⚜ The workshop
What’s new
What we’re building and improving on Krewely. Want it in your reader? Subscribe via RSS →
- Improved
The calendar scrolls on its own
The calendar on the home page now fits on one screen. The month, the arrows and the filters stay where they are, and only the weeks scroll, inside the calendar, under a row of weekday names that stays at the top. Scrolling inside the calendar stays inside the calendar; the day you pick and the rest of the page sit below it as before.
- Fixed
Plan times, invite emails and group chats
Three things are better today. When you set a time on a private plan, it now saves as the hour you typed. Before, plans were being filed five or six hours early, and the invite email could give your guests the wrong hour. A plan made before today keeps the time that was saved for it, so if an older plan shows an earlier hour than you meant, open it and set the time again. Invite emails now keep the line breaks in your note, and each member can send up to 40 of them a day. And when you start a private group chat, the list shows the people who follow you and the people who chose to be in the People directory, instead of every member.
- Fixed
Sign-in buttons and event times, fixed
Two things were wrong and are right again. On phones, the buttons on the sign-in screen had dark lettering on a dark button, which made them hard to read. They are cream on plum again. And the times on organization pages and on invite links were showing five or six hours early: a 7:00 PM gathering read 2:00 PM. Those two pages now show the hour the organizer gave, the same as the event pages do.
- New
From the community
A new spot on the homepage introduces one organization a day — the parish libraries, pride groups, festivals, and support services whose gatherings fill this board. A different neighbor every day, with a door to their events here and their own site. It's a thank-you, not an ad: nobody pays to be there, and everyone takes a turn.
- New
Find us on Bluesky and Instagram
Krewely has an account on both now — the links live in the footer of every page. Bluesky is where we post what has turned up on the board; Instagram is where we keep up with the libraries, parish pride groups and other organisers whose events end up here. Following either is one more way to catch something before the date goes past.
- Improved
Hours and phone numbers
Destinations now show opening hours and a phone number wherever we have been able to confirm them, so you can tell before you drive whether somewhere is open on a Sunday — and tap the number to call. We have not confirmed every shop yet, so the thrift run planner tells you plainly how many stops on your route have unconfirmed hours. Call ahead when a stop is a long way out of your way.
- New
Plan a thrift run
Pick the thrift stores you want to hit and Krewely works out the order to drive them — how long to spend at each stop, roughly how long between them, and where to break for a meal. Print the whole run so your phone can stay in your pocket. Save it and you can come back afterwards to tell us what each shop was actually like.
- New
Your personal feed
A private link that carries your saved events and the plans you're coordinating into apps you trust. Create it from your Maison — and treat it like a password: you can regenerate or turn it off any time, and your people are never listed by name, only counted.
- New
Thrift stores
A new kind of destination: Louisiana thrift, resale, and consignment shops — from corner secondhand spots to the big Goodwills — are now in Destinations. Filter to "Thrift store," find one near you, and tap through to the map. More added all the time.
- New
Destinations — places worth a visit
A whole new way to find something to do. Browse 336 Louisiana museums, galleries, historic sites, parks, and trails — open on your own schedule, not tied to a date. Filter by type, region, and free vs. paid, and tap through to each place's website or map.
- New
Plan a visit
Found a destination you love? Pick a date and it lands right on your calendar as a plan — ready for you to rally your krewe for a day out.
- New
Split a cost with your krewe
Planning something that costs money — a bus, a campsite, admission? Krewely now does the math. Set a per-person price or one lump sum, and everyone sees their fair share update live as people say "I'm in." We handle the fairness; you settle up however you like.
- New
Suggest an event
Know something happening in the community? Anyone signed in can now suggest a public event for the calendar — our team gives it a quick look before it goes live.
- New
This page — "What's new"
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