Concrete5: New add-ons and themes
Concrete5’s recent theme and add-on releases include the League Manager add-on for creating sports team websites and Bistro, a customizable theme for restaurants.” See all the most recent themes and add-ons.
Edicy: Password-protected pages
Edicy is gaining the ability to restrict page access with passwords, opening up possibilities such as intranets and private blogs. Read more.
Jimdo: Video element redesigned
Jimdo’s video element has been thoroughly revamped, and now features easy support for different video services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, and Blip. New features also include one-click maximize, video proportion selection (16:9 or 4:3), and pixel-level size adjustment. See the full post.
SiteKreator: More editor enhancements
SiteKreator is unveiling another set of improvements to its text and images ditor this week. First off, the image properties panel has been slimmed down to three core settings — Image Size, Caption and Alignment — with all other options available via an ‘Advanced’ switch. Next, images can now have alternate images displayed on rollover, accompanied by transition effects. Lastly, users now have access to a stock library of images and icons.
TypePad: Tonic theme
Another new theme, Tonic, is arriving on the TypePad platform. This one comes with ten different color combinations, five layouts, background image options, and a featured post area. Get all the details here.
Virb gets new widgets and new blog features
The blog section in Virb is getting taxonomy capabilities in the form of categories and tags, commenting via Facebook Comments and Disqus, as well as import support for WordPress and Blogger. (Read the post on Virb’s official blog.) Also new this week: widgets for social icons, Facebook Like, and RSS feeds. (More here.)
Webstarts: E-mail marketing and HTML5 player
Webstarts users can now create and manage e-mail marketing campaigns right inside the application, with the option of automatically adding leads to mailing lists from the form builder. Another new feature is an HTML5 player for audio and video, making media playback possible on iOS devices. Read more.
WordPress.com: Two new themes
WordPress.com’s theme library has two brand-new additions: Just Desserts by Andy Rutledge, “a deliciously stylish premium theme … perfect for blogs centered on food,” and Oxygen from DevPress, “a minimal yet beautifully crafted free magazine theme.” Get all the details.
Yola: Custom web fonts
Yola is upgrading its site builder with the option to use web fonts from Google’s sizeable library. This feature is seamlessly integrated with all changes reflected instantly. See the announcement on Yola’s blog.
