dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2019-01-02 16:11:11

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title: dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
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description: A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
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tags: changelog, meta, opensource
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A bit of a lighter edition this time around, given the holidays and all. We'll be covering December 23 to December 29.

# Features

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) added a `tag` Liquid tag! You can use it like so:
```markdown
{% tag markdown %}
```
Which renders:
{% tag markdown %}
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1417)

# Bug Fixes and Other Contributions

- [@Link2Twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) is continuing their work of adding CSS variables for dark mode. Thanks for all the PRs, Andrew!
  - [CSS Variables: Support for IE](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1385)
  - [Add --theme-background to comments page](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1386)
  - [Adding -theme-color](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1387)
  - [Added --theme-top-bar-write-*](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1388)
  - [Add --theme-background to new post page](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1402)
  - [Add --theme-container-box-shadow](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1403)

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) refactored and cleaned up our `imageManagement` component for the new editor. This should help with adding a copy button to the image URLs in the new editor. If you'd like to help with that, [check out the issue on GitHub.](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1313) Thanks for the help, @rhymes!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1390)

- We've made profile URL validations a bit less strict. You should be able to add your respective LinkedIn/Medium/GitLab/etc. profile links more easily now.
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1392)

- [@somedood](https://dev.to/somedood) fixed some cursor issues with our search results filter sidebar and our posts filter section. Thanks for the fix, @somedood!
  - [Fix wrong cursor pointer of search query filter buttons on hover](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1394)
  - [Fix flashing cursor when hovering over `.wide-nav-links`](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1404)

- [@moriczgergo](https://dev.to/moriczgergo) added the Docker installation process to our Table of Contents in the README. Thanks, @moriczgergo!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1405)

- Ben did some gardening, replacing some hardcoded dev.to links with an environment variable and refactoring our articles API controller to be a bit more flexible.
  - [Replace dev.to with APP_DOMAIN config in a few places](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1406)
  - [Refactor articles API controller](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1409)

- [@nickytonline](https://dev.to/nickytonline) fixed our Storybook by reverting it back to the last known version. Thanks for the fix, Nick!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1410)

- [@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) removed an unnecessary variable assignment, all in two lines! Thanks, Abraham!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1414)

- [@arun](https://dev.to/arun) fixed the misnamed title attributes for the Latest and Infinity time filters on a feed page. It's merged, but @arun mentioned that they're "not too happy with this method. If someone has a better solution, feel free to comment [on the PR]." Thanks, @arun!
  - [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1416)

# New Issues

No new issues from last week. Check out the previous Repo Recap for lots of new issues to discuss:
{% link https://dev.to/devteam/devto-repo-recap-from-the-past-week-2f5n %}

Thanks for reading!