Jigsy Blog

News and updates from the Jigsy team.

BRAND NEW Jigsy Title Styler

Posted November 22, 2011

This is really exciting and just went live this week. You can now easily style your Jigsy.com websites title and subtitle without going in and editing your CSS.

When you mouse over your title or subtitle you will see a new "style" button in the top right hand corner. Clicking that will open the new style editor.

You can change the font size, letter spacing, line height, font color and font style. Everything is done with easy sliding and draging - no typing required! It really doesn't get any easier than this. Login to your website now and try it out for yourself!

You can also check out the new style Editor on Youtube!  Don't forget to use the promo code: TurkeyDay2011  before Nov 28. It will save you 50%  when upgrading your Jigsy account.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Finding the Perfect Image

Posted October 18, 2011

 Choosing the perfect image for a website that does not have a visual theme can sometimes be an overwhelming task!

What would be best to use? An Illustration or a picturesque landscape?   How do you know it will say the right thing to your audience?

Imagery does more than just jazz up a website. Photos reveal a website’s attitude to its users. A Doctor and Barber both take pride in their trade, but their approach to doing business, will be indeed very different.

Think Practical

Getting started is easy: Get rid of photos that don't  work for technical reasons.   Throw away those vertical images you were considering if your website template calls for a horizontal.

  1. Shape
    What shape do you need to fill? Landscapes images work best in horizontal spaces. Portraits work well vertically. Large spaces can accommodate wide-angle and macro shots.
  2. Tone
    Do the colors and tone in the image match the website’s theme?  Does it match your firms colors?
  3. Focus
    Is the photo blurry? A blurry background is ok if the foreground elements are in focus. But unless the composition is deliberately fuzzy, avoid it if it isn’t sharp.

Brandstockphoto.com is a good place to help you get started.   They make premium tailor made photos for businesses with an embedded sign of your brand.

Use this code for a $10 discount @ Brandstockphoto.com vB212

Summer Releases

Posted July 15, 2011

Would you like to your site featured on the Jigsy.com front page?  Submit your entries to our facebook page! 

New releases on the way in the next few weeks which will include some new features.

New Jigsy release - more new features!

Posted March 24, 2011

The Jigsy development team is out with another release for our builder and tools, this time including the following bug fixes, enhancements and feature requests:

  • Captchas added to the form component! Enabling this can help you fight spam received through this component.
  • Added list view to file manager - view your uploaded files in list form instead of thumbnails!
  • New Github component!
  • Added page redirects - set a page location and where that page should redirect to! Perfect for typoed page names or old page names that have been deleted.

We are also happy to announce that Jigsy.com have been awarded and recognized as “Best Web Tool” provider by Web Hosting Search, A leading company in providing Web Hosting reviews and here are the exact words from them. “Jigsy.com has been awarded and recommended as a best web tool provider by WebHostingSearch.com who provides the best reviews for some of the web hosting providers on the internet.

Keep an eye on this blog and our releases page as usual for news on upcoming features!

 

Jigsy.com

Posted March 2, 2011

As you probably know by now, Viviti has recently rebranded as Jigsy.com.  The Re-brand has been in the works for some time, and we hope that you like our new look! Rest assured that your website, building functionality and account parameters remain exactly the same. Keep on the lookout for a follow up email to you regarding your account and special re-brand promotions.

We do realize that there will be some transition pains for you, our existing members, to work through; however we hope to have done everything possible to ensure that the transition between Viviti.com and Jigsy.com will be as seamless as possible to you, our most important partners!

There are a few suggestions we have to help make this transition easier for you! To review them and / or ask a question please view our support forum here

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What is Jigsy?

Jigsy is a Content Management System and Website Builder that allows you to easily build your own dynamic website, either by selecting one of our premade themes or make your own theme simply by using html and css.

Everything is hosted for you and all management and creation is done in your browser.

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