Abstract: A website building system (WBS) includes a database of website components and definitions and instances of website building system configurable applications (WCAs), where the WCAs are single packaged entities which can also be accessed as a sets of customizable elements; a WCA app builder to enable a developer to develop a first version WCA; an in-site editor to provide specific editing capabilities for a user to edit at least one of a definition or an instance of the first version WCA and a WCA handler to receive a modification to the first version WCA from the user and an update to the first version WCA from the developer, the WCA handler to merge between the modification and the update to create a changed WCA, to resolve conflicts or loss of functionality and to handle permissions between the modification and the update.

Abstract: A system for a website building system (WBS) includes a dialog builder to build a customization user interface specific to at least two user selected components of a page on a website built with the WBS, wherein the at least two user selected components have pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes; and an updater to receive input for a customizable attribute according to the customization user interface and to update customizable attributes for the at least two user selected components according to the input, wherein a single input updates the at least two user selected components.

Abstract: A website building system (WBS) includes a database of website components and definitions and instances of website building system configurable applications (WCAs), where the WCAs are single packaged entities which can also be accessed as a sets of customizable elements; a WCA app builder to enable a developer to develop a first version WCA; an in-site editor to provide specific editing capabilities for a user to edit at least one of a definition or an instance of the first version WCA and a WCA handler to receive a modification to the first version WCA from the user and an update to the first version WCA from the developer, the WCA handler to merge between the modification and the update to create a changed WCA, to resolve conflicts or loss of functionality and to handle permissions between the modification and the update.

Abstract: A system for website building system server includes a dialog builder to build a customization user interface specific to at least two user selected objects of a page on a website built with the website building system, where at least one of the at least two user selected objects has pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes, where a customizable attribute has at least one customization record to define it, and a displayer to display the customization user interface as a component layout based dialog according to the layout of user selected objects contributing customization records to the dialog builder.

Abstract: A system for website building system server includes a dialog builder to build a customization user interface specific to at least two user selected objects of a page on a website built with the website building system, where at least one of the at least two user selected objects has pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes, where a customizable attribute has at least one customization record to define it, and a displayer to display the customization user interface as a component layout based dialog according to the layout of user selected objects contributing customization records to the dialog builder.

Abstract: A method for a website building system includes the website building system operating a visual editor displaying a customization user interface dialog for a website page, the website page having editable objects and the objects having pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes, tailoring the customization user interface dialog of the visual editor according to a user selection of at least two selected currently displayed objects for editing and displaying a tailored customization user interface dialog together with at least two selected currently displayed objects, wherein a visual order of the objects of the tailored customization user interface dialog is similar to the display of the at least two selected currently displayed objects on the page.

Abstract: A method for a website building system includes the website building system operating a visual editor displaying a customization user interface dialog for a website page, the website page having editable objects and the objects having pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes ,tailoring the customization user interface dialog of the visual editor according to a user selection of at least two selected currently displayed objects for editing and displaying a tailored customization user interface dialog together with at least two selected currently displayed objects, wherein a visual order of the objects of the tailored customization user interface dialog is similar to the display of the at least two selected currently displayed objects on the page.

Abstract: A system includes, for a selection of objects on a displayed page of the system, each object having pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes, a sorter to sort the customizable attributes of the selected objects. The system also includes a dialog builder to build a customization dialog specific to the selection based on the sorted pre-defined customizable attributes, a displayer to display the dialog and an updater to receive input according to the dialog and to update the customizable attributes according to the input.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to website hosting implemented in a server environment. Operations include co-hosting, on a hosting server, a plurality of websites generated by a plurality of users; making available to the plurality of users common editing tools; preventing at least some of the plurality of users from altering co-hosted specific websites generated by others of the plurality of users; generating an interface for enabling the at least one subset of the plurality of users to upload to the hosting server plugin code associated with plugins for the co-hosted specific websites generated by the at least one subset of the plurality of users; storing the user-uploaded plugin code; and securely enabling, using an isolation mechanism, at least one of execution of front-end plugin functionality code at the client or execution of back-end plugin functionality code at the plugin server.

Abstract: A website building system (WBS) includes a database of website components and definitions and instances of website building system configurable applications (WCAs), where the WCAs are single packaged entities which can also be accessed as a sets of customizable elements; a WCA app builder to enable a developer to develop a first version WCA; an in-site editor to provide specific editing capabilities for a user to edit at least one of a definition or an instance of the first version WCA and a WCA handler to receive a modification to the first version WCA from the user and an update to the first version WCA from the developer, the WCA handler to merge between the modification and the update to create a changed WCA, to resolve conflicts or loss of functionality and to handle permissions between the modification and the update.

Abstract: A system for a website building system implemented on a server, the server having at least one processor and a memory and including a site analyzer to generate a representative component for each of a cluster of multiple components of a website of a user, based on an analysis of the attributes of the multiple components; and an editor UI builder to create a dynamically modified user interface at least from the representative components for a visual editor of said website; where the site analyzer and the editor UI builder change the dynamically modified user interface as the user edits the website; and where the visual editor includes a regular user interface and said dynamically modified user interface.

Abstract: A system for a website building system implemented on a server, the server having at least one processor and a memory and including a site analyzer to generate a representative component for each of a cluster of multiple components of a website of a user, based on an analysis of the attributes of the multiple components; and an editor UI builder to create a dynamically modified user interface at least from the representative components for a visual editor of said website; where the site analyzer and the editor UI builder change the dynamically modified user interface as the user edits the website; and where the visual editor includes a regular user interface and said dynamically modified user interface.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to website hosting implemented in a server environment. Operations include co-hosting, on a hosting server, a plurality of websites generated by a plurality of users; making available to the plurality of users common editing tools; preventing at least some of the plurality of users from altering co-hosted specific websites generated by others of the plurality of users; generating an interface for enabling the at least one subset of the plurality of users to upload to the hosting server plugin code associated with plugins for the co-hosted specific websites generated by the at least one subset of the plurality of users; storing the user-uploaded plugin code; and securely enabling, using an isolation mechanism, at least one of execution of front-end plugin functionality code at the client or execution of back-end plugin functionality code at the plugin server.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.

Abstract: A system includes, for a selection of objects on a displayed page of the system, each object having pre-defined customizable attributes and non-customizable attributes, a sorter to sort the customizable attributes of the selected objects. The system also includes a dialog builder to build a customization dialog specific to the selection based on the sorted pre-defined customizable attributes, a displayer to display the dialog and an updater to receive input according to the dialog and to update the customizable attributes according to the input.