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Over the past few days, we've reviewed the comment plugins available through the Publii Marketplace. We added two new integrations, EchoThread and Commentix, released version 3.0.0 of Hyvor Talk, GraphComment, and Disqus Comments, and removed three integrations we can no…
For most of the web's history, publishers have focused mainly on two audiences: people reading pages in browsers and search engines crawling them. AI systems are now becoming another important consumer of web content. ChatGPT search, Claude, Perplexity, coding assistants,…
Welcome back after the summer break! We're excited to announce the release of Publii CMS v0.47. This latest update is primarily focused on introducing a long-awaited feature: the Notification Center. Alongside this new addition, this version also includes a significant…
There's a new file causing arguments across tech Twitter, SEO communities, and developer forums. It's called llms.txt, and depending on who you ask, it's either the future of how AI systems discover your content — or a complete waste of…
At a time when design is moving towards minimalism, focusing on greater simplicity and legibility, typeface can become one of the most distinguishing features of website pages. That's why graphic designers are often eager to use non-standard typefaces; it helps…
A sticky or fixed menu is a very popular UX solution that displays a navbar at the top of the page to provide access to menu items at all times, even while scrolling pages. This simple addition can make it…
CSS provides the "tools" we need to make visually-striking websites, and we'll often find ourselves exploring new methods, functions and features that will help us raise the aesthetic impact of our site. But it's important to remember that the CSS…
Of all the elements that go into making a website, scripts can be the most versatile. However, going hand-in-hand with their versatility is the potential for scripts to have a huge impact on website performance, making them a key part…
Sometimes, our site optimisation issues go beyond our website code and are, instead, more closely-related to our server configuration. Though optimising our code should be a priority, we should also be mindful of the effects our server configuration can have…
Of all the parts of a website that have an effect on its overall weight, images, and multimedia elements usually have the greatest impact. In fact, the HTTP Archive Page Weight report shows that in the majority of cases graphical…
The speed that a website loads as well as the impact it has is often completely underestimated; website owners can spend a huge amount of time and money getting their site looking perfect, with clear call-to-actions, intuitive navigation and informative…
Building a website today feels different than it did a few years ago. You're not just competing with other blogs anymore — you're trying to get noticed by AI models, satisfy increasingly picky search algorithms, and keep your visitors' data…
Look, I get it. WordPress.com is easy. Medium has that clean interface. Substack handles everything for you. It's tempting to just sign up and start writing. But here's the thing nobody talks about: you're building your house on someone else's…
In recent years the technical aspects of creating a website have become increasingly complex and challenging; much more so than it was before. Responsiveness, load times and semantics have become key elements in the struggle for relevance in search engines;…
When Publii was first conceived a key idea was that it could be developed publicly, with developers able to work together to grow its featureset and functionality; after all, a collective effort is often far more effective than working alone.
There's been a slightly longer wait than usual for the latest update, but it was all for a good cause; we're very happy to introduce Publii for Linux! That's not all in this update though; there are other new features…
What are you waiting for?