Changelog
What's new in Miniroll
v0.5.1
Bug Fixes
- •Default globe icon now shown when blog favicons fail to load or are missing - no more broken image icons
- •Footer navigation links no longer cause horizontal overflow on mobile screens
Changes
- •Featured count badges ('+N blogrolls') are now clickable links to blog detail pages for easier discovery
v0.5.0
New Features
- •Dynamic OG images - blogrolls and blog pages now generate unique preview images when shared on social media
- •JSON-LD structured data on public blogroll pages for richer search engine results
- •Bookmarklet page at /tools/bookmarklet with install instructions and how-it-works guide
- •Canonical URLs on blog and blogroll pages for better SEO
- •Blog pages now show aggregated descriptions from entries
- •Logged-in users see a direct "Add to blogroll" button on blog pages
Changes
- •Improved metadata on blog pages - richer OpenGraph and Twitter card data
- •Richer JSON-LD on blog pages now includes references to featuring blogrolls
- •Bookmarklet link added to site footer for discoverability
v0.4.4
New Features
- •Public stats on landing page - see how many clicks Miniroll has sent to blogs
- •Bookmarklet for quickly adding blogs to your blogroll from any website
- •Click tracking for blogs discovered via explore page and random blog
v0.4.3
New Features
- •Random Blog button on explore page - discover a random blog from the community
- •Search now finds individual blogs in addition to blogrolls
v0.4.2
Changes
- •Usernames must be at least 3 characters
- •Reserved common words and route names to prevent conflicts with future pages
v0.4.1
Bug Fixes
- •Fixed aggregated RSS feeds returning 404 errors
v0.4.0
New Features
- •Blog pages - each blog now has its own page at /blogs/[slug] showing which blogrolls feature it
- •Similar blogs - discover related blogs based on co-occurrence in blogrolls
- •Trending blogs section on the explore page
- •QR code generation for easy blogroll sharing
- •Blog count shown on dashboard blogroll cards
- •Improved empty state messaging on dashboard
Premium Features
- •Embed themes - choose from Cards, Retro, Magazine, or Compact styles
- •Live theme preview in settings
Bug Fixes
- •Dark mode detection in embed preview no longer causes hydration issues
- •Improved URL normalization - http/https treated as same, tracking params stripped
v0.3.0
New Features
- •Suggest a blog - visitors can submit blog suggestions via embeds and public pages
- •Random order option for embeds - shuffle blogs on each load
- •Show title option for embeds - display blogroll name as header
- •Public profile link shown on dashboard
- •Suggestions management page for reviewing visitor submissions
- •Auto-add https:// to URLs entered without protocol
Premium Features
- •Custom footer text - replace 'Powered by Miniroll' with your own text
Bug Fixes
- •Fixed 'more' count on explore page showing incorrect numbers
- •Fixed embed script compatibility with ad blockers
- •Blogs shown in explore page blogroll cards are now randomized
v0.2.0
New Features
- •Status page showing service health at /status
- •Bio/description field for user profiles
- •Command palette - press Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K) for quick navigation
- •Keyboard shortcuts - n for new, g+d for dashboard, g+e for explore, g+s for settings
- •Terms of Service page
Premium Features
- •Secret link sharing - share private blogrolls with specific people
- •RSS feed validation with visual indicators
- •Stale blog detection - flags blogs with no posts in 90+ days
- •Featured count - shows how many blogrolls include each blog
v0.1.2
Changes
- •RSS Features section now prominently displayed in settings for paid users
- •Aggregated RSS feed moved to its own featured section
- •Latest posts refresh moved to dedicated section
New Features
- •Paid users can refresh latest posts directly from public blogroll page
Bug Fixes
- •Public blogroll page now always fetches fresh data
v0.1.1
Bug Fixes
- •Fixed header navigation overlapping logo on mobile when signed out
- •Logo now displays on mobile above hero text instead of being hidden
v0.1.0
New Features
- •Create and manage blogrolls
- •Add, edit, delete, and reorder blog entries
- •Drag-and-drop reordering
- •Auto-fetch favicon and RSS feed URLs
- •OPML import and export
- •Import from browser bookmarks HTML files
- •Export blogrolls as JSON or Markdown
- •Public blogroll pages with clean URLs
- •Embeddable widget with configuration options
- •Multiple embed formats - script, iframe, or direct HTML
- •No-JavaScript fallback for embeds
- •Explore page for discovering public blogrolls
- •Search public blogrolls by name or topic
- •User profile pages showing all public blogrolls
- •Social sharing buttons for blogrolls
- •Bulk actions - select and delete or move multiple blogs at once
- •Sort options - order by name, date added, or most clicked
- •User authentication via Clerk
- •Stripe integration for subscriptions
Premium Features
- •Remove Miniroll branding from embeds
- •Custom CSS editor with live preview
- •Show latest posts from RSS feeds in embeds
- •Aggregated RSS feed combining all blogs
- •View and click analytics with weekly breakdowns
- •Custom slugs for nicer blogroll URLs
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