Webvanta Blog

On our way to South by Southwest

Posted March 10, 2010 by Michael Slater

In a few hours, we'll be on an airplane for Austin, headed to SXSW for our first big trade show! I'm really excited about showing off Webvanta 2.0 for the first time and being able to talk with lots of designers.

Webvanta starter site updated

Posted March 9, 2010 by Michael Slater

When you create a new Webvanta site, we start you out with a basic design that you can either modify or replace. For those of you who like to start from our code, we think you'll appreciate the upgrades we've just made.

New team member: Andrew DesChenes

Posted March 9, 2010 by Michael Slater

I am pleased to announce that Andrew DesChenes has joined us as our Support Manager. He'll be there at the other end of the chat and email support, as well as on the phone.

Coming soon: an entirely rebuilt admin interface

Posted March 8, 2010 by Michael Slater

Over the course of two years building Webvanta, the system has evolved a great deal, and we've learned a lot from our talented users. A few months ago, we decided that the time had come to rebuild the user interface.

And the winners are...

Posted February 23, 2010 by Michael Slater

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Webvanta Web Design Contest. The top prize goes to the Gunpowder Graphics site, created by designer John Slingerland.

Update: Images & Files Multiple Selection Improvements

Posted February 22, 2010 by Michael Slater

This week's updates include some behind-the-scenes bug fixes and one significant change in how the Images & Files screen works. You can now use shift-click to select multiple items, and the previous "sticky selection" behavior has been removed.

SEO: The Low-Hanging Fruit

Posted February 13, 2010 by Michael Slater

Search engine optimization (SEO) is perhaps the most confusing, ill-defined, and controversial part of web design today. The good news is that there are some simple things that will provide a huge boost to most of these sites. Follow the easy steps in this article, and you'll be way ahead of the average site.

HTML5 vs. Flash: A Complex Political Battle

Posted February 6, 2010 by Michael Slater

A few days ago, I wrote about what the iPad means for web design. One of the most controversial issues is the effect Apple's spurning of Flash will have on the future of that technology. This subject has been written about widely; much of the commentary is along the lines of "good riddance to Flash" and "HTML5 can do everything Flash can do", and is emotional and ill-informed.

Building an E-Commerce Site with Webvanta and FoxyCart

Posted February 6, 2010 by Michael Slater

If you want to sell things on your web site, you need a way to accept payments. There's many ways to do this, depending on your needs.

Rather than building payment processing into Webvanta, we've chosen to make it easy to integrate your Webvanta site with a variety of different solutions, so you can choose the one that best meets your needs. We've partnered with FoxyCart to provide an easily customized and nicely streamlined shopping cart and payment processing solution.
 

An Assortment of Little Fixes

Posted February 5, 2010 by Michael Slater

Last night we deployed a variety of small enhancements, including refinements to page cache clearing for moderated comments, bulk deletion of files, comment formatting, and JavaScript compatibility.