Dec 2016 / Jan 2017 Recap

New Products & Benefits

• Chart Connect – New Connect CMS widget that gives you the ability to integrate interactive charts into Muse. Driven by Google Spreadsheets.
  
  
• Font Lookup Tool – Simple directory system that simplifies the use of webfonts in Muse widget panels.
  
  
• Arrow Pack 1.0 – A set of over 500 arrow icons available in multiple formats for use in Muse. Great for sliders and galleries.
  
  
• Article Connect – A CMS widget, which lets you create client-editable articles, news, and even basic blogs.
  
  
• Focus Theme – A fixed width responsive theme for videographers that showcases our Gallery Connect widget.
  
  
• Compose Theme – A single page theme that's great for text content-rich websites.
  
  
• Search Essentials – A simple, standalone search widget that doesn't require any third party services. Big hit among users!
  
  
• 10 new and updated product tutorial videos.

Christmas Break / Planning – We took two weeks off at Christmas to recharge and plan the year ahead! Our release calender is set for the next several months and we've got a ton of exciting new widgets in the queue. We used your product and survey results to plan our widget development projects, and we're confident you'll love what we have in store.

Existing Product Improvements:

• Sidebar Connect (v1.5) - Increased breakpoint control from 10px down to single pixels in "Hide in Breakpoint Range" settings. Added ability to unlink menu items (just leave URL field blank in spreadsheet).
  
  
• Ecwid Ecommerce (v1.5) - Added Default Category option.
  
  
• Pick a Date (v1.3) - Fixed bug causing date and time text to be doubled up in form field, corrected improper labeling of 12:00pm time label.
  
  
• Text Message Ticker (v1.1) - Fixed text formatting incompatibilities when used with bullet and numbered lists.
  
  
• Show Video Suite (v1.3) - Fixed bug causing large empty spaces to appear in certain browsers.
  
  
• Google Calendar (v1.1) - Optimized performance in Internet Explorer and Edge browsers.
  
  
• Cinch Slideshow (v1.6) - Optimized performance in Internet Explorer and Edge browsers.
  
  
• Animated Page Transition (v1.2) - Fixed issue causing content to disappear when crossing breakpoints.
  
  
• Article Connect (Beta v1.3) - Extensive updates. Details here: Forum Thread.
  
  

February Projects & Priorities

(please note priorities and projects are subject to change)

 
New Projects:

• Essential Series of Widgets – Our new series of "essentials" widgets are designed for maximum compatibilty and simple setup. In addition to our new Search Essentials widget (released last week), we currently have fantastic new audio and video essentials widgets in testing and nearly ready for release. This series will also be prioritized for bug fixes and compatibility upgrades to ensure they always work right out of the box.
  
  
• 500+ Social Icon Pack – Users have requested we build a pack of the latest social icons in a variety of Muse-friendly formats. Our newest graphic pack release includes over 500 social icons along with authoring files.
  
  
• Adobe Muse Quickstart Guide - Video Series – We're putting the finishing touches on a 10-part video series covering the most essential elements and tools in Muse. Designed for users who want to get started quickly (or decide if Muse is right for their project), this tutorial series is a great starting point for new Muse users.
  
  

Final Thoughts

Responsive Anniversary

Our team reminisced this month as February 8th marked the one year anniversary of the release of Responsive Muse. Oh how simple things once were...

Prepping for the responsive release was one of the biggest projects in the history of our company, and it really changed the way we work with Muse and develop our products. We have some exciting new ideas in development to help simplify creating responsive layouts (called frameworks), and a new development system to power our widgets. Stay tuned!

Renew for Locked-in Pricing

February has always been a big month for signups, and we wanted to send a quick reminder to our members that as long as you renew your membership, we will always honor your original signup rate. Some of our longest members have been grandfathered in all the way back to 2012 for only $39 per year! Unfortunately, we can't easily reactivate cancelled memberships at old rates due to changes in our billing provider, so in order to keep your original rate it's always best to renew.

Thanks again for being members of MuseThemes.com! We sincerely appreciate it.

Cheers,
Steve Harris