Product Updates

You can now subscribe to our new RSS feeds for timely updates on blog posts and product changelogs, making it easier to keep up with FluxLocal news. We also fixed an issue that prevented recent blog content from being published.

We've resolved an issue where searches for cities with identical names across different US states could return mixed results, ensuring you now see more accurate, location-specific data.

We've updated FluxLocator's pricing structure to offer clear, one-time Expanded Results options, making it easier to access premium local business data on demand.

We've improved the stability of FluxLocator searches, making them more resilient to network issues. Additionally, administrators can now grant complimentary Pro/Expanded access more easily, and we've resolved an issue preventing some users from accessing their granted FluxLocator features.

We've fully integrated FluxLocator into your dashboard, providing powerful new tools to discover local businesses. Users can now access detailed insights, apply new result filters, and revisit past searches with improved performance thanks to intelligent caching.

Your search results are now automatically saved in a new "Search Library" for up to seven days, allowing you to easily revisit and access past event discoveries. This feature ensures that valuable event data remains readily available for your publishing needs without needing to re-run searches.

Administrators can now grant multi-location access to users with greater flexibility, ensuring their search and RSS feed results are accurate across all designated areas. We've also improved admin tools for managing user access and resetting free plan limits, providing better control over user accounts.

We've introduced powerful new tools that allow you to "teach" FluxLocal about local event directories, improving search accuracy and event discovery from these sources. The system now intelligently applies learned rules across similar websites, ensuring more reliable event data and filtering out dead or irrelevant links.

New users now benefit from an interactive dashboard walkthrough, guiding them through FluxLocal's core features. We've also refined the free plan experience, making search limits and regional coverage clearer for all publishers.

We've implemented several behind-the-scenes improvements to the Daily Dose feature, boosting its overall performance and reliability for delivering your personalized event summaries.

Access to the Sponsor Scout feature is now more precisely managed, aligning with your current plan. We also simplified the installation of the FluxLocal Chrome Extension for easier event capture.

We've made numerous refinements to our pricing pages and checkout flows, providing a smoother and more intuitive experience when managing your subscriptions. Administrators also benefit from enhanced controls over plan toggles and user promotions.

Our event search algorithms have received multiple updates, resulting in more precise and relevant event discovery. These improvements include better handling of events that span across multiple months, ensuring comprehensive and accurate results.

We've introduced a powerful new Feed Finder tool to help you discover and integrate additional RSS event sources, significantly expanding the range of events you can access. Additionally, "Feed-Only Mode" provides granular control over event ingestion, allowing you to prioritize specific sources for your event data.

Discover a curated selection of local events and insights with our new Daily Dose feature. Get your daily update directly in your dashboard to stay informed and inspired.

We've moved event filtering options into your user settings, giving you more direct control over how you discover and view local events. Tailor your event feed to precisely match your interests.

We've implemented new rules and algorithms to significantly improve the accuracy and relevance of your event search results. This means you'll find the most pertinent local events faster and more reliably.

Launched an automated monetization tool that identifies "Commercial" local events (ticketed events, classes, workshops) and provides pre-made email templates for newsletter sponsorship outreach.

Improved the embedded calendar widget with smart auto-resizing, ensuring the widget shrinks or grows based on the number of filtered results. Also enhanced the embedding script to resolve display issues on complex site builders like Wix and Squarespace.

Enhanced the embedded calendar with high-quality visual cards featuring smart category-based images. This update improves event discovery and aesthetic appeal while maintaining a lightweight, zero-storage architecture.

Introduced a "Add Your Event" portal for businesses to submit events with a "Premium" upgrade for top-of-page placement. Includes a new Admin Sponsorship dashboard for managing ads, toggling premium status, and updating pricing.

Launched SEO-optimized public pages (/events/[city]) that automatically aggregate local events with auto-generated introductions and a premium grid layout.

Users can now 'freeze' a calendar state by creating a Pinned Snapshot, perfect for weekly newsletter inclusions. Live calendars also received improved data persistence to ensure events remain visible between weekly sync cycles.

Added "Next Sync" date display to the Embed Calendars dashboard, allowing users to track when their automated event widgets will next refresh with new local events.

Consolidated past calendar syncs into a new "History" modal to reduce dashboard clutter and implemented per-user calendar creation limits with administrative overrides.

Enterprise users can now generate and manage automated event calendars to embed directly on their websites.

Launched a premium feature allowing paid subscribers to embed automatically updating event calendars directly on their websites. Includes a live demo environment, customizable styling, and secure subscription gating with an integrated upgrade path for free users.

Fixed a critical issue where generated newsletters were omitting links to source events and ticket pages. Optimized the generation prompt to mandate clickable markdown links for 100% of selected results, ensuring readers can easily access original event details.

Added 30 unique, high-engagement caption templates for auto-generated carousels and resolved garbled character issues in slide rendering by sanitizing font-family strings.

Implemented per-user access control for Custom Scrapers, allowing administrators to manually enable the feature for specific users even when globally "Offline." Includes a new "CS" toggle in the admin dashboard and enforced server-side permission checks in the search API.

Resolved a critical issue with relative link resolution and international date parsing. Increased search query depth for Hobby plans and relaxed title length filtering, significantly boosting event discovery for smaller locations and international regions (UK/Europe).

Enforced strict date filtering for all search results (cached and fresh) and implemented globally unique event IDs to resolve newsletter selection bugs. Corrected credit attribution logic to ensure administrative reports accurately reflect provider usage.

Optimized the search pipeline to deliver significantly higher result volume for smaller locations. Relaxed over-aggressive directory and listicle filters while improving date extraction from local blog headers, ensuring comprehensive coverage even where structured metadata is sparse.

Implemented a strict date-range enforcement for Eventbrite results to prevent unrelated "featured" or "suggested" events (often labeled as "Featured" or "Recommended" on the platform) from appearing in user searches, especially for "Today". Enhanced Eventbrite parsing logic to prioritize structured date patterns and validate relative keywords like "today", ensuring search results strictly adhere to requested timeframes.

Resolved a bug where 'Pro LTD' plan users were incorrectly restricted from unlimited newsletters and searches due to Row Level Security (RLS) policies on hidden pricing plans.

Expanded the fix for 'Pro LTD' to all LTD plan variants (Starter LTD, Enterprise LTD, etc.). Ensured that all hidden LTD plans correctly bypass RLS via admin-level detection in Newsletter and Search APIs, providing each user with their specific plan-based limits and tier-based source access.