Tag - awards

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

Joe

Joe

Thu, 22 Dec 2011, 10:52

7 comments

End of 2011, what a year it's been!

2011 Highlights

The final release of 2011 slipped out late last week, and we've now had a chance to sit back and reflect on what we've delivered over the year. What a year it's been! But every year brings new challenges, so we're also looking ahead to what we're going to be delivering in 2012…

As you know a big part of what we're striving for is to allow you to "publish once, be everywhere" all with "total design control", so that you only update your content in one place (your website) and we take care of publishing it appropriately to web, mobile, tablet and Facebook in a way that supports your brand identity.

2011 laid the foundations for this, and we think 2012 will blow you away ;-)

Here are the highlights of 2011:

  • Mobile optimised sites (Feb 2011)
  • New Moonfruit.com brand and website (Mar 2011)
  • Updated design tools - shapes, backgrounds (Mar 2011)
  • Improved customer support via Zendesk (Apr 2011)
  • Hundreds of new site templates (Mar – Dec 2011)
  • Image lightboxes (June 2011)
  • The Blog (July 2011)
  • 4,000,000 sites built with Moonfruit (Aug 2011)
  • New File Manager (Aug 2011)
  • Getty Images (Aug 2011)
  • WebUser Gold Award - best website builder (Aug 2011)
  • The Shop - Web, Mobile, Facebook (Oct 2011)
  • Launch event with PayPal (Oct 2011)
  • Moonfruit office expansion (Nov 2011)
  • Shop improvements - categories, quantities, shipping (Nov/Dec 2011)

It's no surprise that the team look a little bit tired! But never fear we'll leap back into action early next year with even more goodies.


What's to come in 2012

  • Mobile version styling (colours) and include/exclude content from mobile version (probably Feb)
  • More shop improvements – product variants, stock control, etc. (Regular releases throughout the year)
  • And maybe, just maybe a little HTML5 website magic…watch this space ;-)

So that's that. We hope you've enjoyed 2011 as much as we have and you are looking forward to bigger, better 2012, as much as we are.

Until we meet again early next year, have a wonderful Holiday Season (or Xmas!), and a Happy New Year from all the Moonfruit team!

Mon, 31 Oct 2011

Clare

Clare

Mon, 31 Oct 2011, 10:50

Moonfruit nominated in Website of the Year award

We are thrilled to have made it through to one of the 24 finalists in the Good Web Guide's 'website of the year' awards from a strong field.

The winner will be announced by Jo Malone at the awards reception to be held on Wednesday 16th November at the Royal Institution.

Details about all the shortlisted sites can be found here.

There is also a second category called 'The People's Vote'. The organisers believe it will be a good test of which site is the most proactive on the social media front. The winner of the People's Vote will be announced at the reception as well.

If you click on the following link, you will be taken to a page where your vote will automatically be taken, click here. Visitors can only vote once.

Please help us to do well in (or win!) the People's Vote – and of course, we'll keep you posted about our success in the main event.