Type of site | Web hosting service |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 29, 2006; 14 years ago (Beta) |
| Founder(s) | |
| Parent | Square, Inc. |
| URL | weebly.com |
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Weebly (/ˈwiːbli/) is a web hosting service, headquartered in San Francisco. Its parent company is Square, Inc. On acquisition in April 2018, Weebly had more than 625,000 paid subscribers.[2]
History[edit]
Parentscoach mcdonald's health class website template. Weebly was founded in 2006 by Chief Executive Officer David Rusenko, Chief Technology Officer Chris Fanini, and former Chief Product Officer Dan Veltri.[3] Rusenko and Fanini both attended the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) while Veltri attended the university's Smeal College of Business. At the time, Penn State required all students to maintain an Internet portfolio, so they built upon this idea and created software that made it easy for anyone to build a personal website.[3]
Formal development of Weebly began in January 2006.[4] The invitational beta release was announced in June 2006.[5] The official private-beta launched in September 2006.[6]
In January 2007, Weebly was selected for Y Combinator's winter startup program.[3]
In March 2007, Weebly re-launched with its 'WYSIWYG' editing interface.[7] Also in 2007, Weebly raised a US$650,000 financing round from several angel investors, including Ron Conway, Steve Anderson, Mike Maples, and Paul Buchheit.[3][7]
In 2008 Weebly added 'Pro' accounts and Google AdSense monetization features, as well as compatibility with Google Chrome and Safari.[8]
During its initial startup years, Weebly received criticism for its lack of CSS/HTML editing support, and in 2009 added this functionality. In 2010, the company added French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese languages.[9]
In 2011, Weebly raised a growth-stage round from Sequoia Capital and added Roelof Botha to its board of directors.[10]
In April 2014, Weebly raised $35 million in Series C funding from Sequoia Capital and Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Rusenko stated in August 2013 that the company signed a lease for a 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) warehouse in San Francisco, based on an expectation of ongoing growth. The new office will house the majority of a global team of 600 employees in 2014 when it moves into the property. As of August 25, 2013, Weebly had 80 employees and was based in an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) space in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco.[11]
In October 2015, Weebly announced it would open a Berlin office in late 2015/early 2016 to offer European-based support and marketing.[citation needed] In April 2016, Weebly integrated JotForm software on its services.[12] On October 1, 2015, Weebly Carbon was released to allow plugin integration among other features.
In 2016, Weebly began to focus in on its ecommerce offerings with the release of Weebly 4 and Weebly Promote, an integrated marketing tool.[13]
As more sellers began using the company, the company created features for one click taxes, integrations with Shippo to streamline the shipping process, Facebook Ad creator, integrated email marketing and lead capture, abandoned cart features, the release of Mobile 5.0 to help sellers run their store from anywhere and deep integrations with Square payment processing.
In early 2018, co-founder Dan Veltri left the company to pursue other interests. In January 2018, Weebly hired its first VP of Brand, Alexis Contos, and her hire marked the first time the 12 person executive team was 50% women and 50% men.
On April 26, 2018, Square, Inc. announced it would acquire Weebly for approximately $365 million in cash and stock.[14]
Product[edit]
Weebly's free online website creator uses a simple widget-based site builder that operates in the web browser.[15][16][17][18] All the site elements are drag-and-drop,[15][18] and it automatically generates a mobile version of each website.[16] Storage is unlimited, but the service restricts individual file sizes.[16] Consumers are given the option to have any url ending in .weebly.com, .com, .net, .org, .co, .info, or .us. (example.weebly.com)
Android and iPhone apps are available that allow users to monitor their website traffic statistics, update blog posts and respond to comments, and add or update products if the user has an e-commerce online store.[19][20] Basic features for blogging and e-Commerce are supported: as of 2018, site owners could develop simple stores with payments through either PayPal, Stripe or Authorize.net.[2] Users can choose to incorporate advertisements in their pages, and visitor statistics can be tracked through an in-house tracking tool or Google Analytics.[16] Weebly also has integrated newsletter marketing features.[21]
As of 2020, Weebly was offered in 15 languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Turkish.[22]
Public relations and sponsorship[edit]
In April 2012, Weebly co-sponsored a hackathon hosted by Pennsylvania State University titled the 'PSUhackathon.'[23] Rusenko and Fanini, who are both alumni of the College of Information Sciences and Technology, spoke at and judged the event.
Weebly Release Notes: New Apps From June 2019
Awards and recognition[edit]
TIME listed Weebly among the 50 Best Websites of 2007.[15] In 2011, Business Insider included Weebly into its '15 Cool New Apps That Are Crushing It On Chrome' list.[24] Also in 2011, David Rusenko, Weebly's CEO and co-founder, earned a spot in Forbes' '30 Under 30: social/mobile' list.[25]
Censorship[edit]
In December 2014, the Indian government blocked Weebly in India, due to fears that ISIS propaganda was being spread through the site.[26] On December 31, the site was again made available throughout India.[27]
Weebly also applies censorship to its availability with a wide selection of geoblocked countries where Weebly is unavailable to internet users. Site owners are unable to login from these geoblocked locations to administer the site just as internet users cannot reach the site. According to Weebly official support forum, the exact list of blocked countries is secret, but the employees confirmed blocking of Côte d'Ivoire, Iran, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, as well as much of Middle East, West and Central Africa.[28]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Ha, Anthony (April 26, 2018). 'Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M'. TechCrunch. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ abGagliordi, Natalie (April 26, 2018). 'Square buys website builder Weebly for $365 million'. ZDNet. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ abcdLevy, Steven (May 20, 2007). 'A Boot Camp for the Next Tech Billionaires'. Newsweek. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^Guynn, Jessica (June 10, 2008). 'Weeblies aren't wobbling'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^Veltri, Dan (June 29, 2006). 'Exciting Developments' (Press release). Weebly. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^'Weebly private-beta launch' (Press release). Weebly. September 12, 2006. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ abRobinson, Blake (May 9, 2007). 'Weebly Launches blog Platform, Closes $650K Investment'. TechCrunch. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^Adewumi, David (June 10, 2008). 'Weebly, a Simple web page creator,launches Adsense feature and pro accounts'. Venture Beat. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^Ha, Anthony (February 24, 2010). 'Simple website builder Weebly goes international'. VentureBeat. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^Botha, Roelof. 'Weebly: What we do'. SEQUOIA Capital. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^Empson, Rip (25 August 2013). 'As Wix Heads Toward IPO, Weebly Looks To Expand With Big New SF Headquarters, Plans To Add 500+ Employees'. TechCrunch. AOL Inc. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^Roy, Rohit (1 April 2016). 'Weebly Users Gain Access to Easy-to-use Form-Creator JotForm'. Martech Advisor.
- ^'How Weebly 4 Is Leading An E-commerce Revolution'. www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^'Square to Acquire Weebly'. Square, Inc. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ abcMary Murray Buner (July 8, 2007). '50 Best Websites 2007'. TIME Specials. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ abcdWeebly,Inc (September 19, 2012). 'Weebly'. iTunes Store. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^Johnston, Mike (July 6, 2012). 'Weebly Review-The Website Builder that makes Web Design Fun'. CMS Critic. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ abRussell, Kate (February 15, 2008). 'Webscape'. BBC News. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^'iPhone and Android Apps'. Weebly. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^'12 Best Free Website Builders'. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^Williams, Alex (January 9, 2020). '10 Best Website Builders (UK) in 2020'. hostingdata.co.uk. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^'Company Info'. Weebly. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^PSUhackathon (April 27, 2012). 'Sponsorship & Judges'. /psuhackathon.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^Hamburger, Ellis (May 17, 2011). '15 Cool New Apps That Are Crushing It On Chrome'. Business Insider. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^'30 Under 30:Social/Mobile'. Forbes. 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^Stone, Jeff. 'Vimeo, DailyMotion, Pastebin Among Sites Blocked In India For 'Anti-India' Content From ISIS'. International Business Times.
- ^Sharma, Ravi (January 2, 2015). 'Indian government unblocks Vimeo, Dailymotion, 2 other websites'. The Times of India.
- ^'Weebly doesn't work in Russia'.
External links[edit]
- Official website
Release Information
Version: 7.6
Release Type: General Availability
Release Date: 31st July 2018
Distribution Types: Full and Via Automatic Updater
- 3Upgrade Process
- 4Release Notes
- 8Template Changes
Version History
| Version | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 7.6.2 | Maintenance | 21st January 2019 |
| 7.6.1 | Maintenance | 28th August 2018 |
| 7.6.0 | General Release | 31st July 2018 |
| 7.6.0 | Release Candidate 1 | 17th July 2018 |
| 7.6.0 | Beta 1 | 28th June 2018 |
Download
Download the latest version of WHMCS from https://download.whmcs.com/
Upgrade Process
Automatic Updating
If you are running WHMCS 7.0 or later, you can use the built-in Automatic Update utility.
Simply navigate to Utilities > Update WHMCS to begin the process.
For more information about the Automatic Updater and troubleshooting please refer to the Automatic Updater documentation.
Release Notes
WHMCS Namespinning
Introducing new and improved Domain Namespinning from WHMCS. WHMCS Namespinning ranks and returns relevant domain name suggestions across a wide range of TLDs to help drive more domain registrations. Utilising machine learning technology, WHMCS Namespinning delivers more relevant suggestions by working to understand the context of your customer's queries, delivers marketing leading speed and performance plus has multi-language support. WHMCS Namespinning is being made available free of charge to all WHMCS users.
WHMCS Namespinning is enabled by default for new installations. On upgrade, if you are currently using the WHMCS Standard WHOIS, you will be automatically upgraded to use the new Domain Namespinning feature. To change this behaviour, navigate to Setup > Products/Services > Domain Pricing and click Change in the Lookup Provider section after upgrading.
Domain availability lookup and domain name suggestions continues to be a distinct feature from domain order fulfillment. You can use WHMCS Namespinning with any registrar.
Font Awesome 5
There are a significant number of changes to the naming and styling of icons, and while we've done our best to minimise changes, there are a number of template changes required by the Font Awesome 5 migration.
It is important to take care to apply all of these changes to your custom templates to avoid missing or broken icons. You can learn more how to upgrade your customisations by reviewing the Font Awesome Upgrading from version 4 document. If you desire, Font Awesome does provide a shim that can dynamically convert v4 style to v5 style on page load, however we do not recommend this for long term usage due to the potential for visual, behavior, and performance impacts.
New MaxMind Functionality
WHMCS 7.6 includes changes to the MaxMind module, including the update to a newer MaxMind API, which requires a MaxMind User ID to be provided for authentication. If MaxMind is enabled in WHMCS, you must enter your MaxMind User ID for fraud checking to continue functioning. Failure to enter the User ID will result in MaxMind API requests failing. It is important to note that a MaxMind fraud check failure due to bad user credentials results being treated as a fraud check pass.
To enter the User ID, an administrative user with appropriate permissions needs to visit Setup > Fraud Protection > MaxMind, and enter the User ID into the appropriate field. To obtain your User ID from MaxMind, login at https://www.maxmind.com and visit the 'My License Key' page.
The newer API integration in WHMCS 7.6 also makes available the Score, Insights and Factors MaxMind services.
New Weebly Plans
WHMCS 7.6 makes available two new Weebly plans via MarketConnect. These plans include:
- Weebly Lite - an entry level offering for a single page site for just $1.99/mo (RRP)
- Weebly Performance - an e-commerce option designed for power sellers providing additional e-commerce related functionality
On upgrade, if Weebly is active and enabled within your WHMCS installation, the two new plans will be created and made available automatically.
To learn more about Weebly or modify or disable the new plans, simply navigate to Setup > MarketConnect > Weebly after upgrading.
MarketConnect UX Updates
MarketConnect has a number of new features in WHMCS 7.6: A new linker.
- Optimised user experience with promotions and upsells
- New and improved design and styling for client area and shopping cart promotions
- New sidebar promotion options for all MarketConnect services
- Native built-in translation support for translating and/or customising promotions and upsell messaging
Google reCaptcha
Google reCaptcha is now available for cart checkout. If enabled, the captcha input will replace the the Complete Checkout button until the challenge is met. For a completely seamless and nature experience, Invisible reCaptcha can be used. When using this option, the checkout button will appear as normal and the captcha challenge will be performed silently in the background for the visitor by Google's latest bot detection algorithms. Learn More
Deprecation & Removal Notices
During the v7.6.0 update, a one-time routine will inspect and attempt to the following modules due to discontinued service by the service provider. Removal will only occur if it is not actively in use. The Activity Log will have a list of any removals. As well, if removal is not performed and the module remains in your installation, an email will be generated for all full admins so that further investigation can be performed. Inspection will be performed for the following modules:
- DistributeIT
- GlobalSign OneClick SSL
- Amazon Simple Pay
- SecPay
Library Updates
The following libraries have been updated
- phpmailer/phpmailer: 5.2.21 to 5.2.26
- smarty/smarty: 3.1.29 to 3.1.32
- tecnickcom/tcpdf: 6.2.12 to 6.2.17
The following libraries have been added
- phpseclib/mcrypt_compat: 1.0.5
- phpmyadmin/sql-parser: 4.2.4
Weebly Release Notes: New Apps From June 2020
New Documentation
The following new documentation pages are available:
Template Changes
It is important to take care to apply all of these changes to your custom templates to avoid missing or broken icons. You can learn more how to upgrade your customisations by reviewing the Font Awesome Upgrading from version 4 document. If you desire, Font Awesome does provide a shim that can dynamically convert v4 style to v5 style on page load, however we do not recommend this for long term usage due to the potential for visual, behavior, and performance impacts.
New MaxMind Functionality
WHMCS 7.6 includes changes to the MaxMind module, including the update to a newer MaxMind API, which requires a MaxMind User ID to be provided for authentication. If MaxMind is enabled in WHMCS, you must enter your MaxMind User ID for fraud checking to continue functioning. Failure to enter the User ID will result in MaxMind API requests failing. It is important to note that a MaxMind fraud check failure due to bad user credentials results being treated as a fraud check pass.
To enter the User ID, an administrative user with appropriate permissions needs to visit Setup > Fraud Protection > MaxMind, and enter the User ID into the appropriate field. To obtain your User ID from MaxMind, login at https://www.maxmind.com and visit the 'My License Key' page.
The newer API integration in WHMCS 7.6 also makes available the Score, Insights and Factors MaxMind services.
New Weebly Plans
WHMCS 7.6 makes available two new Weebly plans via MarketConnect. These plans include:
- Weebly Lite - an entry level offering for a single page site for just $1.99/mo (RRP)
- Weebly Performance - an e-commerce option designed for power sellers providing additional e-commerce related functionality
On upgrade, if Weebly is active and enabled within your WHMCS installation, the two new plans will be created and made available automatically.
To learn more about Weebly or modify or disable the new plans, simply navigate to Setup > MarketConnect > Weebly after upgrading.
MarketConnect UX Updates
MarketConnect has a number of new features in WHMCS 7.6: A new linker.
- Optimised user experience with promotions and upsells
- New and improved design and styling for client area and shopping cart promotions
- New sidebar promotion options for all MarketConnect services
- Native built-in translation support for translating and/or customising promotions and upsell messaging
Google reCaptcha
Google reCaptcha is now available for cart checkout. If enabled, the captcha input will replace the the Complete Checkout button until the challenge is met. For a completely seamless and nature experience, Invisible reCaptcha can be used. When using this option, the checkout button will appear as normal and the captcha challenge will be performed silently in the background for the visitor by Google's latest bot detection algorithms. Learn More
Deprecation & Removal Notices
During the v7.6.0 update, a one-time routine will inspect and attempt to the following modules due to discontinued service by the service provider. Removal will only occur if it is not actively in use. The Activity Log will have a list of any removals. As well, if removal is not performed and the module remains in your installation, an email will be generated for all full admins so that further investigation can be performed. Inspection will be performed for the following modules:
- DistributeIT
- GlobalSign OneClick SSL
- Amazon Simple Pay
- SecPay
Library Updates
The following libraries have been updated
- phpmailer/phpmailer: 5.2.21 to 5.2.26
- smarty/smarty: 3.1.29 to 3.1.32
- tecnickcom/tcpdf: 6.2.12 to 6.2.17
The following libraries have been added
- phpseclib/mcrypt_compat: 1.0.5
- phpmyadmin/sql-parser: 4.2.4
Weebly Release Notes: New Apps From June 2020
New Documentation
The following new documentation pages are available:
Template Changes
For a list of changed files and graphical view of the exact changes, please refer to the Github repo's below.
Six Template
The following link provides a comparison of changes between 7.5.1 and 7.6.0:https://github.com/WHMCS/templates-six/compare/v7.5.1-release.1..v7.6.0-release.1
Standard Cart Order Form
The following link provides a comparison of changes between 7.5.1 and 7.6.0:https://github.com/WHMCS/orderforms-standard_cart/compare/v7.5.1-release.1..v7.6.0-release.1
Changelog
