Site Update Blog

Site Maintenance 31st March :: Release 2026-2

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:37:16 GMT

On the 31st March 2026 we're deploying our second site update of the year. Here are some of the features you may be interested in; RoadTest & Design Challenge Changes We've made it easier for you to subscribe to notifications on a RoadTe...(read more)

Site Maintenance 3rd February :: Release 2026-1

Matt — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:33:27 GMT

In our first site update of 2026, released on 3rd February, we're excited to reveal some new features that we hope you'll really like. These features will be rolling out in the coming month. Membership Length Achievement The next time you login ...(read more)

Upcoming Site Maintenance 2nd December :: Release 2025-3

Matt — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:05:47 GMT

Our final release of the year will be deployed on 2nd December 08:00 GMT, and will take 3-4 hours to complete. As well as deploying our own fixes and improvements, we're also performing a platform upgrade from v12.1.8 to 12.1.9. For those of...(read more)

Upcoming Site Maintenance 17th September :: Release 2025-2

Matt — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:55:47 GMT

Our second site update of 2025 is due for deployment on the 17th September 08:00 BST, and will take approximately 2-3 hours to complete. There are around 100 deliverables in this release, with the ones we believe you'll be most interested in listed b...(read more)

Keeping your Profile Up to Date: Changes to How You Enrol for a RoadTest

Dudley — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:55:27 GMT

We have made a change to the way that you can apply to a RoadTest. When applying, you will no longer be able to freely enter your: Name Address and Contact details And instead will need to update your user profile to apply this information. As...(read more)

Upcoming Site Maintenance 3rd June :: Release 2025-1

Matt — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Our first site update of 2025 is due for deployment on the 3rd June 09:00 UTC, and will take approximately 2-3 hours to complete. It's a big release since we're also upgrading platform versions from v12.1.5 to 12.1.8. For those of you who are...(read more)

Upcoming Site Maintenance 12th November :: Release 2024-4

Matt — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:34:26 GMT

Our fourth (and final) site update of 2024 is due for deployment on the 12th November 09:00 UTC, we have a number of improvements and bug fixes which you may be interested to know about. There are plenty of others that are less obvious, won't imp...(read more)

Customising Website Fonts with CSS Overrides using TamperMonkey

Matt — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:13:46 GMT

I've been a long-time user of a browser extension called TamperMonkey (and before that used GreaseMonkey on Firefox). If you haven't heard of it before, TamperMonkey is a powerful browser extension that allows users to customise and enh...(read more)

Site Update - April and May 2022

jdumais — Fri, 20 May 2022 17:35:00 GMT

Below are some of the changes you may notice from our April and May releases - May was just deployed last week. RoadTest Review scores will now be displayed in product popups. In a previous release, we added an "Engagement" widget to mo...(read more)

Post Release Update - March 2022

jdumais — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:25:00 GMT

Now that migration is over, we're back to our monthly releases, and sharing some information about what we've updated. Here are some of the fixes we've made in the first few releases since the start of the year. We've updated the logi...(read more)

January 2020 Site Update

Matt — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:11:18 GMT

In our first site update of the year, we introduce to you, a new version of Design Center! If you didn't already know, Design Center is an area of our site where you can explore our huge selection of hardware development tools and software p...(read more)

November 2019 Site Update

Matt — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:16:28 GMT

In our penultimate site update of the year, we've got some new functionality we're hoping you'll find useful. First up are upcoming webinar reminders. These are configured to show up when there's a webinar starting in the next 24 hours.. they'r...(read more)

October 2019 Site Update

Matt — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:19:22 GMT

Last night we deployed our 7th site update of 2019.. just a couple to go before Christmas Noooooo. Highlights Lazy Loading Images - Part 2 In our August site update, the feature that was supposed to lazy-load images had a few issues (...(read more)

August 2019 Site Update

Matt — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:56:22 GMT

It's been a while since we rolled out any new features. There was a bug-fix and minor platform update earlier this month, but it didn't contain anything noteworthy that warranted a blog post from me Last night we deployed a fairly large update ...(read more)

May 2019 Site Update

Matt — Tue, 14 May 2019 12:58:39 GMT

Highlights Avnet will appear as an additional purchase option for some products. For more information on Avnet click here.Support added for Twitter Cards - this should give Twitter a better indication of what to put into a Tweet when you share c...(read more)