Jolojo Updates

Jan 2024 onwards, seemed pointless adding our updates archive from 2018-23...

October 2024

Plugins

Testimonials

More options for better placement of quotes

HTML plugin - NEW

With the removal of the Code function from within the RTE, it was not possible to add custom HTML - fixed with this new plugin

Admin

Typography Editor - NEW

API integration with Google Fonts for font selection, application and sizing.

Linked Data

Trackers added to Linked data display better in Configuration

Custom Stylesheets

Now editable via File Manager (dark & light modes available)

Mobile editing

Lots of improvements to the ability to use Jolojo when on a mobile device. Great for emergency edits!

Colour Editor

Selected colours now decorated with a tick for ease of use

September 2024

Plugins

Social Plugin

New social icons as SVG's.

Text Plugin

Colour changer now available for selected text.
Text alignment added.

Video Plugin

Now allows a placeholder image that will preload for large / slow loading videos.

Dragging

Modals are now draggable (that's been on our want list for ages)

Spacer Plugin - NEW

New spacer plugin added. Super simple. So many uses!

FAQ Plugin

RTE added to answer editor

Admin

Robots.txt

Default sitemap.xml location added to robots.txt for SEO

Content Blocks

YES! We now provide a small library of Pre-Populated Content Blocks to help you get up and running FAST
... And now you can save your own content blocks are re-use them as Pre-Populated Content Blocks on any page.
Jolojo now asks for deletion verification.

Page Management

Now checks for an existing URL map for the same URL as the new page and deletes if it exists.

Dragging Named Plugins onto a page

System asks if you want to bind to the original or duplicate content as a new starting point.

Page Management

Jolojo now shows an additional warning when an admin triggers a deletion of the root page of a website

August 2024

Plugins

Text plugin - V2

New text plugin with a new RTE and modern UI

All Plugins

Added ability to add anchor tag in meta modal.

Image & Carousel

Now make use of new fold detection to determine whether to lazily load their content.

Video & Carousel

Now automatically alter YouTube import links to no-cookie version.

Button

Added the ability for user to add custom JavaScript.

Google Maps - New

Allows user to add maps iframe and alter size.

Blog Post

General improvements to user experience
Will set the page OG image and title from blog post data if not set in page management.

Admin

Content Block Editor

All new content block selector

Page Speed

Several optimisations and improvements to increase page speed
Added fold detection for use by plugins

Page Management

Improved table display on smaller screens.

Template

Added ability for an admin to set the width of the main content area for a site.

New Source Code Editor

Added the Monaco editor as the default code editor.

Email Template Editor

Updated email template editor to use new source code editor and live preview.

July 2024

Plugins

FAQ Plugin

New FAQ plugin now added.

Content Blocks - Pre-populated

It is now possible to save a Content Block with plugins and then add this Pre-populated Content Block to any page.

Hero Plugin

This has had a full revision for functionality improvements and has been re-styled.

Gallery Plugin

Now has a new default hover style.
Alt text fixed.

Image Plugin

Aspect Ratio has been added.

Carousel

Improved Modal (because it was getting complicated), YouTube videos now auto-find thumbnail images.

Admin

Page Management

Bug fix - when editing Page Titles and Descriptions from Page Management and using the pagination function, the data was not refreshing correctly.
Page duplication now shows all plugins in the order they are on the page for ease of use.
Page duplication now suggests that a Named Plugin uses the existing plugin by default.

Ecommerce

Admin notes are now coloured red.
Stock levels have been added to Product List and Products (which can be optionally displayed)

Colour Picker

Improved workflow; choose colour and then name.

Colour Editor

Added a Page tab that allows Font and Background Colour to be edited for Header, Footer and Main content area.

June 2024

Plugins / Front End

Pop-up Plugin

Useful plugin that produces a pop-up!

Blog

Blog categories can now be added from the blog post.
If there is not a blog title plugin on the blog post page, show the bog title by default.
Blog list now allows 'show all' categories

Ecommerce

OG images now included as part of OG snippets

Styling

Multiple changes to the Typography Editor, Content Block section editor and Plugin Style Editor. Hierarchy tweaked as:
Plugin editor (if present) - overrides all
Content Block section editor (if present) - overrides Typography Editor
Typography Editor - overrides CSS
Content blocks, Saving & Pre-Population
Content blocks and their plugins can now be saved and re-used. When a saved content block is added to a page, the plugins are duplicated and can therefore be edited independently or the original.

Admin

Ecommerce

Better GA4 tracking
Vouchers can now be 100%
Guest checkout can now have separate Billing and Shipping addresses
Xero export now ignores Incomplete and Cancelled orders
Pay by Invoice now reduces stock count
Vouchers, if part used (rare), voucher is marked as used (for single use vouchers only)

General

If robots.txt is set to disallow in the config, a warning icon is now shown for Admins in the top bar
For sites that have multiple templates (normally for landing pages and reduced navigational functionality ecommerce pages during checkout) the template being used is now displayed in the edit mode of Page Management
Webp images are now allowed to be uploaded to the file manager and used

May 2024

Plugins

Tier comparison - NEW

Yes, at last a new plugin where you can show offers, pricing tables etc. Nice :-)

Admin

Page management

Duplicate page now asks what you want to do with each of the plugins that are not in Persistent areas on the page;
Duplicate - New plugin with a copy of the content.
Existing - Same plugin (if you make changes to this plugin it will also change the original).
Blank - New plugin with none of the content.
Exclude - Don't copy

Programme engine

Now has the ability to use a prefix on a programme list using the selector 'has_prefix'.
Context - this is used on a client eCom site in the Shipping options to allow different options for 'Dangerous goods' being shipped to Scotland, which as part of the UK can only be identified by postcode prefixes.
Checking to see if impersonation (a user is being impersonated) is in use to allow for bespoke shipping options etc.

Ecommerce

New export available for shipping labels
URL's now auto-created when adding first (parent) variant
Trade prices now available to users who have the Trade scope
Dashboard updated with last 30 days sales & date range selector
Ability to create product attribute as 'Pre-order' which allows out of stock items to be ordered
Stock Table added for ease of updating Stock, Prices and attributes
Product images now use first image in Order Management
Stock export available as CSV
Categories can now be ordered
Brands can now be displayed the same way as Categories

Fonts

Inbuilt font function (Google fonts only), not allows both colour and size to be selected for default use for H1, H2, H3. H4 and P

April 2024

Plugins

Blog List V2 - NEW

New version of the blog list plugin
Allows for choice of posts per page and to display pagination
Admin can choose whether to display blog's summaries, date posted, thumbnail and categories

Hero V2 - NEW

New version of the hero plugin
Allows for choice of image, aspect ratio, text content (RTE) and text position
Up to two CTA buttons with colour picker for background and font

Testimonials V2 - NEW

New version of the testimonials plugin
Redesigned model UX - allows for much faster creating / editing
Allows for choice of background and font colour
Also allows for custom choice of quote mark icons wrapping the plugin.

Button

Custom styles picked up from stylesheet and displayed in dropdown
Added functionality selector so can now be used as more than just links
Added 'Previous Page' functionality

Admin

Ecommerce

New table added for controlling stock, prices, and admin-selected attributes
New component added to display all of a products variants on the same page and allow for quantity selection before adding to basket
Admins can set trade prices on products and give selected users trade scope to get these prices at checkout
Basket will display variant image if it exists instead of defaulting to parent

Colour Picker

UX resign - now much clearer which colour is selected after custom colour chosen
Also made clearer that no colour is chosen

General

All plugins display their name in the header of their edit modal
Display added to page management to show if a meta title or description is too long
Custom content block styles - will not be automatically picked up from the stylesheet and displayed as toggleable buttons while editing

March 2024

Plugins

Linking to home page

Additional checks to make sure that links to the home page anchor back to the top of the page.

Blog

Removal of some in-line editing and switch to fully Modal for ease of use.

Contact adding query strings

Added a function to allow contact forms to look for a specific query string and add this content to the contact form submission.

Content blocks & Video

Content blocks now support video background as YouTube, Vimeo or locally stored.

Admin

Duplicate page

Auto remapping removed. Page creation modal now shown on duplication for ease of use.

Editing Meta

Bug fixed where this could cause an infinite loop and not save.

Ecommerce

Customers can now print their own invoices.
All content now renders server side.
Tag engine tweaks made in Product Management - keeps the Search, Brand and Category in between Basic, SEO and Tags screens.

Content Blocks & Plugins

Simplification to allow either to be edited or deleted without any confusion.

February 2024

Plugins

Menu plugin

Fix page twitch on mega menu open.

Animated blocks

Allow text to be positioned by the user from within the plugin
Gradient background added.

Carousel Plugin

Lazy load removed as it was causing issues when a series of slides had started to repeat.

Menu Plugin

Now has a featured item that can have a different style, used in full page burger menus.
Allow scrolling when menu is bigger than 1 page on mobile

Carousel Video - NEW

New plugin to allow a series of videos to display to include Thumbnails.

Timeline plugin

Better styling in starter (base) template.

FAQ plugin

Better styling in starter (base) template.

Login Button

Aligned text size with template.

Login Form

Aligned font size with template.

Register with Password form

Will not be allowed to be saved on a page without an email template assigned.

Card Plugin

Added ability for all cards to have same height.

Audio plugin – NEW

A simple audio plugin that uses the browsers built in player.

Admin

Jolojo.uk

Sign-up improvements.

Page Management

No Index, No Follow, No Archive – now added as Page Meta.

Data layer

Added for Google TAG Manager for ecommerce sites.

Fonts & Styles

Added the ability to add Google fonts.
Custom colours can also be defined that when edited update the whole site.

Ecommerce

Shipping now included in Dashboard data

Edit mode UI

Now highlights plugins better to differentiate between Content Blocks and Plugins

Plugins list

Tweaks, minor name and icon changes

Sorting plugins & Adding plugins

Bug fix - where other plugins in the same Content Block could be hidden after an add or sort action