags.
• Only show Stats page in footer when we can render stats.

• Support for header menu and not only sidebar.
• Increase allowed image size from 10MB to 50MB.

• Introduce "previewProps" metadata. See example.
• Introduce "dateFormat" metadata.
• Introduce "fontFamily" metadata. See example.
• Image caption is ready. If there is single text line after the image it will be rendered as a caption.
• Support for new audio and video formats. Pretty much everything is supported now.

• Huge decrease in sync times. From 3 minutes to under 1 minute.
• Add support for gif files.
• Add setting to show folder name before Note title for each page.
• Add setting to show links to the previous and next posts.
• Fix issue: render video on the home page.
• Add `showInMenu` metadata property.
• Embed Apple Podcast https://demo.montaigne.io/embeds/apple-podcast
• Embed Apple TV https://demo.montaigne.io/embeds/apple-tv
• Notes subheading now display anchor links on hover.
• Fix bug with rendering selected item in the sidebar menu.
• Add `showNoteFooter` metadata property.
• Add `showNoteMetadata` metadata property.

• Add RTL support.
• Implement multi author support.
• Speed up sync times for all new sites - new infrastructure.

• Add Apple Music Embeds. See example.
• Twitter card now have the same background and text colors as your site.
• Fix bug with parsing some notes that have lists.
• In the main Montaigne app changed Settings page as per requests from people.
• Fix an issue where index note wouldn’t show if there is only one regular note.
• Fix an issue where posts with long titles were not rendered nicely in twitter previews.

• Each site has dedicated Archive page. Like this one.
• Progress with tags: support menu layout, hide draft notes from tags views.
• Tweets are rendered inline now. See example.
• It’s possible to add side navigation bar to site. See docs.
• Validate links used for sites creation. Helps users to setup site correctly.
• Proper support for Chinese characters in page URLs.
• Fix major issue when some of the notes were not appearing online.
• Each book can have highlights and quotes. See example.
• Support Loom embedded videos. See example.
• Internal links to other Apple Notes are now converted into Montaigne web links.
• Add support for Avif image format.

• Portfolio theme now works. Examples: https://anastasiya.montaigne.io, https://ukrainianflags.montaigne.io, https://archi.montaigne.io.
• Implement grid layout that can be used for individual folders. Example https://podviaznikov.com/board.
• Use emoji as custom site logo and favicon.
• Twitter cards now work for sharing pages on Twitter.
• Add ability to pin note to the top of the list.
• Add ability to inline note into the main page.
• Implement HR tag. Use “***” to create horizontal breaks.
• Specify social links for your site: Twitter, Instagram, GitHub.

• Home page is now done on Montaigne itself.
• New logo.
• Native Apple checklist is supported.
• User sites have no JavaScript - faster and more lightweight sites.
• Started slow rollout of new styles.
• Support for native Apple links.
• Audio files support.
• Video files support.
• Footnotes support.
• Specify twitter/instagram/github accounts and public email.
• Support Dropbox Capture embeds.
• Add Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

• Append “.pdf” to any page url to get PDF version of each post.

• Support for native Apple Notes tags. See demo.
• Youtube previews/embeds work properly now. See demo.
• Spotify previews/embeds work properly now. See demo.
• Each site now has Share button and QR code link. They can be disabled in the settings.
• Each folder has separate RSS feed now. Just add `/feed.xml` to the end of each URL.
• Made several fixes for rendering markdown links.
• Specify `emoji` favicon for each page using metadata `emoji` key.
• Each site now has `/tags` page.
• Fix issue with saving site settings.
• Add ability to set site’s title.
• Render single page if only one note is shared.

July 2022

• Speed up synchronization for new sites.
• Improve layout styles to work for medium sized screens like iPad.
• Improve Lighthouse scores.
• Add ability to specify site description and author.
• Add support for large images. If large image attached to the note - it will work.
• Improve FAQ. More answers!
• Support HEIC image file format.
• Intercom integration. So that we can stay on top of all support requests.
• Improve styles for the user sites on mobile.
• Improve styles for the quotes.
• Add consistent footers.
• User sites have less JavaScript. Should speed up the load.
• Decrease cached timeout so that new users can see updates faster.
• Fix several synchronizations issues and issues that caused problem onboarding site.
• Improve onboarding flow.
• Started creating documentation guides. `New site` is the first guide.
• Add “made with montaigne“ footer to the generated sites.
• Add support for RSS feeds.
• Add ability to specify license for each site.

June 2022

• Add ability to delete sites.
• Add ability to set custom domain.
• Add support for aliases metadata property. Specify alternative url for each note.
• You can make draft note or folder by prefixing its title with `[draft]`
• For each uploaded image save associated colors palette.
• Render images from the dedicated CDN now. Improve page load speed.
• Improve Apple Maps rendering.
• Render table of content for each post that has more than 3 headers.
• Add support for draft folders and draft notes. Folders and notes which names start with “_” are considered drafts.

May 2022

• First version is live.
• Better support for emojis inside notes text and titles.
• Support for Markdown quotes syntax.
• Support for canonical url when custom domain name is used.
• Support for robots.txt.
• Ability to specify document language per note inside metadata.
• Ukrainian urls are transliterated properly now.
• oEmbed support. Embed 3rd party iframes.
• Embed Apple Maps links.

April 2022

• Start. First prototype.