January 2025 Update

Email notifications, better SVGs and more freedom in Designer layout

In January, it was less about big visible features and more about things that simply need to work in everyday use. Clean process completion, fewer manual steps and more control over what the customer ultimately sees and receives.

Email provider for orders and confirmations

To improve the experience for you and your customers, we've integrated an email provider directly into the application.

As soon as a new order or request comes in, you automatically receive a notification by email. This way you no longer have to actively check, but know immediately that something has happened and can respond in a timely manner.

At the same time, the customer also receives confirmation that their request has been received successfully. This clearly communicates that you will get back to them and what the next steps will be. This provides security and the feeling that everything has worked, even if it's initially a request rather than a direct purchase.

SVG support in print file

SVGs are extremely flexible, but that's exactly what makes them technically challenging. They can be structured very differently, from simple paths to highly complex, nested structures.

In January, we worked intensively to not only display SVGs correctly in the Designer, but also to reliably transfer them to the automatically generated print files. The goal from the start was for the customer's design to land exactly in the print file without manual rework.

This was significantly more complex than with classic image formats like PNG or JPG, since every SVG can be structured differently. We made the entire process more robust so that even complex customer files are processed cleanly and integrated into our SVG print files.

Improved SVG rendering in Designer

In addition to the print file, we also cared about the rendering in the Designer itself. Many of you work with externally created graphics that are uploaded directly as SVG.

We expanded SVG processing so that significantly more variants are displayed correctly, regardless of how they're structured. This reduces surprises between design, preview and final production file and makes the overall workflow more reliable.

Styling Settings: Position sidebar freely

The Designer should adapt to your brand and use case, not the other way around. That's why we expanded the Styling Settings.

You can now specify which side the sidebar is on, left or right. Additionally, you can determine how the tabs for Design, Colors, Texts and Images are arranged. Horizontal or vertical, next to, above or below the sidebar.

This allows the Designer to be integrated much more flexibly into existing layouts and visually constructed exactly as you envision it for your customers.

Conclusion

The January update brings more stability and control. Clear communication via email, clean SVG processing from Designer to print file and more freedom in layout ensure that processes run more reliably and the Designer fits better with you.