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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
By Jeremy H.
As 2024 approaches, Zibster continues to stand at the forefront of innovation, releasing a wave of updates designed to elevate your small business. In 2023, our releases focused on powerful features and improvements across various facets of the Zibster platform. Here’s a look back at the exciting transformations and additions we’ve made to empower small businesses to showcase your work, book client’s online, and create unparalleled client interactions and sales.
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Website Builder
Mood Boards
Platform and Infrastructure Updates
DuoBuild engine
• Introduced the DuoBuild Engine for creating unique website layouts with side-by-side content blocks that offers Zibster users the ability to craft distinctive and personalized websites.
Canonical URLs
• Implemented canonical URLs to prevent duplicate content issues and enhance search engine optimization.
Alt tags for images
• Released alt tags for all images on websites built with Zibster to support accessibility and search engine optimization.
Predesigned page layouts
• Introduced predesigned page layouts for Zibster website templates, providing design inspiration and a head start on building web pages.
Restoring deleted pages
• Introduced a feature to restore the 10 most recent deleted pages.
Header and footer controls
• Released option to hide the website header and/or footer to enable building landing pages.
Text wrap option
• Improved design flexibility with the release of a text wrap option around images in the Zibster Website Builder.
Text editor block enhancements
• Streamlined text editing by consolidating title and button options within a single block.
More control over opacity in text overlays
• Introduced overlay opacity settings for text overlay blocks, expanding design options.
Updated columns controls
• Expanded layout options to include the ability to choose to display 1–5 columns for images and list block items.
Font engine updates
• Refined font controls adding more options to control sizes, letter spacing, and line heights, both globally and at a block level, plus display recently used fonts for easy access during the design process.
Cover page email collection
• Introduced a new optional prompt on the cover page to simplify email collection and enhance visitor interaction.
New cover page layouts
• Introduced modern and sleek designs for branding Mood Boards, such as additional customization of cover page layouts for each event.
Magnifier and comparison features
• Added a magnifier tool for zooming in on images and enhancing detail inspection.
• Introduced a comparison tool for viewing and selecting images side by side.
Enhanced pricing display option
• Customized how pricing information is displayed, providing more flexibility for product and service options.
New digital download file options
• Expanded digital download file type options beyond images, enabling the sale of various file types including PDFs and Zip Files, eliminating the need for third-party tools, and providing greater control over file access.
Pinch/zoom functionality
• Enabled pinch/zoom functionality on mobile devices for a closer look at images in Mood Boards.
Look and feel updates
• Enabled accent colors for further customization of Mood Boards.
Scheduler: Enhancements for time off settings
• Streamlined time-off scheduling for multiple services through a new global time-off settings area.
Forms: View submissions as a document
Enhanced form submission review by adding an option to review submissions as documents within the Zibster platform, which is particularly beneficial for using online forms as digital contracts.
Ecommerce: NEW flag for form submissions and orders
Introduced a "NEW" flag for easy identification of new form submissions and orders.
Platform and Infrastructure Updates
Migration to Amazon Route 53
Migrated system from Rackspace DNS to Amazon Route 53 for scalability, reliability, and speed.
Users and permissions
Introduced unique logins for up to 10 team members, enhancing collaboration and account security.
New version of zibster.com
• Redesigned zibster.com on the Zibster platform, to showcase the company's tools and features.
From revamped Mood Boards to cutting-edge website enhancements, this year’s releases underscore our commitment to providing you with the tools your business needs to succeed. Stay tuned for more exciting developments for the Zibster platform in 2024 to continue to empower your business.