New files and folders structure

The new files and folder structure has been implemented keeping in mind the wide variety of users that can use Squiber, ranging from technical writers to screenplay writers and everything in between. Using this new structure users can create an unlimited hierarchy of files and folders to create a wide range of documents and organize their work in an efficient way.

Trash functionality within the editor

A hugely requested feature from our users! Users can now finally delete and recover individual files or folders directly from the editor. In our earlier versions users could only delete and recover the projects from the dashboard.

Updated list view

Here's a little preview of the updated List feature that is going to come soon. These updates will improve on the project management side of squiber for teams.

1. Summary of file/folder not appearing in the Board View has been fixed and changed to accommodate the new files and folder structure
2. The issue when some text is copy pasted the cursor jumps to the start of the page has been fixed

   Ex. Suppose we are writing the Book and are on the 20th page of a file, when some text is copied from another source and pasted, suddenly the page jumps to the start point. We have to scroll to the 20th page manually to continue writing.

3. The issue of Setting and Help icon not aligned on dashboard has been fixed
4. The issue of missing cursor upon pressing return key in the editor has been fixed
5. Application slowing down with multiple editors opened at once

   When multiple Quill Editors are opened at once. Which is occurring when we have the folder view. It is slowing down the application. This issue has been fixed.

6. First two characters of the Word/Text changed on Opera/Chrome browser
7. The issue of user needs to click on settings page to scroll on page has been fixed for various browsers
8. Loader screen is not responsive when we select any Template from bottom

   When we are on Dashboard and select any template from Screenplay. After selecting the loader screen moved to the upside instead of the whole screen

9. Search Element should displays all element by default
10. Multiple fixes related to the new files and folders structure
11. Multiple Improvements in dashboard 
    • Change the text from `All documents` to `All projects`
    • `My writing` to `Home` and also change the according icon accordingly
    • Change the search bar according to the design
12. Created brand specific icons and Integrated Squibler font-awesome library
13. Some improvements in the trash functionality 
    • Removed the right side nav bar from the trash screen
    • Minor UI improvements
14. Improvements in editor window
    • ‘Untitled document’ placeholder and pointer should start from the beginning of the page
    • Implemented Empty state design for files and folder in editor and board view
    • Added feedback to communicate to users that the folders are not editable
    • Ability to create both files and folders from the '+' icon beside the folder
15. Improvements in landing page: Homepage
    • Fix invalid footer links in homepage
    • Removed min character requirements for the name field
    • Display password requirements with respect to the logic that has been implemented in the backend
    • Log in Spelling with capital 'L' in the header
    • Fixed incorrect Login flow
    • Resolved the differences between design and the developed page

Added support for production deployments in Github Actions

R&D for the upcoming features

Recently our engineering team started a new initiative to dedidate significant amount of time to do in-depth R&d and understand the requirements inside out with respect to engineering, value addition and business before started to develop a new feature. Or overhaul a big feature for that matter. 

Updated Find and Replace

Here's a little preview of the new Find and replace feature that is going to come soon.

Updated Share Functionality

Here's a quick preview of the new Share functionality that is going to come soon. It will make squibler an easy to use and intuitive collaborative product.

1. Resolved Share project Issues
   • Move to folder feature for all documents was not working (fixed)
   • Move to folder feature for shared documents was not working (fixed)
   • Download pdf, docx was not working (fixed)
   • After Restore project was not going to its new folder (where it was moved) (fixed)
   • New folder state does not update when we delete it
2. Using Tab for forward space but when we use Backspace to come back it comes character by character
3. When some text is copy paste, page jump to start of the page
4. Write an action for loading fixtures
5. Summary on File or Folder does not appears in the Board View ( unlimited Section )

• CI: Slack Alerts for successful deployments
• Created IAM Roles and Service File for Cloudwerkx team
• Updated Pull request templates to add more context into them to make them more clear for reviewers

• Add "Untitled" preview text for newly created projects without titles
• Enabled the ability to drag, drop, and re-order elements
• Change Element Details to Attributes
• Made auto-filling elements the default setting
• Added Search and Filter features to the Elements dashboard
• Added a customizable category to Elements labeling
• Added ability to add many images to each Element (slideshow feature)

• Fixed Squibler onboarding YouTube video
• Put "coming soon notification" on language and print features 
• Fixed first-time pricing modal not redirecting
• Remove starred button and allow only "open in new tab" ability in the action menu on shared folders
• Fixed minor design issues with Element functionality
• Fixed issue with font changing when typing
• Fixed issue of invited team members unable to change the font face or double space at the beginning of a new sentence.

• Add "Untitled" preview text for newly created projects without titles
• Enabled the ability to drag, drop, and re-order elements
• Change Element Details to Attributes
• Made auto-filling elements the default setting
• Added Search and Filter features to the Elements dashboard
• Added a customizable category to Elements labeling
• Added ability to add many images to each Element (slideshow feature)

• Added Zoom in feature to make the text more readable
• Put "coming soon notification" on language and print features and clean up header

• Added a placeholder for views without subsections 
• Fixed the UI lag from switching preview to list or board view
• Fix backspace tab issue and moving text issue
• Enabled zoom feature to work properly

• New onboarding UI implementation 
• New onboarding backend api 

• When you edit an element, it changes the first character image and name 
• When you add an element and then switch from menu script to element and change the element name but it doesn't change
• When you put a title on a board, it doesn't change in the left sidebar
• When you click on the section title, the placeholder "section" is removed 
• In split-screen, when you activate the screenplay toolbar it shows extra space
• The "Your work has been saved" message is showing double when editing element from the right sidebar 
• When we click the profile name it redirects to the answer page 
• Knowledge center category accordions did not hide after expanding
• When you click the "Cancel" button on the template model the dashboard shows a blur
• After signup, the user name doesn't show

• Removed scroll from the "Squibler Onboarding tutorial" 
• Fixed apply "Strike" and press space disturbing the UI 
• Fixed if the list view hasn't any subsection then add subsection button should display
• Fixed if subsection does not rename from the left sidebar to the corkboard
• Fixed when applying page layout and orientation it breaks the right sidebar
• Fix when element color doesn't change after changing its type
• Fixed if when switching to board mode, sections or subsections moves right to left 
• Fixed when updating element, the type of character icon is missing 
• Fixed issue with selected subsection not deleting from the left sidebar 

Hey Squibler members, we made a number of improvements this last week. 

• Implemented a list-view to better project manage your work.
• Implemented element tracking so you can keep track of all your story elements
• Made the corkboard draggable to better organize your work
• To learn more about these, watch our video update here where we walk you through all the new features.

• Fixed a strange bug with the split-screen mode that messed up the dimensions when writing
• Fixed a bug with element tracking where it didn't show the element you were typing

Hey Squibler members, we released a number of updates this week to ensure we continue to improve your experience.

• You can now view your entire document at once in edit mode
• You can now add story elements that appear on the right-hand of your editor

Fixed split-screen mode showing strange page margins

Hey Squibler members, we released a number of updates this week to ensure you continue to have a great experience.

• Added an onboarding tutorial video for all new users
• Change the word "project" in our editor and product homepage to "document." This is mean to better reflect our value proposition.
• Added a help link to the header on the product homepage so you can quickly access tutorials.

• Updated colors of the editor's sidebar buttons to ensure they reflected our branding
• Updated blog homepage links that were broken
• Added Squibler YouTube link to footer

Hey there,

We haven't focused on release notes in quite some time as we've been busy building the product with our small team. We're now making a commitment to do them regularly every week. Here's what we've done recently.

• Added page margins
• You can now add elements to your document including characters, settings, items, and more
• You can have a corkboard preview of your editor (notecard view)
• Introduced dark mode
• Moved goal setting to the footer to better sync experience

• Fixed importing screenplay format where sections and scenes wouldn't align properly

New Landing Page Designs:

https://www.squibler.io/

https://www.squibler.io/novel-writing-software

https://www.squibler.io/book-writing-software

https://www.squibler.io/screenwriting-software

• Toolbar Menu Spacing and Overlap
• Spelling Issues on Feature Text
• Night Mode Optimization
• Corkboard Heading Improvements

Accessible switch between Editor and Cork Board

Import Functionality Improvements:

• Section & Subsection wise
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Bullets (Order and Unordered list)
• Headings
• Hyperlinks

Dark Mode Improvements

Import Feature MVP: Ability for users to import their work and automatically break it down into sections and subsections based on # and ## respectively. 

General improvements in writing experience:

• Improving Author Bio section usability.
• Improving the color of the background to create a better writing experience.
• Several bugs and fixes in the Story Board experience
• Dark Mode improvements for story elements.
• Background color change from grey to white for the writing experience. 

Story Elements

Cork Board

Removal of Google reCAPTCHA

Built our own security and screening for bots. Removed third-party integration of security from Google. We no longer depend on third-party for core product experience and user security.

Fixed a bug on Plot Generator Page that was preventing writers from generating a random prompt. 

On-Demand Table of Content Page

You can see your document structure with a table of contents. Each item in the table of contents links to your project section or sub-section title.You can aad/delete, and show/hide table of content when you want.

• Fixed a bug that caused ambiguous behavior of subsections after drag and drop.
• Fixed a bug that caused text overflow of Title from header of editor.

Custom, On-Demand Cover Page

Don't wait to publish your next best-seller. Design A Professional Book Cover In Minutes!
Personalize our easy-to-customize Book cover to create your own.

• Given the option to add a cover page in the Header Menu
• A pop to choose from templates for the cover page
• Change the color of the Cover Page on preview mode

Prompt Generator

Never run out of short story ideas with this writing prompt generator. Generate a Prompt. Try Dangerous Mode, Over 500+ first line suggestions to get you started with this writing app. 

• Fixed a bug that caused invisibility of toolbar icons when the cursor on section or subsection title.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Image to add option can be accessed from Insert > Image while on Section Title or Subsection Title.
• Fixed a bug that caused Selected Subsection is not deleted or extra subsections are creating.
• Fixed a bug that caused "New Project Title" is not prominent on Dark mode.
• Improved tweaks while deleting sections & subsections.
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Tell your story..." placeholder is missing in the section.
• Fixed a bug that caused the rename button does not work in section & subsection in the Firefox browser.
• Fixed a bug that caused an unexpected scrollbar in editor and preview mode in the Firefox browser.
• Make improvements in project sorting e.g. order by last modified and order by title.
• Make improvements in the focus mode feature.
• Fixed a bug that caused "Template choose Modal" is closed on clicking outside the pop-up modal.
• Restrict users to not open editor on mobile or small screen devices.
• Fixed a bug that caused adding Subsection is not opening the current Section in which it is added.

(1) Automate user and group provisioning with Notion's SCIM API 🔁

SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) enables organizations to create, manage and remove members and groups in Notion through an identity provider (like Okta or Rippling) or your own app.

• SCIM & SAML SSO are included in our Enterprise Plan. Contact our Enterprise Team to learn more →
• We currently support Okta, Rippling, and custom SCIM applications. If you need help configuring SCIM, please let us know!
• Notion's SCIM implementation supports adding and removing members and groups, updating members' profile information, adding and removing members from groups, and more. Learn how to provision users and groups with SCIM →

IBM, Nike, Pixar and others use Notion's Enterprise Plan. See what's included →

(2) Create new pages by typing notion.new into your URL bar ☀️

Click the link above to give it a try! If you're logged into your Notion account in your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari), type notion.new in your URL bar to quickly create a new page.

(3) Better inline links 🔗

We made inline links easier to use, and less finicky overall! Here's a quick summary of the new link features:

• Hover your cursor over any inline link to see the linked URL or Notion page in a tooltip
• When you paste the URL of a Notion page, there's a new Mention page option in the dropdown that appears — this creates an inline link, whereas the Link to page option creates a full-width block
• The link menu is more keyboard friendly — arrow your cursor over a hyperlink to open the link menu, then open the link with enter/return, or focus the link menu with Ctrl/⌘ + /

(4) Show unique values of a rollup ❄️

When you use rollup properties to display values from a related database, there's a new rollup formatting option: Show unique values. Use it to omit duplicate values from the related database — for example, when you're displaying the lead engineers of each bug that's related to a software release, as seen below.

Learn how to use relation & rollup in 4 minutes (video) →

(5) Add captions to code blocks 💾

Now you can add a caption to any code block — perfect for blog posts, detailed documentation, or just keeping your code snippets labeled and organized.

Learn how to use code blocks in 3 minutes (video) →

• Ctrl/⌘ + K will now open the Quick Find window when no text is selected! Ctrl/⌘ + P still works too.
• Fixed a bug that caused scrollbars in the Windows App to be very ugly
• Number properties in databases can now be formatted as Brazilian Real, Turkish Lira, and Indonesian Rupiah
• Added a Duplicate button to the ••• menu for pages within databases — it's now possible to duplicate these on mobile!
• Notion pages now include the page icon in Safari browser tabs
• Fixed a bug that caused interface elements to overlap each other on Android devices when databases had long titles
• Fixed a bug that caused the Settings & Members menu to display in Korean for some users, even if English was the selected language
• Fixed a bug that caused inline hyperlinks to be uneditable with the keyboard shortcut
• Fixed a bug that prevented members from re-ordering favorited pages in the sidebar if the Prevent members from changing the workspace section setting was enabled
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to lag after using the new Customize page feature
• Fixed a bug that prevented the start and end of Timeline cards from being draggable when Page lock was enabled

This week at Notion

New customer story: Journalist Noah Sneider brings stories to life with Notion

Noah Sneider is quite literally writing history. Whether he’s covering Japan’s changing leadership or the impact of COVID-19 on Japanese rituals, his stories bring fact, analysis, and critical thought to an international audience. See how he uses Notion to:

1. Streamline the storytelling process
2. Save research on the go
3. Build a network of sources

3 minute read →

New tutorial: Creating new pages as you type

When you're writing or taking notes, it's important not to lose your train of thought. Watch this video to learn how to create new pages in your workspace, without leaving your keyboard.

(1) Timeline View  ⏳

It's finally here! Get the visibility you need into your team's plans, projects, and tasks across days, weeks, quarters, and beyond — editing deadlines is just a drag & drop away.

Timeline view makes your databases more customizable than ever.

• Add a table with one or many properties next to your timeline to understand more about your projects, or hide the table altogether
• Group your timeline by a Date, Created time, or Last edited time property — or use different start and end dates for even more flexibility
• Visualize your tasks and projects across hours, days, weeks, bi-weeks, months, quarters, and years
• Create granular views of your data with powerful database filters — and combine AND and OR logic up to three layers deep
• Add a Board, Table, List, Gallery or Calendar view to your timeline, or add a timeline to your existing databases

Timeline view is available on all Notion plans, free and paid!

• Personal Plan & Personal Pro Plan: 3 timelines per workspace
• Team Plan: 5 timelines per workspace
• Enterprise Plan: ∞ timelines

See which plan is for you at notion.so/pricing, and see Timeline examples in action in this guide.

Or learn more about using timelines in the Notion Help Center →

(2) Flexible sub-page permissions 📑

Before, permissions could not be changed for any page that was nested inside another page — they always inherited the permission level of the parent page. Now, you can expand or restrict permissions for any sub-page.

Here are a few actions that are now supported that weren't possible before:

• In a top-level wiki page, create a secret sub-page that some people can see, but others cannot
• Grant the entire workspace Can edit access to a wiki sub-page, but retain Can read access for the parent page
• Give an Engineers permission group Full access to most of the Engineering Wiki, except for a few sub-pages that can't be edited at all

This is just the first step of many permissions improvements to come. Stay tuned!

Learn how to expand, restrict, and restore sub-page permissions →

(3) Hide database properties 🙈

This has been a top feature request from our community for a long time! Now you have ultimate control over which properties are shown in your database pages. No more scrolling through dozens of properties just to see your content!

Here are a few ideas, if you are...

• A formula wizard: Now if you add a property just to use it in a formula, you can set it to Always hide.
• A minimalist: Hide backlinks, comments, and page properties to maximize empty canvas, and keep the focus on your content.
• A habit tracker: Tracking information across dozens of properties? No problem. Now you can have fields Hide when empty to stay uncluttered.

Learn how to customize your page layout →

(4) Limit inline databases to $x$ rows 🗜

When databases are inline, you can include other content blocks above or below them. But this can get cumbersome if a database you want to add to a doc is hundreds of rows long.

Now you can limit inline tables, lists, galleries, and timelines to only show 10, 25, 50, or 100 rows at first, then click to load more.

Learn how to make your databases inline →

(5) Show backlinks in a popup, or hide them 🗯️

Prefer a more streamlined page layout? Now there's a new Customize page button in the ••• menu at the top right of your pages — use it to hide or show backlinks and comments on any page. And for those who use backlinks but don't want them expanded all the time, there's a new Show in popup setting.

• Fixed a bug that caused ⋮⋮ block handles to be missing in database templates when opened in peek view
• Fixed a bug that caused duplicated blocks with sub-pages to create a link instead of a copy
• Fixed a bug that prevented the iOS & Android apps from launching on some users' devices
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to freeze while clicking & dragging a large selection of blocks on a page
• Fixed a bug that prevented admins from removing members from a workspace if the Allowed Email Domain setting was enabled
• Fixed a bug that prevented some users from opening URLs on Android devices, even if a web browser was installed
• Fixed a bug that prevented users logged in via email from joining a SAML enforced workspace
• Fixed an incorrect error message that appeared when trying to remove a password in Settings & Members
• Fixed a bug that caused URLs in mobile notifications to fail on some devices
• Fixed a bug that prevented data from syncing between devices when using filtered database views
• Fixed a bug that caused duplicate templates to be created during onboarding for newly created accounts

This week at Notion

Pro tip: Use different start and end date properties in Timeline view

Timelines are most helpful when your projects have a start and end date — you can visualize your Timeline based on a Date, Created time, or Last edited time property. For even more flexibility, use separate properties to set the start and end of each card.

For example, you may want to use a Created time property as the start time for each card, and a Date property named Deadline for the end time. To do that:

1. Click the ••• at the top right of your Timeline
2. Click Timeline by in the dropdown that appears
3. Turn on the Use different start and end dates toggle, and select which property you'd like to use for each

New customer story: Headspace’s product design team stays mission-focused

The product design team behind meditation app Headspace is paving the way for mindful design. With a forum for collaboration, a living design system, and a clear mission all organized in Notion, the team stays laser focused on innovating thoughtful user experiences.

2 minute read

New guide: This content calendar drives high performance marketing teamwork

In this guide, you'll learn:

1. How to build one database that schedules and tracks the status of all your content.
2. How to customize your calendar to provide the most relevant information to your team, add whatever project work you need to pages, and keep everything on deadline.
3. Best practices from the Notion marketing team for better content management.

12 minute read

New video tutorial: Transforming content blocks

Think of Notion as a box of LEGOs — except each LEGO piece can instantly transform into something else! Quickly turn your bullet point into a numbered list, turn a paragraph into a callout block, or a header into a sub-page.

https://youtu.be/WWbUKPLqJIg

3 minute video