A complete rewrite with a modern engine and a new user interface. New affordable pricing. Requires macOS 11 or a better version. Version 7 is renamed WebKiosk Classic. All customers of MacPodium or xStand will see a free license of WebKiosk 7 Classic on the licenses page.
We love the new products released by Apple today, but the most interesting was the unveiling of Dynamic Island, a smart integration of software and hardware. Something that only Apple can do. It's very neat and fun to use. Developers will be very creative, and we cannot wait to see new interactions taking advantage of it. Maybe the name Dynamic Notch was making more sense, but Island is fine too. It's something that Apple cannot build in weeks. The design process on this evolution is clearly years of thinking and developers, engineers work. We can bet that the Dynamic Island will be part of the iPhone 15 next year.
We recently tested ZionBuilder plugin for WordPress. It's really an interesting solution to build dynamic websites with a full drag and drop experiences. Of course, the devil is always in the details and you will need to switch to code source editing in some corner cases. We can tell that ZionBuilder is solving around 70% of website needs. One advantage is that the plugin is compatible with any theme compared to some competitors. Like Oxygen, ZionBuilder is a smart solution. We are going to keep an eye on it.
Packed Tide team did a great job to bring ExpressionEngine to a new level. Two weeks after releasing version 7, they published version 7.1 with more features but they also updated the pricing listening to the community. Thumbs up for that. Clearly, version 7 is mind blowing and our new starting framework to develop dynamic websites. Contact us to learn why it's a better choice than WordPress.
Spectra 2.0 is a new plugin for WordPress that allows you to build pages and content in a very simple way. The user interface is intuitive and very consistent with WordPress UI/UX. The number of options is impressive for a free plugin.
Breakdance seems a game changer for dynamic websites. This plugin is currently in BETA version. We tested it and we are very impress by the possibilities and the logic behind it. We love ExpressionEngine but we are always looking at new solutions. We are going to keep an eye on it.
There are many great tools and services to check the quality, security and SEO level of your website.
We are presenting on this blog post, the ones that we use the most frequently.
SEO
https://www.seotesteronline.com
https://www.seoptimer.com
DEAD LINKS
https://www.deadlinkchecker.com
SECURITY
https://www.hardenize.com
GDPR COMPLIANCE
https://2gdpr.com
https://www.cookiemetrix.com
ExpressionEngine is a CMS powering this website and most of our customer websites. We love using it for the quality of the user experience but also because of the strong security of the engine, trusted by thousand of companies worldwide. Because of the quality, it's often considered the macOS of CMS (content management systems).
The new version 7 is bringing a lot of new features related to Files management and it's including many add-ons that were only available as an option in previous versions. We tested the beta version and we were impress by the quality and the performance. It's really fast. We are going to base all new projects on this version.
We just launched our last work based on WordPress. It's a social network for designers. We can help to build any community with these platforms: BuddyBoss, BuddyPress, HumHub, SocialEngine and PHPFox.
If you want to learn more about ExpressionEngine possibilities, there is a conference in the fall.
The future of design and web development is about low code, no code tools. Most people are aware of Webflow but the list of tools is growing quickly. We try every new tool. This is our top five list.
1. Glide Apps - beautiful UI/UX
2. Doris CMS - simple and clean
3. Wappler - getting more friendly
4. AppMaster - entreprise
5. WeWeb - powerful
We are happy of the work done for MacVitamin.
We built a social network with ExpressionEngine as a backend, frontend solution.
MacVitamin is a professional network dedicated to Mac users