willow-camp

willow.camp Release Notes Week of Jul 19

Cassia Scheffer

20 Jul 2025 — 1 min read

Features Added

Live markdown preview functionality using “Preview Post” button at the bottom. This is better than the Marksmith “Preview” beside “Write” because it shows the rendered site.
Automatic dark mode detection for Marksmith editor which is better than before but still needs work
Enhanced tag selection using the Choices.js library. Yay! I learned something about importing and CSS variables here. I’ll write a post on this soon.
API documentation link added to settings page.
Post footer feature with conditional display (hidden on about page). Find this on your settings page.
Tag functionality with tag counts and improved UI. I still want to work on this a bit.

Thanks to Mark for a few of these suggestions!

Bug Fixes

Draft post handling - Skip OG published_time tag for draft posts and allow nil dates
Colour fixes for UI elements
Landing page navigation - Fixed redirect behaviour when logged-in users visit the home page
Production optimization - Conditionally preload the app only in the production environment, fixes dev env hanging sometimes.
JSON error handling - Return 404 for JSON requests to non-existent resources
Accessibility updates for blog interface and voiceover support. Feedback please! I’m new to a11y and would love to know how to make this better.

Performance & Maintenance

Test optimization - Reduced markdown content in slow Mermaid tests
Parallel testing is temporarily disabled for stability (on my machine ☹️)
Security update - Brakeman updated from 7.0.2 to 7.1.0
Code quality - Multiple linting fixes applied
Documentation - Added CLAUDE.md project instructions

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