We hear it all the time, people love the simplicity of Blesta. Part of the challenge in v3 was to add a lot of new functionality but at the same time maintain and even improve on the simplicity and ease of use of Blesta. The last thing we want is a cluttered interface displaying links to things most people will never use, which is why all the more advanced functionality is hidden under a tiny link called “Settings”. It’s also why non-core items have been delegated as plugins. If it’s a plugin, it can be uninstalled — get rid of those unnecessary links, get back to productivity!

Today’s video is on Client Themes, which can be created and selected under that tiny link, Settings. Selecting one of the themes Blesta ships with, or creating a new theme lets you quickly and easily theme Blesta to match your website without editing a single line of code. Of course, you can still dig down into the markup if you want to for a more complete integration, but it’s no longer a necessity for a unique, non cookie-cutter, client area.

Gradients! Need I say more?

The video is below, as usual you can make the video full screen, and be sure to turn on your sound!

I hope you’ve had a chance to check out the Blesta Translator that I posted about and that we released last week. The previous week Cody posted a developer commentary video on our RESTful API that you may want to check out as well.

This week’s video is about themes. We mentioned themes briefly a while back, but here it is in action. You can do the following with themes:

1. Select from different color themes that are included with Blesta.
2. Create and save your own color themes, and fine tune colors to match your brand.
3. Use your own logo, rather than the Blesta logo.

In the future we may add additional options that affect the direction and style of gradients, add additional options, and provide a way to share themes.

The video is below, as usual you can make the video full screen, and be sure to turn on your sound.