add News for Pillar

site/news/2024-11-15-Pillar.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+title: [Ann] v10.4.0 pillar
+layout: blogpost
+publishDate: "2024-11-15"
+
+# Pillar v10.4.1 Released!
+
+We’re excited to announce the release of **Pillar v10.4.1**! 🎉  
+[Release Notes](https://github.com/pillar-markup/pillar/releases/tag/v10.4.1)
+
+## Highlights
+- **Uses Microdown V2.7.1**:  
+  [Microdown v2.7.1 Release Notes](https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown/releases/tag/v2.7.1)  
+  Introduces new elements for Foliage and web generation, improves document checks, and adds analyses for:
+  - Duplicated anchors
+  - References to nonexistent anchors
+  - Unreferenced figures
+  - Missing figure files
+  - Missing input files
+
+- **Improved Archetypes**:
+  - Cleaned and enhanced archetypes.
+  - Two new archetypes: `microdown-mooc` and `microdown-headerformat-mooc`.
+
+- **Enhanced Documentation**:  
+  New documentation available in the `bod-book` template, explaining the full syntax.
+
+- **Slide Support**:  
+  - Header support for slides (e.g., `# a nice title`).  
+  - Conversion of slides from Pillar to Microdown.
+
+- **Improved Extensions**:  
+  - Extension comments now support simpler syntax.  
+    Example:  
+    ```plaintext
+    {!comment|contents=sd thinks there is something fishy!}
+    ```
+    Can be expressed as:  
+    ```plaintext
+    {!comment|sd thinks there is something fishy!}
+    ```
+
+- **GitHub Actions with LaTeX**:  
+  Added support for automated workflows using LaTeX.
+
+## Explore More
+Check out all the books in Pillar:  
+[BookBuilder Dashboard](https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/BookBuilderDashboard/blob/master/README.md)