Public log

What shipped

Updates to SiteLetter, newest first. New features, refinements, fixes.

May 2026

5 changes
May 28 2026
Improved

Alternative comparisons now use more precise data.

The /alternatives matrix and the individual comparison pages were re-verified against current vendor pricing and feature pages. Numbers reflect what each tool ships today.

May 27 2026
Improved

Captures and change tracking are steadier on busy sites.

A few patterns that used to throw off a scan no longer do. Newsletter popups, rotating banners, lazy-loaded image grids, hover-only menus. Captures look the way the page actually looks, and the dashboard stops flagging false changes the day after.

May 26 2026
Improved

Screenshots and visual change detection both got sharper.

Page screenshots now capture cleanly on complex layouts. No more missing chunks or duplicated content. And when something on a page changes, the diff highlights just the area that moved instead of marking the whole page as different.

May 25 2026
New

Mixed content and insecure links now show up on content health.

Mixed content flags http:// scripts, stylesheets, iframes and images loaded by an https page (browsers block or warn on these). Insecure links lists http:// anchor URLs. Both show as separate sections on content health, distinct from broken resources.

May 24 2026
Improved

Weekly email report got a top-to-bottom polish pass.

Three weeks after launch, the report sections had drifted into a patchwork of slightly different styles. This pass realigned them. Same data, quieter rendering, every surface speaking the same colour language.

  • Site Status section redrawn as a hairline-ruled stat block. The day counts are the design, traffic-light coloured (green / amber / red), no pill, no per-cell dots.
  • Uptime calendar aligned to the week (Mon-Sun columns with dates inside each cell), quarterly reports now split into three per-month mini-calendars with breathing room between them.
  • Broken-link reports now list the broken URLs with their HTTP status codes, up to 8 inline with a "+ N more" count below. Clean state has its own quieter rendering.
  • Portfolio overview uses full Lighthouse names (Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO) instead of dev abbreviations, with period-over-period deltas inline.
  • Score badge for a perfect 100 is now green, not brand blue, so a single score follows the same traffic-light scheme as every other number on the report.

April 2026

1 change
Apr 26 2026
New

SiteLetter launches.

Public in late April 2026. Website monitoring built for agencies that bill a retainer. 15 pages monitored per client site. Flat $5 per site, per month. Built because none of the existing tools treated the monthly client report as the deliverable, and that is the actual deliverable.

  • Uptime, Lighthouse, screenshots, visual regression, broken-link and broken-image checks.
  • White-label client reports: agency logo, accent colour, reply-to, no SiteLetter branding on the client-facing surface.
  • Report schedules: weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly. Quarterly reports split into per-month mini-calendars so the grid stays readable at email width.
  • Portfolio overview across all client sites in one table, with period-over-period deltas.