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Inkwell v1.0.2

Release date: 2026-07-29
Type: Feature release (backward-compatible — existing tenants keep their layout, theme, and content)

Inkwell is a free, open-source, self-hosted, multi-tenant blogging platform built on ASP.NET Core (.NET 10) with SQL Server. v1.0.2 is a major step up in SEO / AEO (AI-search) readiness, adds a scored-roundup content system, new layouts, instant indexing, and an error-monitoring subsystem.

Highlights

🔎 SEO & AI-search overhaul

  • Rich structured data across the site: Organization, WebSite + SearchAction, CollectionPage, BlogPosting, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, HowTo, author Person, and roundup ItemList/Review/SoftwareApplication.
  • Per-tenant llms.txt + new llms-full.txt for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini), a curated AI-crawler allow-list in robots.txt, and entity/disambiguation signals.
  • Author E-E-A-T pages (/author/{slug}), configurable content language (lang/hreflang/og:locale), image sitemap, sitelinks search box, and Search Console / Bing verification fields.
  • Performance: precompiled Tailwind, preloaded brand fonts, deferred non-critical scripts, LCP-prioritized images.

⚡ IndexNow instant indexing

Enable in Admin → Settings; publishing or updating a post pings Bing/Yandex/Seznam/Naver to re-crawl within minutes. Ownership key auto-generated and served at the site root. Per-tenant, off by default, best-effort.

🏆 Verdict roundup content system

A scored "Top N Best … Software" format with a dedicated layout, per-entry scores/pros/cons/CTAs, internal-cluster linking, verified outbound vendor links, first-party disclosure, and rich-result-safe ItemList/Review schema.

🎨 New layouts

The Catalog layout (single-column boxed cards, category filter bar, numbered pagination) joins the library, selectable from Admin → Theme with safe fallback for legacy values.

🚨 Error Monitor + alerts

A global exception handler and status-code logger record 4xx/5xx errors grouped by signature with occurrence counts and first/last-seen. Admin → Error Monitor lists them with filters and summary tiles; optional email alerts notify configured recipients the first time a new server error appears.

✍️ Authoring

Key Facts ("At a glance") and How-To step blocks, a live meta-description length helper, smarter related-posts/internal linking, and consistent | Brand page titles.

Upgrade notes

  • Schema: MigrationService applies all required changes on startup (new ErrorLogs table; Posts.RoundupJson / KeyFactsJson / HowToJson columns). The dated scripts in DBScripts/ mirror these for manual/prod application (sqlcmd -f 65001).
  • New settings (IndexNow, error-notification recipients, content language, verification codes) live in the settings JSON blob and default to safe/off — no action required.
  • Fully backward-compatible: no breaking changes; a tenant that upgrades without touching settings keeps its current appearance and behavior.

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete list.

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