Novi interface:

• Main panel
• Novi modes switcher
• Page Manager
• Main menu
• Visual Editor area
• Developer's toolbar

• Page manager trigger
• Pages Search filter
• Adding a page
• Existing pages list

• Developers tools area
• HTML code editor
• CSS code editor
• JS code editor
• Presets - presets manager
• Plugins - plugins manager

To ensure comfortable work with Novi Builder, your system should meet the following requirements:

• Browser: Chrome 50+ or Safari 10+
• 4GB RAM or more
• Display with minimal resolution of 1024 x 768
• CPU with minimal clock rate of 1GHz
• Keyboard and mouse
• The minimum speed of the Internet network connection - 1 Mbit.

After extracting Novi builder package you'll see the following files structure:

• documentation/
• demo/
  • builder/
    • config - builder configurations files folder
    • plugins - builder external plugins folder
  • ...Locally published website files

You can install Novi Builder on a local server in a few simple steps:

• Download and install the software to launch your local server, e.g. WAMP, MAMP, or XAMP.
• Set up the local server according to the requirements of "Web server requirements" section.
• Extract the contents of the compressed Novi Builder archive into one of local server directories, e.g. your-disk/wamp/www/novi/.
• Launch Novi Builder using the link, which corresponds to the local server path, e.g. http://localhost/novi/

To install Novi Builder on a remote server, you need to:

• Perform remote server installation according to the requirements described in "Web Server requirements" section.
• Download and install the software for work with FTP, e.g. Total Commander 7+, FileZilla etc.
• Upload the contents of the Novi Builder archive to your hosting server. Let us consider the example of Total Commander:
  • Establish the connection with the server:
    • Navigate to the tab Net->FTP connect... (Ctrl + F)
    • Press the "New connection..." button
    • Fill in the fields, specifying the data given you by your hosting provider:
    • Session (the name of your connection, not granted by the provider, specify any suitable name)
    • Host name[Port]:,
    • User name:,
    • Password
  • Press "OK"
  • Upload the necessary files to the server:
    • Navigate to the tab Net->FTP connect... (Ctrl + F)
    • Select the previously created connection name, "Session" field
    • Press "Connect ..."
    • Copy Novi Builder archive contents
    • Navigate to the proper directory (root directory of your domain name by default).
    • Paste Novi Builder archive contents.

To ensure the correct work of Novi Builder, your server should meet the following requirements:

• Apache 2.2+
• PHP 5.4+

• Turn off ModSecurity module or other security module
• Turn on mod_rewrite module
• Install php zip extension
• Install php mbstring extension
• Install php gd library

More information about server settings:

https://novibuilder.com/blog/how-to-fix-server-related-issues/

• php_memory_limit = 64M
• upload_max_filesize = 64M
• post_max_size = 64M
• max_input_time = 60
• php_max_input_vars = 1000
• max_execution_time = 30
• short_open_tag = 1
• error_reporting = E_ALL ^ E_WARNING

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Starting with version 0.9.0, Novi Builder supports password protection. To access the Novi interface, enter a default password - "novi".

We also added the following interface for configuring access to the builder. It looks as follows:

where:

• Safety settings switch
• Field for entering the current password, "novi" by default.
• Option for enabling/disabling the user authorization. All changes will be applied only in case of entering the current password correctly.
• Option for enabling/disabling the demo mode. All changes will be applied only in case of entering the current password correctly.
• Field for entering a new password. All changes will be applied only in case of entering the current password correctly.

To disable authorization, you need to complete next steps:

• Open the builder's main menu
• Select "Security Settings"
• Enter the current password
• Disable the option "Enable password authorization"
• Press "Save Changes"

To change the password, you need to do the following:

• Open the builder's main menu
• Select "Security Settings"
• Navigate to the tab "Change Password"
• Enter the current password
• Enter the new password
• Press "Save Changes"

To reset the password, you need to complete the following steps:

• Open builder/php/session.php
• in line

$currentPassword = "password";

Clear the value of variable $currentPassword:

$currentPassword = "";

* Please note!
* If the demo mode is on, a user doesn't need to authorize.
* If there is no password and authorization is enabled, the user will not need to pass it.
* We strongly recommend you to replace the default password "novi" with your own password.