Category: Product Updates

Product Updates

Text & Media module: what’s new in Client Portal 5.11

Laura Elizabeth

The template gallery was a big project, so I wanted to use this release to get lots of small but important requests into the product. When I use software myself, it's often the smaller changes that make the biggest difference to my workflow. Hopefully there's something in here that's been on your wish list. I've...

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Portal gallery: what's new in Client Portal 5.10

Laura Elizabeth

Back in version 5.8 I said we were going to build a proper template library inside Client Portal, so you wouldn't have to download a file from our website and import it by hand. It's now been released. From version 5.10+ creating a portal happens on a new screen, with your own templates and a...

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What's new in Client Portal version 5.9

Laura Elizabeth

Quick one this time. If you let clients register for their own portals, 5.9 adds a small but rather satisfying touch: portals that name themselves using the client's own details. There are also a few fixes underneath, a couple of which are worth knowing about. The new bit: portal titles that fill themselves in Up...

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What's new in Client Portal version 5.8

Laura Elizabeth

Version 5.8 is mostly about notifications and comments. A few new things, an overhaul of the settings page, and the usual round of smaller fixes underneath. 1) New: Notification for comments on content pages Back in version 5.5, we shipped the ability for clients to leave comments on content pages. Up until now, that's been...

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What's new in Client Portal version 5.7

Laura Elizabeth

A couple of weeks ago I posted a "coming soon" preview of a batch of updates we'd been working on. I was expecting another few weeks of testing before it was ready. Turns out it was ready sooner than I thought. Everything in that post is now live. If you haven't updated yet, head to...

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What's new in Client Portal version 5.5

Laura Elizabeth

Client Portal version 5.5 has been released! When we first launched Client Portal back in 2016, the ability for clients to leave comments in portals was part of our original plan. However, WordPress comment security was somewhat different back then. We couldn't figure out how to do it properly without creating privacy issues between different...

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What's new in Client Portal version 5.4

Laura Elizabeth

Client Portal version 5.4 has been released! I'm really excited to announce that we have launched the much-requested image slider feature! All about the new Image Slider module Now if you upload images to Client Portal, your clients will be able to preview them in a beautiful slider. Many of you have been asking for this...

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Update 7: All about the Block Editor: What and why

Laura Elizabeth

Today, I want to talk about the Block Editor, what it is, and why we are moving to it for the Client Portal. What is the block editor (also known as Gutenberg) The block editor lets you edit your website by dragging and dropping elements, or blocks, onto your screen and creating layouts in a...

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Update 6: Release Candidate 1 is almost ready

Laura Elizabeth

Today, I wanted to update you on our progress for Client Portal 5.0. While we had high hopes for a full release by the end of January, that sadly didn't happen. We ran into some unexpected roadblocks with integrating the content pages, pushing us back. The good news is I got word from our developer...

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Update 5: What's next for Client Portal

Laura Elizabeth

Today, I want to talk about our plans for the next 12 months of Client Portal. It's January, so many of us are thinking ahead, and I've had a lot of questions from those who want to know our next focus after the release of CP 5.0. 2023 was a tough year. With the cost...

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