We've just posted a new introductory video that gives a whirlwind 5-minute tour of how to build sites with Webvanta. Check it out and let us know what you think! We've also been hard at work on easy-to-use WebvantaScript references, and we have a great new cheat sheet.
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
Earlier this week, we deployed a new version of the Webvanta system that fixes the problem many of you have experienced with the toolbar not appearing unless you manually clear the caches. We've also made a number of performance improvements and added the ability to automatically generate thumbnails when you upload images.
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
On April 26th, 2009, Webvanta helped sponsor SacBarCamp and presented an overview of Webvanta for the participants. Christopher Haupt also sat down for some on-site, in the moment, podcasting to capture some of the attendees' thoughts on the BarCamp experience, as well as a peek into the local Design Community.
Topics: Events
We've just deployed an updated version of the Webvanta system with several important new features.
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
When building a small web site, it is natural to think of it as a set of pages. As the site grows, however, this approach becomes problematic. Information that you want to show on several pages needs to be entered on each of those pages, so updates require making the same change multiple times, increasing the effort required and the chances for errors. Since the content and the HTML markup are intertwined, it is difficult for anyone to edit the content unless they have HTML skills.
There is a better way: store the site’s information in a database. Each page then is created from a template that provides the page structure, with content drawn from the database. This approach puts the information at the center of the site, rather than its presentation (the pages). It brings many powerful advantages over the static HTML approach:
Topics: Information Architecture
In the course of working with a variety of web designers, developers, and clients, it’s become apparent that one reason there is a lot of confusion around web design is that this term is used to refer to a wide range of complex topics. Clients are often confused about what kinds of skills they need for various aspects of building a web site. And all too often, they end up with poor quality work because the people building the site are working well beyond their area of expertise.
Topics: Web Design
For those of you interested in the programmer perspective of Webvanta, I’ll be contributing entries on our blog that discuss the technology and engineering side of the Company. The technical path of Webvanta has been an interesting journey over the last year. Our original Ruby on Rails technology was written to support a single web site. During 2008, we morphed the application through “extreme rearchitecture and refactoring” to what we have today at Webvanta: a multi-tenant, database centric, dynamic CMS system suitable for a broad array of web sites created by Web Designers or others who want to skip heavy duty back-end programming.
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
Topics: Cloud CMS Hosting
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