Update: SP Page Builder 3.2.7 is here with a new addon and improvements

14 August 2018

4 min read

Update: SP Page Builder 3.2.7 is here with a new addon and improvements

You have the potential to build something incredible. But without the right tool, you won’t be able to execute that. When developing a website in Joomla, SP Page Builder is that invaluable tool. The ultimate page composer tool has been in the market for a while and it has already proven its worth.

But you and I both know, if something stays the same, it becomes obsolete. New things are coming everyday, technology is changing on a regular basis. So, to keep you up to date with the trend, today we’re releasing an updated version of SP Page Builder (v3.2.7).

Let's have a quick look at what the new version has to offer.

New addon introduced
New features to the Video addon
Improved accessibility for multiple addons
Multiple locations introduced for Google Map addon

New addon: Article Scroller

The new Article Scroller is a great addon to display your site's articles . The unique style of this addon lets you present your articles elegantly. You can control which article to show, the layout, the design, the typography, and the color of the News Ticker or News Scroller. Basically, every single detail of the addon can be controlled from the addon settings. Judging by its design and functionality, I think this addon is going to be my favorite one.

The above image shows different styles of the Article Scroller addon for your inspiration.

Multiple locations in Google Map addon

Previously, SP Page Builder’s Google Map addon is used to allow only one location sharing option on the map. Starting with today’s update, you can add multiple locations to a single Google Maps frame. All the previous settings are there, no changes were made to them. You can still customize your map the way you used to.

Notice! Effective from June 2018, Google changed its policy for accessing API keys. You will be needing a valid API key and a Google Cloud Platform billing account to access the core Google Maps APIs. Otherwise, you may see a watermarked map with "For development purposes only" text on it. We plan to offer an alternative map based on OpenStreets in the near future.

New features in the Video addon

Until now, you could only share videos from YouTube or Vimeo with the SP Page Builder Video addon. You still had the control over the videos but you were only able to share the link from those sites. This update brings you the functionality to upload MP4 videos to your website server giving you the complete control over the clips. Currently, MP4 and OGV formats are supported.

Plus, you can now turn off the YouTube cookies and video suggestion option from the Video addon settings.

Other notable improvements

In addition to all those mind-blowing functionalities you just read above, there’s still more in the update. We have improved accessibility to few of our addons including Carousel, Carousel Pro, and Feature. We have fixed some known bugs including responsiveness issue of the Instagram addon, video playing issue of section backgrounds, and module compatibility issue of Opt-in Form addon.

Please read the full changelog below.

SP Page Builder 3.2.7 Changelog

New: Added brand new Article Scroller addon
New: Option added to show multiple locations in Google Map addon
New: Video uploading feature added to the Video addon
New: Video addon gets YouTube cookie-prevention feature
Tweak: Accessibility improved in the Carousel and Carousel Pro addons
Tweak: Accessibility improved in the Feature addon
Fix: Section background video playing issue fixed for iPhone/iPad
Fix: Responsiveness issue fixed in the Instagram addon
Fix: Video suggestion issue fixed in the Video addon
Fix: Module compatibility issue fixed in the Opt-in Form addon

Since we are committed to providing you the best web developing experience with SP Page Builder, our efforts to make it an even better tool will never end. Along the way, we want your opinion on what would you like to have in SP Page Builder. Let us know, and we might have it for you in the next updates. Thank you for being with JoomShaper. Happy developing without coding :)

N.B. It's advised to take a full website backup before updating any component.

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Steve Babbitt

5 years ago

Yay!!! So glad to see the news scroller and multiple map pins!!!

Also am very glad you fixed the video background player. Whew!

+1 for OpenStreet Map integration. Google is, in spite of their claims, evil. ?

#6138

Paul Frankowski

Thanks.
yes for OpenStreets you have to wait a little bit more, but it will be.
Google Maps is still very good product, but you have to pay for it.
Bings Maps also have payments.

#6144

Mark

Thanks for another great update.

The article scroller is especially useful. You might want to add even more design options over time.

I know Page Builder Pro 3.3 is in the making. You might consider a feature I suggested before and that others here have been interested about also.

I suggested you could call it something like "reverse mobile order".

What the "image content" addon does, is giving you the option whether the image is on the left or right side with the text and button on the other side then. The effect is useful when the page is shown on a mobile device. If you have a design with two rows that on a large screen looks like this:

image - text
text - image

then on a mobile screen without this addon it would look like this:

image
text
text
image

But what you would often want is:

image
text
image
text

What I suggest is a clickable option for Page Builder Pro rows where you can reverse the order of the columns of a row on mobile screens so you get the above mentioned effect if you need it.

If this is a row feature for ordering the columns, you could not only use images and text, like in the addon (by the way the image is cropped there, depending on the screen size), but instead you could use every addon you want (images, videos, text, modules etc.) in the columns.

Please include this feature.

Many thanks for your great work.

#6139

AFRINIC Webmaster

#6142

Thanks a lot for every voice, suggestion.

#6146

burn.hard

+100

#6147

stq74

#6151

canalmedia

Hi,

Article Scroller is perfect!

But category filtering and filter Featured Only (Ordering) are not working :(
Module show all articles from all categories.

#6141

Philip Walton - SoftForge

I have just tested and confirm that its showing all categories and not items from a specific category.
I have 2 top level categories and it does not matter which it selected, all show.

#6152

Please allow us to look into this matter.
-Thanks

#6183

Jim Bain

Where can we see the article scroller in action?

#6143

On your site :D
it should take you 2min to configure and preview.

#6145

MARCO SOTOMAYOR

Felicidades!

Gustaría mucho que también se enfoquen en el componente formulario que con cuantos clicks se componga un formulario profesional agregando campos de varios tipos chek list, radio button y mas ...

#6153

Gracias. Sí, crear un addon para crear sus propios formularios está en nuestra lista de tareas pendientes.
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Thank you. Yes, creating an addon to create your own forms is on our to-do list for near future.

#6172

I do like the map and love the idea you will do Open Street Map, like Joomla another great open source project.
But I would ask that rather than need to add the items to the map, you set it so that if 2 custom fields called long and lat are added then it pulls in the coordinates from a joomla article. This would stop the double handling of say showing all the employees on a map. If they leave you just unpublish article, but with systems that are stand alone, you have to unpublish the employee in articles and then remove the item in the map.

If Joomla can be the source of all the records and sp pagebuilder the way to show the records then that would be awesome, records should ideally not be stored in a separate component. Using custom fields for the lat and long would make it so much more flexible

#6154

Hi, thanks. Our maps are simple solutions, for typical/common use.
For your purposes I suggest to use advanced map component like you may find on JED in "Map" category. Or custom software maybe, if you have bigger budget.

#6171

Jordan Skerda

Is it possible to get a download link?

#6155

You can download PRO version from your account. As you did first time.
Link: https://www.joomshaper.com/downloads/extension

#6166

debbie

Please, please, please make it possible to edit from front end in different templates or page layouts. Right now I am using full-width page templates for my sp pages, but i can't edit them in full-width because that is not the DEFAULT template. And I also have an area of the site with an entirely different template and I can't front-end edit in that either, for the same reason. We are editing in the content manager, and we don't even get the option to edit with sp pagebuilder editor in the front end; it seems any kind of front-end editing is available only for native SP pagebuilder pages?

#6156

Your suggestion is duly noted :)
-Thanks

#6198

Wagner Michel

Just sad that on the add-on "Article" setting "Introtext characters limit." does not work as perfectly as on the splendid and beautiful add-on "Scroller Items"! Otherwise, each novelty is each time a great happiness! Thank you !

#6157

We have forwarded your suggestion to the development team :)
- Thanks

#6199

Luiz Carlos Nogueira Py Júnior

Hi, these are great updates. I do not have much experience with SP. It's a little pricey but I really miss the size indicator to scale the images quickly and easily. I see that the SP distorts the image to fit that size or the image is justified by the height or width. image editor would be a good

#6158

Thanks, to be honest we wait for Joomla 4.0 where image editor is built-in so we can use it as well in our tool. But in near future we are going to add more options for image addon , for example, mobile and desktop image field - which is much more needed.

#6167

Hossein Amouzegar

Wow, awesome features! I've updated the SPPB but there is no change within the google map add-on. I miss the new button. What I must change?

#6159

Hi, thanks. Probably your template override map addon. So in that case you have to delete(!) :: sppagebuilder\addons\[b]gmap[/b] folder from your template folder.

#6168

Adam

Would love to have a registration module that we can customise to build landing pages.

Really hard to build a nice looking registration page in Joomla. Especially if you want to drive PPC traffic to it.

Please build a Joomla registration module.

#6160

Hi Adam, on JED you can find many login and registration modules. Beside SPPB you can use as module as well, it can be published above and/or below joomla registration area. Think out of the box. Thank you.

#6169

Rafael

Great update.

Perhaps is a good idea, Show image left or right and open article in a popup !

#6164

Thanks.
Q: "Show image left or right" in which addon ?

About popups... they are okay for desktop, but now is trend to be Mobile First, and on smartphone popups are not so much friendly.

#6170

Erland Thomsen

Hey. Thanks for the update. I like it - but I think it is difficult to set up the Article Scroller as you have done .... - is there a place to see how you've done it?

#6178

We'll do it as soon as possible :)

#6184

Andrey Uvikov

Border-radius with % in setings would be good

#6179

Nice suggestion. Noted :)

#6185

ssnobben

Great that you go for alternative to Google maps ---> OpenStreets. :p

#6191

Thanks :)

#6286

#6287

And you choose the right OpenStreet open source map(s) system...;)

#6192

Here is more info..

As many have problem and for small org using Google maps there is alternatives like OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org

Licenses etc

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ

#6194

Thanks, we have those info already. Even more.

#6195

webtuits

Thanks for adding the self hosted videos. Could you also add the functionality to load self hosted videos in the Modal Popup addon?

#6202

yes, it should be possible for future updates. Thanks

#6221

sergann

Thanks for the update

#8081

arakan arkino