This summer, the Interface development team worked on numerous new features and elements to bring Interface to version 2.0. On top of many subtle and/or “little” improvements, v2.0 has:

A New UI & Design

• Gorgeous new design by JD Hooge at Gridplane
• Streamlined navigation
• Condensed and centralized toolbars
• Dashboard with shortcuts, support links & account information
• Model creation screen overhaul–new form-builder style
• Association viewing as drop-down menu
• Popover box for model configuration & content associating
• Drop-down menu for quick access to other Interface instances
• Thumbnail display view

An Account Center

• Ability to sign up for new Interface instance online; automatic instance deploy
• Re-occurring billing
• Account Center area to manage account and user information
• Support tickets to report Interface bugs

A User Account System

• Centralized User system: One login for any Interface instances you’re a user of
• User add + invite system

New Hosting

• New hosting provider with cloud hosting for improved reliability and maintenance

New Features

• Import from CSV, including associated items
• Export models and/or content
• Date/time column with calendar date selector
• Batch content select, publish/draft, delete actions
• Domain Mapping
• URL shortcuts

Improved Features

• Error messages more consistent and user-friendly
• API overhaul
• Enhanced content filtering and searching
• “Remember me” on login fixed
• Content item sort & search results maintained in middle column
• Content list column expands to show more than 100 results
• Content list item count updates according to selected items

Stay tuned for more info, news, and updates from the Interface team as we continue to enhance Interface.