diff --git a/content/images/feb-2025.jpg b/content/images/feb-2025.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4b2f90 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/feb-2025.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-february-2025.md b/content/posts/newsletter-february-2025.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e99d71b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-february-2025.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +title: Read the Docs Newsletter - February 2025 +date: February 11, 2025 +description: Company updates and new features from the last month, current focus, and upcoming features. +category: Newsletter +tags: newsletter, community +authors: Eric Holscher +status: published +image: /images/feb-2025.jpg +image_credit: Photo by Banff Sunshine Village on Unsplash + +Just a quick note at the top, we have [scheduled database maintenance on February 14, 2025](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2025/02/postgres-maint-feb-14/). There may be brief periods of downtime during this maintenance window, but read the post for full details. + +## News and updates + +* We migrated our official documentation to `docs.readthedocs.com`, with the primary user documentation at . +* We are working to improve the process of changing the slug of a Version. This will make it easier to change the URL of a version without creating a new version. This is currently being tested in production and will be available soon. +* We [added support for changing the flyout position in Addons](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/flyout-menu.html#position), which allows you to control where the flyout appears on your documentation site. +* Our [Visual diff](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/visual-diff.html) feature is getting closer to being widely released. This includes a user-facing UX for seeing what files changed in a PR build, and a way to see the visual diff. +* We [documented Addons customization patterns](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/addons.html#addons-data-and-customization) to help you understand how to customize Addons for your project. + +## Upcoming changes + +* We are working to implement a GitHub Application, which will allow us to provide better integration with GitHub. This enables granular permissions, organization webhooks, and other long-standing feature requests. +* We continue focus on polishing the UX around Addons, trying to make it easier to use and understand how to customize them. + + +## Possible issues + +* We continue to fight battles with spammers, and now we are getting some phishing attempts happening on the platform. As a result, we have had to increase the strictness of our spam checking. If you see any issues with new projects getting marked as spam, [please let us know](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/support.html). +* Our old dashboard will be [removed on March 11](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/11/rollout-of-our-new-dashboard/). If you haven't already, please switch to the new dashboard. +* [Deprecation of projects using Sphinx or MkDocs without an explicit configuration file](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/12/deprecate-config-files-without-sphinx-or-mkdocs-config/). This was fully removed on **January 20, 2025**. + +----- + +Questions? Comments? Ideas for the next newsletter? [Contact us](mailto:hello@readthedocs.org)!