{"id":1871,"date":"2011-01-27T23:16:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T06:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2013-02-18T07:41:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:41:20","slug":"sitebuilder-upgrade-coming-soon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/sitebuilder-upgrade-coming-soon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitebuilder Upgrade: Coming Soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want a sneak preview of some of the upcoming changes to the Yola Sitebuilder? \u00a0Read about it here and be the first to know!<\/p>\n<p>We have developed some exciting new features (and also made some improvements to the way the Sitebuilder looks) which we plan to release soon. To help prepare you for the changes, we are giving you the inside scoop so you know what to expect on the big day of the release. This is an exciting one as it contains some of the most frequently requested  features, including the ability to edit your site\u2019s CSS and make site-wide changes for tracking code, favicons etc.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new features, existing users will notice some fairly  dramatic cosmetic changes to the Sitebuilder itself. \u00a0If you already know and love the Yola Sitebuilder, when you log in after the release it might feel like someone has gone and \u201cmoved all the furniture\u201d.  But don\u2019t be alarmed, there hasn\u2019t been a robbery, just a bit of  redecorating! In other words, all the options that used to be there are still available, just in a slightly different location. Here\u2019s the short version to help you find your way around:<\/p>\n<p>The Properties sidebar will be removed completely and the main menu will be re-ordered. \u00a0Everything you used to be able to do in the Properties  sidebar can now be found either under \u201cSite Properties,\u201d \u201cPage Properties\u201d or the \u201cEdit\u201d link found on individual widgets. \u201cWhy has Yola done this?\u201d you may ask. We have been moving in this direction for some time, and our aim is to make site building simpler and more logical. User testing demonstrated that we needed a more logical grouping of widget, page and site-level actions. We also noticed that  many people didn\u2019t understand how to use the Properties sidebar and, as a result, were losing out on many important site building functions.<\/p>\n<p>As with any change we realize that there will be a bit of a learning curve for existing Yola users, and this may be a little frustrating until you figure out where everything has moved to. Please bear with us and give the improvements a fair chance. With all the new control and ease of use, we are sure that you will like it! Here are a few screenshots to  give you an idea of what is coming:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>We removed the Properties sidebar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead you&#8217;ll now open the Page properties window shown here. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4083\/5394920540_2a38280035_m.jpg\" alt=\"page-properties\" width=\"202\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can click on \u201cPage Properties\u201d to edit your page heading and add window title, keywords and description.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4116\/5394374892_b5a58fb06f_m.jpg\" alt=\"page-properties\" width=\"221\" height=\"240\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>We incorporated a Site menu and properties. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5260\/5394317227_5336580494_m.jpg\" alt=\"site-properties\" width=\"230\" height=\"211\" \/><br \/>\nClick on \u201cSite Properties\u201d to edit your  site name, set your language, add a favicon, edit site CSS and insert a  site-wide tracking code.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4096\/5394375070_0db0d84393_m.jpg\" alt=\"site-properties\" width=\"240\" height=\"204\" align=\"left\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>New CSS editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4124\/5393777355_e35c0c15a8.jpg\" alt=\"site-css\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We hope you will enjoy the new features, and the new-look Sitebuilder. Watch this space for an announcement of the release. To take full advantage of all the new functionality, upgrade to Yola Silver now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a sneak preview of some of the upcoming changes to the Yola Sitebuilder? \u00a0Read about it here and be the first to know! We have developed some exciting new features (and also made some improvements to the way the Sitebuilder looks) which we plan to release soon. To help prepare you for the changes,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/sitebuilder-upgrade-coming-soon-2\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sitebuilder Upgrade: Coming Soon!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"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\/1871"}],"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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":121,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4379,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions\/4379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}