Viviti Blog

More improvements today

2013-06-06T14:52:00-07:00

Today we have a new release that addresses some issues we've noted to tighten up the builder and maintain the ease of use and problem free experience you expect from us!

At a glance:

Broad new measures to block spammers from creating accounts which can negatively affect your builder experience.
Uploading files - if a file is too big, or will cause you to run out of storage space, you will be notified within the builder. No more unexplained issues!
YouTube Component enhancements for Internet Explorer users.
Twitter and Facebook linked account improvements and reliability.

More to come - stay tuned!

Copying components between pages made easy

2013-05-23T11:46:00-07:00

We've rolled out another new release today to fix a few bugs and offer you some cool new features.

Copying components between pages is now available and is super fast and easy - take a look!

First, move your cursor over the component toolbar and look for the 'copy' icon on the right side:

After that, just choose the page you want to copy the component to:

That's it! You'll be taken to that page to see the component (added to the same location as the original page). You can also use this tool to copy a component to the same page!

Search engine ranking/SEO will now be more responsive for paid members also. See this page for more information about Jigsy sites and search engines.

Lastly, if you haven't noticed yet, we've included a feedback button within the builder to collect your thoughts as to what we can improve, what you like/dislike, and what you'd like to see us offer to make the builder better than ever. Send us your feedback!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Page specific headers and more

2013-05-07T15:49:00-07:00

Another fine new release has gone live today to provide enhancements to existing services and offer you a few new features to improve your site.

By popular request, we are now offering page specific headers so you can have a different header item on each of your pages if your site calls for it!

5 new responsive themes were also released today - check them out!

These are the highlights, but you may also notice a few other fixes and improvements to your Jigsy experience - enjoy and stay tuned for more exciting new tools and features!

New Responsive Themes

2013-04-22T14:35:00-07:00

Responsive themes are finally here! We are so happy to announce that ten responsive themes also went live with today's new features.

What exactly are responsive themes? Responsive themes change layout based on the screen size of the media being used to view your website, meaning your visitors will be able to easily browse and navigate your website on their mobile devices as well as their computers.

Want to install one of these responsive themes? Simply look for the mobile icon when selecting your theme.

Big primary navigation changes and font styling!

2013-04-22T10:55:00-07:00

We're excited about the features included in today's new release and think you will be too when you see what they can do for your site! Here's what's new:

Enhanced font editor - we offered a version of this in a recent past release, but this release builds on those tools in a big way. Comprehensive control over all of your site's fonts in all of the areas you'd want control over is a click away - look for the Site Fonts button on your Toolbar.

Make a mistake? You can always revert your changes to the default settings, so don't worry - experiment and see what this new tool can do for your site!

Equally exciting is the new ability to create primary navigation dropdown menus! This has been a much anticipated feature and we're proud to offer it to you now.

To use this, mouse over your primary navigation area and click the edit button. Notice the new 'Add a Submenu' button on the left side? That's what you'll need to use to create a dropdown menu - simply drag it below an existing menu item on the right pane - where you want it to display amongst your other navigation links:

You'll then be able to label this dropdown item and choose whether or not the text should also serve as a link, or be unclickable and simply work to display the submenu items.

When you're done, you should see a structure such as this:

Save changes and take a look at your work - pretty cool, huh?

More to come, but we hope you enjoy these features and use them to make your site better than ever!

New fonts manager and other powerful new builder tools!

2013-04-04T14:03:00-07:00

We've published a new release today which adds some features requested by members as well as things we knew would help you build your website your way. Take a look!

Layouts are now more easily accessible via a dropdown on the Toolbar:

We've also included an awesome new Font Editor which will give you a wide range of management over the fonts used throughout your site:

Another notable new addition is image rotate buttons - you can find these in the file manager - just click on the edit icon after selecting any of your uploaded images:

In addition to these, we've also improved YouTube video sizing, added the option of a CC address for the Email Form component and improved form field validation as well. This is in addition to some bug fixes and other little improvements and enhancements. Stay tuned for more!

More brand new themes released!

2013-03-20T16:25:00-07:00

Take a look at some fresh new themes we've just put together, which are now live and cover more site styles and requirements from our diverse group of members:

This is just a preview of course, and 9 more are included with this release! As always, if there are some themes you'd like to see us offer, or even changes to existing themes that would help your site look it's best, contact us - we'd love to hear from you!

In addition to these, this release included several bug fixes and enhancements for a better user experience and to improve performance and stability. More to come!

More new themes and some tips and tricks

2013-03-14T11:29:00-07:00

We've just put out a brand new release which adds 30 awesome new themes!

We've worked to come up with some fresh new ideas that we feel can be used by many members to add a special touch to their site's appearance - whether it be a corporate site, a site for your bed and breakfast, or one of several other personal/business themes. We encourage you to take a look and see if one of these will take your site to the next level! Not finding one that would make your site perfect? Get in touch and we'll see what we can whip up - we're always looking to expand our theme base for optimal variety - to offer something to everyone.

On the tips and tricks front - did you know you can now edit/delete credit card information? Just click on the 'Billing' heading after logging into your account and click on the "Manage Credit Cards" link - you'll then be taken to your list of cards - all of the cards you've used to make payments in this account:

Clicking the link will allow you to enter completely different card information if you want to simply change which card you're wanting to use in this account - for recurring billing, for example.

Watch for more tips and tricks in the future - some nifty things can be done with our mail services!

New themes!

2013-02-27T16:14:00-08:00

If you haven't already noticed, check out the 12 new themes we just added to our ever growing collection! Here's a preview:

To take a closer look, click on "Change Website Theme" on the "Manage Website" dropdown on your Toolbar. Want to see how it'll look for your site? Just apply the theme! Remember - applying a theme will not affect or otherwise modify any of the code, settings, or site content you've added - just the theme itself (if you've customized your theme source code, this will be lost, however).

Give them a try and let us know how they work out for you!

Linked Account updates

2013-02-26T12:09:00-08:00

Heads up! Our Linked Accounts tool has been revamped to support the newest Twitter and Facebook authorization schemes.

This will help to improve security (always a good thing) as well as allow for easy connection between your accounts with these social networking sites and your Jigsy account, for seamless integration.

If you're unfamiliar with our Linked Accounts tool, mouse over the 'Manage Website' dropdown in the builder and click on the 'Linked Accounts' link.

The rest is a breeze - just click 'Add Account' beside the social networking account you want to link your Jigsy account to and follow the steps!

New Jigsy look and experience!

2013-02-19T14:01:00-08:00

We are proud to announce our recent big update that sees a new theme for all of Jigsy.com as well as major leaps of improvement with our already stellar builder!

Here's a breakdown:

The entire system has been re-skinned & vastly improved for clarity and an enhanced user experience. The new look, new feel, “rejuvenated” builder is simply fantastic to work with.
The Website Editor’s new Drag & Drop functionalities make it easier than ever to get the job done. Adding Content, Multimedia, Social Sharing, and Ecommerce from the dropdown menus is very simple… just Click , Drag & Drop.
The Photo Management System has been significantly modernized & includes an upgraded Stock Photo Library with thousands of professional photos. It makes searching, selecting and placing your perfect photo a breeze.
The refurbished Tool Bar is now more user friendly and intuitive than ever.
Bold, new icons for the Tool Bar and Content Category menus are well defined, for ease of use.
30 plus sensational new themes to help you shape your site, with many more on the way.
Additional Unique Fonts within the system really help you take things to the next level.

As always, we welcome your feedback on these or other changes, ideas, suggestions for improvement - you name it! Don't see a theme style you'd like to use? Get in touch via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook or our forum!

New fonts, theme changes, and some tips and tricks!

2013-02-01T16:54:00-08:00

We have just made Google fonts available! This means you can have greater than ever control over the fonts associated with your site header - give it a try and let us know what you think!

Turn this:

Into this:

Themes have now been optimized across the board as well and are looking better than ever. You may notice that your theme appears to be improved in some ways. This is not a drastic change however, so don't be concerned that your site will change appearance in a fundamental way. Either way, rest assured we are always working behind the scenes to not just bring you new features, but improve existing ones wherever needed.

Lastly, for those of you with an iPhone wondering how to configure your mail app with Jigsy mail, we've created a new page to address just that. Click here to get started!

New Guestbook Component

2012-12-14T16:59:00-08:00

We recently launched a much requested new component - Guestbook! Add a Guestbook to your Jigsy site and allow your visitors to leave you comments.

Use one so your wedding guests can leave you a personal message. Add one to your team site for encouraging messages. Guestbooks can be a lot of fun!

Adding and managing your Guestbook is easy. Add one to every page if you like!

A few new updates and features

2012-10-31T12:11:00-07:00

We have a new release today which includes a new version of the Visual Editor and the following new features.

When adding or editing content or a blog post, you will now notice that the editing area now shows a representation of the width of the column that you are editing. You can still expand the editing area to the full width of the dialog box by using the small arrow below:

A new preview button has been added when editing content in the HTML view, which returns to the Visual Editor where your changes can be reviewed before saving:

Watch for more developments to come, and contact us if you have any questions, comments, or feedback about our services!

A new component, safe mode editing and more!

2012-09-25T15:03:00-07:00

Our latest release features a brand new component - Share Buttons - which displays icons from a variety of popular social networking sites that allow you to connect your site and it's pages to these networks! Just look for this icon in your component list:

We have also rolled out a handy new safe mode editing feature - this allows members to troubleshoot and manage troublesome code while having full functionality of the builder. You can access safe mode by clicking the safe mode button when you are in the dashboard:

To get out of safe mode you can click the 'exit safe mode' button at the top of the Toolbar:

We have also enabled page specific site headers - you requested it and we have made it available!

Watch for new developments - there are many more exciting new features to come!

More great features and enhancements launched!

2012-09-10T09:49:00-07:00

Today marks the release of some new great features and enhancements for our site builder and components!

Among them are:

Custom keywords and descriptions for blog posts can now be created
Page layouts are now more prominent on the toolbar
Changing an image in the image editor retains image padding settings
Image editor auto-crops images extending past the boundaries
Newly uploaded files now added to the front of the folder
Uploaded images are now forced to have lowercase extensions - Eg. uploading my_image.JPG, will rename it to my_image.jpg before saving it to your folder
First page in dropdown is now always the homepage

This update enhances our already robust builder and suite of components based on member feedback and our desire to make it the best on the web! Further details can be found on our releases page as usual.

Watch for more developments to come, and contact us if you have any questions, comments, or feedback about our services!

Sitemaps, favicons, and more!

2012-08-15T17:05:00-07:00

As summer draws to an end, the Jigsy team has been busy working to bring new features and enhancements to the builder!

A few notable new features include:

Users can now create a custom Sitemap
Page extensions can now be created, like .html .asp or .php to allow for redirecting pages from members' old sites
Several new favicons
Meta tags for pages improved - meta tags for pages changed from input fields to text area fields, to allow easier input
Pages dropdown to handle large sites modified to better display large number of pages - these will display width-wise
The first 200 characters of the beginning of a blog post are now automatically added to the post's meta description.

Not to mention the theme selection dialog in the builder is now 100% of the page width, so you can browse more themes at once and see a larger thumbnail when selecting a theme for the first time, or choosing an alternate theme.

As always, we value your feedback, so if there's something you like, dislike, or a feature you'd like to see, please contact us!

New Bravenet Web Apps component released!

2012-07-11T14:49:00-07:00

Our latest release features a brand new component - the Bravenet Web Apps component! Just look for the following icon in the component list while adding a new component:

Long time users of Bravenet's Web Apps will love this component for how easy it makes adding any of their registered apps to their Jigsy site. For those not familiar with what Bravenet has to offer, check out http://www.bravenet.com/ and sign up for an account to access them. That's it! All that is required is to:

As there are some apps such as the Message Forum that Jigsy doesn't currently offer an equivalent of, we suggest Jigsy users take a look at what apps are offered to see if there is an app you can use to enhance your site!

Quickly Size Images

2012-06-27T13:03:00-07:00

Hello again!

It's time for another update. Since this feature should speed up the process of adding images, I'll make this update quick, too. We've added a quick-size option to images. Now when you are adding an image to your site you will see a new tab in the editor after selecting the image. This new tab will have several pre-selected sizes that you can apply to your image. Here's what it looks like:

Click on the image to enlarge

Shown above are five basic options for square images. You should be able to find a size that suits your needs from these options. Also, if you have a rectangular image, you can switch the toggle to show rectangular quick sizes. For those with triangular and circular images, we're sorry.

That's it! Now you can quickly add photos without needing to play around with pixel numbers, sliders, or any of that jazz. Just choose your size and go.

Images of Gallery Changes

2012-05-30T11:30:00-07:00

Hello again,

We've released more changes to the builder this week. The major changes we've made are to the Image Gallery service. We've added some new setting options. We've also changed the layout of the existing options to accommodate the new additions. Lets take a look:

Image Gallery Settings

Here's how the new settings area for the Image Gallery looks. Click for a larger view.

You'll notice that most of the same options are still present, only moved around a bit. You can set the number of images to be displayed, randomize the order, set thumbnail size and spacing, and also choose the style that the thumbnails will appear in. I'll provide an example for that below.

You can also set the on-click behavior to either display the image directly, or start a full-screen slideshow of the images in the Gallery. If you choose slideshow, you can set the speed at which the images will rotate. You can also set whether or not to display titles and descriptions, and even choose to offer a button to download the images.

Thumbnail Style

This is pretty simple, since the option itself is represented as an image. Basically, the option on the left will display all of the thumbnails as the same size. The option on the right will use the natural aspect ratio of the image for the thumbnails. Wide images will have wide thumbnails, and tall images will have tall thumbnails. Options, and examples below:

Simple enough!