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June 2020
June 2020
Our 2.0 platform is almost ready for public use! We are finishing up some of the final MVP admin control panel features, working on stabilizing the code and optimizing performance. At the moment we are working with a select few clients who need a new website and are willing to be private beta testers.
We've just finished launching one of these new sites, for a client that has been with us for at least 14 years!
Check it out directly at Geoffrey Nelson's Hillsborough Blog website to see the elegant and modern design, which is mobile responsive with subtle animations and finishing touches. This design is called "Sken" and is free to all users, although Geoffrey has made some minor personal changes to customize it to his taste and communication strategy.
Let us know what you think! And if you are interested in a new website that is modern, beautiful design, built on a robust, enterprise level platform with a powerful API, granular team and visitor user permissions, content ...
February 2020
February 2020
We're happy to showcase another Real Estate Agent website on our new 2.0 beta platform, for Maryann Ernst a Compass Realtor based in the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula market. One of the features of the new platform is beautiful, conversion-optimized, landing pages with crystal clear value propositions and calls to action (e.g. Look at the Buyers section).
This is a super simple, but elegantly modern website that will certainly impress potential buyers and sellers. And it's a website that will grow with you, as your needs change, guaranteed to stay looking beautiful because the platform empowers you to focus on creating content that supports your marketing goals and to choose from curated design options. This protects the professional look of your website and brand, so you can focus on growing your business.
If you are looking for a new website (or refresh of an old one), we can accept you into the beta class for the new platform on a case by case basis. Website setup for a site ...
February 2020
February 2020
The closed beta period for our new 2.0 platform is advancing successfully through its testing phase. We are proud to promote the launch of a new Real Estate website for Quinton Barnett, a new agent from one our Broker Partners.
Quinton's website is 100% plug-and-play setup, using the updated version of the free Sken template and all the standard functionality. Some of the things you'll notice are the big background video on the home page, as well as several conversion oriented landing pages that are optimized for funneling traffic to specific conversion goals with large Value Propositions and Calls to Action (easy to enable on any page). Our new property search enables easy searching and filtering of both MLS and private property data in one combined feed (or separate if you prefer). There are community pages that also have the filtered search results for that community embedded on the page. The contact form allows the agent to capture leads and automate responses based on marketing ...
December 2019
December 2019
As I mentioned in the last blog, the closed beta for our 2.0 platform has begun (see article for features and more samples). We are proud to announce that we've launched another website, which further demonstrates the beauty and power of our new platform.
Brand New Congress is a non-partisan political organization working with both Democrats and Republicans to repeal and replace congress with representatives who serve the interests of their constituents instead of political insiders who currently exert too much influence over establishment candidates that rely on big money donors and then have to respond with favors. There is even a Netfix documentary called "Knock Down the House" (which features our branding) about the women and men supported by BNC who ran (and won) for Congress in 2016.
This is a pro-bono project that we are passionate about, and are honored to be a small part of the good work they are ...
December 2019
December 2019
It's hard to believe it's been 5 years since we started building "2.0", a complete ground-up rebuild of our platform that will distinguish us from every other website builder and CMS on the market (seriously, no other platform has the features we have built). It's been an over ambitious project for our small team, trying to compete against the high standards set by hundred-million-dollar businesses, using only our very limited resources. But we did it, we're almost there! And it's going to amaze you.
A month ago we launched our first website on this new platform, City Church of San Francisco has been with us for over a decade, and were willing to endure the unpolished beta phase, in order to benefit from all the new features and design. The site is a great example of some of the design and features that are standard on the new platform. Please visit their website and be sure to let us know what you think!
We have launched several other sites since then, and we'll be featuring them in ...
April 2013
April 2013
We are excited to release a new feature for the Control Panel that lets you visualize your entire website and add content all from one page. The page shows you the main sections of your website, along with the sub links under each section. You can drag sections and pages around, or add new pages and links to your menu. The lists are editable if you want to change the name, quickly toggle a link on/off, or delete a link. You can add new links or pages directly to a section so that the CMS already knows what section the new page belongs to.
We hope this is a helpful tool for all our experienced users, and also a great interface to help new users get active with building their website. Let us know what you think!
May 2012
May 2012
We released a new free design skin that we hope you love. Part museum exhibit, part fashion spread, the Siggstein is designed to show off beautiful images and is ideal for portfolios, retail and anyone who wants a site with a lot of visual impact. The name is old Norse from "siggr" meaning victory and "stein" meaning stone. The design is clean, image-based, a little edgy and comes in 5 colors including an exceptionally sexy black version. Visit our design page to try the different colors.
March 2012
March 2012
We've added the ability for you to preview your blogs before they publish.
Batching your work is a great idea, so it is a common (and recommended) practice to write a week's worth of blogs and then schedule them to publish on specific days. The blog articles will not show up on your site until that date. But often times you want to see what it looks like before hand, or you want to schedule a third party social media tool like HootSuite to tweet and facebook the blog post on that day.
So we've added a link in the List and Edit view that lets you preview the article. Simply use that link to allow the third party to access the article, images, etc.
Voilà!
March 2012
March 2012
We've gone through the entire CMS and replaced the old Flash slideshows with new HTML5 compatible slideshows that look much nicer and best of all will display on iPads, iPhones, and other Mobile Devices that support HTML5.
We've also simplified the way slideshows are created throughout all the content types. Before you had to create a slideshow and then select it in the page you wanted to display it on. But now, you just select the images you want for whatever content type you are editing, e.g. blog, news, portfolio, etc. And if there are multiple images, we automatically turn it into a slideshow. It's super easy!
March 2012
March 2012
We've upgraded all the maps on your site to look much nicer, and they now include street view as well as the ability for visitors to find directions to your location.
And if you have a business or church with multiple locations, we now have a great way of displaying all your locations on the same map, and letting people choose which location they want to directions for. The Map and Directions page also displays the contact information for each of your locations so it's conveniently available without any customization.
To activate the multiple locations, simply add new "Location" modules with the contact information for each location. Then the Map and Directions page will pull that information and display it on the map. Done.
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