Changelog

We have launched a significant upgrade to our research tool that allows for more focused theme-based queries and better geographic data verification. This update also includes a new dashboard to track AI performance and costs, and resolves an issue where complex research tasks would occasionally time out.

We've completely rebuilt our research platform to provide more accurate, comprehensive, and faster insights. You can now choose between different intelligence models, estimate costs, and access richer data for your research needs.

Our new AI enrichment library automatically verifies content and pulls in data from professional sources to ensure all platform information is accurate and up-to-date.

We have expanded our administrative documentation with eight new guides and improved how geographic regions are tracked using standard country codes to provide better insights into our global reach.

We have launched a comprehensive platform redesign alongside new interactive polls and smarter connections between news articles and topics to help users find relevant information faster.

AI-generated summaries now appear with improved formatting and clearer icons, making information easier to digest. We've also streamlined how resources are managed and displayed, including a new format for knowledge years.

We've updated the dashboard navigation and user profile locations for a more intuitive experience. Event dates and times are now more accurate across different time zones.

Our voice assistant is now more reliable, offering a smoother experience with polished audio and graceful wrap-ups. We've also enhanced its search capabilities and made it available for specific smart-city initiatives.

Our chatbot now provides more relevant responses tailored to different platform areas. We've also simplified how you access resources by unifying category pages, and made minor fixes to event formatting.

The voice assistant is now active for specific smart-city initiatives. We've also improved its stability, preventing it from getting stuck during conversations and ensuring smoother interactions.

Voice chat is now available for users on the SCH platform, and overall voice conversation stability has been improved to prevent interruptions.

The chatbot now provides more relevant answers tailored to your specific platform, and finding information in the resources section is simpler with a unified structure.

Administrators can now precisely control automated tasks and manage email provider settings more effectively, alongside further calendar system migrations.

When viewing saved conversations, you can now easily see the date of the conversation, helping you quickly find specific interactions.

Administrators now have more control over automated emails and can manage calendar entries more flexibly for different platform tenants.

Users on the EHC platform can now use voice chat to interact with the chatbot, making conversations more natural and accessible.

Admins now have a master switch to instantly pause automated emails when needed. Additionally, saved chat conversations now display dates prominently, making it easier for users to browse and find past interactions.

The platform now automatically identifies whether events are in-person, online, or hybrid, helping users choose the best way to attend. We have also improved how filters work on mobile devices for a more seamless search experience.

Organisations can now manage dedicated calendars with support for in-person, online, and hybrid event formats. This update also introduces AI-powered event categorisation, a refined mobile filtering experience, and improved security for system notifications.

Engage in more fluid and natural voice conversations with smoother audio playback, smarter response lengths that match the depth of your questions, and helpful session summaries that recap your key discussion points.

Administrators can now preview how pages will look in search results before publishing, and we have introduced more flexible settings for managing different partner organisations. The admin dashboard has also been refined for a smoother experience.

Improved the administrative experience with a more consistent design and better image review tools, while enhancing search engine visibility and adding helpful tips throughout the dashboard.

We have introduced a new voice-controlled chat assistant and integrated news management directly with Notion, allowing each organisation to manage their own news updates with automatic cover images and usage tracking.

The platform's intelligence has been upgraded to provide more accurate and relevant answers to complex questions, alongside several refinements to the administrative dashboard for a smoother management experience.

You can now manage multiple distinct organisational areas or sub-sites from a single dashboard, supported by a more polished and intuitive administrative interface.

Enables management of multiple organisation accounts from a single dashboard and improves AI accuracy by automatically adjusting how deeply it researches your questions.

Our chatbot is now significantly better at finding and explaining complex information by searching through documents more effectively. We have also added a new visual map for administrators to see how different organisations are performing at a glance.

The research assistant now features an 'autopilot' mode to find information more efficiently and a new side-panel for easier navigation. We have also streamlined how organisations and projects are labelled, making it easier to find exactly what you are looking for.

We have updated several key documentation files to ensure all platform guides and help resources are accurate, up-to-date, and easy to follow.

Research tools are now more versatile with new options for filtering by region and date, alongside expanded support for different types of information and smoother automated data handling.

Administrators can now fine-tune search engine settings and use a new setup wizard to easily connect and manage external news sources.

Introducing AI-powered matching to connect users with relevant content, alongside new public profiles and automated email digests to keep your community informed.

Connect your CRM data more easily with a new universal connector and improved navigation for tracking business opportunities across the platform.

Understand your platform's performance with clearer charts and better geographic data, while new customisable templates give you full control over your automated emails.

Our help guides are now automatically updated using AI, featuring 20 new sections and interactive tours to help you master every part of the platform.

A new sidebar search replaces the old command menu, making it easier to find tools, while improved data validation ensures your records stay clean and accurate.

Administrators can now view website traffic with hourly precision, providing better insight into peak usage times and more accurate historical data.

We've made significant performance improvements, so detail pages across the platform now load noticeably quicker, providing a smoother browsing experience.

Inviting new users is now simpler with a redesigned wizard. Additionally, we've introduced new notifications and improved our automated issue reporting to keep you informed and address problems faster.

We have introduced a new system that automatically monitors content freshness and allows administrators to track, plan, and receive notifications about platform improvements while streamlining the user invitation process.

Information across the platform now updates instantly when changes are made, and we have resolved several background issues to ensure a smoother experience for all users.

Get finer insights into your platform's activity with hourly data granularity for daily and three-day views. We've also fixed issues with historical data and data display, ensuring your analytics are accurate and reliable.

Improved the speed of page transitions and navigation while ensuring that website data is retrieved efficiently to provide a faster, more responsive browsing experience.

A new system for managing opportunities is now available, along with improved profile pages and more reliable data syncing to keep your information current.

Share content seamlessly to Instagram, Bluesky, and Mastodon with a newly improved sharing menu that works reliably across the entire platform.

Upgraded the research system with automated batch campaigns, smarter search accuracy, and improved content verification. Users can now easily save resources, navigate bookmarks, and track performance trends with new time-based analytics presets.

Our AI Research Agent is now more powerful, allowing for batch content campaigns, improved content verification, and more reliable data enrichment. This means faster, more accurate, and higher-quality content generation for the platform.

We've added new daily and 3-day presets for analytics, making it easier to track recent trends. You'll also find it simpler to save and manage resources, and we've fixed an issue where AI summaries weren't always saved during resource submissions.

Added a new setup guide for payment processing and a unified dashboard for administrators to track revenue and membership analytics.

Users can now share content more easily with new social buttons and track their profile completion through a visual progress bar.

Introduced a new administrative view to monitor the health of platform data and track system changes through detailed activity logs.

Integrated advanced error tracking and optimised page delivery to ensure the platform remains stable and loads quickly for all users.

Introduced a new system for creating automated email sequences, allowing admins to schedule content delivery and manage user enrollment automatically.

New tools for the research hub allow for faster content generation and the ability to schedule automated updates, ensuring users always have access to the latest findings.

A refreshed profile area for users and improved dashboard tools for administrators, including clearer usage charts and more intuitive navigation menus.

We've introduced new tools for managing research quality and scheduling campaigns, alongside a refreshed subscription profile design. Admins will also notice improved dashboards with better metrics and a smoother user experience, plus a fix for navigation loading.

Significantly improved site loading speeds through advanced content pre-loading and caching, while introducing a more flexible system for administrators to manage member access and subscription benefits.

Launched a premium membership system with secure payment processing, enabling exclusive content access and providing administrators with reliable tools to manage member subscriptions and resolve billing issues.

You can now see verification badges on trusted resources and upload documents up to three times larger than before. We have also refined how organisations are matched and displayed to ensure the most relevant information is always front and centre.

We've introduced new ways to display resources, including verification badges and source citations, making it easier to trust and understand information. Organisation matching has also been improved, ensuring more accurate connections across the platform.

We have refreshed the management dashboard with a more consistent design and improved accessibility, including clearer icons and better colour contrast for navigation tabs and filters. These updates make it easier for all staff to manage content and navigate the platform efficiently.

Simplified how images and social media previews are handled by consolidating duplicate settings and removing outdated code. This ensures that when you share content, the correct preview images are always used without manual configuration.

Easily manage and sync academic references from Zotero, ensuring all research content is properly cited and up to date.

Improved how search engines find and index your images and content, helping more people discover the platform through search results.

We've made it easier for search engines to find our platform's content and images, boosting overall visibility. Additionally, new tools are available for managing research citations and building pages with more flexibility.

Create professional articles with expanded support for Notion blocks, including rich bookmark previews, signature quotes, and new modular building blocks for more flexible layouts.

Streamlined the research management process and admin navigation, added resource relationship mapping, and introduced a new topics manager for better content organisation.

Launched a new SEO analytics dashboard, restored the classic homepage layout, and fixed a flickering issue in dark mode to ensure a smoother visual experience.

We've added RSS feeds for easier content sharing and launched a new internal documentation system to help administrators manage the platform more effectively.

The platform now loads significantly faster by prioritising essential images and loading resources in the background, ensuring a smooth experience even on slower connections.

New tools to improve how your content appears in search results make it easier for people to find your work. We have also introduced a new help system for administrators and improved accessibility features to ensure the platform is easy for everyone to use.

A new operator dashboard provides administrators with enhanced tools for managing platform operations and tenant billing. We've also updated the sync monitoring dashboard to reflect the latest data refresh schedules, ensuring you always have accurate information.

The email editor now supports dark mode and features a more streamlined design. We have also polished the appearance of menus and dropdowns across the platform for a more consistent experience.

We've added the ability to resend newsletters and improved how you target your audience. The email editor also received a polish, making it smoother to use with better layout and dark mode support.

We've significantly reduced the frequency of background tasks by 75%, leading to more efficient platform operations and improved resource utilisation. This also includes streamlining our billing processes.

Enjoy a more intuitive content editing experience with Notion-style drag-and-drop functionality. We've also made improvements to the chatbot.

Design custom layouts with a new drag-and-drop editor and enjoy a more reliable chatbot experience with fixed connection errors and better-organised settings, including a more accessible location for calendar management.

We have introduced a powerful new email builder that supports scheduled campaigns and automated invitations. New audience filters also allow you to target your communications more precisely while ensuring a reliable update history.

The chatbot now provides instant, streaming responses for a more natural conversation, while background improvements ensure large resources are processed without timing out.

We have consolidated our email systems into a single, high-performance provider to ensure ultra-reliable delivery and detailed analytics, featuring a new setup wizard and professional design tools for your community messages.

Create more targeted communications with our new audience segmentation tools and a unified editor that supports professional email services like Postmark and Brevo, while also benefiting from improved profile management.

The platform now supports extracting transcripts and details from YouTube live streams, with improved link handling to ensure video resources are always processed correctly regardless of their format.

Finding resources by location is now more accurate thanks to improved country name handling and smarter fallback displays when specific city data is unavailable.

The platform now automatically generates cover images for new submissions and features a more reliable citation system, with background improvements to ensure resource information loads quickly and accurately.

Our automation system handles resource enrichment and quality control with smarter duplicate detection, improved document processing, and automatic cover image generation. The sources section provides beautiful inline citations and entity links, while new background improvements ensure location data is always accurate and professional.

The platform now uses AI to automatically enrich resource information with more detail, featuring a beautiful new sources section with inline citations and entity links, while the chatbot offers a more compact design and smarter response logic for a more reliable mobile experience.

A new invitation manager allows administrators to send personalised, automated messages to new partners using AI-driven customisation, featuring full status tracking, bulk actions, and seamless integration with professional email delivery services.

We have strengthened the platform's core infrastructure and database efficiency to ensure faster loading times and more reliable performance, while polishing the interface and fixing hidden performance bottlenecks for a smoother user experience.

A new section of the platform allows for a dedicated product presentation with custom layouts and smart routing that shows the right content based on the website address, now including a public history of platform updates for partners and refined visual layouts.

Switching between different partner directories is now much faster, with improved search logic that handles city and country names more consistently. Location-based navigation also features smarter fallback displays to ensure a smooth experience even when specific data is missing.

The management area is now cleaner and easier to navigate, featuring improved text contrast for better readability and redesigned welcome guides. We have also introduced more reliable data storage strategies and visual refinements to provide a more helpful onboarding experience for new administrators.

YouTube videos submitted as resources now have their title, cover image, and transcript extracted automatically, with expanded support for live streams. We have also improved the reliability of transcript generation by ensuring all video links are processed correctly regardless of their format.

A comprehensive newsletter and email system allows for branded communications and automated calendar setup. It now features a unified editor with professional templates, audience segmentation, and detailed analytics, supporting multiple high-performance delivery services to ensure your messages reach your community reliably.

Hero images and page content now load more efficiently, improving the first impression when visiting any page.

A new admin dashboard showing cache status and performance metrics, replacing the old developer-only settings page.

The platform now detects when a submitted article is behind a paywall and warns the user, with automatic fallback to archived versions.

Content processing now runs more efficiently with fewer unnecessary database calls, making new content available sooner.

Admins can now use a keyboard shortcut to instantly search across all admin pages and jump to any section.

Image search now draws from more sources including Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons, giving admins better options for resource images.

A new research tool that uses AI to discover relevant resources across multiple categories, helping admins find and add content faster.

The chatbot name, greeting, and personality can now be customised for each organisation using the platform.

PDFs are now analysed more intelligently, with their content presented in a cleaner, more readable format.

All AI-powered features now use the newest generation of models, with automatic checks for newer versions each month.

Applied additional optimisations to city and country pages, also reducing image search costs by about 50%.

The resources page now shows content as it loads rather than waiting for everything, so you can start browsing immediately.

All form inputs across the platform now share a consistent look and feel, making the interface more polished.

The mobile navigation menu now opens and closes with a polished fade-and-scale animation for a more refined feel.

The signup prompt shown to visitors can now be customised with different buttons, icons, and messaging by admins.

Admins can now find and add cover images in bulk for resources that are missing them, plus support for hero videos.

Text now automatically adjusts its colour to stay readable against any background, even with custom colour themes.

Admin pages now share a consistent, reusable tab component, making the dashboard feel more unified and easier to navigate.

Admins can now control which sections and features are visible to users, with rules managed from the database rather than code.

The admin dashboard received several usability improvements including better content syncing, topic management, and layout controls.

Cities and countries now have richer editorial profiles with visual elements, giving visitors more context about each location.

Developers can now switch between different branded versions of the platform instantly, making multi-tenant development much faster.

Resources can now include high-quality adaptive video that adjusts to your internet speed for smooth playback.

Resources can now display partnership badges and endorsement statements, highlighting collaborative relationships.

The chatbot now processes multiple tasks in parallel, delivering answers noticeably faster than before.

The sync system now runs far more efficiently, reducing unnecessary work and making updates appear on the site faster.

A new news section with pagination for sharing updates, announcements, and articles with the community.

Content changes in the database now appear on the website in real time, with a full admin dashboard for monitoring.

The platform now generates sitemaps for search engines and handles URL redirects, improving discoverability and preventing broken links.

Users can now sign in using their LinkedIn account, in addition to email and Google sign-in.

Resource cards in the grid view can now show cover images, making browsing more visual and engaging.

Curated topic pages are now available (e.g. /topics/community-land-trusts), bringing together related resources on specific themes.

The large hero images at the top of pages now appear about twice as fast, especially on mobile devices.

City and country detail pages received an additional round of speed improvements, loading almost instantly for returning visitors.

City, country, and resource pages now load dramatically faster thanks to a new persistent caching system.

Resources with titles in Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic and other non-Latin scripts now get proper, readable web addresses.

The admin dashboard now loads faster with real-time sync monitoring updates and better budget controls for image searches.

The participation form has been visually redesigned with a cleaner layout and consistent styling across all steps.

All AI-powered features now use the latest generation of AI models, improving the quality of responses and content analysis.

The resource library has been renamed to "Community Library" with a collapsible introduction section and better mobile interactions.

Admin image uploads are now faster and more reliable, with better preview support for PDFs.

Events now have an "Add to Calendar" button so you can save them directly to your own calendar app.

Admins can now upload their own logo and favicon through the dashboard. The correct branding appears instantly across the site.

Pages now load quickly even when cached content is days old, with automatic background refreshing to keep things current.

A configurable cookie consent banner is now shown to visitors, with full admin controls in the dashboard.

City, country, and resource pages now show related content tabs, making it easy to discover connected resources.

The chatbot now better understands what you are asking and routes you to the most relevant content.

Events now sync with Google Calendar automatically. Users can subscribe to the events calendar with one click.

When submitting a resource, AI now automatically extracts the title, author, and other details, saving time for contributors.