Improvement: Inline text that uses bold or italic version of Google fonts will now automatically load those font files even if not used anywhere else on the page.
(No more hiding text just to load a font file)

Minor update to our Blog Setup request steps

Improvement: Special Paste now works as expected when copying merged values.

New: Most object settings in the app will now individually appear be split between mobile and desktop (device icons appear if the are split) or merged to be the same between layouts.
To Split or Merge: Hover over the setting and click on the ••• icons that appear on the right edge to Split the setting between mobile and desktop or to Merge the settings based upon the selected value (ie. "Merge from Desktop").

New: We now support an automated DNS configuration option through a supporting provider (Entri). This is now available for anybody needing to configure their DNS for Showit. Read more...

Update: Change to how to Split/Merge values

New: Adding the free version of Modula Image Gallery plugin (no support for Pro) for additional gallery options in a blog post.

Update: Adding size limit of GIF uploads (8MB)

New: Site Canvas Sets allow you to group site canvases for use across your entire site.

New: Option to turn off publishing on a page. (Change takes effect on next Publish of site.)

Improvement: Canvas Views now appear as tabs as a better representation of how they are used by Showit.

Improvement: Canvases set as Wordpress > In Post Loop and Combine Views as Posts active, will now display all views within the builder.

Improvement: Canvases set as Wordpress > Posts View Lookup will now display all views at once in the builder.

Improvement: Previewing and publishing blog templates will now render Wordpress canvas views all visible at once, as they do in the app now.

Update: We've given our color picker throughout the app an upgrade.

Update: Contributors can now access the DNS settings for the sites they are contributors on from their Account > My Profile.

Update: The Design Settings > Text Styles panel has been updated to support merged values between mobile/desktop. Merged values can be split by clicking on the setting Title.

Improvement: Preview option for Inline Links format with the Design Settings > Text Styles panel.
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​*Eventually this interface update will be pushed all throughout the app.

New: Addition of a new Global Blog Template option for blog templates.

Pre-release: Support for upcoming Global Template feature.

New: Added a free in-app design Cartera by Showit. Released with an open license for designers to build from. Read more...

New: Adds support to load Custom Post Types into a Canvas set to Posts View Lookup. Read more...

New: We've added for page/canvas/views background settings to now support merged values between mobile/desktop so it's easier to keep things in sync.

Improvement: Better acknowledgement when copying links in the app.

Improvement: Domain setup wizard now gives copy dns option for users without a blog subscription.

Improvement: Share Design now shows copy icon option.

Fixed: No longer are selected layers getting deleted when you didn't intend it.

New: Quick links to Design App and Blog Admin now found under Contributor Access details in your Account.

Update: Under Contributor details, when you click Blog Admin you'll receive instructions for how to access the user's blog admin as a contributor.
...read more.

Fix 11/3: Fixes link flashing when canvases are hidden.

Fix 11/7: SVGs stroke-width was accidentally getting filtered out on icon widget.

Fix 11/17: Fixes behavior of sticky on scroll canvases

Fix 11/22: Fixes sticky top placeholder sizing on window resize

New: You can now set Social Links under Site Settings > Social and apply them throughout your design by setting a link as: Click Action > Social Link > (Facebook, Pinterest, etc.)

Fix: Grow with content works better

Contributors can now login to client blogs who are on the Basic Blog subscription plan.

Advanced Blogs can be accessed by having the client create a Wordpress user.

Fix: Fade sliding issue

Fix: Issue selecting objects on the stage

Fix: Grow With Content canvases not properly growing

Fix: Wiggling grow with content issues

Fix: Fixed background jumpiness on mobile

Fix: Sliding gallery dots disappearing on swipe on iOS

Fix: Scroll to block click actions jumping on iOS

Mobile canvas backgrounds now support videos just like desktop

New: Updates most input values to display realtime changes on the design stage. (ie. Font Size, Position X/Y, Height/Width, Opacity, Border size, etc)

New: Mouse over an active input value and you can now scroll your mouse up/down to adjust value. Hold Shift while scrolling to change input to 10X increments or Opt/Alt while scrolling for 100X increments

Improvement: Add sliders to some settings for quick adjustment

Fix: Special Paste desktop to mobile text no longer applies column settings.

New: Rounded corners can now be individually adjusted

Fix: Fixes dragging of layers switching content.

Improvement: Video backgrounds now display on tablets. Fallback is used when video load fails.

Fix: Issue where parallax background is not selected on some sites

Fix: Inline links can now be cleared from link modal

Fix: Improves parallax performance and eliminates “black bars” appearing during scrolls

Improvement: Limits zoom out to a reasonable size

Fix: Alignment to Canvas tools were not working on layers that had visibility hidden on desktop or mobile.

Improvement: Social Grid ALT text now follows a similar format as Instagram with an improved prefix description for text reader accessibility but limited to 125 characters.

Fix: Locked and non-visible layers no longer get moved by alignment & selection tools

Fix: Limit zoom out to visible size

Fix: Line width updates live on transform

Feature Demo Video

New: Gridlines can now be turned on to help you lay out elements intentionally.

New: Smart guides can now be enabled to easily see alignment related the canvas and other elements.

New: Snapping can now now be enabled to quickly align elements to gridlines, canvas dimensions, and in relation to other elements. Toggle on/off with ⌘ + ; (Mac) or Ctrl + ; (Windows)

Improvement: When multiple elements are selected at the same time, the selection can now be scaled and rotated from any corner.

Improvement: Mobile device overlay has been redesigned to reflect modern devices

Fix: Lines were not always rendering correctly if on hidden to start canvas.

Fix: Inside drop shadow wasn't playing nice with object rounding. We've whipped it into shape.

Raised limit of gallery preload from 10 to 50 images (default remains the same)

Fix: We now better support Cyrillic characters in form labels and fields

Fix: Fixed an Alt tag issue on galleries
*Publish a site for these fixes to apply.

Fix: Click Actions > Action > Gallery > Set Image now works as expected

Fix: Background images correctly sized on a mobile window height canvas.

Fix: Gallery images correctly sized on mobile window height canvas with vertical edge locking.

*Publish a site for these fixes to apply.

New: Lock layers/elements in the canvas layers list

Fix: Canvas Views transitions were forcing a reverse transition on loop even when that option was not selected.

Fix: Canvas View looping was always on, even if the setting was off.

New: Add Strikethrough format option to inline text editor menu.

Fix: Remove HTML from auto layer naming

Fix: Galleries on a hidden canvas/view with auto-play enabled would be playing the slideshow even when not visible. They now pause.

Fix: Resolves conflict with Showit Theme & Yoast on Wordpress 5.9

New: Drop Shadows now available under Effects settings

New: Gradient fill now available on rectangle, canvas background, page background settings.

New: Text boxes now have in-line text list formatting option

Fix: Embed Code Widget now automatically expands down to display all content from the embed code (if the code supports it). It will now auto-expand a canvas set to Grow with Content.

New: Contributor Access allows you to share access to your account with another Showit user.

New: Social Grid widget now available to display a live Instagram feed

New: Line Tool now available

Added language option for site and pages for SEO improvement

Fix: Excludes pagination show-on-first option from In Post Loop and Next Post Start

Fix: Fixes bug where resizing width adjusts height by 1 pixel and vice versa

Fix: Fixes bug where setting width or height to 0 breaks an element

Update: jQuery to 3.5.1 to match Wordpress

Fix: Loads fonts for h1, h2, h3 on blog templates for use within the blog content.

Fix: Issue where clicking rapidly on canvas navigation would cause surrounding text to highlight as if double clicked.

Fix: Issue where users could click canvas view navigation faster than views were transitioning, causing the view to go blank.

Fix: Removes 404 page/template from generated sitemap

Fix: Email contact fields now follow same styling as other contact fields

Removed: Rendering of legacy keywords meta tags as cleanup for removing the option from the design app

Change: Domain Setup process no longer asks for registrar information as we transition to users adjusting their own DNS for security reasons.

Fix: "Hide canvas on pagination" is now available for "Home" blog templates.

New Feature: Hide Canvas on Pagination

Fix: Selection bounding box was not always visible, now it is.

New Feature: Text columns

Fix: Special Paste not keeping Letter Space settings

Fix: Page/Canvas import not keeping default values for text-transform and letter-spacing

Default alphabetical ordering for fonts in Design Settings and dropdown menu.

Sorting and Searching Sites

Copy a page url from ••• menu in site list where domain is configured

Added character count indicator and expanded text area for SEO Site Title.

Removed SEO Keywords field (no longer used by search engines)

Adjusted Icon widget to better handle SVG code from Google Font Icons resource

We've added support for Google Analytics GA4 version
(*Publish after any adjustments)

New option to exclude Google Analytics code on your blog templates, which is useful if you use a Wordpress plugin to add analytics code to your blog pages.

Fix: Small screens had trouble scrolling through some settings. We've made an adjustment to improve that.

New icons are now available in our Icon widget. (we've also removed some out of date options)

Some minor behind the scenes account updates as well.

New link for account details at account.showit.co (formerly showitaccount.com)

Improved password requirements for security

Messages better support diacritic characters

Blog Setup Wizard is now built-in to the Showit app under Site Settings > Blog. (deprecating option on showitaccount.com on January 31, 2021)

Empty media library screen now includes better prompts for how to upload

Text alignment options changed from dropdown to buttons for ease of use

Fix: Instagram in-app browser was not correctly rendering the mobile layout in some cases.

Disabled Page Advanced Settings in Trial mode because it was being exploited by malicious users.

Added: CSS bottom-margin: 20px default for UL lists on a blog post/page

Fix: 'Post Title' blog placeholder no longer links when you're on that post/page

Showit Plugin (Advanced Blogs) updated to 3.2.0 with fixes

Changed featured image wrapper to an img tag for better sharing

Fixed: Deleted media files (images, pdf, etc) were still loading on sites. No longer.

Fixed an issue with sites not rendering properly in the Facebook built-in browser. (Requires republish of site to apply)

New: Back to Page link at the top of a site canvas when you edit a Site Canvas from a page.

Hold "shift" to click and drag proportionally.

Removed individual canvas view transition options which weren't functional.

Removed SEO Settings from blog templates which were never used.

Fix for contact form settings not alway refreshing when clicking between form fields

Changes to our domain setup wizard to improve the workflow and guarantee information being submitted by users is correct.

Video players are now muted by default if set to Autoplay due to browser changes.

SSL support for all subscription levels

Updates to our Showit plugin on Wordpress

The original Showit Desktop service has been decommissioned

"Showit 5" branding is now transitioned to just "Showit"

Hover Options for Icons & Rectangles now apply

Toggle Canvas Guides & Mobile Overlay separately

Selected items are highlighted in both mobile and desktop layouts.

This update includes some update that should help speed things up and make Google happier.

Showit Wordpress Plugin updated to 2.8.3 support updates (check your blog for updates)

Support for Related Posts, jQuery Pin It Button & more blog plugins.

Label Changes
-"Text Format" section renamed "Text Style" section"
-Text Field" section renamed "Text Properties" section
-"Next Posts Link" placeholder renamed "Older Posts Link"
-"Previous Posts Link" placeholder renamed "Newer Posts Link"
-"Next Post Link" placeholder renamed "Next Single Post Link"
-"Previous Post Link" placeholder renamed "Previous Single Post Link"

"Top of Page" click action added

Mousing over layers will highlight object on stage

Missing fonts will now show "--Choose a font --" in font selector

Custom font names now only allow letters and spaces (no number or special characters)

Opacity was moved to Effects settings

Cleaner icons for the tiled gallery full screen view

Wordpress placeholders indicated when selected on stage

Prevented WordPress placeholders from having click actions or submit form applied and vice versa

New setting to allow scroll actions to trigger only once

New direct linking to a canvas view on a page

Linking inside a canvas for canvas views can now be set to use "This Canvas"

Drag & Drop reorder of pages

Links in preview work

Added "Cut" in addition to "Copy" and "Paste"

Site Canvas actions to trigger other site canvases on a page

Contact Forms now work per canvas and not an entire page

Contact Forms can now transition to another page

Required fields now get a red outline when a contact form is submitted if they aren't filled

Bug fixes to prevent large SVGs as icons

Canvas view background bug fixes

Disabled canvases and elements for both mobile and desktop are not included into the output page.

"Show Canvas" click or scroll actions will not make disabled desktop or mobile canvases visible.

Shift-click to select a group of images in a row from the media library

Ctrl/Command-Click to select multiple images in any order

Option/Alt-Click to immediately add the image to the stage or if you're in the gallery manage images view it will directly add it to the image list.

First image in a simple gallery loads sharper now

Fixed an issue with images not loading in Safari on a short page

Loop Images now works when unchecked.

Tiled Gallery

Sliding Gallery

Add +Site subdomains in Account > Manage DomainsSet your custom domain in Site Settings (including request domain setup by Showit)

Duplicate or Delete entire sites under Account > My Sites

Side-by-side simultaneous mobile and desktop designer

Custom Canvas Views pioneered by Showit that enable elegant interactivity and big visual impact

Simple WordPress integration allowing users to design their WordPress blogs inside Showit.