Bug fixes and improvements
On the road to make it fully ready for everyone to use we've had to fix quite a few little buglets and add a few sprinkles of magic. The highlights of which are:

  • CTRL key now works again
  • Keyboard shortcuts now function normally again
  • @ symbol and backspace now work correctly in Chrome
  • '-1' error (and '404' on Macs) for large file uploads has been fixed
  • In Firefox the keyboard nudge, enter, tab keys and cursor will work normally again
  • 'Delete this page' option has been restored to the 'Pages' menu
  • Domains module now loads in the edit environment (doesn't go back to moonfruit.com)
  • Loading has been optimised for quicker download and more feedback
  • Sidebar panels now animate to add a bit of sparkle (we all need sparkle ;-) )


You can still get to the new Toolbar in the same way, e.g. 'View' --> 'New Toolbar', or if you're already using it you'll get the updates automatically.

I thought I'd give you a quick summary of the advantages of the new Toolbar from the last blog article. We're really please with how it has turned out and hope you like it too.


New Toolbar highlights
The major drive for this change was to better organise the features available and create the structure so that we can expand services further in the future. Moonfruit has grown to include so many features over the years, sometimes the most important ones get lost, so this is an opportunity to re-present them for how they are, or can be, used today. The advantages of the new Toolbar are:

  • Use the full screen browser for editing - you can move edit tools outside the boundary of your site
  • Zoom in/out while editing - you make your site bigger/smaller to help you 'see' it in full glory
  • Sticky edit tools - the Toolbar remains at the top and the Editor will remain on screen as you scroll up and down
  • Show off-screen objects - if you drag something off your site (outside the boundary), you can choose to hide or display off screen objects while in Edit mode (new under 'view')
  • Detailed insert menu - more objects can be added in one click, including some new HTML snippets ('Insert' menu)
  • Quick pages menu - includes quicker ways to add pages, copy pages and change page length, plus edit meta data (for search engines) more quickly (see 'Pages' menu)
  • Links to other services - Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools, AdSense can all be viewed without leaving your site (new 'Services' menu)
  • Copy site/transfer site feature - allows you to create copies of your site as the basis for a new site (not for backup)
  • HTML widget - add any HTML snippet to your site using our HTML widget snippet (e.g. Google Gadgets, all Widgetbox widgets, all Amazon widgets and more).

Here's the original beta release article if you missed it.

And if you want to give it a go why not build your own free website ;-)


So that's it for now. Look out for a further announcement next week with some exciting service improvements...