This week in the deco.cx Admin: faster localhost environments, an improved date picker for variants, and a fix for variant preview links.
Creating a localhost environment in the deco.cx Admin used to take several minutes. The setup process involved provisioning on the .deco.site domain, which added wait time before you could start developing locally.
Localhost environments now use .deco.host instead of .deco.site. New environments are created in milliseconds instead of minutes. Navigation while using localhost environments is also faster.
If you have an existing localhost environment on .deco.site, the Admin will show a migration prompt when you open it. Accepting the prompt recreates your environment on the new host. The migration is automatic, no manual steps required.
Run deno task update to get the latest deco runtime, which includes support for the new .deco.host environments.
When setting up date and time variants, the previous date picker had limited time controls. Selecting a specific time required extra steps, and there was no way to switch between time formats directly in the picker.
The date picker now uses a new calendar popover design. A toggle lets you switch between 24-hour and 12-hour (AM/PM) time formats. You can also change the date directly within the picker without leaving the variant configuration.
When you create a variant, you expect to be able to preview it and share that preview link with someone else. That flow was broken: clicking to open the standalone preview produced a URL that didn't work.
This is now fixed. Preview links for variants resolve correctly, so you can share a working preview URL for any variant.
These changes are live now in the deco.cx Admin.
We're continuing to interview users and prioritize improvements based on what we hear. If you have feedback or run into issues, reach out on Discord.
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