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.

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.

National I Want You to be Happy Day bug fixes + feature enhancements

03/03/2021Kate Mueller
Today's release has feature enhancements to set the lang attribute for your KB + author in-app password reset; bug fixes for custom content category deletes + glossary term HTML in search results.

New feature: Archived Publishing Status 📁

02/25/2021Kate Mueller
We've added an Archived publishing status to help you better classify unpublished content.

🌶 National Chili Day bug fixes 🌶

02/25/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with New Articles caching; character encoding in contact form reporting, webhook query strings, and Account details; author team bulk deletes; and copying a KB.

New feature: Show glossary terms in search results

02/24/2021Kate Mueller
You can now opt to display matching glossary terms and their definitions in your search results!

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.