Meetello Updates & Changelog

February 16, 2026

✨ Features

• Discover Page - Added a new discover page for events and groups, with server-side rendering for improved SEO and performance.
• Tigris Storage Integration - Moved to Tigris for storing photos, presentations, and profile images.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Event Card Consistency - Unified event card overlays and gradients to match profile event cards.
• Homepage Polish - Cleaned up homepage sections, updated icons, and removed unused sections for a more streamlined look.
• City Filter Update - Made the city filter input on the discover page wider for better usability.
• General Look and Feel - Improved the look and feel of the discover page and other UI elements.

🐛 Fixes

• Remove Unused Fields - Fixed backend errors by removing references to non-existent fields (e.g., category, banner_url) in event/group models and templates.
• Console Cleanup - Removed stray console.log statements from JavaScript files.
• Open to Work - Fixed issues with open to work icons and metadata.
• Event Feedback - Improved management of event feedback questions and stats.

February 10, 2026

� Profile Roles & Member Content

• User Roles - Users can now add podcasts, books, and open source projects to their profiles with full CRUD support
• Podcast Image URLs - Podcasts support cover image thumbnails displayed on profiles and content showcases
• Member Statistics Cards - Group, event, and conference pages now show role-based stat cards (Podcasters, Book Authors, OSS Maintainers, Meetello Organizers, Meetello Speakers)
• Content by Members (Groups) - New tabbed section on group pages showcasing podcasts, books, talks, open source projects, and other Meetello groups created by members
• Content by Attendees (Events) - New tabbed section on event pages between attendees and visitors by city showing content created by event participants
• Content by Community (Conferences) - New tabbed section on conference pages between team and carbon footprint showing content from community members

🌐 Marketing Pages Refresh

• Features Page - Redesigned with improved visual consistency, interactive elements, FAQ section, and cleaner layout
• About Page - Refreshed with cleaner design and consistent Meetello branding
• Pricing Page - Updated with improved styling and branding
• Why Meetello Page - Improved messaging and design for the Meetup migration page
• Brand Consistency - Applied Meetello two-tone branding across all marketing pages

�🌱 Carbon Footprint Tracking

• Conference and Event Carbon Footprint Toggle - Added toggle in conference management to enable/disable carbon footprint tracking
• Automated Question Management - Questions are automatically created when enabled and deleted when disabled
• Carbon Footprint Statistics - Comprehensive carbon emissions calculation with travel method breakdown, distance analysis, and overnight stay tracking
• Emission Factor Methodology - Implemented scientifically-based emission factors (kg CO2 per km) for different transportation modes
• Attendee Carbon Dashboard - Visual display of carbon footprint statistics on conference pages with methodology transparency
• Distance Unit Correction - Fixed calculation to use kilometers instead of miles for accurate emissions tracking

📝 Custom Registration Questions

• Conference Question Management - Added comprehensive interface for managing custom registration questions
• Question Types Support - Support for text, multiple choice, and yes/no question types
• Question Ordering - Position-based ordering system for custom questions
• Required/Optional Settings - Ability to mark questions as required or optional for attendees

💬 Feedback Questions Management

• Feedback Question Interface - Added management interface for conference feedback questions
• Question CRUD Operations - Full create, read, update, delete functionality for feedback questions
• Response Collection - System for collecting and storing attendee feedback responses

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Homepage Polish - Cleaner, more streamlined homepage design with improved visual hierarchy
• Enhanced User Interface - Various UI improvements across the application for better user experience

🔧 Technical Improvements

• JavaScript Refactoring - Created dedicated index.js file to simplify and organize homepage JavaScript code
• Database Schema Updates - Added carbon footprint enabled field and supporting database migrations

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February 7, 2026

♿ Accessibility Improvements

• Comprehensive ARIA Support - Added proper ARIA labels, roles, and descriptions throughout the home page for screen reader compatibility
• Keyboard Navigation - Ensured all interactive elements are fully accessible via keyboard navigation with visible focus indicators
• Color Contrast Enhancement - Improved color contrast ratios across all text elements for better readability
• Alt Text Implementation - Added descriptive alt text for all images and icons
• Semantic HTML Structure - Implemented proper semantic HTML elements (main, section, article, nav) for better document structure
• Modal Accessibility - Enhanced tooltip/modal dialogs with proper dialog semantics and accessible close buttons

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Visual Section Dividers - Added decorative dividers between major page sections for better visual organization
• Smooth Fade Transitions - Implemented smooth fading transitions for page sections on load
• Enhanced Hover Effects - Added responsive hover effects throughout the interface for better interactivity
• Search Experience - Improved user experience for event searching with better visual feedback
• Statistics Animations - Added animations to statistics cards on the front page
• Mobile UI Optimization - Enhanced user interface for mobile devices
• Front Page Polish - General improvements to front page user experience and visual design

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February 6, 2026

✨ Features

• Conference Creation & Management - Enabled comprehensive conference creation with full feature suite including venue management, external ticket integration, proposal management, sponsor job portal, agenda builder, prospectus builder, finance tracking, and planning/task management

🐛 Fixes

• Event Type Immutability - Removed the ability to change events into conferences after creation to prevent data integrity issues

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February 5, 2026

✨ Features

• Paid Event Toggle - Added toggle button for organizers to mark events as paid, which hides registration buttons and prioritizes ticket purchasing

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Conference Navigation Order - Reordered conference page sections to match navigation menu order
• Sponsor Display Enhancement - Improved sponsor display with hierarchical ordering (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) and enhanced styling
• Sponsor Management UI - Removed manage sponsor buttons from public view for cleaner interface

🐛 Fixes

• Sponsor Tier Display - Fixed sponsor tier display to show names instead of IDs
• Buy Tickets Logic - Fixed buy tickets button to only appear for paid events, not free events
• Duplicate Agenda Removal - Removed duplicate agenda entries

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February 4, 2026

✨ Features

• External Ticket Vendor Integration - Added support for external ticket vendor URLs for paid events
• Venue Amenities - Added amenities field to venue information
• Photo Upload System - Implemented photo upload functionality for events and venues

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Conference Page UI - Cleaned up and improved user interface for conference pages
• Venue Photo Display - Enhanced venue photo viewing experience

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February 2, 2026

✨ Features

• Venue Management - Added comprehensive venue management system for conferences
• Community Profile Integration - Added community profile information to conference prospectuses

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January 30, 2026

✨ Features

• Email Notifications for Applications - Added functionality to send emails to organizers when new hosts, speakers, and volunteers apply
• Recognize Speakers in Cities - Added feature to recognize speakers on city pages
• Recognize Organizers in Cities - Added feature to recognize organizers on city pages

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• City View - Added recognition for speakers and organizers
• OpenStreat View - changed default map layer

🐛 Fixes

• Home Page Wording - Fixed wording on the home page
• Home Page Links - Fixed links on the home page for logged-in users
• Map View - Fixed clean map view
• MCP Server Entry Points - Fixed entry points for MCP server
• City Jinja Template - Fixed city Jinja template

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January 28, 2026

✨ Features

• Personal Statistics Dashboard - Added comprehensive personal activity cards to user profiles showing events attended, groups joined/owned, talks given, photos uploaded, feedback forms filled, and active communities
• User Engagement Metrics - Enhanced user profiles with detailed statistics including attendance since 2024, active community participation, and contribution tracking

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Profile Statistics Cards - Added responsive grid layout with 7 personal statistics cards featuring consistent styling, hover effects, and color-coded icons
• Activity Overview - Improved user profile pages with rich dashboard showcasing community participation and contributions

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January 27, 2026

✨ Features

• Attendee Categorization - Added attendee categorization showing "First event in this group", "Returning to this group", and "Core member" with percentage cards
• Event Sharing with Source Tracking - Added custom URLs with source tracking for LinkedIn, Facebook, and custom sources
• How People Found Events - Added analytics showing how attendees discovered events through different sources
• Page View Source Tracking - Added source type tracking for page visitors with detailed analytics

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Attendee Management - Enhanced attendee section with role controls, categorization badges, and percentage overview cards
• Source Analytics Display - Improved display of source tracking data with emojis and better categorization
• Event Sharing Interface - Added share buttons with URL generation and source parameter tracking
• Spacing Improvements - Added proper spacing between URL generation and statistics sections

🐛 Fixes

• Role Controls - Restored attendee role changing functionality for event organizers
• Source Type Handling - Fixed source type detection to always record page views with proper "Direct/Unknown" categorization
• Feedback Form Display - Fixed feedback form visibility and toggle functionality
• Event.js Source Handling - Fixed source parameter handling in event JavaScript

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January 26, 2026

✨ Features

• Supplier Pipeline - Added supplier pipeline functionality for groups to manage suppliers
• Photo Library - Users can now add photos from their device library
• Event Sharing - Added ability to share events with others
• Calendar Integration - Added calendar button for easy event scheduling
• Presentation Uploads - Users can now upload presentations as an option
• Meetup Cross-posting - Added functionality to cross-post events to Meetup
• Profile Deletion - Enabled delete profile button for user account management
• MCP Server - Added MCP server integration for meetello.events

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Event Interface - Cleaner and more intuitive user interface for events
• Question & Feedback UI - Improved UI/UX for adding questions and feedback
• Modal Improvements - Better modals for editing events and speakers
• Event Banner - Added banner functionality to events
• Group View Updates - Updated group view with better navigation and past events
• Profile UI - Improved UI for profile view and group creation
• City Views - Enhanced city views for better user experience
• Sponsor Management - More intuitive modals for editing sponsors

🐛 Fixes

• Group Past Events - Fixed past events display on group view
• Group Navigation - Fixed group past events button functionality
• Profile Buttons - Fixed profile create group button
• ChatGPT Integration - Added .well-known support for ChatGPT
• Speaker URLs - Fixed talks given URL functionality
• Various UI Fixes - Multiple UI improvements and bug fixes

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January 21, 2026

✨ Features

• Speaker Addition - Event owners can now add speakers by email even if the user is not registered on Meetello. Unregistered speakers are added as placeholder users automatically.
• Meetup Import Backlink - When importing events from Meetup, a backlink to the original Meetup event URL is now included for reference and attribution.
• Sponsor Enhancements - Sponsors now display images where available and are shown on group and city views.
• Host Pipeline - Host pipeline is now complete, including adding, deleting, and managing hosts for events and groups.
• Group Refactoring - Groups have been refactored for better details, management, and local testing support.

🐛 Fixes

• Speaker Addition Error - Fixed UnboundLocalError when adding a speaker by email if the user was not registered.
• Expense Endpoint - Fixed issues with event expense creation.
• Sponsor Display - Corrected sponsor display logic in search and group/city views.
• Host Pipeline Slug - Fixed host pipeline slug handling and related errors.

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January 20, 2026

🐛 Fixes

• Event Deletion - Fixed cascade deletion of related event data (speakers, questions, feedback, tasks, expenses, sponsors, photos, city visits, and agenda items)
• Event Import - Removed Meetup badge feature to avoid database migration requirements
• Import UX - Improved handling of accidental <script> tag inclusion in JSON-LD paste

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January 19, 2026

✨ Features

• Meetup Import Enhancement - Added tabbed interface for importing from Meetup URLs or pasting JSON-LD directly
• Meetup URL Import - Button to import events from public Meetup.com URLs with automatic field prefilling
• JSON-LD Fallback - Paste raw JSON-LD when Meetup page is blocked by login wall
• Smart Import - Automatically strips HTML tags from descriptions and normalizes datetime formats

🎨 UI/UX

• Separate Import Button - Dedicated "Import from Meetup" button separate from "Create Free Event"
• Cleaner Create Flow - Simplified event creation form without import UI
• Better Instructions - Step-by-step guide for extracting JSON-LD from Meetup pages

🐛 Fixes

• Import Instructions - Clarified how to access JSON-LD via View Page Source
• Error Handling - Better error messages when import fails or data is invalid

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January 18, 2026

✨ Features

• City Visitor Analytics - View top cities by visitor count with percentage breakdown
• Rolling Window Stats - 30-day and 90-day rolling window options for city data
• Event Photo Gallery - Upload and display event photos
• Photo Permissions - Only event attendees can upload photos
• JSON-LD SEO - Improved structured data for search engines

🎨 UI/UX

• City Browse Section - Browse events by city on homepage
• City Landing Pages - Dedicated pages showing events happening in each city
• Photo Display - Photo carousel on event pages

🐛 Fixes

• City Parsing - Improved location parsing from event addresses
• Event Rendering - Fixed event display on various views

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January 17, 2026

✨ Features

• Event Roles - Added role-based access control (organizer, host, volunteer, attendee)
• Group Roles - Support for group ownership and member roles
• Event Hosts - View and manage event hosts

🎨 UI/UX

• Consistent Styling - Unified Meetello branding across the platform
• Role Controls - Admin controls for managing roles

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January 16, 2026

✨ Features

• Event Sponsors - Add sponsors, hosts, partners, and venues to events
• Group Sponsors - Manage sponsors at the group level
• Agenda Builder - Create and manage event agendas with agenda items
• Speaker Management - Track speakers with presentation links and downloads

🎨 UI/UX

• Improved Agenda Display - Better visualization of event schedule
• Sponsor Cards - Display sponsor information with logos and links

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January 15, 2026

✨ Features

• Platform Feedback - Users can submit feedback directly from the app
• Event Location Search - Search and filter events by location
• Privacy Statement - Added privacy policy page
• SEO Optimization - Improved search engine optimization

🎨 UI/UX

• Mobile-Friendly Homepage - Responsive design improvements

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January 14, 2026

✨ Features

• Event Waiting List - Automatic waitlist when events reach capacity
• Event Capacity - Set maximum number of attendees per event
• Email Notifications - Send emails when users join events
• Gradient CTA - Improved call-to-action buttons

🐛 Fixes

• GDPR Compliance - Fixed potential privacy issues
• Email Handling - Corrected email parameter passing

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January 12, 2026

🐛 Fixes

• Frontend Polish - Cleaned up index.html
• Mobile Design - Improved mobile-friendly layouts

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January 11, 2026

✨ Infrastructure

• Docker Setup - Moved to Docker Compose for local development
• PostgreSQL Migration - Migrated from SQLite to PostgreSQL
• GitHub Actions - Added CI/CD for automatic deployment

🐛 Fixes

• Python Version - Downgraded to Python 3.13 for Fly.io compatibility

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January 10, 2026

✨ Features

• Auth0 Integration - Email login/logout workflow via Auth0

🐛 Fixes

• About Page - Updated about text

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January 7, 2026

✨ Features

• Event Types - Added temporary event type options
• Create Event Button - UI for creating new events
• Group Creation - Email notification when groups are created

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January 6, 2026

✨ Features

• Event Roles - Added user roles for events (organizers, hosts, volunteers)
• Group Management - Role-based group management
• Speaker Profiles - Social media cards for speakers
• QR Codes - Generate QR codes for event sharing
• Testing Suite - Comprehensive testing framework
• End-to-end (E2E) testing
• Security testing
• Performance testing with Locust
• Basic integration tests
• Consistent Branding - Began rebranding from initial name to Meetello

🐛 Fixes

• Role Controls - Fixed permission system

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Earlier Releases

Initial setup and core features including: - User authentication and profiles - Group and event creation - Event registration and attendance tracking - Speaker management - Responsive design - SEO optimization

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