What's new in this version: Sparkle Pro 4.1 Added: - email/phone/number validation for form text input - placeholder color for form dropdown list - progress indicator when publishing user accounts - warnings when changing footer or visibility could make pages longer - support for calendly v2 API - ability for ecwid category browser to go full width - ecwid default category for product browser - copying original SVG source in pasteboard when copying box or image containing SVG - german/french/italian documentation links
Improved: - site search text snippets - page performance by adding workaround for browsers loading images hidden on devices - reliability of layout blocks behavior - user interface layout, clarity and translations
Fixed: - downloadable files not published in some cases - password protection and login page incorrectly added automatically sometimes - performance issues with parallax video while video is not loaded - preview occasionally not showing images or other content - generation of more images than necessary in some edge cases - page access control showing the wrong group selection - footer element position and page length growth issues - constraining of element position when dragging them out of layout blocks - youtube videos in lightboxes - layer panel indentation on macOS 10.15 or earlier - importing pages where no text color is set - countdown timer format - blog index layout issues - blog tag filtering links - mobile auto scaling for some devices - layout block edge cases - incorrect site search pagination - separation of SEO keywords - Snipcart product.json generation - text style ordering on multi-device projects - undo for color changes - crashes
Sparkle Pro 4.0.7 - Added support for password protected vimeo videos - Improved checkboxes to report their label in the form email - Improved discrepancies of height of text lines with icons between canvas and browser
Fixed: - blog index preview with tag filtering - checkboxes with the same variable name to report distinct results - contact form email sent via server with PHP8 on linux servers - custom patterns for background boxes - footer items not resising when visible on multiple pages - layout with full width elements in some cases - parallax with one time animation and with video - popup auto hiding after animation in some cases - popup fixed to the bottom with autoscaled devices - stick to top groups in some case - typewriter animation not preserving final space - undo when moving layout blocks
Sparkle Pro 4.0.5 Fixed: - password protection settings and functionality - layout issues related to text and icon fonts - blog tags inspector not visible in blog index page - gradient color picker - background video on mobile devices - link to page top in popups - layout accuracy issues - parallax with device autoscaling - crashes related to publishing setup and completion
Sparkle Pro 4.0.4 Added: - Layer panel to Sparkle One 4 license - counting of audio files to summary view - support for saving publish settings to the project file
- Improved load performance of pages with autoplaying video
Fixed: - "Move to Layout Block" in multidevice projects - page indentation for pages in sections - user account management allowing multiple users with same login name - bottom margin on iOS on fixed popups - element selection order when moving to layout block - peak memory usage during publishing - file attach in contact forms for IIS servers - icon popup filtering - blog tag filtering to allow removing filters - blog index update in some cases - jumpy animation of fixed popup on iOS devices when address bar collapses and appears - Layout Blocks spacing issues across devices - layout issue in pages with galleries - layout issues with mobile auto scaling - one time animation+parallax issue - ordering of blogs tags on blog index page - dropdown options selection - password protected video playback for some server/proxy configurations - popup close causing scroll to top - preview of tall password protected pages - visibility persistence for search engine inspector - icons layout issues - Layout Blocks toolbar icon on 10.9-10.15 - issues on macOS 10.9-10.11 - localization issues - crashes
Sparkle Pro 4.0.3 Fixed: - tag order when adding blog tags to blog index page - post login/logout pages when site has multiple login forms - menu in sites with many menus and multiple folders - "fix to bottom" elements vs. phones with safe areas - popup closing immediately on Android Chrome in some cases - password protection per group visibility sometimes showing wrong selection - FTP deletion of files on the server when renaming a folder - layout of overlapping elements in some cases - countdown page redirection not working when countdown page in a folder - shadow for icons in text - font or size change of icons when adding a link - lack of encryption for gif images in password protected pages - "fixed" popups shifting horizontally in browsers that show scrollbars - SEO check for home page with targeting turned off - footer element shift in some cases - cookie banner inspector to allow changing scroll activation offset - scroll locations for auto-scaled layouts - coordinate rounding causing slight shift of rotated elements when reloading a document - upgrade messaging - gallery image generation on devices over 2000 pixels wide - some kinds of drowndown options in contact forms - password protection to work with PHP 5.6+ - footer positioning on multidevice documents when adding a new page - spam bot detection in some cases - text scaling in auto-scaled devices - login form inspector - impossibility to select the reply to option in contact form inspector - several crashes
Sparkle Pro 4.0.2 Fixed: - auto-upgrade to v4 license for some AppStore customers - contact form direct SMTP connection for some mail servers - memory leak in preview - duplication of popups shifting content - background color for buttons - password protection post logout page - background color of text incorrectly changed - images with fixed positioning on iOS - mis-diagnosed "insufficient disk space" when publishing with password protection - crash when opening SVGs - crash when deleting a dropdown option while editing it - z-index for modal/fixed nested popups - support for Safari 9 and 10 - incorrect text size on iOS in rare cases
Sparkle Pro 4.0.1 - Added opening and closing a different popup from within a popup
Fixed: - incorrect upgrade pricing shown in the AppStore version of Sparkle - unavailability of 14 day trial in AppStore version of Sparkle - login form to not work when there's no login page - gallery label not being shown in some cases - password protected downloadable file sizes in some cases - PDFs in password protected areas downloading instead of showing in the browser - publishing crash in some cases - organization metadata generation - validation issues with the generated code - edge cases with layout blocks - sending email to SMTP servers in some cases - copy/paste and duplicate element not updating text wrap
Sparkle Pro 4.0 Highlights: - Add protected pages to your site, and manage user accounts. Add a login form and custom content only visible to logged in users. - The new AI-powered image background remover runs locally on your Mac, takes mere seconds, and makes full use of the Apple Silicon neural engine - New SEO Assistant features help you optimize your site for search engines. Tighter underlying code and device layout improvements help your site become more visible. - From video playback while scrolling to dark mode support and FontAwesome icons, a long list of new features to help you improve your website in many directions
All new features: - password protected pages and user management, to add member areas or restricted content - SEO keyword targeting, to optimize content for organic search - playback with scrolling for video elements, lottie animations and page background video - support for Dark Mode color theme - AI-powered image background remover - new Sparkle icon - 6 new responsive, Dark Mode aware designs - Layout Blocks for more agile layout - website summary view - ultra wide 1920 device - device size customization for wider device layouts - auto-scaling for mobile layout - Fontawesome and Google Material Design icons - Smart Fields for logged in users - PayPal subscription support - one-time popup open across visits (using a cookie) - blog tags, blog index filtering by tag - publishing draft blog posts - improved blog RSS feed compatibility with feed readers - organization metadata - form dropdown selector - form file attachments - new SEO checks - element visibility specific to Dark Mode - element visibility based on user login status - countdown with number of days - pexels stock image integration - reference nearest image for EXIF data extraction - support for Safari 15 theme color and tab bar safe area - map location loaded from image EXIF - per-folder CSS size optimization - facebook verification metadata - improved Web Vitals metrics for your website - improved resiliency of publish location storage - improved compatibility with international domain names (IDN) - removed IE 8/9 and Android 4 support workarounds
Sparkle Pro 3.1.7 Fixed: - crash on Monterey when clicking on the contact form password field - typewriter popup not showing correct values when first opened - incorrect stick to top functionality when multiple sticky groups have different visibility on different devices - incorrect parallax functionality in some cases - incorrect upload of some files when publishing multiple times in the same session - popup auto-scaling in multi-device layouts - minor layout issues - crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.1.6 Fixed: - minor compatibility issues with macOS Monterey - layout issue in some instance - some popup issues - canvas and layout issues with text wrap
Sparkle Pro 3.1.5 Fixed: - display of elements with scroll animation at page load time - layout of fixed-position backgrounds in Firefox - blog index sizing in some cases - text editing layout occasionally not updating when switching device - label animation for galleries using the slide effect - layer order when ungrouping groups - layout in relation to rotated elements - multi-line button layout when in groups with links - pressing enter when editing the label of radio buttons and checkboxes reverting to previous text - automatic detection of publishing settings on some web hosts - crashes on macOS Mavericks 10.9 - other smaller bugs and crashes
Added: - support for macOS Monterey - documentation links for French and German
Sparkle Pro 3.1.4 Fixed: - some popup issues - minor layout issues - Many other minor bug fixes
Sparkle Pro 3.1.3 - Fixed minor compatibility issues with macOS 10.9-10.12
Sparkle Pro 3.1.2 - Added multi-selection functionality for "Show on blog index" option
Fixed: - SEO assistant flagging animated popups - Safari preview issues - several layout issues - canvas rendition of images with alpha - crash after free trial expiry - license not recognized after a free trial - free trial button visibility logic - the copy RSS feed button producing an incorrect URL - developer options not respecting a custom folder setting - instagram integration - multi-line text button label spacing - nested one-time animations - one-time animations in scrollable popups - text wrapping not updating in some cases - menu dropdown not working in some multi-device setups - shopping cart image generation for Snipcart in multi-device projects - other crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.1.1 - Fixed layout issue in some instance - Many other fixes and improvements
Sparkle Pro 3.1 Added: - resizable sidebar (macOS 10.14+) - "deny" consent button to cookie banner, for compliance with regulation in many EU countries - position at which scroll effect starts (top/middle/bottom) - "filename" smart field where it was missing - forced restart when Sparkle is moved or renamed in the Finder
Improved: - map integration to support API-key based basic maps - memory use on some iMacs (macOS 11.3+) - Instagram integration - performance when editing large projects - performance when dragging labels in galleries with large images - contact form spam resilience - compatibility with some third party integrations - compatibility with browsers
Fixed: - inability to open old project files on some Macs - missing document icon - footer editing issues and page bottom becoming very tall - canvas alignment and equal sizing tools to ignore locked elements - lightbox close button color in light background mode - clipping of rotated content with scroll animation - flicker while publishing (macOS 11+) - issues with the blog index page - excessive memory use when opening some websites - site search for older PHP versions - text inspector issues on Apple Silicon Macs - some popup issues - issues with undo/redo when editing text - animation-related flicker in Safari - incorrect layout in some cases - Many other fixes and improvements
Sparkle Pro 3.0.8 Fixed: - excessive memory use - crash caused by upcoming OS release - dragged element to adopt visibility of the new container group - canvas rendering of background filters for full width boxes - issues with blog index and posts - depth for fixed popups - loss of cross-page language references, when moving a page to or from a section - modal/fixed popup alignment in some cases - popups with multipage visibility - broken one time animation in some cases - page numbering in search results - startup freeze with some projects - other crashes
- Improved site search results and ranking - Added work around for Safari bug with animated buttons - Added work around for Chrome and Firefox bug with fixed backgrounds
Sparkle Pro 3.0.7 Fixed: - compatibility with some SFTP servers - memory leak - crash when switching blog posts to summary view - gallery label animations - popups with animated contents - element animations not starting when in group with animation - modal/fixed popup size - modal/fixed popup layout with border and backdrop filters - scrollbar showing on modal popups in Firefox - crash when changing opening hours in local business settings - layout of multi-line buttons with empty lines - blog index layout and order - lottie animations in pages in a folder - text wrap when switching blog layout/summary - canvas rendering of right aligned menu elements with indent - block quote copy/paste in documents with multiple devices - code generation for strings with block quote in some cases - blog post author name/email/publication date not updating - more crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.0.6 - Fixed crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.0.5 - Fixed crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.0.4 - Fixed payment buttons to require website address - Fixed audio/video in popups to stop when the popup is closed - Fixed scrolling in modal popups - Fixed one time animations in popups - Fixed forms in popups - Fixed mouse out not closing popup - Fixed in canvas paragraph spacing - Fixed indent for multiline buttons - Fixed hamburger menu color - Fixed full website import stalling in some cases - Fixed menu layout in pages moved to different section - Fixed Smart Field EXIF flash description - Fixed freeze on startup with complex projects - Fixed blog index preview for multi-device documents - Fixed blog layout and refresh issues - Fixed window layout on older macOS versions - Fixed text editing scrolling to the top when inserting a new line - Fixed copy/paste style - Fixed multi-device generation for flipboard - Fixed crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.0.3 - Fixed some cosmetic issues on Big Sur - Improved performance, particularly on older Macs - Updated Google Analytics integration - Worked around bugs in server mod_pagespeed module - Fixed requirements for Instagram post embedding - Added digital/physical product specification for snipcart - Fixed border radius for input controls on iOS - Improved Japanese localization - Fixed access to lottie and ssh files - Fixed website import folder name - Fixed other bugs and crashes
Sparkle Pro 3.0.2 - Fixed website import of international domain names - Fixed publishing getting stuck in some cases - Fixed crash in drag and drop of typewriter events - Fixed multi-device generation of payment buttons - Improved interactivity of Sparkle during image compression - Added exif image description and copyright, improved image aperture, focal length and exposure time - Improved paragraph spacing for in-canvas drawing - Fixed SVG optimization when SVG contains animation based on CSS - Fixed box alpha affecting elements layered over it in some cases - Fixed crash on launch on older macOS versions - Fixed one time animations with links
Sparkle Pro 3.0.1 - Big Sur compatibility fixes - Fixed activation for users of Sparkle 1.x
Sparkle Pro 2.8.12 - Fixed text wrapping, broken by Chrome 81+
Sparkle Pro 2.8.11 - Improved spam resilience of contact forms - Updated Instagram functionality to reflect changes in their service - Updated Youtube functionality to better adhere to their branding guidelines - Fixed blurry initial image on videos in some cases - Fixed initial video image occasionally used for previously published videos - Fixed in-canvas rendering of some SVGs
Sparkle Pro 2.8.10 - Improved contact form spam detection - Improved multi-language metadata as per Google recommendations - Fixed initial player volume for video opened in lightbox - Fixed issue with loading large images in Safari
Sparkle Pro 2.8.9 - Improved support for macOS Catalina - Fixed minor layout issues
Sparkle Pro 2.8.8 - Fixed publishing to some web hosts that don't correctly support TLS 1.3 - Fixed z-index issue with sticky header on Safari in some rare cases - Fixed solid shadow rendering in editing - Fixed video player size constraing when using native controls and lightbox - Fixed video autoplay to work even when video has no audio track - Fixed video player to avoid browser local storage of volume preferences, that triggers some privacy checker tools - Fixed corrupt video upload in some cases - Fixed text wrapping in some multi-device layouts - Improved performance for very long text blocks on multiple devices
Sparkle Pro 2.8.7 - Urgent fix for Chrome 79+ breaking some page layouts
Sparkle Pro 2.8.6 - Fixed text wrapping, broken by Chrome 75+ - Fixed text style ordering on different devices - Fixed page background color transparency in dark mode on Catalina - Fixed swiping gallery images on mobile - Fixed copy/paste across documents to preserve text color - Fixed layout of blurred images in fixed position backgrounds
Sparkle Pro 2.8.5 - Improved Catalina support - Improved cookie consent to work with more embed scripts - Fixed crashes on Macs with many CPU cores - Fixed text lists not showing bullet points properly for pasted text - Fixed layout of nested vertical menus with proportionally sized items - Fixed some layouts with full width boxes and anchors
Sparkle Pro 2.8.4 - Improved support for macOS Catalina - Improved compatibility with Safari 13 on macOS and iOS - Improved text lists - Improved the page import feature - Improved German localization - Fixed minor layout issues - Many more improvements and fixes
Sparkle Pro 2.8.3 - improved publishing setup - improved page importer - added support for canvas page up/page down/home/end keys - fixed layout issues with out of frame gallery labels - fixed publishing crashes in some rare cases - fixed occasional incorrect frame position for elements visible in multiple pages - fixed grouping and ungrouping in multi-device pages - fixed scroll locations not working in Firefox in some cases - fixed text indent for right-aligned button and menu labels - fixed sub-menu positioning in canvas - fixed occasional canvas height issues - fixed layouts with nested rotated elements in some edge cases - fixed preview after navigating to a different page - fixed cursor jumping at the top of the text block during editing in some cases - fixed site search for gallery label text - fixed character encoding issues in search result pages with some web server configurations - fixed text wrapping reflow when hiding an element - fixed in-canvas rendering of SVGs that contain text - fixed fixed-position backgrounds on some browsers - fixed privacy banner in some cases - fixed TouchBar rotation widget - fixed minor compatibility issues with macOS 10.9/10.11/10.12 - added warning when Sketch is not installed
Sparkle Pro 2.8.2 - Added right-to-left text support in the canvas and in the published page - Added ability to place gallery labels out of the gallery frame - Fixed publishing only changes - Fixed excessive memory use when publishing - Fixed TouchBar canvas zoom control - Fixed footer elements sometimes causing editing issues - Fixed iOS text sizing and fixed backgrounds in some cases - Fixed SVG rendering in some cases - Fixed contact forms sending multiple emails in some cases - Fixed crash when attempting to print from the Finder - Fixed uncommitted text fields losing content when window lost focus - Fixed embed being vertically constrained - Fixed undo/redo for some commands - Fixed crash when setting the same name to different pages from the page outline - Fixed publish completion notification not showing in some cases - Fixed crash when opening files with mp3 extension but no mp3 content - Fixed compatibility with older macOS versions - Other improvements to stability and performance
Sparkle Pro 2.8.1 - Fixed many bugs
Sparkle Pro 2.8 - Added Instagram element - Added Instagram support in images and galleries - Added unsplash.com stock photo integration - Added Sketch plugin to copy a design over to Sparkle - Added Photos Extension plugin to create Sparkle image galleries from Photos - Added site search element and search results page - Added stick to top behaviors: overlap/stack/push previous - Added pinning of a group to the bottom of the browser window - Added SVG support for box backgrounds - Added stock and custom patterns for box backgrounds - Added option to make a text box scrollable - Added free gradient angle for box backgrounds - Added proportional width menu items - Added support for removing backgrounds in images shot with portrait mode - Added support for Continuity Camera - Improved canvas drawing performance for complex layouts (macOS 10.13 or later) - Added pinch to zoom in the canvas - Improved startup performance for large projects - Improved SVG rendering performance - Added basic map mode that doesn’t require API key - Added display of publishing progress activity - Added ability to convert from one element type to another - Added font style re-ordering - Added the ability to import a website from the local disk - Audio player now stops other audio players on the page - Improved fixed background images on Android browsers - Improved video player compatibility - Improved page import accuracy - Improved publishing setup diagnostics
Sparkle Pro 2.7.2 - Added support for multi-line button labels - Fixed canvas drawing on Mojave - Fixed align/distribute - Fixed font not being loaded in some cases - Fixed devices popover not showing which devices to review - Fixed anchors and anchor navigation - Fixed activate after consent for embed elements - Fixed page import not working for some sites - Fixed menu orientation issues in some cases - Fixed a few Dark Mode issues
Sparkle Pro 2.7.1 - Fixed icons on macOS 10.9-10.11
Sparkle Pro 2.7 - Added support for macOS Mojave and dark mode! - Added new toolbar icons - Added support for publishing to International Domain Names - Added drag and drop of images and video from Safari - Improved offline compatible code generation - Fixed FTP setup and publishing with some servers - Fixed publishing cache, sometimes producing incorrect images - Fixed text wrap on Internet Explorer - Fixed Pixabay link back to original photo - Fixed maps address lookup - Fixed some layout and stick to top issues - Fixed font-related crashes - Fixed double audio autoplay - Many other minor bug fixes
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