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Key Takeaway Collecting user feedback effectively means building a continuous loop between your users and your product decisions. Early-stage startups should use multiple feedback sources (like in-app surveys, community forums, and one-on-one interviews) to understand real user needs. The key is not the volume of responses but how quickly you can turn insights into action. A simple, centralized process ensures feedback drives meaningful updates and user trust grows over time. Remember: Mix qualitative and quantitative feedback methods. Keep feedback visible and public. Close the loop with changelogs and personal notifications. Use tools that automate collection and response tracking. What are the most effective methods for collecting user feedback as a small startup? Combine lightweight quantitative touchpoints (emoji/rating surveys) with a public user feedback board and targeted 20-minute interviews. This mix captures volume, context, and the “why,” letting small teams prioritize high-impact fixes without heavy ops. Methods you can use right away with limited budget and time Quick emoji or rating surveys: Add a simple 1-question survey with emoji or star ratings (😊 😐 😞 or ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) after key interactions like onboarding or using a new feature. Why: Short surveys like visual ratings (stars/emojis) are quick to set up. They also require less effort from respondents, which helps boost participation. Tip: Use free or low-cost tools such as Hotjar, Tally, or Feedier to embed quick rating widgets directly into your website or product. You can even connect responses to tools like Slack or Notion to monitor results in real time. Public feedback board: Create a visible forum where users can submit suggestions and upvote others. Why: By responding to feedback publicly, you build transparency and increase trust. Users can search through already submitted suggestions/questions to find answers on their own. This content can also show up in search engines to bring in new users. Action: You can use Slashpage to create a feature request and bug report board without needing a developer. Set it up as either a Feed or Chat format depending on your needs, and start collecting user feedback. User interview of your top users: Pick users with high usage, on paid plans, or frequent feedback contributors, and schedule a 20-minute video or call.

Tired of editing columns one by one, or just importing a flat image made elsewhere? With our new style syncing feature, you can build faster and more easily. Freely design with multiple rows, background images, rounded corners, and custom spacing. It's perfect for showcasing features, testimonials, and partners on your website! These functions are now available in the column. Layout Configuration Add Rows: Insert new rows above or below your content. Adjust Spacing: Click and drag dividers to uniformly adjust gaps between columns. Duplicate Rows/Columns: Instantly copy any selected row or column. Specify the minimum width for responsive operation: If the column width becomes smaller than the set value, it wraps to the next line. Style Customization Rounded Corners: Make corners rounded or circular when using the Card shape. Synced Styles: Style changes on one column are instantly applied to all others in the set. Set Backgrounds: Apply custom color or image backgrounds to individual columns. We've also removed the default top and bottom margins for columns. Please take a moment to check your site, as this might have slightly altered your existing layouts! ✨ Feature Improvements Updated key functions: Enter to send and Shift+Enter for a new line in comment and chat inputs.

Check out your site's popular post rankings, added to the new analytics dashboard. If you click on a title, you can also see the changes in view count over time on a line graph. Several visitor metrics have also been added. It shows you a breakdown of visitors by their ratio of Members, Subscribers, and general Visitors, and data that you previously could only check by connecting Google Analytics can now be checked directly on Slashpage. You can see the button click logs in full screen by clicking View log on pages.

For solopreneurs, SMB, and startups who have to wear all the hats—developer, designer, and marketer—it's crucial to get your product in front of as many people as possible with minimal effort. With limited time and budget, finding the right tools to amplify your message is everything. That's why I've handpicked 8 tools that I personally use to boost my marketing efficiency. Most of these are powerful enough even on their free plans and don't require a steep learning curve. With this toolkit, you can build a powerful presence for you and your product across social media platforms and search engines. Want to come back to this article later? Click the button below to copy the link! Summary of 8 Essential Content Marketing Tools Tool Core function Unique advantage Meta Ad Library Competitor Ad Research You can see the actual, live ad assets and strategies. Ubersuggest SEO Keyword Discovery You can check the search volume and competition for 3 keywords daily for free. Canva Image & Video Creation Provides pre-sized canvases and a massive library of templates for each social media platform. Picbolt Screenshot Styling

Now you can use the Calendar channel to share project timelines, events, reservations, and more. Highlight important dates with different colors, and, just like with other channels, you can add and manage schedules together with your members. (If you like a calendar design, click on it - it'll take you to a template you can duplicate for your own site). You can also check how often you’ve posted to your blog or community! Create a calendar view by going to the edit screen of your desired channel and clicking + > Calendar. If you set the 'Display Date' to Created at, your posts will automatically appear on the calendar according to the day they were written. To get the most out of the Calendar channel, check out our guide. ✨ Feature Improvements Added file attachment icon to the chat and feed channel input boxes 🛠️ Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where popup banner images appeared at different scales on desktop and mobile devices Fixed a bug where the “New” button in channels was not clickable on mobile Fixed a bug where moving pages/channels in the sidebar was not reflected within the page Improved the speed of moving pages/channels in the sidebar Fixed a bug where edits to fields within a channel were not immediately reflected Fixed a bug where channel filters were not applied Fixed an error message when moving posts in the Kanban board channel Fixed a bug that allowed changing the default calendar post color without admin permissions

Have something important every visitor should see—or a page you want them to check out? Use pop-ups or a banner at the top of your site to make it impossible to miss. You can easily manage everything from your site settings: upload an image, add a button with a link, and choose when (or whether) it appears. Tips. On any content page, go to ... in the upper right > Announce on site to activate the top banner. Once a user closes a pop-up or banner, it won’t show again—unless you update or toggle the announcement. When you do, it’ll reappear for everyone, even those who previously closed it. Recommended pop-up image ratio: 4:3 ✨ New Features & Improvements In Channel preview mode, when the title is hidden, hovering over the title area now reveals it for easier selection while editing. Added option to make content items open the custom URL entered in the URL field—or do nothing—when clicked from the channel preview or content list. Unlisted views are now excluded from the sitemap.(SEO) Removed extra padding outside the channel preview area. Column blocks now remain even if only one column is left. Added text justification (align both left and right). Added support for more domains to display social icons. Improved how required questions are indicated in survey channels. Improved usability, including better spacing between column blocks. On mobile, when categories wrap to more than one line, horizontal scrolling is now enabled. Member and owner accounts are now prioritized in member search results. In full-width image sliders, the entire slider is now selectable for easier animation setup. Improved loading speed for database channel lists.

Tired of checking each site individually to see your visitor count, subscribers, or members? Now, you can view everything at a glance on your dashboard! If you’ve created multiple versions of events, application forms, or landing pages, you can easily compare visitor numbers for each. Quickly spot missing SEO settings, or manage permissions and announcements across multiple sites simultaneously. No matter how many sites you run, managing them has never been easier. ✨ Feature Improvements Added multilingual translation settings to the top left of the edit mode. Changed the 'Currently Viewing' indicator to show only members who are currently online, and made it visible only in the editor. You can now adjust image height when an image block is set to fill the screen or column width. 🛠️ Bug Fixes Improved slow cursor movement when navigating with the keyboard in table view. Fixed an issue where blog channel card type images did not maintain their aspect ratio in Safari. Fixed a bug where images appeared smaller than the set size in the image slider. Fixed an intermittent issue where the social button layer would not appear. Removed the 'Public (Unlisted)' option from the visibility settings of private channel views.

Ever felt sure you sent or received a direct message but couldn’t find it in your inbox? Or found it inconvenient to look up a user just to send a direct message? Now, from the left menu on Slashpage, you can easily view and send all your direct messages—both sent and received—organized by site. Take a moment to check if you’ve missed any important messages! Tip. More Ways to Send a Direct Message Click a username from the member or subscriber list Click the username of a post author Click the Direct Message button ✨ Feature Improvements Added AI summary when setting SEO for a page or channel post Increased the maximum number of views that can be added to a channel from 10 to 50 Moved the profile menu to the top-right corner of the screen 🛠️ Bug Fixes Fixed layout issues when converting a channel into buttons Fixed extra space appearing below resized images on mobile

If you’ve been looking for more layout flexibility in Slashpage, try using the new Background Block. This feature lets you overlay other blocks—like text or buttons—on top of images or videos, making it easier to create diverse layouts and styles. Here are a few ways you can use it: 1. Hero sections that drive clarity and action Use a background block at the top of your page to place a brand image, slogan, and a call-to-action button together. 2. Card-style layouts for repeating content For consistent content such as feature descriptions, reviews, or pricing details, use bordered background blocks to keep everything clean and organized. 3. Section breaks that improve content flow When your page contains different content types or is particularly long, background blocks help you break up sections and maintain an easy-to-follow layout." You can find more details on how to use background blocks in the guide. ✨ Improvements Increased the max width for logo images to 220px. ⚒️ Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where blog post titles appeared too small in the detail view Fixed missing Android logs

Have you ever had columns unintentionally wrap on mobile devices, making your layout look broken? Now you can set it up so that it wraps as the browser window width changes on PC or when viewing on mobile, whichever you prefer! None: Columns always remain in the arrangement you've set. Auto: Columns automatically wrap based on their number and width. All: All columns always wrap to new lines.​ You can change the options by clicking the bar at the top of the column and selecting Responsive Wrapping . ✨ Feature Improvements Adjust line spacing in text blocks from 10% to 300%, with wider or narrower options. Added option to resize the site logo image. When accessing a private page/channel without permission, the first public page/channel in the sidebar will now be shown. When inviting someone to a specific subpage, the invitation notification now displays the page name. Direct messages are excluded from site translation. When copying a background block, the Spotlight Image attribute is no longer copied. 🛠️ Bug Fixes Fixed block selection layer styling issues in Safari. Fixed top toolbar appearing in the middle of the screen in edit mode on mobile Safari.

Images uploaded to SlashPage can now be cropped into rectangles with custom ratios—or even circles. Rotate them in 90-degree increments or flip them as needed. For simple edits while writing a post or building a website, try using the built-in image tools on SlashPage! ✨ Updates The SlashPage website and feedback community are now combined! Toggle symbols (▶︎, +) and their positions (start or end) can now be customized. See example Post permissions can now be set individually for each view within a channel. Notifications are no longer sent when publishing posts in private channels. Channel type can no longer be changed during survey preview. When creating a survey channel, a linked table channel is now automatically added to the view. The footer now appears on all views except chat, survey, and table views. ⚒️ Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where site name and URL didn’t appear on the site settings page in the app. Fixed a layout issue where buttons inside columns caused layout breaks when enlarged. Fixed styling issues on the member invitation screen in mobile view. Fixed a bug where clicking “See more” in channel previews opened a different view than shown. Fixed an issue where the preview in Grid Channels disappeared when scrolling.

With just a click of the '+' button, you can now view your channel data in multiple views. Adding a new view allows you to customize filters, sorting criteria, and view permissions independently from the original channel. How can you utilize this feature? 1. Startup Feedback Community (Feed + Kanban) Enhance your user feedback process by adding a Kanban view to your Feed (or Chat) channel. This enables you to manage feedback by tracking its progress through different stages.​ 2. Community Membership Management (Form + Table + Gallery) Review form submissions directly in a Table view, adding approval statuses and notes as needed. You can configure the Gallery view to display only approved members, streamlining your community management. 3. Sharing Blog Posts in Table Format (Blog + Table) If you've accumulated numerous reviews on restaurants, books, or products in your Blog channel, consider adding a Table view. This transforms your content into an easily digestible format, enhancing its shareability.​ Additionally, these new views can be utilized as previews. For instance, while your main channel is a Blog, you can showcase a Gallery preview on your site's main page. ✨ Updates Updated the SlashPage logo. Moved the 'Results' menu in the Form channel to appear when clicking the 'Form' tab at the top of the channel.​ Added 'Go Back' and 'Go to Home' functions to buttons.​ Added a warning popup when deleting members.​ Modified channel previews to prevent redirecting to the channel after creating or editing a post.​ Mentions of channels now have preview options enabled by default.​

Curious about your site's current SEO performance? Now, you can monitor which pages were visited by 'crawling bots'—critical for SEO improvement—and when these visits occurred.​ By enabling the Search engines to index this site option in the SEO menu of your site settings, you can accumulate visit records from the following services:​ Search Engines: Google, Microsoft, etc.​ AI Services: OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, Meta, ByteDance, Perplexity, and more (bots from these services are marked with AI after their names). Additionally, by clicking ... next to each page name and selecting Google or Bing , you can check how well that page is appearing in Google's search results.​ For further assistance in enhancing your site's SEO, refer to our guides:​ ✨ Feature Enhancements Option to select the aspect ratio (horizontal or vertical) for thumbnail images in the Grid channel.​ Added a warning prompt when deleting members.​ 🛠️ Bug Fixes Resolved an issue where the bottom margin of the page would disappear.​ Fixed a bug where preview images were not applied when sharing CleanURL on sites with custom domains.​ Corrected an issue where images could not be right-aligned.​ Fixed a bug in the Kanban Board channel where the 'Load More' button did not appear when sorting was applied.​

✅ When you need to manage tasks by tracking project managers, priorities, deadlines, relevant URLs, and progress. ✅ When you want to categorize useful websites or services by categories, URLs, features, etc. ✅ When you want to record reviews of books or restaurants along with ratings, prices, and subjects. Now, even if you have a large amount of data, you can view it all at once in the Table Channel and edit each entry directly without needing to open it individually! Filter and sort by date, features, or by person as needed. Add a 'Category' field so that users without editing permissions can sort and view posts by category on their own! ✨ Feature Enhancements When setting the Blog Channel layout to card view, horizontal scrolling is now enabled in the preview. The size of all buttons—except for the Fixed bottom button—has been slightly reduced. When clicking the "More" button in the channel preview, you now have the option to load additional posts or navigate directly to the channel. 🛠️ Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where, when navigating to another page while scrolled down, the scroll position would not reset to the top. Resolved a bug that prevented YouTube links from embedding properly in the Video Block. Fixed a bug where copying a block without a title resulted in the block name showing only "(1)". Corrected an issue where a "private" message appeared twice when accessing grid or blog channel posts without read permissions. Fixed a bug where, when the Gallery Channel thumbnail size was set to L, the thumbnails would appear larger than the screen on mobile devices. Resolved a bug in the Blog Channel where the thumbnail size would change from L to M after navigating in and out of a post.

Add star ratings to reviews of products, movies, books, and more. This makes reviews feel more structured and easy to compare. With star ratings as a custom field, sorting by rating or filtering specific ratings is now possible. The star style can also be changed to a heart icon and customized to match the site's theme. Added custom fields: File attachments Image uploads URLs Email fields Phone numbers ✨ Improvements Gallery channel thumbnails (size S) now display in two columns on mobile. Channel icons appear when mentioning items. Controllers now display correctly in nested columns. Adjusted spacing for form channel submit buttons. Improved error message handling for non-404 errors. 🛠️ Bug Fixes Removed hover styles for inline channel items on mobile. Survey channel results are no longer searchable or mentionable.

Have you ever felt that small channel post thumbnails fail to capture attention, or been frustrated by vertical images being cropped?​ Now, with Slashpage, you can freely customize layouts in Blog, Grid, and Gallery channels! Click on Page Settings → Layout in the edit mode to adjust thumbnail size, aspect ratio, alignment, and more to your preference.​ Curious about the possibilities? Click on the example images below to see how they look in action! Blog Channel When showcasing key projects or product introductions where images are crucial, enlarge the thumbnail and position it to the left for immediate impact. For content like card news with 1:1 ratio thumbnails, adjust the aspect ratio to prevent image cropping.​ Grid Channel Want to display variously sized images simultaneously, like in a portfolio or mood board? Apply the masonry layout to present images without cropping while maintaining a cohesive aesthetic.​ Gallery Channel When emphasizing images over text, such as for team members, movie posters, or investor logos, increase the thumbnail size to draw more attention.​ Additionally, you can now adjust the channel's width from mobile size to full PC screen width! Click on Page Settings > Max width to make changes.​ If you found a site you liked above, you can replicate it to your own by clicking ... > Duplicate as Template. ✨ Feature Improvements

Have you ever hesitated to add a block because you weren’t sure what it did? Or spent too much time scrolling, looking for the right block? Just click the + Add button on the right side of the editor. You can now preview blocks, pages, and channels with example images to quickly understand their purpose. Add them with a simple click or drag-and-drop. Of course, you can also use the search to find exactly what you need! ✨ Feature Improvements CS Private Status Icon (🔒): Pages, channels, and menus now display a lock icon in the sidebar and top-left menu area when in edit mode. If the entire site is private, only the site name will show the lock icon. CS Custom Domain: Share URLs now reflect the custom domain applied to the site. CS Channel Updates: Added "See previous comments" buttons for channel posts with over 100 comments. Subscription management: You can now cancel subscribers directly from the subscriber list. Grid channels now have " < ", " > " icons for easier navigation. Clicking outside of a post in the Database channel closes the post. UI Updates: The image slider hides the indicators when all images are visible on the screen. The "Submit" button in survey channels now supports custom color changes. The "Page" menu has been renamed from "Page" to "Blank" Adjusted spacing between sticky buttons and the button toolbar.

Make it easier for visitors to find what they need faster, whether it's a portfolio gallery, a job board organized by roles, or a community post list with lots of content. Tip. Don’t want categories to show on your channel’s home? Switch to edit mode, click the Field in the top-right corner of the content list, and toggle the category visibility with the eye icon.

When writing similar content multiple times, like service features, pricing plans, or team member introductions, you don’t have to manually apply the styles every time. Now, you can copy and paste text styles separately! 🪄✨ Text Styles: Animation, Font, Line Spacing, Size, Color, Weight, Alignment Try the keyboard shortcuts! Copy styles: Cmd(Ctrl) + Option(Alt) + C Paste styles: Cmd(Ctrl) + Option(Alt) + V

We’ve gathered some of the most frequently asked questions about members, permissions, and channel visibility, including the difference between editors and writers. Let’s break it all down! Q: How are Members different from Subscribers? Both receive notifications for new posts, but here’s how they differ: Members Subscribers Info visible to admins Nickname, email, last visit date Nickname, subscription date, last visit date Access to private channels/pages Possible if invited Not possible (can only view public channels/pages) Permission types Administrator, Editor, Writer, Viewer None How to add Invited by site admin Clicks subscribe button themselves Members have different roles with varying levels of permissions, such as Admin, Editor, Writer, and Viewer. Click here and check out more details!