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Zapier v1.6
New Zapier triggers for subscription confirmations and survey responses, plus auto-activation for subscribers.
How Mike Monteiro answers questions from the design community
Mike Monteiro uses Buttondown to answer questions
How Peter Giacomo Lombardo uses Buttondown to grow his audience
Software engineer Peter Giacomo Lombardo uses Buttondown to grow an audience for his open-source project, Password Pusher.
Naked mode
A new power-user mode lets you write raw HTML and CSS, bypassing the default Buttondown template.
API versioning
API versioning has been introduced to handle breaking changes while keeping existing integrations safe.
Send your next email newsletter from Terminal
Write about your software from the place you build it.
New drafts interface
A new home for sending drafts
Apple and Simplecast embeds
Embed Apple and Simplecast podcasts in your emails
Guest newsletters 101
There are a host of reasons for writers to promote work they didn't write to their own audience, for free.
Unsplash integration
Find lovely images with Unsplash
Dashboard customization
More ways to customize your email dashboard
How successful self-publishers share their excerpts
Detailed, specific advice for new writers using chapter previews to grow their book sales and newsletter list.
Archive search
Subscribers can now search your archives by subject, body, or email metadata.
How Rosie Sherry builds communities around email
There are no cheap hacks for newsletter growth.
Emoji autocomplete
Type a colon in Fancy mode to bring up an emoji picker with search functionality.
How to write DevRel emails that don't sound like marketing
Sales avoidance as praxis
Cross-post to LinkedIn
Automatically cross-post your newsletter to LinkedIn directly from Buttondown.
Subscriber autonomy
Subscribers can now change their own tags after subscribing through a self-service portal.
In praise of zines
Zines (handmade mini magazines) leave behind the best roadmap for an authentic newsletter people will want to read.
rel='me' support
Add rel='me' links to your profile for identity verification on platforms like Mastodon.
LaTeX support
LaTeX is now supported in the editor, preview, and emails with PNG, SVG, and HTML rendering.
Open-sourcing our footnotes editor
We open-sourced our foot notes editor. Say hello to tiptap-footnotes!
How to build a culture of shipping
The best time to write is when you're excited about an idea. Strike when the iron is hot.
New editor features
Editor improvements include drag-and-drop files, social embeds, pull quotes, poetry blocks, and syntax highlighting.
Pace yourself!
Send newsletters like you're running a marathon, not a sprint
Easy footnotes
Write footnotes without dropping down to Markdown
Magic email images
Our Magic Email Address now supports images
Meta Pixel support
Support for the Meta Pixel ID
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