Changelog

Beautiful new features and important updates are added to Prepr on a daily basis. This changelog gives you an insight into the most eye-catching releases. Be aware that updates can be rolled out in phases so they may not always be available in all Prepr environments at the same time.

Latest | 2024 | 2023

Introducing conditional fields

March 27th, 2025

Introducing conditional fields - a huge step towards easier and more efficient content management. With conditional fields you can now choose to show or hide fields or sections depending on another field's value.

This feature simplifies the editing experience with a cleaner interface without unnecessary fields. For example, to show either the external URL field or an internal link field in the content item and not both.

Check out the field settings doc for more details.

New in Visual Editing: Segment & A/B Test preview

March 25th, 2025

We've enhanced Visual Editing with new Segment and A/B test variant switches. These switches allow you to preview personalized content for specific segments and each A/B test variant before publishing the content item. By previewing content for specific groups of targeted visitors, you have more control and confidence in your content adjustments.

The Segment and A/B test switches are available automatically if your front end uses the latest Prepr Next.js package. If not, check out the setup details to enable the adaptive preview for any other front-end framework.

Managing content with shortcut keys

March 17th, 2025

In line with the Content UX improvements released last week, we're happy to introduce new shortcut keys to help you manage your content faster and more efficiently. Now, with just a couple of keystrokes, you can quickly select all content items (Command + A), add an item (Command + I), publish a content item(Command + P), and more - giving you greater control and saving you valuable time.

For more details, check out the managing content items docs.

Improved rescheduling of content items

March 13th, 2025

Based on your feedback on the recent Content UX updates, we've improved how rescheduling works for published content — it now updates the First Published at date and time to the new date and time you choose when you reschedule the content item.

By rescheduling a published content item, you can choose how to order the content items in the front end when they're ordered by the First Published at date and time. This gives you more flexibility and allows you better control over the order of published content.

Check out the content management docs for more details.

Introducing Visual Editing

March 11th, 2025

Visual Editing is finally here! This new feature allows you to view content changes to your web pages in real-time with a convenient side-by-side view in the Prepr Content page.

This means, you can instantly see how your edits affect the page layout and content, reducing the need to switch between tabs to check your updates. Visual Editing gives you instant, crystal-clear insight into your changes, making your editing process a lot faster, effortlessly smooth, and a great deal more intuitive.

Check out the visual editing setup and the content management docs for more details.

Improved UX for content references

March 11th, 2025

In response to your feedback, we've improved the UX for content references when editing a content item.

With the updated overlays, now you always know where you are in deeply nested items. Together with a cleaner interface, this clarity minimizes errors and gives you full control over your content, making content updates seamless and stress-free.

Check out the content reference doc for more details.

Updated content item UX

March 11th, 2025

To support the Visual Editing feature, we've updated the Content Item detail page with a cleaner, more intuitive interface. Primary content editing actions have been moved to the top. You'll also notice that the default publish action has been updated to match your preference.

We trust this update gives you a more streamlined experience when editing content.

Check out the content management docs for more details.

Deploying to Vercel directly from Prepr

March 10th, 2025

As you've requested, you can now deploy your website directly from Prepr. Simply click the new Build and deploy button to deploy your website to Vercel and the live website is updated with your latest published content as soon as you need it.

This new feature is especially useful for statically built and deployed websites where you don't see your content changes immediately after publishing. This way, you have more control over the website content without needing to switch over to Vercel or to contact developers to trigger a new deployment for you.

Check out the Vercel integration doc for the setup details.

Improved video upload feedback

March 5th, 2025

We've improved the video upload experience in Prepr by adding a real-time progress indicator, showing the exact percentage of transcoding completion. This makes it easier to track the status of larger video uploads. Additionally, we've introduced a Failed to Transcode error message, providing clear feedback if an issue occurs during processing.

Check out the assets doc for more details.

Improved content item creation

March 3rd, 2025

Based on your feedback on adding content items, we've refined the Add item action for usability. Previously, when adding an item, you could select from all models when creating new content items.

From now on, the model selection window excludes single-item models if their content item has been created. This update declutters the model selection, making content management more intuitive and efficient.

Check out the content management doc for more details.

Setting an image focal point

February 26th, 2025

As requested, we’ve added a feature that allows you to set a focal point when adding or editing an image in a content item.

To enable the option to set an image focal point instead of the option to crop the image, check out the asset field settings for more details.

By setting a focal point for an image, you ensure the key parts of the image remains visible (such as a person’s face or a product), even when resized for different screen sizes. This feature means your front end delivers better visual presentation, and improves user experience.

Check out the image docs for more details.

New Marketer role

February 24th, 2025

With the new Marketer role, you can add your marketing team members to Prepr. The Marketer role is designed for users who manage and optimize audience segmentation within Prepr. This role has the same permissions as the existing Editor role, allowing users to create, edit, and manage content. However, marketers also have access to the Segments feature, enabling them to define and view audience segments.

Check out the roles and permissions doc for more details.

Introducing the Zapier integration

February 19th, 2025

We set up Prepr’s Zapier integration as part of our efforts to continually improve your experience with integrating to Prepr CMS. This new integration enables automated tagging of customer profiles and provides an external trigger for event tracking in Prepr. With Zapier you can choose any listed app to send data to Prepr automatically.

Think about the case where you want to add a tag with the industry of a known customer in Prepr when they request a demo through a HubSpot form.

Previously, you had to manually export and import this data to Prepr or create a custom API integration. Now you can easily automate this process with Zapier (opens in a new tab) by simply choosing the listed app to pair such as HubSpot, a trigger like a New Form Submission (for example, when there's a demo request), and the Prepr action of Tag a Customer Profile.

This workflow in Zapier automatically triggers Prepr to save the customer data you choose in the tag of a known customer profile. This means you have an easy, automated segmentation setup without development effort, leading to better personalization.

Check out the Zapier integrations doc for more details.

Introducing support for semantic versioning (SemVer)

February 11th, 2025

As requested we've added support for semantic versioning in the HTTP header context in segments. This means you can create conditions like in the example image below.

Semantic versioning gives you more flexibility and precision with your segmentation in the HTTP header context. You can confidently enforce version requirements, preventing unwanted or inconsistent content when segmenting your customers.

Check out the segments doc for more details.

Bulk publishing content items

February 11th, 2025

We’re very happy to bring you new options to quickly publish or unpublish multiple items simultaneously. With these new actions you can choose to publish or unpublish your chosen content items immediately or to schedule these actions for a future date.

These new features help you efficiently release and manage batches of content items, such as campaigns or updates that span several pieces of content, saving time and reducing manual effort. No more repetitive manual tasks means that you can manage your content faster, freeing up time to focus on strategy and creativity.

Check out the managing content docs for more details.

Introducing the Prepr Next.js package

February 5th, 2025

We’re excited to introduce the Prepr Next.js package, a powerful toolkit to streamline your personalization and A/B testing implementation. Now you can integrate Prepr’s features into your Next.js front end faster and more efficiently with the following features:

• It provides API request headers for the following values:
  • Each visitor's customer ID. You need this API request header, Prepr-Customer-Id, when you query adaptive content and content with A/B testing.
  • Any UTM parameters, if applicable. This is useful to identify customers who enter your website through a social media campaign, for example.
  • HubSpot cookie, if it exists. This is useful for identifying customers who are tracked in HubSpot as a lead, for example.
  • The visitor's IP address. This is useful for localization.

• The Adaptive Preview Bar. When you include this component in your front end, you allow content editors to effortlessly toggle between A/B test variants and personalized experiences for validation.

  

Check out the Prepr Next.js package guide or visit the GitHub repository (opens in a new tab) directly for the step-by-step instructions to install and use the package.

Tracking customers by their email address

February 5th, 2025

You can now track a visitor's email address and store it in their customer profile in Prepr. You can do this by triggering a simple javascript in your front end when the customer provides their email address in the web app.

prepr('event', 'Email', 'jesse.ward@acme-company.com');

Check out the Storing customer properties doc for more details.

This feature makes it easier to track customer interactions in other platforms you might be using, enabling more insights.

Improved Publication date filter for the content item list

January 15th, 2025

We're happy to bring you an improved publication date filter when you view the content items list. The previously called Published on filter is now called Publication date for greater clarity. This filter is based on the content item Publication date instead of the previous Publish on dates. We've also updated the date selection for this filter to support future dates, allowing you to easily find not only past published content items, but also scheduled content items.

For more details on filtering content items, check out the managing content doc.

New info text to indicate null boolean values

January 14th, 2025

We've added info text to indicate when a boolean value is null in a content item. This info text indicates that you need to explicitly set a value for this field and save the content item.

Sync your schema with Azure DevOps

January 13th, 2025

We're happy to announce that we've added another option to the Schema sync feature in Prepr. You can now choose to sync a schema using Azure DevOps. If your preferred tool for CI/CD workflows and source control management is Azure DevOps, you can include the sync process to manage schema updates in this single platform.

Check out the step-by-step guide in the Azure DevOps schema sync doc.

Support for Stories in the REST API has been fully removed

January 13th, 2025

Following the deprecation of Stories in Prepr UI in January 2024, we have now completed the removal process by eliminating all related functionality from our REST API. We trust that this update has very limited impact, if at all, but please ensure your integrations are updated, if needed. Contact Prepr support if you have any questions.

Duplicate models, components and enumerations instantly

January 7th, 2025

We're happy to bring you yet another feature you've requested - The option to duplicate models, components, and enumerations.

Quickly create similar models, components or enumerations without the need to manually add each field. This saves you time and reduces errors by duplicating existing structures, streamlining your workflow for faster content modeling and delivery.

For more details, check out the content modeling docs.

Improved image naming and URL structure

January 6th, 2025

We're pleased to let you know that we've improved how image files are named and how their URLs are set in Prepr CMS.

Now when you upload new images, they retain their original file name. The optimized URL for each image also includes a cleaner prefix after the hostname, providing a more structured and consistent format for better organization and readability.

Example
Previous URL structure: https://example.stream.prepr.io/{format_options}/695a4d1eiaom-sustainability.png
New URL structure: https://example.stream.prepr.io/695a4d1eiaom/{format_options}/sustainability.png

These changes make it easier for you to manage these assets, better visibility, and they align with SEO best practices.

Check out the Editing assets doc (opens in a new tab) for more details on image fields.