astro-minimax 0.8.3

astro-minimax 0.8.3 is a feature release with significant user experience improvements and new functionality.

New Features

Cover Image Support

New cover field for blog post cover images, distinguished from ogImage (social sharing):

Fallback behavior:

1. If cover is not set but ogImage is set → ogImage will be used as the cover
2. If neither is set → Dynamic OG image is auto-generated for both scenarios

---
title: Post Title
cover: ../../../assets/images/cover.png # Cover for blog display
ogImage: https://example.com/og.png # OG image for social sharing (optional)
---

Settings Panel

Brand new settings panel with rich customization options:

• Appearance: Color scheme, border radius, font size
• Reading: Font size, line height, content width, reading theme, font family
• Layout: Post list layout mode (card/grid/list)
• General: Widget visibility, animation effects

Click the settings icon in the bottom-right corner to open the panel.

Floating Series Navigation

On article detail pages, if the post belongs to a series, a floating navigation appears on the right:

• Shows series name and current progress
• Quick navigation to other posts in the series
• Progress bar indicating reading progress

Unified PostMeta Component

New PostMeta component for consistent metadata display:

• Author, publish date, reading time
• Category and tags
• Multiple display modes (full/compact/article)

Preferences System

Centralized preferences management system:

• Theme presets (teal, ocean, rose, and more color schemes)
• Local storage persistence
• Share URL functionality (copy settings to share with others)

Statistics Overview

Added statistics overview sections to archives, categories, series, tags, and friends pages showing total counts.

Improvements

• Enhanced i18n: Improved translation handling, settings panel supports dynamic language switching
• Header Component: Improved navigation menu styles, enhanced responsive design and accessibility
• Page Layouts: Optimized layouts and visual effects for archives, categories, series, and tags pages
• TypeScript Types: Fixed type safety issues in integration.ts

Upgrade Guide

If you’re using 0.8.1, simply update dependencies:

pnpm update @astro-minimax/core @astro-minimax/ai @astro-minimax/cli @astro-minimax/notify

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all contributors and users who provided feedback!