Blog platform enhancements

• New blog styles/layouts
• Setup and manage categories for blog entries
• Blog categories displayed in the sidebar links area
• Sidebar links now display the number of posts for that link
• User comments can be set to display on the blog detail page
• Use standard groupbox/title styles in the blog sidebar area
• Blog manager allows you to view posts and manage pending comments

Upgraded 2.0 text editor

• The 2.0 text editor is now the default text editor for Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google chrome.

Sitemap/Robots.txt

• Sitemap files are used by search engines such as Google to better index all the pages on your website.
• An optimized sitemap.xml file is automatically generated as you edit your pages.
• Sitemap file includes all pages, blog posts and product catalog detail pages.
• The system now generates a default robots.txt file.

Design: custom page banners

• Upload custom banners on a per page basis
• To upload a custom banner for a page, edit the page and click the "header options" link in the banner area.

Design

• New themes
• New system banners
• New backgrounds
• New groupboxes

Ecommerce

• The default product search has been enhanced to allow customers to filter search results by product category and price.
• Better support for phone/manual order entry has been added. To enter a manual order, click the phone order link on the main store page.
• Google checkout support has been added (open beta test)
• AVS/CVV results are now displayed on the order detail page. (NOTE: for results to display, this feature must be supported for your payment gateway)
• Australia post support

Media Components
The system media components have been upgraded.

• New integrated flash media player supports playing .flv (flash) video files as well as many other video formats
• Easily switch between the new flash media player and the standard browser plugin media player
• New option to upload videos directly to your YouTube account from your website

Misc Changes

• Account information change notice. Anytime your account information is updated or your password is reset, you will receive a notification email.
• An option to delete user accounts has been added.
• Create categories for calendar events.
• Message board topic sorting.
• Spam filtering enhancements
• Website settings and ecommerce settings pages overview pages provide an at a glance view of your configuration settings.

Domain manager

• View all domains associated with your account
• View domain status and expiration dates
• Register new domains or add an existing domain to your account

PREVIEW: advanced file uploader

• Easier file upload with one click and file selection
• Upload progress display
• Use multi select to upload multiple files at the same time with the file manager and image galleries
• To enable the advanced uploader, go to an upload form and click the link to try the advanced uploader
• If you have feedback or problems using the advanced file uploader, contact support and switch back to the default file uploader

PREVIEW: advanced page editor

• Quicker page editing with in page features
• Easily move components on the page without a page reload
• Overlay component editor makes it easy to access the component edit pages
• Component updates are instantly applied to your page without needing to reload the page
• Optimized component menu for adding/inserting and accessing component properties
• To enable the advanced page editor, edit any page and click the change link inside the section 1 header
• If you have feedback or problems using the advanced page editor, contact support and switch back to the default page editor