PageSection provides web applications and services for web creators. This will be our temporary (changelog) document to post some of the minor or major changes to the website and other miscellaneous updates in regards to our products and services. In future versions, we may integrate actual changelog software to track various changes and updates or allow public roadmap and feature-request voting. Currently, this is not a priority as we opt to continue with (private) email support and user requests or feedback. We will continue to post as many relevant monthly or yearly changes as possible within this page.
Implemented one-page checkout to boost conversion rates. Added customer-portal link from payment-providers. Included Merchant-of-Record address information in the website footer.
Updated and improved payment handling code and various landing pages. Acquired more content from freelancers to use in content marketing.
Experimented with different pricing schemes and decided to end (opt-out) free-trials due to unfair use. Paid ad traffic via Google search converted a few customers but at a very high cost with many invalid clicks.
Upgraded preview subdomain functionality to use less memory when handling non-html files.
Experimented with different checkout trial offers and CTA taglines which improved conversion rates, however issues of negative trials (e.g. invalid payments, duplicate/multiple accounts, bulk uploads, etc) also increased which implies trials should be kept as short as possible.
Implemented new system for the project (URL) preview links so as to avoid API gateway/timeout errors and improve response speed and accuracy using custom caching and database access.
Improved payments webhook back-end functionality to provide automatic support for different products, quantity and packages after checkout. This includes complete support for one-time purchases with dynamic quantities.
Deployed logic changes to automatically disable download link access for user accounts that need extra email verification or accounts that are (manually/automatically) deactived. Developed optimizations for the back-end preview code to make it faster and set custom limitations for specific use cases. In addition, new standard offers are being tested and considered to better serve previews for HTML template design, web3, web gaming (three.js), animations, and other online community niche content.
Included the ability to further customize the url preview links. Users can now change the unique (id) view.pagesection.com/@{CUSTOM}-... part of project preview links. This is optional, allowing more choice and personalization.
Added Google Sign-in SSO support for signup/login access. This may help improve conversion rates for new users and also assist previous users with gmail email addresses.
Made a few other changes including various UI updates for the user upload/projects page, the HTML editor, and more. Attempted different go-to-market strategies but so far none have made a major difference.
This was the first complete month using Paddle as a payment provider and merchant-of-record having migrated away from LemonSqueezy as stated in March 2024. We will continue with Paddle and look forward to bringing more features such as the user subscription-portal or improved checkouts when available. During this period, we also provided multiple quality-of-life updates including;
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Escape (Esc) button can now be used to navigate backwards when using the HTML Editor making it useful to close modals or change the side-bar menu.view.pagesection.com preview HTML indexing for HTML projects that do not contain an index.html page. This change included the use of graphics to proper represent folders and files when viewing the index of improper HTML projects.PageSection provides a variety of web apps and services for web creators. Upload custom HTML projects or use the free sample content writing templates and get started today.
