Changelog

A polish-and-refresh release: the whole product gets a more editorial visual language, a dedicated "your countdowns" surface, and the foundations for public release communication.

• Public /changelog page (this file, surfaced at /en/changelog and /fr/changelog).
• /mine — a localStorage-backed list of every countdown created from this
• Countdown detail view: animated background blobs, shimmer/pulse motion,

First fully-fledged release. Countz.io ships as a bilingual, Stripe-gated, admin-managed countdown app with strong SEO and analytics foundations.

• Countdown creation flow with custom fonts, colors, borders, shadows and
• Shareable canonical short URLs at /c/[shortId] plus iframe-friendly
• Dynamic Open Graph images per countdown via @vercel/og.
• Bilingual experience (FR / EN) powered by next-intl, with locale-prefixed
• Transactional emails (confirmation, payment, reminder) sent through Resend,
• Admin dashboard at /admin with bcrypt-hashed password, HMAC-SHA256 signed
• Programmatic SEO surfaces: /use-cases/[slug], /templates/[slug],
• IndexNow integration (server-side proxy, INDEXNOW_KEY env) for instant
• UTM tagging on every shareable surface (copy_link, native, iframe,
• JSON-LD (Organization, WebSite, SoftwareApplication, FAQPage),
• Stripe checkout + webhook with signature verification.
• PostHog analytics (client and node) plus Vercel Analytics & Speed Insights.

• Initial public skeleton: countdown engine, basic Stripe button, Product