{"id":1297,"date":"2010-08-03T18:12:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T01:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.yola.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2013-02-18T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:42:38","slug":"new-look-better-interaction-and-new-widgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/new-look-better-interaction-and-new-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"New Look, Better Interaction, and New Widgets!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is kind of a long  post, but that\u2019s because we\u2019ve had a pretty big release. Based on your  feedback, we\u2019ve made some significant changes to the Sitebuilder to enhance your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\">free website<\/a>. We\u2019ve  added a few new widgets, and have updated our existing widgets to help  make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/make-a-free-website.html\">creating a website<\/a> even easier, quicker, and more fun. Here\u2019s what  you\u2019ll see:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WIDGET INTERACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy-to-find widgets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The widget icons are  bigger; no more squinting.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve reorganized the  widget categories to make widgets easier to find. The new categories  are:\n<ul>\n<li>Basic &#8211; The most commonly used widgets<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia &#8211; For all  your photo, video and music needs<\/li>\n<li>Widget Collections &#8211;  Collections of widgets offered by other companies<\/li>\n<li>Community &#8211; Social  features like chat rooms, forums, or translators<\/li>\n<li>Forms &amp;  Appointments &#8211; Easy-to-add forms and appointment schedulers<\/li>\n<li>Maps &#8211; Show your  location on a map<\/li>\n<li>Ecommerce &#8211; Sell  products from your online store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Better widget  explanations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roll your mouse cursor over a widget icon and you&#8217;ll see a  tooltip with a short description of the widget. This way, you can see  what it does before dropping it onto your site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More accurate drag-and-drop<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> When you\u2019re dragging a widget into your site, our improved  drop zone shows exactly where your widget will appear on the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 305px;\" width=\"489\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New Widget Categories<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New Widget Interaction<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New Drop Zone<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_categories_100803.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1349 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"New Widget Categories in Yola Site Builder\" src=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_categories_100803-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_categories_100803-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_categories_100803.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_widgets_with_tooltip_100803.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1306      aligncenter\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"New Widget Interaction in Site Builder\" src=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_widgets_with_tooltip_100803-137x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_widgets_with_tooltip_100803-137x300.png 137w, https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/new_widgets_with_tooltip_100803.png 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drop_zone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1334    aligncenter\" title=\"New Drop Zone in Yola Site Builder\" src=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drop_zone-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drop_zone-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.com\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drop_zone.png 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drop_zone.png\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW WIDGETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Forms<\/strong>: Our new form widget  allows you to add a \u201ccontact us\u201d or custom form to your site. You can  change almost anything in the form. Add radio buttons, specify default  values, create a message that visitors see upon submitting a form, and  more. Our form widget is flexible so you can get exactly the information  you need from your visitors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MP3 Player<\/strong>: Want users to hear  music on your site? Now they can. This MP3 player drops right onto your  page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google Translate<\/strong>: In this global  economy, you can have visitors from Albania to Zambia and everywhere in  between. With the Google Translate widget, your visitors can view your  site in their language. Of course, it\u2019s not quite a perfect translation,  but it\u2019ll get the message across.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re always looking for ways to make  it easier for you to make a website. We love hearing what you have to  say through Community Forum, Get Satisfaction, or from user research.  Thanks, and keep your comments coming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is kind of a long post, but that\u2019s because we\u2019ve had a pretty big release. Based on your feedback, we\u2019ve made some significant changes to the Sitebuilder to enhance your free website. We\u2019ve added a few new widgets, and have updated our existing widgets to help make creating a website even easier, quicker, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/new-look-better-interaction-and-new-widgets\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Look, Better Interaction, and New Widgets!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4384,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/4384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}