Nesting Style Groups

Scrolling Text

Style Groups Foreground and Background

Alignment Features for Showit Sites

Resize Bug

It's great to see starts going up live with Showit Sites and and we have been working hard to squash bugs as they come up. One thing we noticed was some slow load times. We found out that even though imported images were being resized, the original image was the one that ended up online. This means that if you added a large image that was a few megabytes, Showit Sites was putting that full size image online which means really slooowwwww load times....

The latest update resolves this issue and the next time you launch Showit Sites, it should auto-update to this version.

However, you will need to replace your images that are online to improve your load times. To do this, just complete the following steps:

1) Open up the image browser on the bottom of Showit Sites
2) Drag any of your original images you are using in your site from your computer onto the Showit Sites image browse window
3) This will ask you if you want to overwrite the image. Choose "Yes".
4) The image will be resized and uploaded online

After you complete these steps for large images, you should see a dramatic speed improvement in site load times.

Finally, if you are experiencing issues with text not showing up online, it may be because the style group you are using is outdated and doesn't have the correct info for font loading. To resolve this, click on the style group and then click on the style tab on the right. At the bottom, click "Reset" and your style will be reset to the default. Make your changes to the fonts and sizes and you are ready to go.

We apologize for these problems and will keep working to make Showit Sites an awesome service for building your website!

-Todd Watson
Development Team

New Auto Sizing and Auto Bordering Feature!

Showit Sites Version 0.5.07 Beta

We've released a heap of new functionality; check out the new features:

• Text editor improvements
• Scrollbars
  
• More stable editing
• Improved CSS styling engine
• Effects
• More drop-shadow controls
• Glow
• Blur
• Blend modes, including multiply, overlay, screen, and more!
• Dynamic vector shapes
• Nested style groups
  
• Site setup wizard
• Steps you through the one-time setup process that allows you to publish your site in 2 clicks!

Here's the stuff we're working on as you read this:

• Integrated help
• Add music
• Add file package
• Search engine optimization
• Deep linking
• Undo
• Alignment options
• Photo Gallery
• MP3 player

If you haven't had a chance to download the beta, feel free to take Showit Sites for a test drive. Stay tuned for more!

Sweet new Update!

I've been playing with the new features and have really enjoyed experimenting with some new ways of showing my latest info. Instead of using a traditional blog format for my daily updates I'll be able to keep it right within my site and have a completely custom look that matches my web presence beautifully.

I'll also be able to link to it from different pages on my site so as you can see here I'm going to have a map page and each little "logo" on the map will link to the "blog" section of my website sharing the information of what I was doing in that area!

Lots of possibilities!
DJ

Showit Sites Version 0.3.21 BETA

Showit Sites is now available to test drive. We are currently in a PREVIEW BETA mode to allow feedback from the photographic and design community on what features they want or like in a website building tool.

The features of this software are not complete, so please explore the existing functionality and provide feedback to help build the best tool for you.

At this time you can import photos and Showit Web slideshows from your local computer but they will not upload. You can preview your site but you cannot save it (so don't spend TOO much time on it :)

Working Features:

• Layout page
• Add new page
• Switch page
• Drag & drop image
• Drag & drop Showit Web slideshow
  
• Button links
• Button mouse over effects
  
• Change background
• Layer effects

In progress:

• Publish
• Site settings
• View options
• Page options
• Undo
• File upload
• Add text
• Add style group
• Add music
• Add video
• Add file package
• Duplicate or reset layer
• Swap image mouse over
• World peace
  

Thank you for your patience and feedback as we build an awesome product that will make your site look great!

Showit Sites Coming Soon

Showit Sites is a website creation solution for developing interactive, media-rich websites with no coding required. Utilizing drag-and-drop functionality, Showit Sites will allow you to easily create a dynamic website that will set you apart from the competition.

There's a lot more to come, so subscribe to the RSS feed to hear more as it becomes available.