In order to nicely finish the year, the SteemSTEM team is happy to announce the release of the version 0.4 of the [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/) app. As always, the code is available from our public [**SteemSTEM GitHub repository**](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem).
This release concerns five commits, for which a list is given at the end of the post. These five commits have been organized in a single pull request (that has already been merged), available [**here**](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/pull/1).
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STEEMSTEM.IO IN A NUTSHELL
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The [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/) application is the app currently developed by the **@steemstem** team.
We plan to use this app, hopefully at some point in 2019, as a key item for the expansion of the whole project aiming to make Steem **an innovative medium for science communication**. We indeed develop new features and options so that research institutes from all over the world will use the SteemSTEM app to communicate about their work.
The app is today a full interface to the Steem blockchain, and allow to undertake **most actions that should be done from any Steem interface**: login, logout, vote, post, commenting, manage a wallet, *etc*.
In more details, [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/) allows for the display of **posts carrying the #steemstem tag and approved by the SteemSTEM curation team** (in a chronological order), although the ‘curation’ filter can be removed by checking a ‘*show all posts*’ box. Our interface support 6 languages and the corresponding filters can be applied straightforwardly (by clicking on the relevant ‘*language flag*’). Moreover, filters related to specific subcategories (math, physics, engineering, human sciences, *etc.*) can be applied through a simple click.
**Whitelisted authors get extra exposure** on the right column of the main page. Additional promotion in the top banner can be bought by anyone for a 3 STEEM fee (to be sent to **@steemstem-io**), although the promotion only becomes active once a SteemSTEM vote has been cast on the post.
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FEATURES OF V0.4
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We can classify the changes between v0.3 and v0.4 in three categories.
**1. Beneficiaries** (commits #1, #2 and #3).
- Beneficiaries can be added when creating a post (upper left panel of the above picture).
- Beneficiary addition rely on a modal box in which some checks are performed (the beneficiary Steem account must exist, *etc.*), as illustrated on the two lower panels of the above picture.
- Draft management now includes information on the beneficiaries to be attached to a post.
- Beneficiaries are displayed with the post (upper right column of the above picture).
**2. Improvements.**
- Saving an edited draft does not create any new draft anymore, but update the existing one (commit #1).
- The left hamburger menu is now clearer and contains more entries (commit #5).
- Comments have been added in the content.js, footer.js and sidebar.js files (commits #4 and #5).
- The placeholder to click on for voting, *i.e.* the little rocket, is now commented. It is thus easier to notice by the external visitor (commit #4).
- The Chinese language is now supported (no commit as this has been directly configured in the admin panel).
**3. Minor bugs.**
- Power up is now working (commit #1).
- Hyperlinks to the categories associated with a post (for the tags displayed with a post) are fixed (commit #4).
- Links in the footer have been fixed (commit #4).
- Links in the left hamburger menu have been fixed (commits #4 and #5).
- The fullscreen button in the post editor has been removed (commit #4).
List of commits: [1](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/31d7c80a97c297925dab476096415227c53b5ff6), [2](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/de1f277416bcbdfb568b47005406c60a2b8ac8fe), [3](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/d375540bc294d64603a97b7cb2ebe3c6dbff471d), [4](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/a1a30284d0bbfd063ef24d0cf5317b0bd84fa44f) and [5](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/bb4b4b9952f6df1f51dc9343f81a5dd2008ba255).
For v0.5, weplan to work on a new feature: **post preview**. Hopefully, this will be deployed in January or February.
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Make sure to follow steemstem on [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/#!/@steemstem), [**steemit**](https://steemit.com/@steemstem), [**facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/OfficialsteemSTEM/), [**twitter**](https://twitter.com/steemstem_), and [**instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/steemstem/) to always be up-to-date on our latest news and ideas. Please also consider to support the project by **delegating to @steemstem** for a ROI of 65% of our curation rewards (quick delegation links: [50SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=50%20SP) | [100SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=100%20SP) | [500SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=500%20SP) | [1000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=1000%20SP) | [5000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=5000%20SP) | [10000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=10000%20SP)).
In more details, [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/) allows for the display of **posts carrying the #steemstem tag and approved by the SteemSTEM curation team** (in a chronological order), although the ‘curation’ filter can be removed by checking a ‘*show all posts*’ box. Our interface support 6 languages and the corresponding filters can be applied straightforwardly (by clicking on the relevant ‘*language flag*’). Moreover, filters related to specific subcategories (math, physics, engineering, human sciences, *etc.*) can be applied through a simple click.
**Whitelisted authors get extra exposure** on the right column of the main page. Additional promotion in the top banner can be bought by anyone for a 3 STEEM fee (to be sent to **@steemstem-io**), although the promotion only becomes active once a SteemSTEM vote has been cast on the post.
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##
FEATURES OF V0.4
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We can classify the changes between v0.3 and v0.4 in three categories.
**1. Beneficiaries** (commits #1, #2 and #3).
- Beneficiaries can be added when creating a post (upper left panel of the above picture).
- Beneficiary addition rely on a modal box in which some checks are performed (the beneficiary Steem account must exist, *etc.*), as illustrated on the two lower panels of the above picture.
- Draft management now includes information on the beneficiaries to be attached to a post.
- Beneficiaries are displayed with the post (upper right column of the above picture).
**2. Improvements.**
- Saving an edited draft does not create any new draft anymore, but update the existing one (commit #1).
- The left hamburger menu is now clearer and contains more entries (commit #5).
- Comments have been added in the content.js, footer.js and sidebar.js files (commits #4 and #5).
- The placeholder to click on for voting, *i.e.* the little rocket, is now commented. It is thus easier to notice by the external visitor (commit #4).
- The Chinese language is now supported (no commit as this has been directly configured in the admin panel).
**3. Minor bugs.**
- Power up is now working (commit #1).
- Hyperlinks to the categories associated with a post (for the tags displayed with a post) are fixed (commit #4).
- Links in the footer have been fixed (commit #4).
- Links in the left hamburger menu have been fixed (commits #4 and #5).
- The fullscreen button in the post editor has been removed (commit #4).
List of commits: [1](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/31d7c80a97c297925dab476096415227c53b5ff6), [2](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/de1f277416bcbdfb568b47005406c60a2b8ac8fe), [3](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/d375540bc294d64603a97b7cb2ebe3c6dbff471d), [4](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/a1a30284d0bbfd063ef24d0cf5317b0bd84fa44f) and [5](https://github.com/SteemStem-io/steemstem/commit/bb4b4b9952f6df1f51dc9343f81a5dd2008ba255).
For v0.5, weplan to work on a new feature: **post preview**. Hopefully, this will be deployed in January or February.
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Make sure to follow steemstem on [**steemstem.io**](https://www.steemstem.io/#!/@steemstem), [**steemit**](https://steemit.com/@steemstem), [**facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/OfficialsteemSTEM/), [**twitter**](https://twitter.com/steemstem_), and [**instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/steemstem/) to always be up-to-date on our latest news and ideas. Please also consider to support the project by **delegating to @steemstem** for a ROI of 65% of our curation rewards (quick delegation links: [50SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=50%20SP) | [100SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=100%20SP) | [500SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=500%20SP) | [1000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=1000%20SP) | [5000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=5000%20SP) | [10000SP](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=steemstem&vesting_shares=10000%20SP)).