This is something we have been excited to launch for a while, and now, we're thrilled to share the roadmap feature is officially here 🤘

Some of you have been using the roadmap in beta, so we want to thank you for all your contributions to making the final touches 🤝

Now, with the roadmap, you can outline your upcoming announcements on your feed and widget and keep your audience updated on what's coming next!

You can check our Roadmap Guide to get started or ask questions by commenting here. We can't wait to see what you all create with it 👀

We're more than excited to announce that the roadmap feature in AnnounceKit is now in beta! 🎉

This feature allows you to keep a public roadmap of upcoming announcements and keep your audience updated on what's coming next.

If you're interested in trying out the roadmap feature, please comment "I’m in!" below and we'll share the beta access link with you 🐣

Announcing a new functionality that you've been asking for some time - post previews! Now you can preview your post on your feed, widgets, or boosters before you publish it to make sure it looks just the way you want it to  👀

Post preview functionality will help you to avoid any last-minute surprises. Create your post in the post editor, and hit the "Preview" button to see how it will look on your feed and widgets once it's published. Then you'll be ready to go live 🕺

We're excited to announce our new and improved post editor which has been completely redesigned and is now available in beta! 🥳

With some major improvements, we tidied the post editing section for it to be more eye-catching so as to make creating and editing your posts easier. 

We're still working on some final touches, but we wanted to give our users a sneak peek of what's to come! You can switch to the new version to start exploring and let us know what else you would like to see in the editor 🤘

Hey everyone! We're excited to announce that if you have an existing emailing list and would like to send out product updates and announcements to them via email, you are now able to import your user list to your AnnounceKit project 💌

To get started, simply head over to the People tab and select "Import". From there, you can upload your CSV file and select which columns correspond to user attributes.

For a successful user list importing experience, see the steps🚶and beware of the requirements❗️ given in our User List Import Guide.

Great news, fresh from the oven! 🧁 Your users are more likely to pay attention to the emails when they come from your email address. From now on, AnnounceKit will allow you to set up your company email to send product updates and announcements from your own domain address!

To start sending an email from your own domain, you can change your email provider to a custom provider like SMTP or Mailgun at Email Settings first and follow our instructions for setting up verification. 

Hey everyone! We love coming up with new designs for in-app notification widgets, so we've just released a new type of widget launcher called Drawer.

It might be a struggle to always get your users' attention to the product updates. In order to prevent this, we need some elements to boldly stand out 🧍 

Drawer is a button that sits to the side of your web page and opens up your in-app notifications upon click. It is a great way to ensure that users don't miss any important announcements while not interfering with their experience!

Wanna try? Go to Widgets now, select the relevant widget, and change the type of your launcher immediately. It is fully customizable to suit your style and branding!

Modal Booster, who dis? 🤙 We're excited to announce our new modal booster that allows you to highlight important announcements on your website in a modal window, ensuring that your users see them!

It is a great way to draw attention to your time-sensitive, significant announcements, such as new products, version updates, special offers, or upcoming events. You can also use it to promote content that you think will be of interest to your users.

We have great news for you to spend less time writing and more time making product updates. Behold our new AI Writing Assistant to help write release notes! 🤖

Now you can announce product updates in seconds without worrying about writing or formatting them yourself. Just give some keywords, and our AI-powered assistant will take care of the rest!

It is a great way to come up with a beautiful outline and save time writing product announcements. So, whether you're releasing a new feature or just updating an existing one, be sure to try out our new AI writing assistant! The best part is that it's available for everyone to use!

PS: this announcement is written by AI 🤫

We are happy to hit another great news this week! From now on, you can add custom CSS to your AnnounceKit widgets, which means that you can now customize the look, details, and feel of your widget as you wish to make it match your brand.

To add a custom CSS string to your widget, go to Edit Theme in Widgets and enter your CSS in the 'Custom CSS' field.