---
title: "Spring 2026: what's changing in your dashboard"
description: "An overview of the spring 2026 release: AI-assisted page creation, modernised product editor, detailed payouts, vacation mode, and much more."
url: https://docs.vivlab.com/en/news/printemps-2026
---

# Spring 2026: what's changing in your dashboard

This release is the biggest update to your dashboard since launch. The programme: **new features** that didn't exist before, several existing areas **enhanced** with new settings, and an **entirely refreshed interface** across every screen. This page focuses on what concretely changes for you, each topic links to its detailed documentation if you want to go further.

## At a glance

- **AI-assisted page creation**.
- **Product import**: your catalog rebuilt automatically from a CSV file.
- **Faire sync**: push your Vivlab products to Faire and steer prices, stocks and categories from the dashboard.
- **Deeply improved page editor**: edit several blocks at once, drag blocks between sections, Pexels image search, and more.
- **Social preview**: automatic generation of share images for social networks.
- **Payouts**: brand-new section with accounting summary, VAT breakdown and downloadable PDF report.
- **Store on vacation** to pause your store on a schedule.
- **Built-in help center** and **support requests** tracked from the dashboard.
- **Passwordless sign-in** with passkeys (Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello).
- **My preferences**: new page for theme (light, dark, automatic), language and accent colour.

## The page editor

The visual editor (the one that opens when you edit a page) concentrates the largest share of improvements in this release. Most of them aren't obvious until you've tried them, but they genuinely change the day-to-day editing experience, especially on rich pages.

### Working on several blocks at once

- **Multi-select** via drag rectangle (which now follows page scrolling) or **Shift+click** to extend the selection.
- **Align several blocks** in one click: left, centre, right, top, middle, bottom.
- **Distribute** three or more blocks at even intervals, horizontally or vertically.
- **Shared style panel** when several blocks are selected: shared values edit in one go, with a **Mixed** indicator for values that differ.
- **Edit several text blocks simultaneously**: a single toolbar lets you change the content and style of every selected text block at once.
- **Lock** a block to prevent accidental edits, **group** several blocks to move and align them together.

### Move a block from one section to another

When you move a block, you can now **change its parent section**: the target section highlights as you drag and the block re-positions itself automatically with its new grid context.

A **Reorder for mobile** button also automatically sorts a section's children into a sensible mobile order, without touching the desktop layout.

### A richer image picker

The image picker now offers **three sources**:

- **Upload** your own files, as before.
- **My images**: all the images you've already uploaded, paginated.
- **Pexels**: royalty-free photo bank, with filters by colour (red, blue, green…) and orientation (landscape, portrait, square).

**Alt text is now suggested automatically** by AI as soon as an image is added, ready to be tweaked. The **cropping** screen has been reworked to make focal-point targeting easier. On the video side, **Pexels** joins YouTube and Vimeo as a possible source.

### Faster element picking

You can now **drag and drop** an element straight from the add-element panel to the canvas, wherever you want it, alongside the existing click-to-add.

### A richer style panel

The right-hand style panel gains several additions:

- **Breakpoint indicator** on each setting: it signals styles set only on mobile, with a quick toggle to sync them back with desktop.
- **Colour** dedicated control, with reset.
- **Font size** dedicated control, with an 8–128 px slider.
- **Richer alignment**: uniform, around, between spacing, on top of the left / centre / right options already available.

### Area-aware template pickers

No more single window: templates now have **dedicated pickers** for the **header**, **footer** and **sections**. The section picker also features a **"my pages"** tab that lets you reuse the layout of one of your existing pages.

### New block: product catalog

A new block type appears in the editor: the **product catalog**. It dynamically displays a selection of [products](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/products.md) on any page. Configure it by choosing the source [category](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/collections.md), an optional search, sort order, items per page, number of columns, spacing and card format.

### Better-framed publishing

Publishing a page now goes through a **confirmation window** that recaps the social preview, the page settings (fullscreen mode, landing page, password protection…) and any pending updates. You see the date of the last publish at a glance, and an **"Already published"** state appears when your page is up to date online.

## Home

### A refreshed home dashboard

The [**Dashboard**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/home.md) has been redesigned around the new interface: indicators reorganised into cards, activity charts easier to read, rankings (pages, sources, devices, browsers, countries, sales) faster to scan. The data and date-range selector remain the same as before.

## Website

### Create a page with AI

A new page creation flow lets you describe the page you want in plain language and see it built in front of you. You can then refine the result, start from an inspiration template, or start with a blank page. This assistant is available from the [**Pages**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/pages.md).

Page duplication can now be triggered directly from the list, without entering the editor, and copies the full layout.

### Contacts: more than an email list

The [**Contacts**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/contacts.md) page now shows every detail of each form submission: all the filled fields, the page where the visitor submitted, and a shortcut to reply by email with the message pre-filled.

### Stronger SEO

The [**SEO**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/seo.md) page now lists every sitemap generated automatically for your site (pages, categories, products, blog, robots.txt) with a button to copy each URL.

A new [**Social preview**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/seo.md) area automatically generates the images shown when your site is shared on Facebook, LinkedIn or WhatsApp. Nine templates are available, three for the homepage, three for product pages, three for blog articles. You pick the layout, background visual and the entity to preview.

### Multiple domain names on the same site

The [**Domain name**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/domains.md) section now supports **multiple domain names** on the same store. You see them all in a list with their status and provider, and you pick the **main domain**: the one used by default for your pages, your shared links and your emails.

### Translation tracking

The [**Translations**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/translations.md) page now shows the progress of each ongoing translation request, with an item counter and automatic refresh.

### Consolidated brand identity

The [**Themes**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/themes-brands.md) section gathers your visual identity (logo, favicon, palette, fonts, button shapes) on a fully reorganised page. The existing settings remain available, with a clearer layout, accessible directly from the Website group.

## Blog

### Articles, sections and SEO

Your blog gains several important features:

- **Duplicate an article** from the [**Articles**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/blogs-articles.md) page or directly from the article editor (**Save and duplicate** action).
- **Per-article SEO**: new **SEO description** and **Share image** fields (the image used when the article is shared on social networks).
- **Rich-text descriptions on [Sections](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/blogs-categories.md)** with text formatting (bold, italic, links, lists).
- **Edit the root section** (your blog's title and description) directly from the sections list.

### Two new blog themes

Two dedicated theme pages join the Blog area:

- **Blog theme**: pick from four styles (Default, Classic, Magazine, Typographic), set the number of columns, gaps, image and banner ratios, and articles per page.
- **Article page theme**: pick from four styles (Default, Editorial, Focused, Magazine), show a newsletter signup block, share buttons (copy link, native system share).

## Store

### A modernised product editor

The product editing screen has been entirely rewritten around a side panel, without leaving the [**Products**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/products.md) page. All the settings you knew (variants, options, shipping, tax, cross-sells, files, video, custom forms) are still there, better organised and faster to navigate.

Several additions:

- **Pick the type at creation**: a type selector points you straight to the right type (physical good, digital good, event, subscription, or informative), with a short description for each use case.
- **SEO description per product** (up to 250 characters) to customise the summary shown in search engine results, independently of your sales copy, see [SEO](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/seo.md).
- **Real-time description generation**: the **Generate description** button drafts the description from the product's name and images, word by word, and stays fully editable once it's done.
- **Manual product reordering**: a new screen lets you reorder your products by hand with drag-and-drop, or switch to automatic sorting (by creation or update date).

### Import your catalog from a CSV file

You no longer have to enter your products one by one. From the [**Products**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/products.md) page, **Import with the assistant** rebuilds your entire catalog from a CSV file exported from your previous e-commerce solution (Shopify, PrestaShop, Squarespace, Etsy, Big Cartel) or a supplier catalog. The assistant reads the file, derives each product with its variants, prices, stock and images, then shows you the list to review before creation. The same function is offered at the end of your store setup and when your catalog is still empty.

### Richer categories

[**Categories**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/collections.md) gain three improvements:

- **Edit the root category** (your store's title, description and image) directly from the categories list.
- **Drag-and-drop reordering** of sub-categories inside the parent category.
- **Rich-text descriptions** with text formatting (bold, italic, links, lists), like blog sections.

### Payment: guided Stripe flow

The [**Payment**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/payments-settings.md) page offers a four-step Stripe activation flow: open the account, submit supporting documents (KYC, about five minutes), Stripe verification (24 to 48 hours), then test the payment. You track each step in real time, alongside the "charges enabled" and "payouts enabled" statuses.

### Billing with a live preview

The [**Billing**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/invoices.md) page now lets you **upload your invoice logo** and see a **real-time A4 preview** with the header, recipient details, amount breakdown and customised footer. The **Address line 2** and **State/Region** fields have been added.

### Pause your store with peace of mind

The new [**Store on vacation**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/vacations.md) section lets you schedule a pause for your store with three levels of restriction:

- **Notified mode**: the store stays active, with extended delivery delays and an information message at checkout.
- **Paused mode**: checkout is blocked, the store stays browsable, a message appears on product pages.
- **Disabled mode**: all e-commerce features are turned off, no preview is visible.

You choose a start date, an optional end date and a custom message for your visitors. Activation and deactivation trigger automatically at the scheduled times.

### Sync your catalog with Faire

The [**Integrations**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/integrations.md) section welcomes its first connector: **Faire**, the B2B marketplace. Once the OAuth connection is set up, the [**Sync Faire**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/products.md#sync-faire) action appears in the product list and lets you push your Vivlab products to Faire or adjust from Vivlab the listings already there (category, wholesale price, suggested retail price, stock, status). Faire requires the suggested retail price to be between 1.25 and 10 times the wholesale price, Vivlab flags any variant outside this range in red.

### Richer store themes

The [**Shop theme**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/themes-categories.md) and [**Product theme**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/themes-products.md) pages welcome many new themes (Minimal, Boutique, Magazine, Nordic, Luxury, Market, Urban, Atelier, Dense, Showcase for the store; Lyra, Rosa, Pico, Orion, Nova for the product page).

Two new settings appear:

- **Per-type buy-button label**: Add to cart, Download, Subscribe, Book now, depending on whether the product is physical, digital, recurring or event-based.
- **Custom out-of-stock text**: to adapt the message displayed on product pages when stock is depleted.

## Orders

### Better day-to-day order control

The [**Orders**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/orders.md) page gains several new features on top of its refreshed interface:

- **Multi-select** orders to trigger batch actions.
- **Bulk PDF invoice download** with a progress bar.
- **Internal notes** per order (up to 1000 characters) for your private follow-ups.
- **Enriched card payment details**: CVC check, 3D Secure, risk level, on top of the brand and last four digits already shown.
- **Close order** action when an order is fully handled.

Sending an email notification to the customer when updating the **tracking URL** is now optional and explicit.

### Payouts: a real accounting view

The [**Payouts**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/payouts.md) section is entirely new. For each payout received from Stripe, you see the date, status, destination bank and method (instant, automatic, manual). Opening a payout reveals:

- The **accounting summary** (sales, refunds, Stripe fees, net amount).
- The **VAT breakdown** (VAT amount, pre-tax amount, total).
- The **invoice-by-invoice detail** with customer name and country.
- A **downloadable PDF report** ready to share with your accountant.

The [**Subscriptions**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/subscriptions.md) details keep all their usual information (customer, addresses, plan, next billing date, invoice history, Stripe dashboard link), now accessible from a side panel without leaving the list.

## My account

The **My account** area has been reorganised into five distinct pages, with several concrete additions:

- [**My account**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/account.md): new landing page showing your **credit balance** and movement history.
- [**Sign-in**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/account-settings.md): **passwordless sign-in** with passkeys (Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello), in-dashboard password change (instead of an email link), and display of your identity provider (Google or email).
- [**My preferences**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/preferences.md): new page to pick the theme (light, dark, automatic), language and accent colour.
- [**Manage my plan**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/account-billing.md): self-service subscription management (pause, resume and cancel from the dashboard), payment method and billing address updates, full invoice history.
- [**Referral program**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/referrals.md): share your code via **WhatsApp, email, LinkedIn or QR code** (on top of the plain copy that was already available).

## Help

### Built-in help center

Help is now available directly from your dashboard menu. The [**Documentation & tips**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/supports.md) section gathers guides for each area, your recent support requests, and links to the YouTube channel, Facebook group and service status page.

The [**Support request**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/supports-tickets.md) section lets you create and track tickets directly from the dashboard, no more email back and forth.

## A modernised experience

Beyond the new features, your whole dashboard has been refreshed.

- Lists (orders, products, articles, subscriptions) support **multi-criteria search** with side filters to refine results.
- Editing an item opens **alongside the list** instead of replacing the page, so you keep your context and don't lose your place.
- Settings screens show a **live desktop and mobile preview** on most themes and forms.
- The whole interface adapts to mobile and tablet screens.
- A dark mode is available from [**My preferences**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/preferences.md).

## Going further

This page doesn't cover every detail. Each section above links to its dedicated documentation. If you have a specific question, open a [**Support request**](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/supports-tickets.md), we'll get back to you quickly.