The AI world moves fast, and we are keeping up. This week, OpenAI released a new model, GPT 4.o mini. GPT 4.0 mini is an improved, cost-effective model that we are supporting under Slater's free tier. The default Slater AI will continue to be powered by GPT 3.5 as we test GPT 4.0 mini, but you can configure GPT 4.0 mini or even GPT 4.0 (paid) today. Community library scripts π Fix Paragraph Runts With Nonbreaking SpacePrevent single-word runts in HTML elements with the class `.no-runt`. From...
7 days agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
We're back from a company-wide summer pause (or winter pause for our Southern Hemisphere team members). Edgar Allan is hitting it's numbers! Let's look at some new Community Library scripts: π Dynamically loads HTML content based on a random number. This is a quick script we wrote to give a dynamic intro into a soon-to-be-released https://edgarallan.com. https://slater.app/community_library/random-content-aee7f7f2-3ab8-4e6f-887e-ea54cad0ebbf From Jared Malan βοΈ Create a variable for your...
14 days agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
We're rolling into a holiday week in the US. If you need an animated American flag to celebrate, look no further. But! We have users from all over the world. For those outside of the US, try updating the code to make an animated flag of your country (hint: use AI). If you make one, please share. We'll get it added to the Community Library. πΊπΈ Render and animate an American flag on a canvas with dynamic waving effects....
28 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
We're adding new community library scripts each week. Let's take a look at some of them. πΎ An interactive swarm Create a dynamic grid of squares that react to mouse movement, simulating a swarm-like effect (is it a swarm?). This code is the scaled back version of something we did for a client. We'll show you the finished experience once that projects launches. Play with the example: https://slater-original.webflow.io/swarm Review the code:...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
We launched the Community Library this week. Let's highlight some of the useful resources. π¨οΈ Copy to Clipboard Copy text to clipboard on button click with visual feedback. https://slater.app/community_library/copy-to-clibboard-41c30ebc-180e-4e9d-b747-f427f1f05151 π» Reveal Words on Scroll Animate text on scroll with GSAP, ScrollTrigger, and SplitType. https://slater.app/community_library/text-by-words-with-scroll-b0810bf3-64b6-40a4-b5ad-46c784fdcc76 π Remove https:// From Text Link Remove...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π Do you know Jack over at Webflail? Jack helped us a lot in getting Slater off the ground. In those early days, he repeatedly emphasized the need for a community library. Well, today (finally!), we are announcing a community library! Shout out to Jack! :) With the launch, we have included JavaScript snippets from Corey Moen, Digipop, Jeff McAvoy, and yours truly. You can watch a demo of the community library here. Or you can check it out yourself: https://slater.app/community_library. Do you...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
π, We love hearing from you. Two asks: Give us feedback on what Slater features you'd like to see. Send us cool projects that you are working on. In regards to #1, we prioritize updates based on your feedback, so if you want something, let us know. And #2, we love seeing what you're working! We'll continue to showcase your projects in this email and use them to help prioritize features and content. Recent Updates This week, we made several updates based on feedback from Kevin, Pablo, Leon,...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
π, You probably know that the team at Edgar Allan is behind Slater. But did you know that we work on other products in between our client work? You use Slater. You may have heard about Wes. And you probably don't know about our latest product, Figdam. Edgar Allan @EdgarAllanCo Our next product is designed to make you say... DAM!! ...as in Digital Asset Management. Welcome to Figdam - manage sales and marketing assets in @figma and auto-sync β¨them to @webflow https://figdam.com/ Here is the...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
You can now use OpenAI's latest and most powerful language model, GPT 4o, with Slater AI. We've been testing GPT 4o this week and Slater AI's capabilities are better and faster than ever! Along with the new model, we implemented several improvements to Slater AI. Slater AI will now give more Slater and Webflow relevant answers since we give Slater AI contextual understanding (h/t tdlabs.ca). We also improved the messages parsing (h/t @jeffamcavoy). Slater Sessions Slater Sessions are back! In...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
