By activating the Make Changelog public feature on your featureOS organization, the Changelog module becomes visible to external users who may not currently have access to your private organization.

Getting started 

Navigate to your featureOS Dashboard.

On the left panel, click on Changelog.

Toggle to the Settings tab.

Activate the toggle for the Make Changelog Public option – and you're set!

For a Private organization, this tweak ensures that your Changelog is visible to all the users who land on your portal whereas the Boards & Roadmap remain private within your organization. 

Points to Note 

✔️ The availability of this option is contingent upon your organization's privacy settings.   

✔️ For private organizations, this option is present, while public organizations feature the Make Changelog private alternative.

Need more help? 

Reach out to our support at support@featureos.app or submit a request on our support board! 😃

Allow public changelog for a private organization

Enabling the Make Changelog Private feature ensures that your Changelog remains exclusively accessible to your organization's administrators and team members. 

This step restricts visibility for third-party users, maintaining the confidentiality of your Changelog content.

Getting started 

Navigate to your featureOS Dashboard. 

Access the Changelog section situated in the left panel.

Navigate to Settings & Embed.

Within this section, you'll see a toggle button designated for Make Changelog Private.

Need more help? 

Reach out to our support at support@featureos.app or submit a request on our support board! 😃

How to make your changelog private

A Changelog serves as a comprehensive record, documenting vital notes and changes within a project. By scheduling the publication of your Changelog, you eliminate the need to manually release drafts on high-pressure launch days.

Getting started

Start by navigating to your featureOS Dashboard.

Navigate to the Changelog option on the left panel.

Click on the Add Changelog button at the top right corner.

A Changelog page emerges, offering a space to input any essential descriptions you wish to incorporate.

On the right side you'll find the Publish Date field. Here, you can effortlessly designate a future date for publication.

Your Changelog will be published precisely at 12:00 AM UTC on the chosen date.

Leverage formatting options to embed YouTube videos, images, and web links directly into your Changelog. Tailor the presentation to your liking.

Once the content and format align harmoniously, seal the deal by clicking the "Schedule" button.

Plan & pricing

The feature to schedule a changelog is available starting from our Take Flight plan. 

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Reach out to our support at support@featureos.app or submit a request on our support board! 😃

How to schedule a Changelog

By incorporating labels into your changelogs, you swiftly highlight bug fixes, new features, and updates. Much like hashtags on social media platforms, labels empower your Changelog articles, allowing readers to understand the content's essence and group similar entries.

Getting started

Navigate to your Dashboard.

On the left panel, choose Changelog.

Toggle to Labels, then select +Add Label on the top right corner.

Create your label with a name and a color.

Seal the deal by clicking Add Label.

Once created, click on the ellipses "…" located right next to the label's name to edit it, 

Adding labels in your changelog

Navigate to the left panel of a Changelog.

Choose labels as necessary. 

You can remove the existing ones by clicking on the "x" next to the existing labels.

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Reach out to our support at support@featureos.app or submit a request on our support board! 😃

Creating labels for changelog

Your team works hard to bring customer-requested features to life. Now, you can easily show appreciation by giving them kudos and applause in your changelog! 👏🏼

Getting started 

Go to your featureOS Dashboard.

Click on Changelog in the side panel.

Edit an existing changelog or create a new one.

Choose the team member(s) you would like to give credits to on the right panel.

Here’s a quick look of how the credits appear on the portal.

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Adding credits to your team in changelog

We all know how amazing it is to have a widget be placed on your own website, right? Now imagine this widget showing up all you recent product updates. Well, with Hellonext this is more than possible!

Let’s say you have a Click here to try button on your product like the one shown below, here's a workflow example, to integrate your Hellonext changelog widget so your users can see your latest changelogs.

Just sign into your organization’s page and head on over to your Dashboard.

Go onto your Changelog on the left panel.

Here you will find Settings & Embed on the far right of the Changelog section.

Once there, you will scroll down and see the Changelog Widget section.

Click on Copy in order to paste into your source code and place your Changelog widget anywhere!

How to use the snippet?

Let’s now integrate the snippet in our website!

Create a button with an id of changelogWidgetID .

Paste the copied changelog snippet and paste in just before the closing body tag. That's it!

When you click on the button now, you can see the changelog widget added there.

How to Customize the Widget?

Selector config:

You can use the selector config to change the change the id that the changelog widget will look up. You can even use a class name or data-attribute for this.

Placement config:

The placement will determine the position the widget will show up from, possible locations are left and right.

Enable Indicator config:

This will show a small red indicator next to the trigger button if there is a new update in the last 7 days. You can change it to false if you don’t need it.

Related articles 

Introducing widgets v3 for featureOS

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Implementing changelog as a widget - v2

A Changelog is simply a log or a record of all the important notes/changes made in a project. This project is nearly always a website or a software project. This Changelog will usually include updates on bug fixes or new features.

👉🏼 Checkout featureOS’s changelog ! 🚀

Getting started

Start by going to the Dashboard.

Click on Changelog over the left panel.

Toggle to the Settings and Embed section.

Under Changelog Embed option you are provided with a script.

You can click on the Copy button right next to this snippet.

Please paste this code into the HTML section of your webpage.

Once this script is deployed, your Changelog will automatically be embedded in the webpage!

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Changelog