This article takes a deep dive into the new Oxygen Builder version 6 to understand what it is and how to use it. People often think that the New Oxygen is just a refresh of Classic Oxygen, a modernization. However, I think that is incorrect. Understanding what the New Oxygen actually is, and what it brings to the table, is the best way to make good use of it, and to figure out how to accelerate your site-building workflow with it.

These are both security releases to patch access control issues in the Design Library endpoints which were reachable without authentication.

The Oxygen 6 marketplace is open. You need to click through to see the available extensions and templates. This is the first version. They plan to extend it to provide ecommerce capabilities in the future.

Highlights of Oxygen 6.1 beta include the ability to select multiple elements with Cmd/Ctrl+click or Shift+click. Drag, bulk-edit, copy, delete, or wrap them as a group. Variable font support with a numeric weight input. Conditional Oxygen classes that only apply when their rules match. Updates to Breakdance Elements, along with a number of other features.

The release of Oxygen 6.0 is just around the corner. I made a video for new Oxygen users that gives a tour of the settings and editor interface. There is a video version linked near the top. At the end of the article I share some thoughts on the new Oxygen as well as some pros and cons.

Oxymade was one of the add-on developers who created a CSS framework and pre-designed template kits for the original Classic Oxygen. And now that Oxygen 6 is nearing a 1.0 release, people are starting to wonder what add-ons might make sense for them. And I think that with Oxygen 6, people probably will want to use a CSS framework. Oxymade is one of the first options available for the new Oxygen 6.

This is a very thorough video walk-through of Oxygen 6

Oxygen 6 Beta 5 was just released. It includes a number of fixes but also adds new Grid alignment icons, inline editing for Text Link, and CSS variable support for Opacity.

It looks like Oxygen 6 is in its final stretch before it comes out of beta. The team has just released beta 4 and plan to have the final version out by January 15th. By all accounts the “New Oxygen” is coming together very nicely and is very performant. This announcement covers the updates in this beta.