v0.2.9

📣 Announcement

• Significant updates to user experience and additional features implemented, including enhancements to the newsletter system.
• Gratitude extended to all contributors for their valuable contributions, especially @jakebogan01 and @DH-555

🎁 New Features

• Refactored NewsletterForm.svelte to use the production API endpoint for mail requests
• Added SweetAlert2 library for displaying beautiful alerts
• Enabled footer newsletter form
• Selective cache purges in Cloudflare after deploying with GitHub Actions

👥 User Experience

• Improved handling of form submission and display of success/error messages in NewsletterForm.svelte
• Fixed footer newsletter form in Footer.svelte
• Centered footer icons when wrapped and fixed page overflow issues
• Updated social media links in Footer.svelte
• Added Telegram and Reddit social media icons
• Updated sponsor links in FAQ.svelte and Footer.svelte
• Updated sponsor headings in BCSponsors.svelte and CSponsors.svelte
• Updated newsletter brand name in Newsletter.svelte
• Added newsletter component inside footer with its own banner
• Added infinite scroll, touch events, and dot indicators

🌟 Additional Updates

• Fixed linting and formatting issues in contribution section
• Updated Testimonials.svelte
• Removed postbuild step from deploy.yml workflow
• Ignored specific files in ESLint and Prettier configurations
• Updated FAQ content and added new questions

What's Changed

• adds infinite scroll and touch events and dot indicators by @jakebogan01 in #60
• Issue 30 add join newsletter by @jakebogan01 in #61
• fixed footer icons to be centered when wrapped and overflow page issues by @jakebogan01 in #64
• Selective cache purges in Cloudflare after deploying with GitHub Actions by @xuelink in #65
• API Integration for Newsletter Subscription by @xuelink in #66

Full Changelog: v0.2.8...v0.2.9