Blocs for Mac 6.4 Beta Build 1 šŸŽ

Blocs Beta
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Helloā€¦ Againā€¦ :waving_hand:

Here is the first beta of Blocs for Mac 6.4, there are lots of goodies to try out as well as the first batch of fixes since our last release.

If you have a bug report and itā€™s not addressed in build one, donā€™t worry itā€™s being worked on and coming soon.

As this is beta one, you will very likely encounter bugs :beetle:.

Carousels :framed_picture:

Forms :envelope:

File Attachments
These are the current hard limits for using file attachments with forms.
ā€¢ Requires SMTP form server.
ā€¢ Max File Size 5MB.
ā€¢ Total Max Multiple Files 10MB.
ā€¢ Supported File Formats: PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HEIC, HEIF.

Have a nice weekend and happy testing :clinking_beer_mugs:

Download Blocs for Mac 6.4.0 Beta Build 1

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Blocs for Mac 6.4 is Coming - x3 Announcements
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Woohoo and so far so good! :slight_smile:

Any chance of adding ZIP to the File Select in a future beta? Pretty please? :winking_face_with_tongue:

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Hello Norm, thank you very much for taking the time to create these videos. The new features are explained very clearly.

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Iā€™m holding my hands up to being extremely stupid here concerning file uploads and smtp.

Whatā€™s the difference between ā€˜out of the boxā€™ forms and smtp? How do I go about setting smtp up?

this could be very useful for my pet portrait site for potential customers to send their reference shots.

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SMTP requires a username and a password for the form posting. Pretty much the same way you hook up custom email accounts in the Mail app on your Mac.

Modern hosting providers prefer it as itā€™s more secure than mail() php function.

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So is that done on the hosting package, form setup or both (to match)?

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Hi TrevReav,

I did it this way:

I created a dedicated email account within the hosting provider, used exclusively for sending form submissions.

Using the providerā€™s standard SMTP details (SMTP server, email address, and password), I configured the form in Blocs using the SMTP option and set it to the providerā€™s default SMTP port.

After that, I saved the settings and everything worked as expected.
Itā€™s essentially like a private email system between the website and the recipient, where the form is responsible for sending the emails.

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Thanks for taking the time to explain that, @rafaricci, makes sense to me- which is always a bonus!

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Wow, I donā€™t see anyone saying there are bugs and or issues. Does that mean 6.4 is ready to be released?

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:man_shrugging: At least for me, Iā€™ve only done a few high level and superficial items with 6.4. Iā€™ll definitely put it more through the paces, but not likely this week.

Maybe others have done some more testing?

@Norm I think the only thing I noticed is a bug where right-clicking on the Play button and selecting Safari doesnā€™t open up the page properly as the URL is missing the protocol (e.g. ā€œhttp://ā€) so I constantly need to type it in. Not a 6.4 specific issue as this is also present in 6.3 and I believe earlier. Let me know if youā€™d like me to put in a web ticket.

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A good start but itā€™s very early days. As a rule of thumb for bigger updates, we will aim to have this version in testing for at least 4 weeks minimum.

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Iā€™ve been playing around with the beta. Looks and feels great!! One big wish: with the new Forms: please add zip upload too!!

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@Norm Did some minor changes to my website today and I used Beta 1 and found a bug. After exporting things out, my @2x & @3x images were missing and showed the broken image on my iPhone. I ended up going back to 6.3.3 and re-exporting without success. In the end I had to remove the @2x & @3x assets then add them back in from the Asset Manager.

Also a heads up that the previous issue I reported of Blocs opening the window offscreen continues to be a problem and all my documents ā€œdonā€™t appear to openā€. But after figuring things out when I reported it, I just know to hit Moom and resize/move the window to my display.

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