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NEW Themes & Templates: Level Up Your Diagrams with Design

When computer monitors became available in full color, early design thinker and usability guru Donald Norman noted how much more likely people were to spend time working and being productive … Continue Reading →


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Spacing out just got productive… with Evenly Distributed Shapes!

Gliffy’s most requested feature, the ability to evenly distribute shapes, is now here! Here’s the scenario: You have multiple shapes on the canvas that you want to space out evenly. Now … Continue Reading →


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Diagram Tips: Drawing Guides

Here’s the situation: You are drawing a big diagram. I mean BIG. Maybe it’s an org chart representing dozens of people. Or it could be a flow chart laying out … Continue Reading →


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Diagram Tips: Styling Text and Links

True story: A few weeks ago, we had a meeting to introduce one of the newest members of the Gliffy team to the Gliffy Confluence Plugin. And as Eric demonstrated … Continue Reading →


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Diagram tips: Setting a background image

Some of the best diagrams we’ve seen don’t stop at placement, text, and connectors. In fact, they don’t even stop with the diagram. That’s because great diagram designers add a … Continue Reading →


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Diagram tips: Picking a color palette

You worked hard on that diagram. You organized your thoughts, outlined every task and decision, positioned all the elements, typed in your text. It took a little time, but it … Continue Reading →


Gliffy Self Help Expands: User Manual Now Available!

The entire Gliffy staff is proud to provide our Gliffy Users with (drum roll please) the Gliffy User Manual Now, as you work on your complicated Network Diagrams or fancy … Continue Reading →


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Copying Elements from One Diagram to Another (Confluence and JIRA Plugins)

A recent user suggested this tip to be placed in a more prominent place. As we like to do with user requests, here you go! To copy and paste between … Continue Reading →


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Flowchart Excellence

You don’t have to be fancy to get your point across, but there’s a reason graphic designers stay in business; beautifully presented information is more likely to be looked at, … Continue Reading →


Moving Gliffy Diagrams

Looking for a way to move your floor plan diagram? Here is the best way to move your Gliffy Online diagram from one document to another without having to reference … Continue Reading →