Site Additions and Enhancements

September 4, 2009

There have been several cool additions and enhancements to this site over the last few months, so I figured it would be a good idea to write a post about them.

Out with Georgia, in with Helvetica

Georgia is a beautiful font, but it had a tendency to make my product pages feel more cluttered than they really were. So I decided to make Helvetica the new primary font. I’m considering bringing Georgia back for these blog posts, but I’m not in any rush. Georgia has returned as part of a new blog design.

Global Footer

My bio, contact info, third-party service URLs including Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, and AIM, as well as a site directory can now be found at the bottom of every page.

New Homepage

Being that the majority of my visitors are coming for the ExpressionEngine goods, and that the Sites listing is getting pretty stale (I’m not allowed to publicly talk about work I do at LEVEL), I decided to streamline my homepage for that crowd. It’s much simpler and focused now.

Playa and FieldFrame Documentation

There’s a lot to teach about both of these add-ons, and their Overview pages were getting crowded. So when FieldFrame 1.2 was released, I gave it a new Documentation section, and I followed suit when releasing Playa 2.1. Check them out for usage guides, tips & tricks, and changelogs.

Playa in Action

There are a ton of websites that are using Playa in innovative ways. I wanted to create a section that profiles a few of these sites, both to help pimp Playa and for learning material. It’s just a single page right now, but I plan on beefing the section up a bit, giving each site profile its own page, and adding code samples and Control Panel screenshots.

FieldFrame Fieldtype Showcase 2

There’s no better way learn about new add-ons than to try them out, and that’s exactly what you can do at the Fieldtype Showcase. It’s been revamped in coordination with the release of Wygwam, now splitting fieldtypes into separate pages: Bundled, Featured, Text Editors, Selects, and More.

Download by License Key

When I released Playa 2.1, there was a lot of confusion over how to get the update. At the time, the only way to do this was to wait until LG Addon Updater had discovered the update, or use the same Download URL that was provided in the Playa License email. To make this process easier, I’ve added little Download widgets to Wygwam and Playa’s Overview pages, right below the purchase link. Simply enter your license key, and submit.

Devot:ee Widgets

Now that Devot:ee has blossomed into an amazing EE add-on catalog, complete with user ratings and reviews, I felt it appropriate to add little widgets to Wygwam, Playa, FieldFrame, and Gypsy, showing off their ratings and number of times marked as favorites.