Release notes

A record of all notable changes made to KnowledgeOwl since March 15, 2017.
You can also view our roadmap to see some of our largest upcoming projects.

Mars Rover landing day 🚀 bug fixes

02/18/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with category landing pages with recovered articles, the New Articles page, shared content article messages with internal article titles, and editor callout behavior.

Author dropdown now limited to authors assigned to the KB

02/11/2021Kate Mueller
Author lists now only include authors who are currently assigned to the knowledge base.

SAML SSO authors: new welcome email

02/11/2021Kate Mueller
New authors set to author login type "SAML login via knowledge base" will now receive welcome emails with their SAML login URLs.

Set your own wrapper for Widget 2.0

02/11/2021Kate Mueller
You can now specify your own div wrapper for Widget 2.0 to open within, giving you greater control over placement and height.

Early Valentine's Day bug fixes

02/08/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with shared content article revision history, Manage filters and Bulk Edit, content lists, the reader bulk importer, and checks for duplicate permalinks.

More detailed Hide from Navigation options!

01/29/2021Kate Mueller
We've created much more detailed options to hide categories, articles, and custom content categories from the table of contents, homepage, category landing pages, and article lists.

Chocolate Cake Day bug fixes

01/27/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with duplicate subscription notifications, synced custom content categories with versions, and Manage Articles select all Bulk Edits.

New Glossary letter style options

01/27/2021Kate Mueller
This feature enhancement gives you control over the look and feel of the Glossary page navigational letters.

Updates to PDF indexing for search results

01/15/2021Kate Mueller
We improved the PDF indexing for search results and article blurbs in search results.

Editor + session timeout bug fixes

01/14/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with session timeouts during the article editing process and articles containing scripts only.

Bug fixes for unlocking readers with mixed case emails + HTML in search result article blurbs

01/13/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs preventing unlocking of mixed case reader accounts, and improperly displayed HTML code in search result article blurbs.

More detailed delete confirmations

01/08/2021Kate Mueller
For deletes of 5 or fewer items, we list the items in the delete confirmation; for 6+ we show an item count.

Internal notes now in Manage and copied to new articles

01/05/2021Kate Mueller
Article internal notes are now included in the Manage Articles CSV export. They're also copied when new articles are created from template or copied from existing articles with internal notes.

2021: New year, new bug fixes

01/05/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs on breadcrumbs in the editor and KB, custom content categories + versions, new reader group reordering, and other delights.

14 December bug round-up

12/14/2020Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs on revision tracking, shared content category article unlinking, and custom roles with varying tag permissions.

Version UI update: Show 5 by default

11/17/2020Kate Mueller
By default, you'll now see the five most recent versions, with an option to expand to see more.

Bug fix round-up 17 November

11/17/2020Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs on shared content categories, the Articles interface in IE11, Snippet Editor, and bulk activating versions.

Bug fixes and small updates for 11.11

11/11/2020Kate Mueller
We've added an Announcements section to the author dashboard, and fixed bugs with SAML author password resets, internal notes on categories, widget 2.0 topic display categories, and more.

New feature: Snippet references

11/10/2020Kate Mueller
We've added on-save editor logic to track which snippets articles and custom content categories are referencing.

Versions now display in reverse chronological order

10/30/2020Kate Mueller
We've added an Active Version section and flipped the order so that newest versions are at the top--rather than the bottom--of the Versions list.