What's new on pckt.blog?

Hey Bloggers! 👋 pckt.blog has changed a bit since our last post. Our platform is beginning to feel more polished and we have been very pleased with the direction things have been going from both the user experience and design perspective. We hope that you will enjoy the changes and improvements we've made so far.

Let's take a look at some of the enhancements we have made:

  1. We've upgraded to a nicer set of icons throughout the platform thanks to Lucide. (maybe someday we'll have icons made from scratch 🤞)
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  1. Preview cards for blog posts have a clean new look. A subtly colored bar along the left side with a soft gradient behind the thumbnail image provides clear indication of the post's draft / published status. The cards also now have a much cleaner layout making posts much easier to manage.
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  1. In addition to blog icons, we have added blog backgrounds which extend the customization options available on pckt.blog making it even more personal.
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Background images are fantastic for blog pages and even work well with the dark mode version of the blog!

  1. Speaking of blog pages, when sharing a blog link on social media, a screenshot of your blog will be shown in the link preview.
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  1. All of our existing content blocks now follow the blog theme, including code blocks with syntax highlighting. (We may add more varied highlight colors for each theme in the future.)
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  1. We've also added a handful of other quality of life updates like the ability to edit post categories, additional themes, an easier way to visit your live blogs from the dashboard, and even more changes to blog and dashboard layouts.

That's it for now ! More to come soon. If you're a writer on pckt, thank you for being here and for providing feedback to improve the platform. Every bit helps ! If you're new here, we're excited about where things are headed and would love to have you join us as a writer. Now is a great time to start your own pckt.blog and see how simple writing and publishing a blog can feel.

Follow along on Bluesky for invite links and updates: https://bsky.app/profile/pckt.blog