Site builder system update 4.16
By Keith Hickman
Feb 1, 2010, 18:45
We will start upgrading systems with the 4.16 Site Builder update
beginning this week. It will probably take about a week before all the
systems have been upgraded.
The release will include the following new features and updates.
ROTATING BANNERS and OVERLAY TEXT
The banner/header system has been enhanced to support rotating banners
and custom overlay text/HTML. The rotating banner feature enables you
to setup a sequence of banner images. The header area will cycle
through the banner images fading in and out between each image. Other
options include banners that randomly display each time a page is
viewed.
In addition to multiple banners, a text/HTML overlay can be setup that
goes on top of each banner in the sequence. You can set the text, size
and the position of the overlay. One use of the overlay text would be
to create clickable text/image links that are in the banner area.
To setup rotating banners and overlays, go to the design area and click
the "header & images" link. Then click the "rotating
banners/overlay" tab.
CUSTOMIZE FONTS AND STYLES
Text/css menus
Customize the colors and style for text based menus. Customizations
include font color, style and background color for the regular menu,
selected menu and hover over menu. (for this feature to be available
you may need to reselect your layout or
reselect your menu button style)
Forms
Customize the style for your website forms. Adjust the font size, colors, borders and spacing of your form fields/labels.
Product catalog display
The product customizations allow you to set the
borders/backgrounds/colors/fonts/styles for over 20 different areas in
the product catalog display. The customizable areas include the product
title, product links, labels, price fields, description text, title
areas and more.
TABBED ACCORDION VIEW
The new accordion mode displays a vertical list of tab names with the
tab content below the tab name. The update also includes an option to
set the font size for the tab and accordion text.
ECOMMERCE - PRODUCT IMAGES
The product thumbnail image feature has been enhanced. The images are
now be easier to setup. With the site builder preview/flash upload
enabled, you can upload multiple thumbnail images at the same time for
a product. The new thumbnail option displays the thumbnail preview
images directly below the main product image on the product detail
page. When a thumbnail image is clicked, the main product image will
change to display the larger image for the thumbnail. This option lets
customers view more product images directly from the product detail
page.
ECOMMERCE REPORTS
- Profit/cost report
- Sales by state
- Sales by country
- Updated graph/chart style
COUNTDOWN TIMER COMPONENT
Add a countdown timer to your website. The dynamically updating timer
displays the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds to the date
that you specify. You can set a destination page that users are taken
to when the counter expires. Edit any page, click the add button and
choose the countdown timer from the standard/HTML menu.
MAP BUTTON
A map button has been added to the user account details page and the
order detail page. Click the map button to open a new window that
displays a map of the users contact address. For orders the shipping
address is also added to the map window.
MISC UPDATES
- Set the font size for tabs in the tabbed content component
- Updated image manager resize and crop features to work in FireFox
- Added new view to image manager to see files
- Added option to center align the main menu
- Popup calendar for date selection (blog, calendar, coupon editor)
- Text editor 2.0: background preview - allows you to see how your text will look on dark or light backgrounds
DESIGN SYSTEM
- New logos
- Updated banners
- Gradient maker (background images)
- Layout properties - updated page for selecting page width
SITE BUILDER PREVIEW - MISC UPDATES
- Misc graphic updates and adjustments
- Added drop down menu to page properties button
USER MANUAL
The new downloadable site builder user manual is now available from the
main help page. The manual is a 14 meg downloadable PDF file. The
manual contains screen shots and instructions for using the site
builder system.
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