Release notes for all major versions of the Pugpig Bolt Web platform. 

Bolt Web versions automatically roll out everywhere at 10:30 UTC the day after release, unless specifically configured otherwise.

Note that dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format (previously DD/MM/YY)

6.0 - Released 2024-10-31

• Updated core Web framework from Vue 2 to Vue 3. There should be no noticeable changes to behaviour.
• Added the ability to clip and print sections of a page, as well as the existing ability to print a whole page.
• Improved PDF hotspot visibility. Hotspots will now always highlight on a page when the page is opened, and if a user clicks an empty space the hotspots on the page will highlight.

5.23 - Released 2024-09-19

• Ensures compatibility for with the latest version of Google Chrome.

5.22 - Released 2024-08-12

• Further increased maximum zoom level on PDF pages.
• UserID is now sent to analytics if included by your authentication provider.
• BoltShare and BoltShareOpened analytics events are now tracked correctly in line with iOS and Android.
• Improved google ads debugging.

5.21 - Released 2024-06-12

• Internal tooling, no client-facing changes

5.20 - Released 2024-05-08

• Fixed analytics issues causing multiple screen views per page and inconsistent event tracking.

5.19 - Released 2024-04-22

• Increased maximum zoom level on PDF pages

5.18 - Released 2024-03-11

• Added support for different date/time string formats.
• The auth state message now appears at the top of the settings page, rather than inside the sign in/out button.
• User position is no longer remembered forever, it is now only remembered until you close and open your browser again.
• Fixed an analytics issue where some pages were sending multiple screen views due to page pre-loading.

5.17 - Released 2024-01-16

• Added support for issue-based auth
• Added localisable strings support
• Fixed an issue causing some PDFs to be missing content on Windows
• Improvements to logging, including an easier method for users to send logs
• General improvements and fixes to Edition ToCs

5.16 - Dual auth (Released 07/09/23)

• Added the ability to support both promo codes and 3rd party auth methods at the same time
• Added the ability to control the width of the web reader
• Fixed an issue causing enhanced PDF hotspots to not be tappable
• Fixed an issue causing external Oauth flows to not complete sign in

5.15 - Zoom lock, slim reader (Released 04/04/23)

• Added the ability to lock their page zoom level when navigating between pages. This is available via a padlock icon to the left of the zoom bar.
• Added the ability to serve a slimmed down version of the web app, rather than the full site
• Fixed an issue causing save and share analytics not to send when used in content on web
• Various accessibility improvements including
  • Better keyboard navigation
  • Better highlighting when in accessibility mode
  • Renaming voiceover labels
• Improved performance on iOS mobile devices

5.14 - (Released 08/02/23)

• If an edition is not assigned to a specific collection set it will now show in all sets

5.13 - (Released 30/01/23)

• Re-added ToC hamburger menu for editions
• Updated scrubber icon to match iOS and Android
• Fixed an issue causing the close icon from share panel to not appear

5.12 - (Released 10/01/23)

• Fixed an issue with deeplinking on Web preventing you from navigating to the next or previous page in a collection
• Stability improvements to the page zoom in feature

5.11 - Query strings (Released 06/12/22)

• Query strings will no longer be stripped out from Bolt Web URLs
• If viewing your Web app in preview mode, refreshing the page will no longer reset it to non-preview

5.10 - (Released 24/10/22)

5.9 - (Released 25/08/22) 

• Fixed an issue where the collection sets modal would conflict with the timeline loading mask and not display
• Fixed an issue where moving to another tab could require more than one click

5.8 - Collection set images (Released 09/08/22)

• Added the ability to display an image on the collection set selection screen
• The share icon will now not display, rather than displaying greyed out, if sharing is turned off
• Fixed an issue where PDF pages were not able to be zoomed when accessed via search
• Fixed an issue causing all editions to display, regardless of what collection set is chosen. Timelines were unaffected

5.7 - Collection sets (Released 07/06/22)

• Added Collection set support, which allows a users to select specific regions/locales to receive content from
• Removed editions from showing under the edit timelines settings option
• Fixed an issue where the browser tab title would get stuck on a PDF page title, rather than the website name
• Fixed an issue where URL settings pages would not display

5.6 - Bug fixes & performance improvements (Released 25/04/22)

• Standardised the font used for the selected timeline, in the timeline picker, between app and web
• Fixed an issue where PDF pages would appear blurry on certain types of devices

5.5 - Bug fixes & performance improvements (Released 15/03/22)

• Fixed an issue with double page spread PDFs causing the last page not to show

5.4 - Storefront improvements (Released 28/01/22)

• Added the option to show an additional customisable button on the paywall (eg for subscriptions)
• Added the option to show automatic 'Subscribe in-app' buttons on the paywall that link to the respective stores
• Added the ability to display URL settings items
• Added support for hidden tabs, that don't show in the nav bar and are only accessible via a direct link
• Added the ability to download a single page or double page spread as an image
• Added the ability to print a single page or double page spread
• Added buttons to skip to the first or last page of an edition
• Page numbers are now displayed

5.3 - PDF improvements (Released 14/12/21)

• Added support for double page spread PDFs
• Added improved PDF controls including an edition navigator and a zoom scale
• Accessibility fixes

5.2 - Bug fixes & performance improvements (Released 02/12/21)

• Various bug fixes & performance improvements

5.1 - PDF (Released 25/11/21)

• Support for PDFs
• Support for Enhanced PDF
• Ability to open images on the timeline in the full screen gallery viewer

5.0 - Edition storefronts (Released 07/10/21)

• Support for storefront and the edition view, including the edition navigator

4.9 - GA4 (Released 14/09/21)

• Google Analytics 4 support
• Added support for dynamic timelines, which allows a timeline to be generated from any term
• Ability to automatically append token as a query parameter, allowing automatic log in on other domains

4.8 - Content fetching (Released 24/08/21)

• Fetch new content whenever switching to a new timeline from the picker 
• The toolbar logo can now be fetched from a URL, and transitions smoothly when switching to timelines with a different logo
• Toolbar colours can now be set per-timeline
• Added support for hidden timelines, which don't appear in the timeline picker
• Added buttons for clicking to next and previous articles

4.7 - Timeline ads

• Added Google Ad Manager-served 320x50 banners to the timeline

4.6 - GTM

• Google Tag Manager support
• Ability to theme hover colour for toolbar items
• Support new WhatsApp share structure, including share title and URL

4.5 - User registration

• Support user registration from paywall and login screen

4.4 - Address bar theming

• Added theme meta-tag, allowing theming of address bar in supported browsers

4.3 - Internal linking

• Added support for internal linking from the timeline