Changelog
What's New
A dated record of what changed on this site and platform. We keep it factual -- if it's not here, it hasn't shipped yet.
Faster on phones and accessible to everyone
- •Pages load much faster on phones: hero videos now play only on larger screens after the page has loaded, service images are compressed and resized per device, and the Contact map loads when you tap it.
- •Accessibility: every page now passes automated WCAG 2.2 AA checks — stronger text contrast (including an accessible shade of our orange), named buttons and form fields, underlined in-text links and a correct heading order.
- •Fixed the "View Our Work" and "See Our Work" buttons, which were white on white.
- •Less clutter on phones: WhatsApp now lives in the bottom action bar instead of a second floating button.
- •Ask the AI the price of a website, app, system, CCTV or network and it now asks what you need step by step, then sends your request to our team on WhatsApp for a quotation.
- •The AI assistant understands many more questions (websites, choosing a POS, offline use, eTIMS, trials and billing) and remembers your conversation while you browse.
- •Hero videos now play on phones too, with a pause button on every page.
Helvino AI assistant and video heroes
- •The website chat is now answered by Helvino's own AI, trained on our services, ready-made systems, support and common technology questions, in English and Kiswahili.
- •The AI understands follow-up questions, never guesses prices, and points you to the right page or the free quote form.
- •Made the chat easier to find with an "Ask Helvino AI" button.
- •Added background videos to the hero of every page, themed to each page's topic.
- •Updated dependencies to close security advisories in sharp, source-map-js and postcss-selector-parser.
- •The AI assistant now knows the features of every Helvino product, from SkulManager and Hospital Helvino to PetroManager and Hotel Helvino.
- •Added a Portfolio page of live websites we've built for clients, with a preview on the homepage.
- •Fixed the header menu overlapping the logo on laptop-width screens.
- •Client websites are now managed from the admin portal (Admin → Client Websites), with screenshot upload and English/Kiswahili text.
- •The AI assistant now quotes the published prices of every ready-made system and how to pay.
- •Animated header: a spotlight walks across the menu links, links lift on hover, the quote button shimmers and glows, and on phones the menu and call buttons pulse to invite a tap.
Search, security transparency, and case studies
- •Added site-wide search (Cmd/Ctrl+K) across services, projects, blog posts, and solutions.
- •Published a Security & Trust page documenting the real measures behind this site, plus a /.well-known/security.txt for responsible disclosure.
- •Added a Case Studies section presenting real projects as Challenge → Approach → Outcome narratives.
- •Added dark mode across the site.
- •Added a newsletter signup and a guided project-scoping quote form (budget range + timeline).
- •Added the capability to attach video testimonials to client reviews.
- •Added privacy-friendly analytics and Core Web Vitals monitoring.
Platform upgrade
- •Upgraded to Next.js 16 and React 19, closing the last known dependency vulnerabilities.
- •Migrated resume uploads to Vercel Blob storage.
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