UPDATE: We transitioned over to a new storage device and, after testing and making sure everything works correctly, opened back up at 9:00am EST. If you get a 404 error while visiting your site, logging in and republishing should fix it.

Although having a redundant storage device fail is highly unlikely, we'd still like to apologize for any inconvenience during the period you were unable to log-in and edit your pages. We feel really bad -- though on the upside, we've purchased a better array that should make file access quicker, which should speed up publishing and overall usage.

Our storage server (RAID array) was experiencing some issues earlier that would occasionally cause a 404 error when publishing your site. We're upgrading to a new device (should be completed by the end of the day) -- in the meantime, you can still edit your site, but you can't publish it until we fix the issue. Your site should still be available to the world as normal, without any issues.

If you happened to run into the 404 error and your site is currently unavailable, please email support@weebly.com, and we'll make sure your site gets back up ASAP.

We're very sorry for the inconvenience, and working hard to get over to the new storage device as soon as possible (should only be a couple hours left). Thanks for your patience while we deal with this infrastructure issue.

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We've just rolled out some cool new features tonight and fixed a few bugs. As you can see from the picture to the left, we've put a brand new look on the Weebly editor, that fits with our recent redesign and makes things a bit cleaner and clearer.

Dan has been tracking feedback and ranking the top feature requests. One of the top features has been the support of Meta Tags, including Meta Description and Meta Keywords. This new release allows you to edit your Description and Keywords tags. It also allows you to specify code that will be included at the bottom of all of your pages -- a common use for this is to include code for statistics services (like Google Analytics). These can all be found in the "Settings" tab.

We also sped things up by about 6x, so things should go considerably faster now.

The last feature, "Share this Draft", is something I found myself wanting while writing blog posts. When you're writing a blog post and save it as a draft, a link will appear below the "Keywords" section. This is a secret link that will allow you to share your draft with others, by sending them the link. A common use for this would be to allow someone to proof-read your blog post for you, or to get their opinion. If you don't hand out the link to anyone, your draft will still be private.

As always, thanks for the feedback! We're listening closely to what you have to say, and working on the most important features to you, so be sure to let us know if you'd like to see a new feature in Weebly.

On another note, we're still working on some top secret stuff (this isn't it): expect some exciting things to come.

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