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  • Understanding the Dashboard and Re-stocking
    Yesterday we soft launched the much anticipated “re-stocking” feature which also includes a new dashboard. The key things in this release are: You now have a dashboard showing key information to help manage your listings Listings have permanent URLs or web addresses and you can change the stock levels in … Continue reading

  • The inspiration of Lord Fatsington
    Now and again we involuntarily stand to attention and salute greatness on Folksy. Today it was The Nosuch Disco that moved us. Him and his cat and his whale. Some people don’t use the “inspiration” field  at all. Others use it to state matter-of-factness. Yet others like Dave use it to … Continue reading

  • Curating the homepage with Pinterest
    Today we launched a small technical release but a significant change in how we feature work on the homepage. Previously, we chose what to feature on the homepage editorially, each homepage being a “theme” we created. We’ve trialed using Pinterest to get other people to curate homepage themes with our … Continue reading

  • Search got better (or The Art of Getting Lost)
    We released an improvement to search yesterday. Now you see a grid of up to 60 images (similar to the category views). We’ve had some great feedback already and we think it’s a much improved search and browse experience. Now even more reason to procrastinate! One of the things we’re … Continue reading

  • April’s Video Update
    April Monthly Update from Folksy on Vimeo. Here is April’s where you can find out what we did in the last four weeks as well as what we have planned for May. We also introduce Emily, the editor on Folksy.