Beta: Monday 1 December, 2025 Full Client Release: Mon 8 & Tue 9 December, 2025
🎉What’s new in Release v222?
We've saved the best for last this year with updates that fundamentally change how you build and manage your website.
Due to the holidays there will be no release 223. We will bundle together 223 features and fixes and add them to release 224 in the New Year.
📜 Customise pages exactly how you want
What changed?
- Our brand new Page part builder brings every setting and option directly to your fingertips.
- Each Page part now comes with an intuitive set of Parameters that are easy to find, understand and use.
- All the options you need are right there in the CMS interface – no more looking up hidden Parameters in documentation.
- This is the first major example of what the new CMS can do, giving us new possibilities for delivering usability and intuitive interfaces that makes managing your website easier.
How do I use it?
- Look for the Beta tag in your CMS menu to access the new Pages module. The new Parameter editor is built into the Pages/Stories module. Simply add a page part to any page and explore the new interface – everything you need is now clearly labelled and accessible.
- Set default parameters on your most-used parts in Routes & Parts, and they'll apply automatically across all your pages.
📑 All your content in one place
What changed?
- The new Pages module now includes a filter for Story types. All your Pages and Stories are collected in this one module, making everything easier to find and manage.
How do I use it?
- No action needed. Simply navigate to the Pages module to access all your content in one place.
💲Price transparency at every step
What changed?
- The Cost explainer shows how ticket prices are built up (fees, booking charges, etc.)
- This now appears in the prices pop-up across all your event overviews, not just on detail pages.
- This gives your Visitors complete pricing transparency at every step of their journey, helping you to build trust
How do I use it?
- No action needed – the cost explainer now automatically appears in price pop-ups throughout your site.
Thank you to De Doelen for suggesting this feature!
📺 Smarter Wayfinding displays
What changed?
- New options to adjust font size based on screen orientation (landscape vs portrait)
- Smarter pointer styling to ensure information is always clearly visible on your Digital Signage.
- We've also cleaned up the Digital Signage CMS menu to make it easier to manage your displays.
How do I use it?
- No action needed – this will be set during implementation. If you are already using Wayfinding, we have updated it for you.
- The pointer improvements and menu cleanup are already live.
🔮 What we're building: The new CMS
Years in the making, arriving piece by piece
This release offers your first true glimpse of what the new CMS will be capable of. The new CMS has been in development for years, and you've already seen new modules as we've released them throughout 2025.
But what's happening now with the Pages/Stories module and the new parameter editor represents a fundamental leap forward towards what we envision your CMS should be: intuitive, powerful, and built for content creators rather than developers.
This is the first great example of the new CMS' potential. It gives us new possibilities for delivering usability and interface upgrades that will make cultural marketing easier and more powerful. Every new module we release from here moves us closer to this vision of a CMS that grows with you and never makes you feel like you need a computer science degree to publish a page.
For Spektrix Venues
💰 Capture donations at peak moments
What changed?
- New ready-to-go Donation page parts lets Spektrix venues launch upsell CTA’s in minutes, styled automatically in your venue's branding.
- Built on the same Parameter editor technology that's transforming the rest of your CMS, these parts work straight out of the box with click-and-go setup.
- No design work required, no technical configuration –- just add the part and start collecting donations.
How do I use it?
- Add the Spektrix Upsell part to any Page in your CMS. Customise suggested amounts and messaging.
For Ovatic and Itix Venues
🤸Jump straight between your CMS and box office
What changed?
- Direct links now appear on every event, visitor, and order in your CMS, taking you straight to the same record in your box office system. This works with almost all ticketing systems and can be configured for your setup.
- We've worked closely with Ovatic and Itix, who will also be offering new links in their systems to bring you directly to your Peppered CMS. Watch out for those in the coming weeks!
How do I use it?
- No action needed –- look for the link icon on any event, visitor, or order in the CMS. Click it to jump straight to your box office system.
⚙️ Additional Improvements
Performance upgrades:
- Faster page loading across your entire site
- Cached data (stories, menu, etc.) disabled when in SpecialAccess so you can see your changes straight away
Accessibility enhancements:
- Event list header can now be used for Courses overview – the last page that didn't come with a native H1 now has one
- Improved postal code and phone number field validation
Additional fixes:
- Control Panel setting Hide end time on cards now only applies to Event Cards (previously also hidden on Production Pages)
- ‘Personal balance’ amount now correctly reflected in Visitor Accounts
- Cookie consent reset part now also handles older cases where timestamp for consent was missing
- Upgraded SDK version for PSP "PAY"
- Genres no longer flicker when scaling pages
- Courses: start date is now an optional field and displays correctly
- Removed "Force login to purchase" setting for hybrid integrations, allowing visitors to enter the purchase path without logging in first
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