The first weekly of 2024 is a bit late than usual. 📅
I felt a chill in my back and an itch in my throat last Friday, and sure enough, I caught a cold afterward. I slept a lot for two days, and only then did my body recover. 😴🤒
Due to the cold, there aren't many updates in this iteration.
Subscription Form
One area of improvement is the form for entering an email to subscribe. 📧
Previously, this form had two issues:
- It didn't work well under custom domains. This was because the form uses Cloudflare Turnstile, which often failed to verify under custom domains.
- The implementation of this form was scattered across several places, making maintenance and upgrades a hassle. 🛠️
Now, both of these issues have been fixed, and a new feature has been introduced:
Widget: Subscribe Form
In the list settings, under Widget settings, you'll see a new Layout option. If you choose the "Subscribe form", you can embed the subscribe form as a widget on your site. 🌐
Adding Paypal to Payouts
Understanding that some friends find it hard to register with Stripe, I've added Paypal as a payment channel for authors. 💰
Of course, the channel fees for Paypal are a bit higher than Stripe's...
Fixes and Optimizations
Rendering Error for Custom Domain
When accessing the "About" page via a custom domain, the header navigation failed to render. After investigation, it was due to an oversight in checking for undefined values in function parameters.
JavaScript really isn't a good language.
Premium Post Prompts
While modifying the subscription form, I also tweaked the premium post prompts, focusing on spacing, copy, and style adjustments: ✍️🎨
Year Selector to the Income Page
It's already 2024 before we know it. At the beginning of the year, I was organizing my accounts and saw the income page was empty. I thought it was a bug, but then realized that initially, I had only queried the income records of the current year.
So, I added a year selector: 📅🔍
That's the update for this week. 📝🚀
