Welcome to "What the Wix??" where we bring you the latest and greatest news, updates, tips and tricks for the Wix Ecosystem.
How it works -
There are 5 sections in each edition covering gradually more complex topics.
Housekeeping
This month, instead of our monthly livestream, I will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Freenlance Fam on Dec. 11th. We will be taking a tour of the Wix dev environment and touching on a few basic code concepts. You can learn more and register here.
It's the holiday season and that means SALES! As part of the festivities, my Velo for Beginners course on Udemy will be available for only $12.99 (the lowest price Udemy would allow 🙃) using coupon code HAPPYHOLIDAYS. Use this link to check out the course and redeem the coupon!
Last but not least, the long awaited Advanced Velo Course is on it's way! This course picks up where the last one left off and dives into the Wix Backend and building full stack web apps on Wix. The course will come out on YouTube in two parts: 1. The lessons - will come out gradually over the month of December 2024. 2. The project - will come out in the first few months of 2025. The course will only be available on Udemy after it's completion but as a YouTube channel member (insider tier), you can start to access to the lessons as of today!
Now back to our usual programming!
No Code
Lot's of cool promises to wrap up 2024
Wix Studio is wrapping up 2024 with a bang! In the last Open Studio of the year Wix unveiled some cool new updates such as AI-powered visual sitemap, fix accessibility like a pro using the new wizard, and master menus with their unified menu tool (mostly coming soon). No coding? No problem! The Functions builder helps you customize business logic with ease. Plus, coming soon: an AI Chat Assistant to wow visitors with personalized shopping vibes.
Is Wix leaving the Classic Editor behind to bite the dust?
Low Code
Wix CMS Quotas doubled!
Wix has doubled the quotas on CMS items and increased quotas for collections and other data related metrics on all of it's premium plans! This is a huge win for web app style sites heavily relying on the CMS for data management.
Code Mode
Some elements get a glow up
Smarter Links, Better SEO: Wix’s new rel property brings superpowers to links, telling search engines and browsers exactly how to treat them. Now available on buttons, images, and more using Velo code.
Style It Your Way: Buttons, sections, and text just got a little more stylish! Change button hover effects, tweak text colors, or give sections a fresh background with Velo code.
Soo Code
Cache? I prefer Cash
To quote the Velo Reference Release notes:
The webMethod() function has a new cache object in the options parameter that allows you to cache the return values of the functions in your backend code. Define the duration for which you want the return value to be cached with the ttl field. Use the tags field to assign identifiers to the cache.
Expect a tutorial about this in the near future 💪
Wow Code
I don't have much to share in the Wow Code section this month but I would like to introduce an idea for a new section - community member highlight!
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