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.

Revision history comparison: now with more detail and raw HTML!

06/17/2021Kate Mueller
We're proud to share a much more attractive and detailed article revision comparison display and updated documentation to go with it!

Feature enhancements for Manage and Reporting

06/16/2021Kate Mueller
These feature enhancements add a category column to Manage Articles, add search-less contact form submissions to Contact Form Reporting, and change the update times for the Popular Articles Report.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Bug Fixes

06/15/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with knowledge base performance, shared/synced articles and categories, article editor copy/paste, Manage Articles filters, and the UI wording for editing synonyms.

Nat'l Iced Tea Day 🧊☕ bug fixes

06/10/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with reader groups, the Zendesk Contact Form integration, secure file library, Widget 2.0 snippets, and redirect articles.

Secure file library: now with direct authentication for file URLs

06/02/2021Kate Mueller
Direct links to files stored in knowledge bases with Secure File Library storage enabled will now prompt end-users to login to the knowledge base instead of throwing an Access Denied error.

Feature enhancement: View & copy version URL from editor

06/02/2021Kate Mueller
This change makes it easy to copy the URL or directly view a version that's been Made Visible to Groups.

Nat'l Say Something Nice Day bug fixes

06/01/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with HTML and PDF exports, author team deletions, Google SMTP relay settings, the contextual help widgets and shared content categories.

National Rescue Dog 🐶 Day bug fixes

05/20/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with shared content articles and widget search, Tag Library tag creation, and shared content article breadcrumb behavior.

Manage Articles: Now with a Category Filter!

05/13/2021Kate Mueller
We've added a category filter to the Manage Articles custom filters. Learn where it is and how to use it!

13 May 2021 feature enhancements and bug fixes

05/13/2021Kate Mueller
Feature enhancements affect the category controls in the editor screens and SSO ID matching; bug fixes address issues with table of contents category displays and snippet API call variable caching.

Manage Articles filters: now with Included and Excluded Tags filters

05/11/2021Kate Mueller
In Manage Articles, we've renamed the existing Tags filter to "Included Tags" and added a new "Excluded Tags" filter. Learn more about these changes so you can start using them in your filters!

💃 International Dance Day Updates 💃

04/29/2021Kate Mueller
These enhancements and fixes impact shared content articles, reader approvals, revision history, widget settings, and more!

Updates to editor permissions framework

04/20/2021Kate Mueller
We've released a rewrite of the permissions framework in Article Editor, Category Editor, and the Articles interface. These changes may impact customers using custom roles + custom content categories.

National High Five Day bug fixes ✋

04/15/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with shared content articles, reader welcome emails for approved readers, and table of contents category-hiding logic.

Widget 2.0 Contact Form: now with recaptcha!

04/08/2021Kate Mueller
We've added reCAPTCHA V3 to the Contextual Help Widget 2.0 Contact tab. It's automatically added for customers with KO subdomains; those with private domains will need to add their own reCAPTCHA key.

Nat'l No Housework Day bug fixes 🐜

04/07/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with searching the Readers page, app login security tokens, and glossary definitions containing hyperlinks.

Nat'l Close the Gap Day (AUS) bug fixes

03/18/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with article caching, numeric permalinks, and Modern Widget, plus streamline the interface of the bulk reader Import Options screen.

Readers page: Now with filters and other delights 🎁

03/17/2021Kate Mueller
We gave the Readers page a Manage Articles-style makeover, adding standard and custom filters, a more nuanced CSV export, and some more streamlined workflows.

National Get Over It Day Bugfixes 🐛

03/09/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with child shared content articles in topic display categories and smooth some rough edges on the new Archived status.

Glossary page now handles numbers

03/08/2021Kate Mueller
Glossaries containing terms that begin with 0-9 now have top-of-page navigation and appear in the appropriate section.