Introducing SP Page Builder 2.0 Beta with frontend editing

10 October 2016

3 min read

Introducing SP Page Builder 2.0 Beta with frontend editing

It’s October 10, and we know, you are eagerly waiting for a new test version of your beloved SP Page Builder 2.0. Following the release timeline, today we are making the SP Page Builder 2.0 Beta available to download. As promised, we’ve added the long desired frontend editing feature to the tool.

This Beta version is an experimental release and not ready for production sites. We appreciate your interest in SP Page Builder 2.0. You are invited to test this Beta release, but DON’T use it on a production site.

Before releasing this Beta version, we’ve already released two alpha versions with lots of new features like Undo/Redo changes, enable/disable rows columns & addons, all new media manager, Access Control List support, Joomla article support and so on. Today we have another big surprise.

In today’s Beta version, SP Page Builder 2.0 gets frontend editing functionality. You’ve read that correct. We’ve added frontend editing ability to the SP Page Builder 2.0 Beta. We are the first in the world to bring frontend editing to a Joomla content construction kit. When we are releasing this version, SP Page Builder is the first and only Joomla page builder to offer the convenient frontend editing feature.

Benefits of Frontend Editing

There are many benefits of the frontend page building feature. It shows instant preview, saves time, and takes the ease of site development to the next level. With frontend editing ability, you can just visit your website and edit the page elements on the site’s frontend. See the effects of the changes live and make changes as you wish.

Frontend editing lets you edit a page without going to the backend area, so you don’t need to visit two different tabs to provide the input and check the output. You can make changes via the site frontend and see the outcome on the same page without going anywhere else. Thus it saves your time.

We strongly believe you will like the Beta version of SP Page Builder 2.0. Now let’s check the release timeline again.

09 September 2016 → SP Page Builder 2.0 Alpha 1
28 September 2016 → SP Page Builder 2.0 Alpha 2 (Joomla article support + Extensibility)
10 October 2016 → SP Page Builder 2.0 Beta (Frontend editing)
20 October 2016 → SP Page Builder 2.0 RC (Bug fix)
30 October 2016 → SP Page Builder 2.0 stable (Lot more new features)

Try it today on your test site or localhost and also provide us feedback to help us make the tool even better. This Beta version may feel a bit slower to you, but we promise to make it around 100% faster in the next version (RC).

Installation Tip / Warning

This version of SP Page Builder Beta release will work ONLY on fresh Joomla installations. So make sure that your test ground site has a fresh installation. Do not update previous version of SP Page Builder 1.0-1.4 with current version of component.

I swear I will not use it on a production/live website.

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Arafat Bin Sultan

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pepperstreet

7 years ago

Arriving right on time! :D

#1177

Nayem Majhar

Please check and let us know about you experience.

#1183

Gocha

will be good if I can be download and test pre sale. very bad :(

#1180

This is not a production or stable version. You will be able to download when next version will release, it will be a free version. One thing to mention that we will make demo testing site ( with all pro features ) with releasing the stable version.

#1182

Paul Frankowski

If you have valid account, you can download beta - using a Download Now button.

#1184

Julius Gashumba

So essentially you have to have an active subscription in order to download the beta, right?

#1194

I have valid account but not subscribed. I will be happy if I can test your demo version in backend before salle

#1185

A Free version will be available in next release, you can check then. And within release of stable version, Everyone will be able try pro in online site.

#1232

Thanks!

#1233

Cristian Iordache

Respect for punctuality
Very nice job ...

#1187

Thanks! :)

#1188

tihi

Hi! Good job!
I have a question: whether it will work with the existing templates?
Thanks!

#1192

Kawshar Ahmed

Yes, it will work. For frontend editing compatibility, we will release updates for all Page Builder supported templates.

#1193

Denis Degtyarenko

I write not on topic, not found blog about Simple Portfolio... It is time to update Simple Portfolio ))) we need to add sort by category, add site search, and more. Start, waiting.

#1195

Thanks for suggestions.

#1229

SP Page Builder 2.0 very cool, definitely buying the PRO version!

#1196

Alberto Salazar

if only I buy the pro version of sp Page Builder ($ 39) can i download the beta and stable version?

#1223

Yes. Buy pro version and check beta, also able download stable version ( current and future as pricing policy )

#1231

jurateam

GREAT JOB !!! definitely a must have

#1224

Thanks

#1228

Cent Detours

"We are the first in the world to bring frontend editing to a Joomla content construction kit"

Are you really sure ? Check the Page Builder CK from the french developper Cédric KEIFLIN.
First beta version in April 2015, and first stable in november 2015.
I'm afraid you're not the first in the world...

#1225

are taking about Page Builder or Front-end editing? We released Page Builder in mid-2014. BTW, did you check page builder beta with frontend editing? If yes then let us know your experience.

#1234

Diego Fabián Hagopian

On new sppagebuilder you can select the media folder or use the images folder?

#1238

Only select media. Folder is way to use like Joomla Media Manager.

#1250

Thomas Kühnlein

I really like it. We will definitely use it for future projects. :)

But how can be bulid "[b]preview text[/b]" for [b]blog articles[/b]? That`s [u]very important[/u] guys.
And how can we save [b]own templates[/b]? Export is not working. That`s it for now.

For bigger future release i would so handy to use JCE or similar editor, and also its plugins/editor buttons.
And a preview like yootheme is doing right now with "YOOtheme Pro".
That would be perfect, and i would recommend to everyone.

Keep on doing your good work.

#1242

Thanks for the suggestions. "Preview text" for the blog article and JCE editor feature will be added soon. Remaining features will be added in near future.

#1249

Grego

There is an issue with the Sticky header. The whole page jumps if you scroll down. https://github.com/JoomShaper/Helix3/issues/48

#1253

Jaime Nacach

Exited to see the read-to-use version soon, thanks a lot! From Bloominari.com!

#1304

ssnobben

Yes this is a great extension addon to Joomla ecco system. Thanks looking forward to test this with future projects too.. cheers! any eta when stable wlll be released?

#1377

Daniel Ch

6 years ago

In frontend of page with sp page builder there is some script codes inside source codes according to the frontend-editor features when not logged. Not hidden even with optimizer such as JCH!

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