Dev Weekly Newsletter

May 8th, 2026

Including a brief video presentation featuring:

A trophy with confetti coming out of it and the words simple site of the week weekly prize

Important Announcements of the Week:

➞ ENSURING YOUR WEBSITE TEMPLATE IS FREE OF BUGS BEFORE YOU BEGIN BUILDING

Unfortunately, some bugs and errors are inevitable when site templates are recycled repeatedly. Your Dev Leads understand that there’s nothing more frustrating than nearing the end of a build only to find that text line spacing won't budge, Cognito forms that won't load, or shrinking header settings won't stick.


To save you a time-consuming headache, we recommend checking for these glitches early in your site-building process. If you encounter a problematic template, please alert Jazzie as soon as possible so we can retire it and work on keeping future builds clean!

*** If you need clarification or assistance with any of the above announcements, feel free to reach out to your Dev Leads. ***

Your Weekly Tip From a Dev Lead

Emma

Harnessing the Power of AI: Hero Banner BG Videos

Static image sliders for Hero Banners are quickly becoming outdated, but finding the right stock footage for a BG video is often a struggle. In the video below, I’ll show you how to use Veo3’s AI video generation to create custom, high-end AI BG videos that instantly level up your site's engagement.

Site of the Week Winner

Thanks So Much to All of Our Amazing Devs!

This Week's Honorable Mentions:


Congratulations to Alex S. for:

JEM Restoration Services, Inc.

Congratulations to Ryan M. for:

King of Bees