A few months ago we rolled out repeating regions, and ever since, we’ve had two types of bubbles: edit bubbles and repeat bubbles. This was fine for the time, as these two were separate features. Over time, however, most people are starting to use these in conjunction, so we decided to consolidate the bubbles and use this as an opportunity to redesign them.
As you can see from the picture attached to the post, the new bubbles will range from the super simple edit bubble, to the full blown combination repeat/edit bubble. The repeat controls do not show until you mouse over the little blue arrow that suggests there are more options on this bubble than just editing.
The new bubbles will be black with a grey outline and a glass effect. This style will provide the best visibility on both black and white pages while remaining color agnostic (we love the lime green edit bubbles, but sometimes it just interferes with a page design).
On a final note, this style will allow us to add more features to the bubbles as we build them. For example, we’re planning drop-in modules like image galleries, calendars etc for more advanced users. The bubble design will be flexible to accommodate sites ranging from the simplest ones with just a few editable areas, to more interactive ones with additional modules.
As always, let us know what your thoughts are in the comments or in the forum.
I really like it! I think it’s a big step forward.
Keep up the great work you are doing!!
That’s a great update. I really like the new black style.
Any chance to know when this will be live?
This looks great. I think you’re right, this design is better than the lime green edit button.
Thanks PageLime, I defiantly see this as a great step forward and can’t wait to see it in action. Keep up the great work.
Rick
Thanks Claude,
We’ll probably be releasing late next month. It’s a quick update, but we’re giving notice to the folks who have clients running on the service that the update will happen, and making sure they’re comfortable with it. Also, this isn’t one of our primary development branches, such as the iPhone app, so it moves a bit more slowly.
Love this. Another detail that will wow my customers.
I love the fact you can see markup next to the bubble. Whether or not the markup remains, I think the new bubbles are a huge step up in both usability and cleanliness. Great job guys.
This great, guys. I really like this design iteration. Good call on the black color too.
It’s really hard to believe how much Pagelime kicks ass.
Check out Apostrophe CMS (http://www.apostrophenow.com/) for some slick UI ideas. Uber clean, clear and exactly what my clients need. I haven’t been that impressed with CMS’s ease of use since Concrete 5 and of course Pagelime
That said, Apostrophe loves it’s div soup and Symfony can be confusing, but damn do all the above three mulch my usual weapons of choice, MODx, Drupal even Wordpress, can’t hold a candle when it comes to ease of use for the front end editor.
Oh yeah, the new bubbles look slick
This button design is great. I support you. Thanks you for your hard working.
Really looking forward to this looks like it’s going to be great.
WHOOT! You guys ROCK! Planning for growth and expansion… hmmm…great stuff. Keep going, you lime-flavahed-honeys!
Love the new bubbles, are those transparent png’s I’m getting a little bit of white in the corners?
Hm - might be an issue with rounded corners on an older version of Firefox. Shoot me an email, I’ll take a look at it.