Features, enhancements, and bugfixes from the Treefort team. For upcoming features, see the Roadmap.
Introducing a new feature: dynamic tags. When creating a dynamic tag, instead of adding individual content items to the tag, you set up rules which define what content gets included in the tag. Then when the time comes to show the tag contents to users (for instance in a slider), our system calculates which content items should be shown based on the rules you set up.
In this first iteration of the feature, dynamic tags are populated based on the following rules:
A content item is only included in the final result if it passes all of the rules you’ve defined.
So for example, suppose you have several tags already set up in your app: “Kids”, “Fiction”, and “Non-fiction”. Now you want to create a “Kids fiction” slider that includes audiobooks and videos. Formerly, you would have needed to either add items to the slider manually or tag all your audiobooks and videos with a new specific “Kids Fiction” tag. But now you can create a dynamic tag with content types of “Audiobook” and “Video”, include the tags “Kids” and “Fiction”, and then populate your slider with that new dynamic tag.
Check it out now on your dashboard under Dynamic tags!
We’ve added an integration with Rewardful to help you grow your app revenue via affiliates and referrals. Sign up for Rewardful, plug your Rewardful API key into Treefort, and start building your affiliate program.
Apple and Google only allow one backend service to subscribe to the server notifications that they send for subscription events. We occupy that single available slot so that we can automatically manage your users’ subscriptions for you. This is fine in most cases, but annoying if you wish to build additional automations or logging based on those server notifications.
To resolve this we’ve added two new webhook events to our system:
integration.appStore.notification.received: Triggered when we receive an App Store Server Notification from Apple for your account.integration.playStore.notification.received: Triggered when we receive a Real Time Developer Notification from Google for your account.Subscribe to these events in our webhook dashboard to get access to the raw, unfiltered notifications from Apple and Google.
NOTE: For most cases our regular subscription webhook events will be more helpful to you as they include additional user information.
It’s now possible to use rich text formatting in content and collection descriptions! The new description editor in the admin dashboard allows you to drop in bold and italic text, headings, links, lists, and blockquotes.
On app screens where there isn’t room to display these rich text descriptions we’ll fall back to the plain text “Short description” and make the rich text description available behind a “Read more” link. If you don’t provide a short description we’ll do our best to extract one from the first few lines of your rich text description.
P.S. For you API users - you can take advantage of this feature by submitting raw markdown in the description field.
Collections now support several new display options that give them the same visual richness as video series pages:
These options can be configured per collection from the admin dashboard.
We improved how descriptions are shown on app cards and collection pages to reduce awkward cutoffs and spacing issues.
Short descriptions now render more cleanly, and “Read more” behavior is more consistent when longer text is available.
The Treefort API now supports a PATCH endpoint for updating user records. This makes it possible to sync user data from external systems.
The Treefort API now supports PATCH requests for content, allowing API users to update individual content fields without replacing the entire record. We’d like to thank everyong for their longsuffering usage of PUT up until now.
Admins can now delete user accounts directly from the user detail view in the admin dashboard. Deleting a user removes their account and associated data. This is useful for handling user deletion requests or cleaning up test accounts.
Oops - previously you couldn’t archive a draft article. This limitation wasn’t intentional, and now it has been removed!
We gave the admin user table a significant speed boost - clicking through pages, searching for users, and exporting data is up to 10 times faster now!
The content CSV export now includes collection information for each content item. This makes it possible to see which collections a piece of content belongs to when reviewing your content library in a spreadsheet.
We improved the loading speed of the content table significantly, expecially for larger tables.
The Treefort API now supports creating users directly via the POST /users endpoint. The API response includes a set-password URL that can be provided to the new user.
A new “Content viewer” role is available for team members who need read-only access to your content library. Content viewers can browse and review content in the admin dashboard without the ability to make changes.
This is useful for stakeholders who need visibility into your content without editing permissions.
Treefort apps can now delegate user management entirely to any external identity provider that supports OIDC or OAuth 2.0. This allows you to use your existing authentication infrastructure rather than Treefort’s built-in login system.
A user’s push notification tokens are now available via the API and the user detail view in the admin dashboard. This makes it possible to automate personalized notifications and to more easily send test notifications.
You can now create coupon codes that link a user’s existing Stripe subscription to their Treefort account. When a user redeems the coupon, their active Stripe subscription is recognized and they receive the appropriate access.
This is useful for migrating subscribers from another platform or for scenarios where subscriptions are managed outside the app.
We introduced an API versioning framework to support safer evolution of public endpoints. While technically an internal change, this should allow us to innovate more rapidly with our API.
Archived coupon codes are now shown in the admin dashboard (sorted to the bottom of the list) alongside active codes. You can re-enable an archived code directly from the dashboard rather than trying to create a new code with the same name and hitting an error.
A clearer error message is also shown if you attempt to create a code that conflicts with an existing archived code.
Tags now support custom artwork that can be uploaded and removed from the tag settings in the admin dashboard.
Registration can now be disabled on a per-platform basis. For example, an app can be configured to:
This can be used to comply with App Store policies for apps that do not offer in-app subscriptions.
Pages can now be published without being linked to from a tab or another page. A published but unlinked page is accessible via a direct URL but does not appear in the app’s navigation, giving you more flexibility for landing pages and promotional content.
Search in the admin dashboard now returns more results per query (100 instead of 20).
This makes it easier to find the right content without repeatedly refining your search terms.
Users can now pull down on the main app screens to refresh content. This updates the app code, configuration, and all content listings, ensuring users always have the latest content without needing to fully close and reopen the app.
The user CSV export now includes subscription plan details for each user: plan name, plan ID, provider, price, and billing interval. This makes it easier to segment your audience and analyze subscription data in external tools.
The web app can now show app install banners, prompting users to install your native app directly from the browser. This feature can be toggled on or off from the App Settings page in the admin dashboard.
The banner only appears when a user has not yet installed the native app, making it easy to grow your native app audience from web traffic.
The List module on custom app pages now supports a grid layout. The full set of layout options is now:
The list and grid layouts can also display descriptions and dates alongside artwork.
We have automated the process of submitting app builds to the App Store and Google Play Store for review. This is an internal change to how we manage releases, but it means app updates — including new features and bug fixes — reach your customers more quickly and consistently.
A dedicated Accounting role is now available for billing and invoice management.
This helps teams grant finance access without broad admin permissions, improving role clarity and access control.
A new Billing section is available in the admin dashboard for managing your Treefort account. From this section you can:
Overdue invoices also generate an alert at the top of the dashboard so nothing is missed.
The admin dashboard now displays account-level notifications at the top of the page when action is required. We are currently using this to alert you to expired Apple agreements (you’ve likely suffered from this issue before), but plan to add more notification topics in the future.
Your app now supports universal links on both iOS and Android. When a user taps a link to your app’s web address — in an email, a text message, or a browser — the native app opens directly to the right page instead of loading the browser.
Subscription plans now support custom data fields. This allows you to attach arbitrary key-value data to a plan via the API - useful for external integrations.
The Treefort API now supports archiving content with a DELETE request.
This simplifies automation workflows by allowing content lifecycle updates without sending full content payloads via a PUT request.
Articles are a new content type that lets you publish written content directly in your app. Each article supports a full rich text body with headings, links, and images, as well as:
Articles can be organized into blogs using the new “blog” collection type.
Collections now have additional display configuration options in the admin dashboard. Admins can set:
The subscription.activated webhook now includes the checkout code used during signup. This makes it easier to track which promotional or group membership code was associated with a new subscription when processing webhook events in your own systems.
The audio player on mobile now has a close button, making it easy to dismiss the player without interrupting playback. The desktop audio player already supported this.
The admin dashboard has a new sidebar navigation, replacing the previous top navigation bar. Improvements include:
Content items now support a short description field alongside the main description. Short descriptions are used in places where a brief summary is shown, such as content cards, keeping the display clean while the full description remains available on the content page.
We’ve added a new analytics dashboard replete with charts, graphs, and additional data. New metrics includes:
WAV files can now be uploaded as audio content for all you Winamp users still out there.
Your web app now automatically includes sitemap.xml and robots.txt files. Search engines like Google and Bing use sitemaps to discover and index your content, which can improve your app’s visibility in search results over time.
No setup is required. Theses files are generated automatically based on your published content and pages.
Content can now be scheduled for future publication even before media processing has finished. Once the scheduled time arrives and processing is complete, the content will become visible automatically. This allows you to set up publishing schedules in advance without waiting for uploads to finish processing - no more late nights waiting to hit the publish button!
Your web app now includes a /download URL that automatically redirects users to the right place for their device:
This makes it easy to share a single link in emails or on social media when directing users to install your app.
Sliders for video series, collections, and podcasts previously capped the number of items shown at 10-24 items (depending on the configured layout). That limit has been removed. All items in a series, collection, or podcast feed are now displayed, no matter how many there are!
The video content page has been redesigned with an improved visual layout. The thumbnail now appears in its natural aspect ratio, and the background uses the video’s color palette to create a more polished, cohesive look. This prevents unwanted cropping of artwork.
You can now upload a custom favicon for your web app. The favicon appears in browser tabs, bookmarks, and on the home screen when users save your web app on their device.
The favicon option is available in your app’s theme settings in the admin dashboard.
The play button on a video series page now shows “Continue watching” when a user has already started a season. The app automatically selects the right season based on the user’s watch history, so they can pick up exactly where they left off.
Video series pages have a new layout with two big improvements:
Treefort now supports an MRSS endpoint for content, allowing you to automatically sync content from Treefort to third-party services that support MRSS ingestion.
The admin dashboard now has a dedicated user detail modal that can be accessed by clicking on a record in the user table. Opening a user’s record shows their account information, subscription status, and entitlements in one place. Admins can also edit details such as the user’s email address, name, and entitlements directly from this modal.
Admins can now control how dates appear across their app. A date display strategy can be set per content type in app settings, with the option to override it on individual content items. Options include:
Subscription webhook payloads now include the subscription’s reference ID.
This makes it easier to match webhook events with payment provider records.
The slider module supports a new item type: “In progress”. This displays any content recently played by the user, optionally filtered by content type. You can use this to drop a “Pick up where you left off” section for your users on any custom page in your app.
Admins can now archive draft pages directly from the dashboard.
A filter was also added to show or hide archived pages, making page management cleaner.
The universal search page in the app now supports filtering by item type. Users can refine their search by selecting filters such as “Video”, “Audiobook”, etc.
We added a new built-in coupon code system (not to be confused with Stripe coupon codes). This system replaces the original group membershipo code system and adds support for:
The Treefort API now includes an endpoint for sending custom transactional emails. This gives you a way to email customers using the same template as our built-in “Forgot password”, “Verify email”, and coupon code emails.
You can now create custom short URLs in the admin dashboard via the App Settings page. This feature allows you to create custom URLs for specific pages in your app that are easy to remember (and easy to read on a podcast), enhancing shareability.
Podcast episodes are now included in app search results. This makes your podcast library easier to discover and helps users find individual episodes without extra navigation.
Banners now support a fit-to-screen-width height option. This reduces cropping of banner images by scaling banner height to match artwork proportions across different screen sizes.
Treefort now sends a webhook event when a subscription has a billing failure. This helps connected systems trigger dunning or support workflows more quickly when payment issues occur.
Account registration flows now support reCAPTCHA protection. This can help reduce spam and improves signup security for tenant apps.
Setup is currently white-glove - reach out to us if you’d like to utilize this feature!
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