October Development Update

:speech_balloon: Annual User Survey

Please fill out our annual user survey – this feedback will be used to improve Text Blaze! All questions are optional.

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As an added bonus, this year you'll have a chance to win a $100 gift card. So you can both have your voice heard and also get a chance to win.

Text Blaze Highlights

:warning: New Formatting Options

The {error} command can be used to show the user important information they need to act on.

We've extended the {error} command with a new type setting that allows you to select one of four styles: error (the default), warning, info, and success. The command will be styled differently depending on your selection, allowing you to convey different levels of importance.

Here is an example of the styles:

:chart_increasing: Usage Statistics Improvements

We made some improvements to the display of usage statistics in the dashboard. These statistics help show how much time you've saved with Text Blaze, either individually or, if you are on our Business plan, as a team.

We've made some adjustments to the charts so that they will now display even if you only have a single data point; and also so that the baseline will always be zero, making them easier to interpret.

Data Blaze Highlights

:link: Embed Public Views with iFrame

Public views can now be embedded directly into any external website, making it easy to display read-only tables or dashboards on blogs, documentation, or other platforms. This makes it simple to present your data to your audience in a seamless way.

:clapper_board: Video of the Month

With Text Blaze, you can now add interactive interfaces with buttons in your snippets! Read more here and check out the video below to learn more! :down_arrow:

And remember... :hugs:

We're always here for you! If you ever need a helping hand, don't hesitate to drop a line in our Question and Answer community forums. And if there's something you'd love to see, we'd be absolutely thrilled to hear about it in the Features Ideas section.

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Absolutely love this release! Thank you for these enhancements. I especially love the new options within the error command. Actually I wouldn't call it an error command anymore with these new features! I have already use the Success and Info options in many snippets to replaced very busy blocks of bright text served as notices or reminders to users about important information. These are now so much friendlier to look at and engage with.

I do have a request for future enhancement to them. I would love the ability to format the text within these options. I was hoping to be able to bold, underline, italicize, change color, specific text within the command but quickly found out I am not able to. I was however pleasantly surprised that the commands allow the insertion of emojis!

Great stuff as usual gang. Keep killin' it! :fire:
-Brad

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