When you first use Blocs you will be asked if you would like to run the 5 day trial or activate your license. If you have purchased a license from the UI Store then you will have received a license number via email, take care not to mix this up with your purchase key which […]
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Updating Blocs
Blocs has a built in update mechanism that will notify you when an update is available. This notification is usually shown a few moments after starting up the app. If for some reason, you don’t get the notification and you know there is a new version of Blocs available, leave the app for around five minutes […]
Tooltips
On some occasions you may want to include additional information about an item on your website to help the user understand its purpose. Tooltips are great for this, a tooltip is a small label that will be shown when a user moves the mouse cursor over an item. In Blocs it’s really easy to add […]
Devices
Blocs comes with an array of modern device Brics that you can use in your web page designs. The device Brics deliver an efficient way to simulate a screen shot onto an actual device. The device Brics are great for anyone creating app marketing pages, for example, take a look at any Apple product page […]
Toggle Navigation BreakPoint
Websites built with Blocs use the Bootstrap framework, when a site that uses Bootstrap is viewed on a mobile device, the standard navigation links become a toggle menu that is accessed via a button, this is normal behaviour as it improves the mobile user experience. Changing the Toggle Breakpoint There are times when you may […]
Toggle Navigation Symbol Style
Websites built with Blocs use the Bootstrap framework, when a site that uses Bootstrap is viewed on a mobile device, the standard navigation links become a toggle menu that is accessed via a button, this is normal behaviour as it improves the mobile user experience. Changing the Toggle Symbol Bootstrap displays a standard Hamburger symbol […]
Toggle Navigation Menu Styles
Websites built with Blocs use the Bootstrap framework, when a site that uses Bootstrap is viewed on a mobile device, the standard navigation links become a toggle menu that is accessed via a button, this is normal behaviour as it improves the mobile user experience. Changing the Toggle Menu Style Bootstrap displays a standard dropdown […]
Managing Licenses
Blocs uses license numbers to activate and manage the usage of the software, all aspects of license management can be handled in the UI Store when you are logged in. Access License Management To access the Blocs license management settings, login to the UI Store (www.uistore.io) and from the main menu at the top of […]
Navigating Pages
There are multiple ways to navigate the pages in your project while designing in Blocs. For smaller projects with less pages you can use the simple navigation dropdown menu which is located in the top right corner of the toolbar. This dropdown will list all of the pages within the current project. To change to […]
Page Settings
Blocs comes with an array of page settings to help you fine tune the important details of each page in your project. Accessing Page Settings You can access the page settings for the current active page by clicking the settings symbol located within the page selection drop down. From these options you can fine tune […]