Changelog

All notable changes to Generous.nz are recorded here, grouped by version. Every deployed build has a version number, a git tag, and an entry below.

Versioning scheme

Versions follow MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH:

0.x — pre-launch. Minor bumps mark a completed build phase or major feature set; patches are bug fixes on the current build.
1.0.0 — first public launch.
1.x+ — post-launch: minor = new features, patch = fixes, major = breaking changes or significant re-architecture.

Each version is tagged in git (v0.2.0) and the current version is kept in package.json. See docs/version-control.md for how to cut a release.

Blog posts can be saved again after adding an uploaded cover image: the validator was requiring an absolute URL, which rejected the uploader's /api/uploads/... path. It now accepts uploaded paths (and pasted URLs), matching the rest of the site.

The site now pushes the following events to the GTM data layer so tags can fire reliably without scraping the page:

sign_up — fired when a new account is created (method: email).
begin_checkout — fired when a buyer clicks Buy and Stripe returns a checkout session (carries product id, price, currency).
purchase — fired on the order success page with the real order id, amount, currency and item details.
donation — fired on the fundraiser page after a completed donation (one-off or recurring), with the amount and fundraiser.
generate_lead — fired when a business submits a wholesale application.
add_to_store — fired when a fundraiser adds a wholesale item to their store with one click.

These are announcements only — Tag Manager listens for them and forwards them to GA4.

Blog cover uploads are now named from the post title: lowercase with spaces as underscores, plus a 5-digit counter (e.g. my_blog_title_00001.jpg), so re-uploads of the same title never overwrite or clash.

Blog cover images are capped at 900px wide (instead of 1200) — most screens don't show wider, so files are smaller and load faster; larger layouts stretch to fit.

Blog cover images uploaded via the blog editor now keep up to a 1200px long edge (16:9 covers come out at 1200×675) instead of the 600px cap. Product, fundraiser and store images keep the existing 600px cap — the upload pipeline now accepts a per-purpose size.

Google Tag Manager (GTM-NC89TPGP) on every page — container script in the head and the noscript fallback at the top of the body, so GTM works with and without JavaScript. The container ID can be overridden later with NEXT_PUBLIC_GTM_ID in the environment.
Route-change tracking — client-side navigations now push a next_route_change event (with the page path and title) to the dataLayer, so GA4 conversions can be wired to in-app pages, not just the first page load.

Canonical URLs on every indexable public page (home, blog, help, getting started, business, wholesale, explore, legal, legal documents, blog posts, product pages, P2P pages, fundraisers and org storefronts). Shared ?from= links now resolve to a single canonical URL instead of being indexed as duplicates.
Structured data: Organization + WebSite schema on the homepage, Article
- BreadcrumbList on blog posts, and Product schema (with ratings where present) on both fundraiser-owned and wholesale product pages.
Blog pagination — the blog index now serves 18 posts per page (/blog, /blog/page/2, ...), cutting page weight from ~540 KB to a fraction of that. Paginated and search-result pages are noindexed.
Blog search now runs server-side via ?q= (search result pages are noindexed to avoid duplicate content).
Publish dates, author and reading time on blog cards and article pages — dates render in NZ format (e.g. "27 August 2026").

Fixed duplicate brand names in titles — "Blog — Generous.nz · Generous.nz" is now "Blog · Generous.nz", and blog post titles no longer repeat the site name.
Blog posts now include Article Open Graph metadata (published time, URL, type) and canonical tags.

The fundraiser's My listings page now has a filter: All listings / My listings / Wholesale fundraisers. Wholesale rows also show a "You earn / sale" figure (listing price × the fundraiser's commission percentage).