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We now have Drag and Drop support for the Post Composer!

You can now drag and drop multiple images at once into the Post Composer rather than having to add each image one by one, locating each image in a file browser on your computer. Just drag and drop, then add your alt text as usual!

The same is true for videos, but only one video can be added to a post at a time.

This new feature even works for text and markdown files! Drag and drop text or markdown files into the Post Composer to instantly create new text blocks with the file's contents!

Exclamation points!!!!!

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We have a new feature! This one is important. 

Export Your Data!

I don't believe in locking users into a given platform. That's why one of the first priorities on the feature list for this platform has been data export.

The way it works is this: You can request a Data Export (limited to once every 24 hours, which should be more than often enough!). The export includes a simple, self-contained file named index.html, and you can open it in any web browser to view your posts chronologically.

For the nerds:

The data will also be available as subfolders for each post, named by date/timestamp of the post. Each post folder has a markdown file you can open in any text editor, and it will have the content of the post (as however it displayed on the site at the time of the export).

These timestamped folders and markdown files are useful for if you ever need to take your data elsewhere.

In addition, there's metadata about the post, its Post ID on YA.town, for example, and a markdown table at the bottom listing all media that was uploaded and used.

The images themselves are stored in the post folder beside the post's markdown text file.

The format of a post's export file (example.md) looks like the following: 

1# Post from December 27, 2025 at 09:26 PM23My motto.4[image:3a7ff239142c4dbf9ece49694dfd3ea9]56—- 78## Post Details910| Field | Value |11|-------|--——-|12| **Post ID** | `H3p60Y2kc7Y9gX` |13| **Created** | December 27, 2025 at 09:26 PM |14| **Pinned** | December 28, 2025 at 05:43 PM |1516## Attached Images1718| # | Media Key | Alt Text | Filename |19|---|-----------|----------|----———|20| 1 | `3a7ff239142c4dbf9ece49694dfd3ea9` | I was helping but I made it worse | c33e0a2baa034ecf8d1176b077b5f263.gif |

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I've also tuned our search function to turn up only relevant results. For instance, if you search for tuna, you would previously get my profile link under the People section, but also each and every one of my posts under the Posts section. Some things like that are squashed. #dev

I think that dark mode is now complete! It's no longer janky, and it honors both your preference toggle under Members->Settings, as well as the preference and current state of your device. If you are logged out, the device mode takes precedence. If you are logged in, the preference toggle takes precedence. #dev