user interface

This week we're rolling out a major visual and usability overhaul across the DPD vendor control panel! Over the past few months, we've been working hard to give DPD a cleaner, faster, and more modern interface that makes running your online store smoother every day. Here is a breakdown of what's new and what to look for when you log in. Manage Your Store From Your Phone The biggest change in this release is one you'll notice the moment you log in on a phone or tablet: the DPD vendor admin is now fully mobile-friendly. We've always supported mobile devices, but with this update we've completely rethought the mobile experience. We've gone through the entire control panel, page by page, and made sure that every element works on any screen size. Works on any screen size: Layouts automatically reflow to fit phones, tablets, and desktops. No more pinching, zooming, or...

We're making this post ahead of the update (scheduled for Monday, Jan 7th) so everyone will have a bit of a heads up before the log in and everything looks different. We know change is kinda scary, but we promise this one is a good one. We've made it easier to find things, cleaned up the design and navigation, and gave everything a modern facelift! Simplified Navigation DPD's navigation was getting cluttered with years of adding new features to our top-level navigation menu. Most stores had over 25 menu items in the main menu alone, and then sometimes multiple sub-pages and menus to get to the option you needed. It was a real drag, and features are cool and all but if you can't find them when you need them that's no good either. So, we've cleaned that up quite a bit! The new navigation shows what module you're working...

This morning we published an update that introduced an all new vendor control panel. This fluid, full width admin interface makes better use of widescreen monitors and higher resolution displays- something our server usage stats tell us that most vendors are moving toward. We've also made a couple usability improvements that we hope will make things easier to understand for everyone that uses DPD to sell downloads. New Vendor Control Panel The new vendor control panel is based on the 960gs system and is a fluid, full width template that uses 100% of your monitor instead of the bit in the middle. This gives us the ability to pack more information on a screen, reduces scrolling, and gives us lots of places to stick new features :) Of note in the new admin interface is the side navigation- we've moved all commonly used vendor functions to the left sidebar for...