News
2026-05-10
Monetization, Referral and Social Proof
- Referral system: invite friends and earn 100 Asé (friend earns 50 Asé on first consultation).
- Contextual upsell after consultation: Premium banner appears when 0-1 free consultations remain.
- Social proof on homepage: real-time counters for consultations, practitioners and lessons completed.
2026-05-10
PWA + Push Notifications + Onboarding
- Progressive Web App: install Ifá Wisdom on your home screen, works offline.
- Push Notifications: daily Odu and streak reminders sent automatically.
- Welcome Modal: 3-step onboarding flow for new users.
- Streak Calendar: visual 30-day activity tracker in dashboard.
- Daily Challenge: daily quiz about Ifá with +10 Asé for correct answers.
2026-05-10
Modules 5 and 6 of the Ifá course
- Module 5 — Ebó: Ritual Practice (4 lessons with quiz in 4 languages).
- Module 6 — Ifá in the Modern World (4 lessons with quiz in 4 languages).
2026-05-10
Xangô article + Android audio fix
- New article "Xangô (Shango): Orisha of Justice, Thunder and Sacred Fire" available in all 4 languages with cover image.
- Fixed the "Listen to article" button on Android: text is now split into smaller chunks for Web Speech API compatibility, which was silently failing on long articles.
- Audio playback is seamless — listeners don't notice any transition between chunks.
2026-05-07
Listen to article + cancellation on account deletion
- "Listen to article" button on every blog post: read-aloud via native Web Speech API, with speed control (0.85×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5×), pause, resume and stop.
- Automatic Stripe subscription cancellation when deleting an account — prevents charges after leaving.
- Simplified navigation: XP hidden, only Asé visible to avoid confusion.
2026-05-04
SEO, privacy and social media
- /login and /signup pages removed from hreflang alternates (they are noindex).
- AI processor corrected in Privacy Policy and meta descriptions trimmed.
- Facebook page (ifawisdom) added to footer and JSON-LD.
- Legacy polyfills removed and ReactMarkdown lazy-loaded for better performance.
- Meji vs Omolu badge and parent breakdown on consultation result card.
- Cloudflare Turnstile added to login as anti-bot protection.
2026-05-04
Legal compliance and data protection
- Cookie consent banner (LGPD/GDPR): Google Analytics now loads only after explicit acceptance.
- Terms of Use rewritten: Brazilian clause (CDC + LGPD), new section on user content and a 24-72h takedown process.
- Privacy Policy expanded: detailed list of processors (Supabase, Stripe, Resend, Vercel, Google, Anthropic) and an explicit Data Protection Officer (DPO).
- Right to data portability: "Download my data (JSON)" button on /profile (LGPD Art. 18 / GDPR Art. 20).
- Account deletion with a 7-day reversal window, dedicated page with Recover and Sign out buttons.
- Explicit refund policy: 7 days for Brazil (CDC Art. 49) or 14 days for the EU/UK. Self-serve "Request refund" button on /profile that processes via Stripe automatically.
- Mandatory Terms acceptance at signup, with timestamp and version recorded for audit.
- "Educational and cultural purposes" notice on the Oracle.
- "Report" button on every blog comment.
- Anti-bot protection via Cloudflare Turnstile on signup.
- Stripe webhook with idempotency: duplicate events no longer cause repeated charges or double XP.
- Rate limit on comments and reports to prevent spam.
2026-05-03
Blog comments + Iemanjá
- Comment system on every blog article: open reading for all, writing only for registered users.
- Automatic email notification to the administrator on every new comment.
- Authors can delete their own comments at any time.
- New article "Iemanjá: Queen of the Sea" available in all 4 languages with cover image.
- Daily cron at 10:00 UTC sends newsletter + in-app notification on every new post, with a 24h buffer for review before sending.
2026-04-29
SEO, new articles and performance
- SEO sprint: correct hreflang on all pages, complete sitemap, i18n redirects fixed.
- 4 new blog articles (Oxóssi, Obatalá, Birth Odu, and Oyeku Meji), each translated into 4 languages.
- Memoisation of the 256 Odus to speed up loading of individual pages.
- Supabase lazy-loaded in Navigation, removing ~80KB from the initial bundle.
- /privacy, /terms and /cookies pages translated into EN, ES and DE.
- www redirect moved to Vercel edge (faster than via next.config).
2026-04-28
Monorepo migration
- Repository migrated to a monorepo structure (apps/web/), prepared for a future mobile app.
- CI updated to run inside apps/web/.
2026-04-26
Brazilian Portuguese and social media
- Full linguistic review: replaced European Portuguese "tu/teu/tua" with Brazilian "você/seu/sua" across all pages and articles.
- Social media update: @realpablolima on Instagram, TikTok, and X.
- YouTube remains @ifawisdom as the brand channel.
- Personal site pablolima.com replaced delimapablo.com.
- Blog posts ordered by descending date.
2026-04-23
Notifications and São Jorge & Ogum
- Notification bell in the menu with daily Asé and new article alerts.
- New article "St. George and Ogum: syncretism, resistance and 23 April".
- AI model updated (Claude Haiku 4.5) for Oracle interpretation.
- Quiz: answer options now appear in random order.
2026-04-10
Platform core
- Homepage with Odu of the Day, FAQ and newsletter.
- Oracle with account states, Opele and interpretation via Kimi.
- Library of 256 Odus and pages for the 16 Orixás.
- Stripe integration (Premium and one-off consultation) and initial gamification.
About the Ifá Wisdom news
Ifá Wisdom evolves continuously based on community feedback and the educational needs of students of the Yoruba tradition. This News page documents every project update — from improvements to the library of the 256 Odus, expansion of the Ifá Oracle with AI, new learning modules, to refinements in the consultation experience and personal diary.
We believe in transparent development: every commit, every feature, every fix is recorded here. The project is in Beta phase with promotional pricing, and the roadmap includes a mobile app (iOS/Android), multilingual expansion, a global community, and partnerships with initiated Babalawos and Iyanifas. Subscribe to the newsletter in the footer to receive notifications about each new blog article.