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## Create changelog entries in Fern Editor

<ChangelogTags>developer-tools, navigation</ChangelogTags>

You can now add changelog entries from Fern Editor. Hover over a changelog in the sidebar, select **Add entry**, and choose a date and optional title. The Editor creates the dated entry file in your changelog folder and opens it for editing, so authors don't need to know the filename convention or open a pull request by hand.

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### Open the Editor

Log in to the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.buildwithfern.com/) and open Fern Editor from the **Overview** tab. From here you can drag and drop media, create and delete pages, update branding (logo, favicon, title), and switch to dev mode for source code editing.
Log in to the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.buildwithfern.com/) and open Fern Editor from the **Overview** tab. From here you can drag and drop media, create and delete pages, add changelog entries, update branding (logo, favicon, title), and switch to dev mode for source code editing.

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📝 [vale] <Microsoft.Wordiness> reported by reviewdog 🐶
Consider using 'drag' instead of 'drag and drop'.

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Log in to the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.buildwithfern.com/) and open Fern Editor from the **Overview** tab. From here you can drag and drop media, create and delete pages, add changelog entries, update branding (logo, favicon, title), and switch to dev mode for source code editing.
Log in to the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.buildwithfern.com/) and open Fern Editor from the **Overview** tab. From here you can drag media, create and delete pages, add changelog entries, update branding (logo, favicon, title), and switch to dev mode for source code editing.


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<Note title="Browser and device support">
Fern Editor supports modern Chromium browsers on desktop. Mobile editing and support for other browsers are coming soon.
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## Add a changelog entry

To add an entry to a [changelog](/learn/docs/navigation/changelogs), hover over the changelog in the sidebar and select **Add entry**. Choose the target changelog (if your site has more than one), a date, and an optional title. Fern Editor creates `YYYY-MM-DD.mdx` in the changelog's folder, adds it to the sidebar, and opens it for editing. No `docs.yml` change is needed. Each changelog allows one entry per date, and published entries stay read-only in the Editor.

## Supported components

Fern Editor supports creating and editing the following components:
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## Write a changelog entry

Each entry is a single Markdown file in your `changelog` folder.
Each entry is a single Markdown file in your `changelog` folder. You can also [create entries from Fern Editor](/learn/docs/writing-content/fern-editor#add-a-changelog-entry), which names the file for you.

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