Much-requested, finally here: our New Column Resizing Feature!

For over 10 years you’ve been able to put up to five columns on your Start.me page, which were all of equal size. As of today, you can add two more columns, and set the width for each separate column. So, no matter how big your screen has become, you’re in control! Here’s how it all works.

Flexible column width

Many users have contacted us, as they envisioned new ways to use the Start.me platform for the organisation of their online resources. One of the more frequently mentioned requests were to make columns bigger and smaller according to their content.

Instructions

• Click the new Pencil Icon in the header. This icon replaces the old More button.
• Select Adjust Columns
• Click the number of columns you’d like to see on your page.
• Once you’ve done this, you can set the width of each separate column. You can choose between S, M, L, and XL. They are calculated relative to the other columns, so you’ll find that they don’t have the same size on every page. On a page with only a few columns, the XL will be a lot bigger.

As always, we apply your changes immediately and save your changes in the background.

Increased Column Capacity: 7 Columns Available

You might not have noticed, but the sizes of computer monitors have increased substantially over time. Not to mention the growth of the use of Digiboards in educational settings. For bookmark hoarders like the Start.me Development Team, this is good news, as it accommodates even more widgets and bookmarks in the same window. To keep up with modern times, we’ve just added the option to add two more columns to your pages.

Instructions

• Click the Pencil Icon in the header.
• Click the second option in the menu: Adjust columns.
• Here you can select the number of columns (max. 7) you want to display on your page.

Note: if you reduce the number of columns, we’ll automatically reorder your widgets to fit the page. If you then expand the number of columns, we don’t fill them up automatically. You’ll have to do this manually. The easiest way to do this, is by drag and drop.

Mobile View Improvements

This time around, we haven’t just focused on desktop computers, we’ve also improved the mobile version of our app. Before today, we relied on a single scroll list of widgets. This solution was simple and responsive, but not very practical. The order of widgets was also stored separately, which made finding your bookmarks on the smartphone just a bit too tricky.

As of today, these issues are resolved, as we’ve added the option to scroll horizontally. Your smartphone will now display your pages in the same order and positioning as your desktop. This alignment should help you to find your stuff faster, regardless of your device.

What’s next?

Soon we’ll be adding the option to add titles to columns, allow columns to be copied, moved, or deleted, as well as to expand or collapse all widgets inside a column. What else would you like to see on Start.me? Let us know in the comments or by emailing us.