Features
Following is complete list of features planned for the first release of Live Editor, the cloud-based website builder that will help you create great websites.
Content Editing
- Inline WYSIWYG editing
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Browse to a page on your site, click the "Edit" button, edit directly on the page, and save or publish your changes.
- Page builder
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Create and configure a tree of pages that correspond to URLs on your site. Then add content to the pages.
- Redirects
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Define and manage URLs that redirect the user to other URLs.
- Content streams
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Set up "streams" of content for blog posts and event listings. Define what types of content appear in your streams.
- Content templates
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Define "types" of content, what's required, and how the content should be displayed in any number of scenarios.
- Shared content
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Reference the same content item on multiple pages. When you edit that content item, it updates everywhere.
- Broken link handling
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Live Editor presents you with options for handling broken links to pages and assets on your site.
- Search engine listing previews
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See an estimated preview of how each page would appear in search engines based on metadata like page title and meta description.
Theme Design
- Flexible theming
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Structure your theme HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code however you like. You are not constrained by "how the templates work."
- Layout markup with Liquid
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Define how content should be displayed in your layouts using the Liquid programming language, made popular by Shopify e-commerce software.
- Local theme development server
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With Live Editor CLI, develop all of your theme code on your computer using your own choice of code editors, build tools, source control, and front end technologies.
File Manager
- Search and filters
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Search your files by metadata like titles and keywords. Filter by file type and collection.
- Drag-and-drop uploader
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Drag and drop files and folders from your desktop into the file uploader. Choose whether or not to save as drafts or publish, and upload away.
- Import files from URLs
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Import files from other servers by pasting in one or more URL.
- HTML5 video and audio
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Video and audio uploaded to File Manager are automatically encoded into the formats needed to present your media through HTML5 tags.
- Collections
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Organize your site's images, videos, audio, and documents into folder-like collections.
- Usage tracking
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Live Editor tracks where your assets are being used within your site. You can also add records to track usage on 3rd party sites.
- Related files
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Upload your source PSDs, PNGs, videos, audio, Word documents, etc. and associate them with their derivates so you can find them for editing later.
- WordPress plugin
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Centralize your files in Live Editor: upload to, use, and track your Live Editor files from within your WordPress blog or site admin.
Drafts & Revision Tracking
- Manage all drafts in one spot
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Review drafts for all types of content in one spot. Choose multiple items to revert or publish all at once.
- Drafts for all actions
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Don’t change the tires on a moving car. Save drafts of new content, updates to content, or deletion of content. Then make those changes final by publishing later.
- Review all revisions in one spot
- Review everything that has been published live on your site in one chronological index. See what, who, and when.
Search
- Search all content
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Use the powerful search bar at the top of the screen to search all of your content and files from one spot.
Integration
- REST API
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Access and modify content and design elements programmatically via a JSON:API 1.0-compliant API.
Hosting
- Web-based software
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Because Live Editor is web-based and hosted by us, there is nothing for you to install, and you always have the latest version of the software.
- Durable cloud infrastructure
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We actively monitor and maintain performance, security, redundancy, and uptime with best-of-breed cloud hosting technology.
Account & Billing
- User manager
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Allow admin access to your site to an unlimited number of users.
- Export all data
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You own all of your data. You can export it to a zip file containing JSON data and all of your assets at any time that you wish.