Technical Details
One of Weebly's many exciting aspects is the
technology behind it. Here are a couple features that we haven't seen
implemented in many other places.
- Customizable strong AJAX use -- drag and drop,
effects and animations, customizable to your personal preferences. Use
the site with eye-pleasing animations, or turn them off for a snappier
experience.
Ubiquitous interface design -- Weebly's interface is uniform throughout, and uses ease-of-use friendly error reporting (no javascript pop-ups!)
AJAX file upload -- Images and other files are uploaded with a progress bar. As large files uploaded over the web may take a long time, this progress bar is a useful indicator of how much time is left.
Back/Forward button integration -- With a robust windowing system that allows a javascript-based application in one page, back/forward buttons are enabled to let a user navigate through the various on-screen windows.
Powerful element design -- Weebly's AJAX-based editor allows complex elements to be dragged onto a page, such as a Google Maps element, or a Flickr feed. No HTML knowledge is required. To customize these elements, double click them and choose from a simple set of drop-down options.
Data-driven elements -- all element definitions are powered by a database entry and may be defined in multiple different ways. Adding an element is as simple as performing a database insertion, which opens the door to community-driven elements.
Media handling -- upload your images to Weebly, choose a size (Small, Medium or Large) and your images will automatically be resized for you.
More Information
Weebly was created using The Gimp and vim on Fedora Core 5 client machines. We used Fireworks occasionally, too.
For additional information, please contact us (info@weebly.com).