A refreshed interface

8 February 2012

Your experience of using controlroom.co should be like ice-water on a hot day. Something beautifully simple, refreshing and satisfying.

In the continued quest to deliver this sensation a few changes have been made.
 

The overall layout is broadly the same

  • Still a 3-column flow, left to right, now with a header on top

  • Trailing a new logo font

  • The logout button is now top-right

  • Everything fits perfectly into the screen, with scrolling available only where needed

  • The main column expands and contracts to fit your screensize. This means the editor box [the one I\'m typing in now] is bigger.

 

The sections-menu has a new header

  • You can preview the site with one click View this section in the web site

  • The button to add a new section to the top-level is more logically placed Add a new top-level section

  • Website specific settings - section settings, security and layout - are now accessible under the settings button Settings

 

Adding / editing a section has changed the most. It\'s a lot cleaner!

  • There is a new button Save as a draft (hidden) section for saving a section as a draft [hidden from menus]. Click this in any section to hide the section from the menu. When you want to make it live, hit the normal save button Save

  • Because of this addition, the draft checkbox is no longer needed.

  • Features [forms, photo galleries etc] are now accessible by hovering on the features button Features

  • Settings [section settings, security, layout] are accessible by hovering on the settings button Settings

  • If you\'re using a touch-screen device e.g. iPad or iPhone, you can tap these buttons to access the feature / settings menus

  • Yes, you heard that right.. we\'re operational on mobile devices!

  • A bunch of rarely used options have been tidied away into \'Advanced options\' under the editor.

  • The editor has fewer buttons. On a wide-screen they all fit on a single row now, otherwise they break onto two smaller rows. If you miss anything critical to your operations get in touch.

 

Coming soon: Features, User Management, Layout looking good too.

  • Yay!

 

If you have any difficulties or feedback at all, please do get in touch. Ideally just email info@communico.co.nz