Adventist Web Engine
Change Log
April 9, 2026
Update:
Improvement to website response time
Adjustments have been made to improve the response time of websites running on Web Engine. Testing demonstrates an improved response time of at least 35%, and in some cases 62%.
March 25, 2026
Update:
The course module now supports adding certificates to courses!
A certificate builder for creating certificates
In the courses list, an icon indicates certificate are enabled
Student can download the certificate:
when finishing the course
anytime under the completed courses dashboard
on the course detail page
March 19, 2026
Update:
Warning for missing images at component breakpoints
When adding an image to a component (ex. hero block) which allows for images per breakpoint, the image will get added to the working breakpoint. If working at laptop width, the image will be added to that device width, but from mobile until that breakpoint there will be no image.
There is now a warning for this. So you can either copy the image, and paste it to the smaller breakpoints, or ignore the warning if you don't wish to show the image on smaller screens.
March 12, 2026
Update:
The WordPress import now supports converting WP image galleries into the RTE ImageGallery plugin. For the time being, only the images are imported. Currently image galleries with captions on individual images are note supported.
Note: The RTE imageGallery plugin isn't supported in all designs yet. One of those being the DACH design.
March 11, 2026
Update:
Small adjustments to Adventist design SiteHeader block
Support for controlling the Primary menu text size. This applies to the Minimal and News variants only. There are three sizes: Small, Medium and Large. These can be applied responsively as well, although for mobile, it doesn’t have an affect, since the mobile menu uses the drawer. A side note, the menu styles were moved to the Styles tab. They are no longer a popover of the menus on the properties tab
Support for controlling the logo height. This allows more control over sizing the logo
This is not available for the Alps variant, as it is not part of the ALPS design system.
March 11, 2026
Update:
Update to the Episode translation view. In some media libraries, media links in the original language are different from the ones in the translation due to imported content. In these instances, the translation media link wasn’t shown, although it had a value. This is now fixed.
March 10, 2026
Update:
New block added for the adventist design: Courses Collection Repeater. This allows repeating course collections as a source for custom course listings. There’s also a source site option. This works like the Article/Episode/Event Feed blocks where the source site becomes the source of available providers and collections. Course urls will point to the source site with absolute urls.
March 10, 2026
Update:
A small update to the backend: For the designs that support it, multiple backgrounds are now visually shown stacked from the bottom up, instead of top down. So the layer that gets rendered as the “bottom” one, is now on the bottom. At the same time, the “Add background” and sorting buttons moved below the list of backgrounds.
March 5, 2026
Update:
Small update to the Language Menu block on the base design: Item colors are now configurable:
March 3, 2026
Update:
The Articles Feed and Episodes Feed blocks now have a language selection option. This allows the feed to be populated with the selected language content. The available languages will be ones which the source site has enabled. If no source language is selected, the default language of the source site will be used.
February 25, 2026
Update:
RTE update and Newsletter campaign template feature.
Here are the updates to the newsletter functionality:
Rich Text blocks are now supported in the Newsletter editor
They can be made editable. Previously only the Collection Repeater was editable. This means that editors of issues can customize the content of an editable RTE block for each issue
The label of the RTE block should be set for issue editors
The unique code should also be set (auto generated)
In the issue editor, the editable RTE block will show up in the document order, allowing the issue editor to add content
The styling for the Newsletter RTE is restricted to only basic styles. Images and other plugins are disabled
The RTE block content is rendered in the generated newsletter HTML
February 24, 2026
Update:
Added support for an Events Repeater block.
This works in a similar way to other repeater blocks in that its child blocks are repeated for each event.
There are quite a few event fields available to use as source fields
A new field type format is also supported for number fields: ‘currency’. This allows formatting of numbers as currency values. The currency to use needs to come from a source as well, in this case the event’s currency.
February 24, 2026
Update:
Modal block updates:
The DACH design now supports the Modal block. For DACH, Adventist and Paul designs there are also a few new options available in the Modal settings:
Prevent dismissal option: If this is selected, the modal cannot be dismissed with the “Esc” key or by clicking outside the modal. The user will have to actively close the modal with the modal close button. Make sure the Show close button option is selected in the styles tab (Close button section) in this case. Alternatively, add a Button block inside the modal with a link type of “Close modal dialog”
Auto open: This allows modals to open automatically without user interaction. The modal will appear, once the user navigates to the page the modal block is on.
Auto open delay: If the auto open feature is selected, you can control the delay between the user opening the page and the modal opening. The default is 1 second.
Dismissal duration: In the auto open scenario, when a user dismisses the modal, this will be remembered by the browser so that the modal isn’t constantly shown when reloading or revisiting a page. This field allows you to set the duration for which the dismissal is remembered. The default is 24 hours. The field accepts values in minutes.
February 23, 2026
Update:
The sermon planner in the backend has now buttons for horizontal navigation:
February 23, 2026
Update:
Update for the hope design:
There are now additional breakpoints to support Full HD, QHD and 4K screens. Example is the Hero component to add a different aspect ratio for big screens.
February 20, 2026
Update:
Added a SocialMediaLinks block for Paul and Adventist design. The available links are read from the site’s Appearance -> Social Links settings.
February 20, 2026
Update:
In the Base design, the Newsletter subscription block now supports three new fields:
Terms label: label for terms checkbox
Terms link label: text when link used
Terms description: information for terms checkbox
The base design now has a FormBuilder component in the frontend.
Bugfix:
Attribute fields for newsletters: the placeholder is now passed to the frontend.
