# Notenik 18.8.2 Available for Beta Testing on April 8th, 2026

**URL:** https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-18-8-2-available-for-beta-testing-on-april-8th-2026/828
**Category:** Beta Versions
**Created:** [April 8, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-18-8-2-available-for-beta-testing-on-april-8th-2026/828 "2026-04-08T19:39:08Z")
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### Author: ![hbowie](https://discourse.notenik.app/user_avatar/discourse.notenik.app/hbowie/32/6_2.png) [@hbowie](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/hbowie)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/notenik-18-8-2-available-for-beta-testing-on-april-8th-2026/828/1 "2026-04-08T19:39:08Z")

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This new beta has a couple of changes that should be of interest:

1. I believe it should fix the problem with [folder exclusions being written out incorrectly](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/folder-line-in-template-keeps-auto-expanding-when-using-excluding/826) to the collection template file;
2. It also introduces a new field type, `Image Layout`, that can be useful when [placing images into a presentation](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/animating-presentation-mode/820/2).

This beta version is no longer available. Look for a [later beta release](https://discourse.notenik.app/c/beta-versions/17) or the most recent [Mac App Store release](https://discourse.notenik.app/c/announcements/6).