miles design - graphic design & web design

Identity for Koala Bamboo Shoots – farmer and exporter of Australian bamboo shoots

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The client originally came to me with a brochure they'd designed themselves using VistaPrint. I took the general look & feel and produced a refreshed logo, new brochure design, business card and gift certificate. Needless to say they were very happy with the result!

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Below are my top 5 new Business Catalyst features for business owners. If you'd like any help implementing any of these features for your website, please contact us.

1. SEO metadata for pages

With the recent January system update, BC have brought the enhanced SEO Metadata tool out of beta. BC will automatically enable the new interface for all sites that don't require migration and newly created sites. If you don't see the new interface, you need to manually run the migration process by visiting: Site Settings > Beta Features > SEO Page Interface, and clicking “Go to the migration page”. Learn more here

2. improved web form and comment security

BC has introduced a new native CAPTCHA engine that will be available in parallel with the current engine. They've made it more difficult to visually read, but also more secure against spam bots that base their actions on image detection. You can switch between the existing and new CAPTCHA engines under: Site Settings > Captcha. Learn more here

3. incontext campaign editing for business owners (beta)

BC has introduced a new editing experience for business owners that’s intuitive and separates content from style inside your email campaigns. When you go to edit the content of this template, you're only manipulating the raw content itself, and hence are unable to break elements or the overall layout. Learn more here

4. embed dynamic modules inside email campaigns

You can now insert dynamic modules such as news items and blog posts inside email marketing campaigns. Using the new specifiable module templates feature, you can easily create and render these modules in a way that’s email newsletter friendly, opposed to simply inserting the web-version of the module. Learn more here

5. new V3 admin interface

If you haven't been using it already, I recommend that you switch to the enhanced V3 admin interface. Click the "V3 Preview" in the top right of the admin area. V3 will become the default interface for all users starting with BC's April/early-May system update.

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