December 01, 2021
3+ Update: Section Categories
As we are adding more sections to 3+, we wanted to make finding the right section quick and easy, so we’ve added Section Categories when building your webpage. Watch this one minute video on how to view sections by category.
November 18, 2021
3+ Update: Publishing Sections
Everything's coming together for the 3+ Website Builder, and this week's update video takes just a minute to show you how to publish sections for either desktop, mobile, or both. A quick rundown:
- Fast view section published status while scrolling down the page
- Online/offline light to know which sections are live or unpublished
- Section icons indicate if the section is published to all devices or just computer/tablets, or mobile only
- Change a section's published status with a single click (without opening a menu), and see it update instantly
So don't miss the publishing tools in action on our quick video, and we'll be updating you in two weeks. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
November 10, 2021
3+ Update: The Best Way to Add Sections
The improvements in 3+ are some of our best yet, and the new way to add sections to your webpage is a game changer for those still using 2.0 and even for those on the 3.0 beta. We've got a quick video to show you how this works, but here's what you'll get and find out how this is better:
This is our first drag and drop way to add sections to a webpage. The new Sections Menu on the left shows thumbnails of the sections available to add, giving you super fast insertion of sections that you click to drag over and drop it in the location you want. You can see exactly where you placed it and how it looks. And after a new section is added, it can still be moved anywhere on the page later. Your webpage will look like how the final published page will appear to your guests.
Why does this matter? Because for users of both the 2.0 front page and 3.0 beta web builder versions, you couldn't see exactly or immediately what section was added, or how it looked. In the 3.0 beta you had to close the section menu to see what was built, and the image of the section wasn't accurate. All added sections in the 3.0 beta were loaded to the top of your webpage, which you then had to manually rearrange with arrows.
So check out the video showing our fast new way of building your webpage with ease.
November 05, 2021
3+ Update: New and Improved Footer
We’ve got a whole new way of building and controlling placement of your website footer, and we’d love to show it to you.
In 3+ you can edit your footer on any page, and it’s now easier to remove the footer from specific pages. As in 3.0 you can still build your footer with multiple sections, and we’ve made that part simpler, too. To see the new 3+ footer in action, click to view this 60 second video.
November 02, 2021
It's Time Get to Your Church Ready for Christmas
It's now the "Planning for Christmas" season. Hasn't the year flown by? Before it gets really hectic, take a moment to look at our updated annual post with the new online-focused list of 5 things to get your church website ready for Christmas.
October 28, 2021
3+ Update: Background Image Search
For our 3+ Update this week we have a brief video showing the Background Image Search we've plugged in. Take a minute and a half to watch it. For those in a hurry, here are the highlights:
- Search within the 3+ website builder for over 2 million images, copyright and royalty-free from Pixabay
- HD quality
- Click to insert
- No need to download from other sites and then upload
October 13, 2021
Taking It From Good to Great: Announcing 3+
Something crazy happened while building 3.0.
As we programmed the entirely new website builder, the challenge of balancing power with ease was a towering hurdle to overcome. Through our amazing 3.0 Beta testers, we realized 3.0 could be streamlined to become the quick way to build a beautiful website yet retain 3.0 power. So we’re taking this from good to great, and it’s called 3+.
Mark saw the potential of this improved builder and without announcing it to anyone, not even our team, he combined key segments of 3.0 with his new vision to produce the new 3+ Website Builder. Because 3.0 provided an amazing foundation of code, those concepts have allowed us to now build 3+ in record time to get it into your hands as a Beta in December 2021! With this beta release, we’ll be releasing the new podcast and blogging software for your website as well. We expect a full release in the first quarter of 2022.
What you told us you loved, like the ability to schedule section publishing and control mobile/desktop publishing, are still there. As you will soon see, they are easier to access, use, and build a beautiful responsive website.
For those who have sites built on 3.0, don’t worry! You can stay on 3.0 if you wish or we can help you migrate to 3+ since you have already done so much work. For those still on our current 2.0 websites, we know rebuilding a website can be a lot, so in 3+ we made migration of 2.0 sites a priority with new tools that can automatically copy much of your content for you.
Want a peek at 3+? Starting now, we’ll release a video every week showing you more about the new builder. To stay updated via text on 3+, just text the word 'Updates' to 208-314-0595. We’ll keep the weekly video brief and welcome your feedback.
There is so much more we could say, but we’ll let this week’s video handle the introduction. While there’s more to see, 3+ is still being assembled. We want to give you just a taste in this first short video, with more to come next week!
Thank you for allowing us to serve you and your church/ministry!
