New Site Editor - October 2013
Using feedback many of you shared with us through customer surveys, email, and over the phone, we made a number of big improvements to our service. That's what you're seeing today.
We understand that no matter how many improvements we've made, such a big visual change to our service may be jarring. Especially if you were just hoping to pop in and make a few changes to your site without having to think too much about it. So we've written a short guide to what's new, to help you hit the ground running.
We understand that no matter how many improvements we've made, such a big visual change to our service may be jarring. Especially if you were just hoping to pop in and make a few changes to your site without having to think too much about it. So we've written a short guide to what's new, to help you hit the ground running.
Elements have moved
The most obvious change is that the content elements are no longer on the top of the page but are now on the left hand side. While this looks significantly different, the elements still function in the exact same way: you drag them to your site in order to add text, pictures, and other content.
Some elements have been renamed
The Custom HTML element is now labeled as Embed Code. The Paragraph element is now called Text. What about the picture element? Now it's Image. The Scribd element? It's called Document.
Functionally, all these elements work in the exact same way as ever, they've just been relabeled to make it clearer what they do. We've also given them much cleaner toolboxes and toolbars.
Functionally, all these elements work in the exact same way as ever, they've just been relabeled to make it clearer what they do. We've also given them much cleaner toolboxes and toolbars.
New Element Toolboxes
The old toolbars were cramped and it wasn't always easy to decipher which button performed which function. The new toolboxes are bigger and very clearly labeled. Plus if you don't like where a toolbox shows up on the screen, you can click on it and drag it somewhere else.
The Mobile Editor
Now you can see easily see what your site looks like on iPhone and Android, as well as choose a unique mobile theme and edit your mobile site directly from your computer. Whether you make updates to your main site or to your mobile site, we make sure both sites are always in sync so that you don't have to constantly flip back-and-forth between both of them.
What if you encounter problems?
Almost all problems with moving from the old editor to the new editor are browser related. We realize your browser was working perfectly fine previously (and it certainly should be working fine right now), but there are a lot of variables that can cause slowdowns. That's why the best place to start is to try a different browser than usual. If you're not entirely sure how to do so, you can see which browser you're using now (and download a different one completely for free) via Google's What Browser site at whatbrowser.org.