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.

🤝Int'l Human Solidarity Day bugfixes

12/20/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with the Contact Form Form Submitted HTML, Modern Slideout widget, and security updates.

🐝KnowledgeOwl is now a Certified B Corporation🐝

12/12/2023Kate Mueller
KnowledgeOwl is owlficially a Certified B Corporation!

📨Customize Text: Now with Contact Form

12/11/2023Kate Mueller
We've added the Contact Form fields and title tag to the Customize Text tool!

New Style Settings option: Table of contents control

12/06/2023Kate Mueller
With this change, you can choose to opt in to a set theme + layout combination and gain greater control over when your table of contents is open.

🐘Wildlife Conservation Day bugfixes

12/04/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with favorites lists and API datetime stamp formats.

⚡️New and improved Zapier integration

11/21/2023Marybeth Alexander
Use the official Zapier integration to connect KnowledgeOwl with your favorite apps and automate your work—no code required.

📄Feature enhancement: Active version PDF exports

11/16/2023Kate Mueller
You can now export a version PDF for the current active version of a published article.

🚩New Slack Webhook app integration

11/13/2023Kate Mueller
We've built an official KnowledgeOwl Slack webhook app to replace our older, more generic integration instructions!

🎃Nat'l Pumpkin Day bugfixes

10/26/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Required Reading icons, shared content category syncing, admin managed reader passwords, and added support for Unix timestamps to our API.

🧁Nat'l Chocolate Cupcake Day bugfixes

10/18/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Article Favorites, file references, and category icon panels.

📄New feature drop: Inactive version PDF exports!

10/11/2023Kate Mueller
You can now export a PDF of an inactive version, and moving forward, these PDFs will include loads more metadata about who created the version and when!

🎤New feature drop: Required Reading

10/05/2023Kate Mueller
With this feature, your readers will be presented with messages if an article is required and will need to confirm that they've read the content. You can generate a report to see who's read what.

New Widget 2.0 method: Reset

09/19/2023Kate Mueller
We've added a reset method to Widget 2.0 so you can programmatically clear the widget's contents before feeding something new in.

📨 New SMTP option: Microsoft OAuth2

09/16/2023Kate Mueller
We've added support for Microsoft OAuth2 SMTP.

❗We've moved SMTP configurations to Your Account!

09/16/2023Kate Mueller
We've migrated all existing SMTP configurations into a new SMTP menu in Your Account to make creating, maintaining, using, and auditing SMTP services easier.

Customize Text: Article Lists

09/05/2023Kate Mueller
We've added the New, Popular, Updated, Recent, and Favorites article lists to the Customize Text Tool!

🍋Nat'l Lemon Juice Day bugfixes

08/29/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Font Awesome icons in PDFs and the editor, tag search, and readers' group membership display.

🎤New feature drop: Tools > Advanced Search

08/08/2023Kate Mueller
Meet the newest addition to our Tools menu: Advanced Search. Search full article HTML using exact match or regex patterns to generate a list of relevant articles.

Reporting > Contact Form: Now with exports

08/08/2023Kate Mueller
We've added a Search Activity CSV export to Reporting > Contact Form.

🍉Nat'l Watermelon Day bugfixes

08/03/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with versions, rearranging categories, and updating the knowledge base welcome to text.