π TLDR: The content management experience is now feature-complete! Creators can edit posts and series, manage content through improved UI, and share their work publicly. With 4 days until our ProductHunt launch on October 14th, we focused on polish, SEO improvements, and ensuring a smooth creator experience.
βοΈ Content Editing & Management
- Post Editing: Complete edit post page with full editing capabilities for existing content
- Series Editing: Updated new-series-form to support editing existing series with seamless workflow
- Individual Pages: Dedicated pages for individual posts and series with improved layouts
- Dropdown Actions: Added functional dropdown options in data tables for quick content management actions
- Post & Series Actions: Dropdown menus on post and series pages for streamlined content operations
- Create Post Button: Enhanced content creation flow with dedicated create post button
- Series Integration: Added series-id search param and updated content validation for better organization
- Data Fetching: Enhanced fetching logic for individual series and posts with improved performance
π¨ UI/UX Polish
- Homepage Refresh: Multiple homepage updates with improved content presentation and layout
- Series Page: Comprehensive series page redesign with better content organization
- Post Page: Enhanced post page with improved reading experience
- Styling Refinements: Multiple rounds of styling improvements across breakpoints and components
- Back Button States: Added hover states to back button for better user feedback
- Under Construction: New under construction component for features in development
- Tiers Component: Added trigger prop to tiers component for better flexibility
- New Assets: Fresh visual assets added to enhance the platform aesthetic
π SEO & Content Discovery
- Title Length Optimization: Extended title length for homepage and blog to meet SEO best practices
- Canonical URLs: All page content requests now use trailing slashes to prevent duplicate content issues
- Blog Links: Fixed blog linking to use consistent URL structure without trailing slash
- llms.txt: Added llms.txt to root of website for improved AI discoverability
- Content Expansion: Published new βBest Platform for Webtoon Creatorsβ blog post
- Fee Transparency: Added patreon-fee-changes-2025 content for creator clarity
π Public Access & CDN
- Public CDN Endpoint: Removed authentication requirement for CDN file endpoint - files now publicly accessible via UUID
- Content Sharing: Creators can now share their content publicly without authentication barriers
- File Management: Enhanced file serving infrastructure for better content delivery
π οΈ Backend & Data Models
- Series Length Model: Added new serieslength data model for better content metrics
- Async Server Entry: Refactored main function to async in backend server entry point for better performance
- Type Updates: Enhanced types throughout the application for better type safety
- Test Updates: Updated tests to align with latest data models after field cleanup
- SDK Updates: Bumped patronts SDK to latest version with enhanced functionality
π§ Development & Infrastructure
- Docker Compose: Added patron-backend service to docker-compose for easier local development
- Lint & Format: Resolved all lint and formatting errors in react-server for consistent code quality
- Package Version: Updated package versions across the platform
- Data Fetching: Enhanced data fetching in various components with patronts 0.9.1
π― ProductHunt Launch Prep (4 Days!)
- Feature Complete: Full content creation, editing, and management capabilities are production-ready
- Polish Phase: Focused on UI refinements and SEO optimization for launch visibility
- Public Sharing: Content can now be shared publicly, ready for ProductHunt audience discovery
- Creator Ready: Platform is fully prepared for creators to onboard and showcase their work
- Final Countdown: October 14th launch date confirmed - all systems go!