PageLines Framework vs. PlatformPro
Since the launch of the new PageLines Framework, we’ve had tons of questions about “what’s different.” Here are some highlights on some of the new features and information on how they compare to PlatformPro.
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A Better Experience for Your Users (Responsive/Mobile Design)
PlatformPro is based on a static website framework. Meaning the front end design won’t adapt to your users browser or device. While 99% of the web is still ‘static’, with v2 there is now a better solution!
PageLines is now the first major framework to be based on a responsive grid and this is one of the most far reaching changes in version 2.0.
Having this grid means you can now allow your website to ‘respond’ to user’s browser; even if they’re viewing your site on a mobile phone or tablet. this makes for a much richer, more professional viewing experience and your visitors are gonna love you for it.
More Placement Options
PlatformPro didn’t have the ability for many sections to be added to the content area. For example, the feature slider could only be added at the full width of your site.
This isn’t a problem anymore.
Because the framework is now ‘responsive’ it’s also possible to place sections like the Feature Slider, or the Carousel, in the content area of your website. These sections themselves are also responsive and adjust based on different browser resolutions.
Control New Page Types
In PlatformPro it wasn’t possible to edit pages that didn’t handle “meta data” or page-by-page options. This presented a challenge and some pages (for example “tag” or “search” pages) couldn’t be controlled very well. Essentially they all had to have the same setup as the blog page.
To solve this, we built a new system called ‘special page handling’ to deal with this. A new panel in the framework is designed just to create handling for all types of pages that weren’t not possible to control in PlatformPro. These include tag listings, categories, archives, search results, etc..
Better Page-by-Page Control
In PlatformPro, there were two major design issues that have been vastly improved…
Meta Options > Global Options
