CHANGEDv2026.06 → v2026.07
Member profile fields gained a display-order setting.
MOD 00
DirectoryUpdater · HelpDesk tier 1
Know what changed on your directory site before a member tells you.
The platform underneath your site keeps changing. Updater is the running record of those changes, in plain language.
Monthly · plain language · included with a Nebula Membership
ENTRY
v2026.07
Settings moved
ENTRY
v2026.06
New member field
ENTRY
v2026.05
Nothing needed from you
MOD 01
What Updater is for
How do you find out something changed?
Your directory site sits on a platform that is actively developed. That is a good thing, right up until something shifts and you find out by accident.
You find out by noticing
A setting sits somewhere new, or a page renders differently, and the only signal you got was your own second glance.
Release notes are written for developers
Shorthand, internal names, and no answer to the only question you actually have.
You cannot tell what applies to you
Most changes will never touch your site. Working out which ones do is the whole job, and it is the part nobody does for you.
MOD 02
What is in each update
The rest of the HelpDesk channels
What actually arrives each month?
Each entry is written to be read once and acted on, or skipped with confidence.
CZ-201
What changed
Said plainly. Not the release-note wording, and not a list of commits.
CZ-202
Whether it touches your site
The line that decides whether you read on or move to the next entry.
CZ-203
What to do about it
If something needs your hand, the steps. If nothing does, that is said outright.
CZ-204
Dated and kept
Entries stay put, so the record builds into something you can look back through.
CZ-205
Version stamped
v2026.07 so you can tell where your site sits against the record.
The rest of the HelpDesk channels
MOD 03
An entry, up close
What does one entry look like?
This is the shape of an entry. Three lines, and you know whether it is your problem.
DOES IT TOUCH YOU
Only if you have customized your profile layout. Default layouts are unaffected.
WHAT TO DO
Nothing. The new setting inherits the order you already had until you change it.
MOD 04
The difference
Why does the wording matter?
As published
feat(profile): add display_order to user_meta field config; migration backfills null as insertion index
In your entry
You can now choose the order your member profile fields appear in. Sites that already have a custom order keep it.
MOD 05
How it reaches you
How does a change reach you?
01
The platform ships
Changes land, usually without an announcement you would notice.
02
We read it
Every release note, including the ones written for developers.
03
We translate it
Into what it means for a directory site, and who it actually affects.
04
You get the entry
Dated, kept, and readable in a couple of minutes.
MOD 06
What members say
Has an entry ever saved you?
“The entry that saved me was the one about…”
Your name
your story here
your story here
“I stopped finding out about changes by…”
Your name
your story here
your story here
MOD 07
How to get it
How do you get it?
NEBULA
$10/ month
$100/ year
Every Updater entry, as it is published
The back catalog of entries
Everything else a Nebula Membership includes
Why this tier works differently
Most tiers in the HelpDesk ladder are bought on their own, whenever you want one. This first tier is the exception: the only way in is a Nebula Membership, our base membership tier.
Why it sits behind a membership
Reading every platform release and working out what it means for a directory site takes real time each month. A Nebula Membership is what pays for that time, and Updater is one of the things it buys.
Access follows the membership. If it lapses the entries stop, and when it resumes they come back.
MOD 08
Questions
What else do people ask?
How often does an entry appear?
Monthly. If a month brings nothing that affects directory sites, the entry says so rather than padding itself out.
Is this just the platform's own release notes?
No. Those are published by the platform and written for developers. Updater is our reading of them, aimed at somebody running a directory site.
Do I need to act on every entry?
Rarely. Most changes need nothing from you, and each entry says outright when that is the case.
Can I read past entries?
Yes. Entries are dated and stay available, so the record builds up over time rather than scrolling away.
What happens if my membership lapses?
Access to the entries stops, and returns when the membership does.
Part: your directory site · Action: stay current
Stop finding out by accident.
One entry a month, and you know where your site stands.
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