What's new in Sod
What we've added to Sod lately. If you're on a care plan, updates reach your site the day they ship; a few features depend on your plan.
November 2026
- Nov 11: The boxes on your forms are easier to see and tap: every field has a clear outline, a little more room, and a bigger, easier-to-read hint under it. A field that needs fixing gets a red outline all the way around.
- Nov 10: A card can now have a short label above its title, like "Mornings" or "Catering." In the Folder shape the label goes on the folder's tab. In the Bento shape, three cards make one tall tile with two beside it, and two or four cards line up as even tiles. In the Frost shape, a section with words beside a photo becomes one picture, with your words on frosted glass over it. On a phone the photo still sits above the words.
- Nov 9 (evening): Site style has a new Shape setting: 29 shapes for your site's edges and corners, like a soft curve, waves, torn paper or a ticket stub. Your colors, fonts and words stay the same. The shape runs around every colored band and into your footer, and the footer now touches the last band with no white strip. Muted text and links in your footer are a little stronger. Seasons now hang a garland across the top of your pages and over your footer, show a small seal by your name, and put your message in a ribbon in the season's color. Your own colors no longer change for a season.
- Nov 9: On a computer, a section's photo can sit on the left, so a page can alternate between words and photos. Phones still show the words first. Your footer now lists your social links first, with Spotify and Apple Podcasts added, then your own links, then the legal pages. Its top edge matches the shape under your header, turned the other way. Your library opens with your series, and a sermon recorded at more than one location shows once. Each series card counts its messages the same way. Your sermons page (or episodes, or videos) can open with a short welcome in your own words, written from the library list. Each location's page can list links and downloads, like a calendar or a sign-up form. Your newest Instagram posts can show on any page, and they stay up to date on their own. If your site has videos, your privacy page now says they play from YouTube or Vimeo.
- Nov 8 (later): A short, muted video can play behind the photo at the top of your home page. Your library has a search box, a series filter and a large panel for the newest entry. People cards show full photos again. A church's Give button can open its own Giving page first.
- Nov 8: Pages you haven't described now get a short description for search results: the page name, your business and city, and your tagline. You can write your own in the page's SEO settings. Screen readers read your business name on the logo over a photo, and the header no longer jumps while your logo loads.
- Nov 6: If you go to your customers, list the towns, neighborhoods or ZIP codes you serve. Your site shows them, and search engines learn where you work. Auto shops now get a price list next to the quote form.
- Nov 5: The top of every page shows up sooner on a phone. The main photo now loads before anything further down.
- Nov 4: Your logo can sit large on your home page photo, with your words beside it. Long business names now fit the phone header on two lines.
- Nov 2: Your monthly report shows your site's speed score on a phone and whether it passed its automated accessibility check.
- Nov 1: The monthly report arrives as a clean email in your colors, with your numbers on top and a Reply button. Buttons can be fully rounded to match your brand.
October 2026
- Oct 31: A footer that builds itself from Business info: your name or logo, hours, phone, address with directions and your main pages.
- Oct 30: Churches and nonprofits get a Get involved form (volunteer, donate or something else), counted in the monthly report.
- Oct 29: Browser tabs show the page and your business name ("Pricing | Joe's Garage"). You can upload a short clip that plays muted on the page.
- Oct 28: Two buttons on your home page photo, led by what your customers do most: order online, book, get a quote or get directions. Up to three highlights at the foot of the photo, like "Walk-ins welcome." Churches with more than one campus get their own section of the site for each one.
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