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Advanced Navigation options
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As part of an ongoing effort to increase the customization options of your site, we are now introducing Advanced Options   for allNavigation Areas and Navigation Items.  




When you enable the Advanced options in the Navigation Areas you will have access to some of the less frequently used options like Menu Alignment and Sub-Menu Appearance.

Enabling the Advanced options in Navigation Items properties reveals the Mouse Over Text, Color and custom image options. Also in this mode you can specify whether your links will open in the Same Window, New Window, or a Lightbox pop-up. By default all internal links will open in the same window and all external links will open in a new window, but with the new Advanced settings you can now change that.
 
 
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Text and Image Editor Improvements
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We are very excited to announce the release of second batch of improvements in the most often used component in OpenBox: the Text and Images editor. The goal of this release was to simplify the management of images for novice users, while at the same time unleash the power of the web to more experienced users.


At first sight you will notice the image properties panel is significantly simplified with just three settings: Image Size, Caption and Alignment. But with the simple flip of the Advanced switch, you get all the options available before plus a lot more in the newly redesigned panel.
Another major improvement in this release is the ability to set a different image that will appear when you roll-over an image, and what transition effect  should be used between these two images. Having roll-over images can greatly increase the interactivity of your web site, and can be used to create attractive call-to-action buttons. See example of this feature in action below (roll-over the image) as well as on this demo page.

 
In addition to the rollover image options, we are also introducing a new stock image library which will allow you to use stock images and icons on any of your pages. You can choose one of several collections of images and filter the images in a collection by keywords.

Once the stock image has been added in the Text and Image editor, you can use it as any normal image, except that you can’t edit it.

Learn more about the new Library features, and how to create rollover images in just a few clicks by following our detailed tutorial and in these examples.


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Text & Editor improvements
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Today we are very exited to announce the release of second batch of improvements in the most often used component in OpenBox: the Text and Images editor. The goal of this release was to simplify the management of images for novice users, while at the same time unleash the power of the web to more experienced users.


At first sight you will notice the image properties panel is significantly simplified with just three settings: Image Size, Caption and Alignment. But with the simple flip of the Advanced switch, you get all the options available before plus a lot more in the newly redesigned panel.

Another major improvement in this release is the ability to set a different image that will appear when you roll-over an image, and what transition effect (if any) should be used between these two images. Having roll-over images can greatly increase the interactivity of your web site, and can be used to create attractive call-to-action buttons.

In addition to the rollover image options, we are also introducing a new stock image library which will allow you to use stock images and icons on any of your pages. You can choose one of several collections of images and filter the images in a collection by keywords.

Once the stock image has been added in the Text and Image editor, you can use it as any normal image, except that you can’t edit it.

Learn more about the new Library features, and how to create rollover images in just a few clicks by following our detailed tutorial.
 
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Applications
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Today we will talk about the Application platform that will let you add a raft of new functionality to your site within minutes, all without any coding. The Application platform comes with several built-in applications like social media widgets, a voting poll and Google maps and more will come in the near future.



You can install these applications from Control Panel > Applications. Choose the application you want to add and click "Install".

Below is an overview of the first few applications that we have released today.


AddThis button makes sharing easy by adding a AddThis button to your site.
Facebook social plugins let you add "Like" button, Activity feed and other Facebook widgets to your site.
Google maps lets you add and embed a Google map to your site. You just specify the address and the size of the map.
Image zoom lets your visitors see a large versions of any image on your site by clicking on the image. In order for this to work, the images inside Text and Image element and have to be scaled to a smaller size image.
Page rating application displays a floating control at the bottom of a site's pages that lets users rate pages on the site using a star-rating system.
Snap Shots application adds Snap Shots for all links on your site.  With Snap Shots, users can mouse-over links to get the most appropriate shot of content for that link.
Twitter profile widget lets you display Twitter updates on your site.
Voting poll lets you display a single question and a number of answers on your site, along with result-statistics.

Applications are currently available for all our Business Premium and Deluxe subscribers. If your current plan does not include these features, you can always upgrade from Control Panel > My Account > Change Plan.

 

  
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