PageSection (Misc) Updates

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.

August 2024 updates

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.

June 2024 updates

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.

May 2024 updates

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.

April 2024 updates

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;

• The 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.
• Improved HTML Editor landing page to enable faster page speed by controlled resource loading priority. This improves the on-page Search Engine Optimization and user experience.
• Improved 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.
• Improved success and error messaging for the website emails and sign-in functionality. This aims to enable easier onboarding by providing specific and controlled information. Zoho (SMTP) email services are used for email communication.
• Experimenting with the payment provider checkouts in order to improve conversion rates. The previous dark-mode checkout theme has been changed to light-mode to test viability. Such testing is difficult with limited traffic, but since we managed to get conversions using the dark-mode theme — then we will consider using dark-mode as the default checkout theme if the light-mode testing falters. Paddle currently does not specify which checkout theme is better for conversion rates.
• Experimenting with the website footer by adding more helpful links to enable users and search engines access specific content. This change started during March 2024 and could help improve on-site SEO and overall user experience.

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