Freeway Express Changelog

What's new in Freeway Express 6.1.2

Nov 6, 2013
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed an issue with the Action "Big Prompt" dialog which prevented the contents of the text view being saved when running in non-English languages
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Blogger Posts Action now outputs comments styling correctly
  • The Blogger Action no longer converts the wrong style element to a b:skin element
  • OTHER:
  • Disabled formatted text for Markup Items and Page HTML Markup
  • Fixed a problem that could cause a program error when reading documents containing large chunks of Action data
  • The "required" attribute doesn't get added incorrectly to buttons after they have been modified
  • Removed the 32000 character limit on Markup Items and Page HTML Markup

New in Freeway Express 6.1.1 (Sep 13, 2013)

  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Completed German localization and fixed a number of minor UI issues
  • Completed Chinese localization and fixed a number of minor UI issues
  • Completed Japanese localization and fixed a number of minor UI issues
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Attention FX Action
  • The Relative Page Layout Action no longer adds "undefined" to non-HTML5 pages
  • The Blogger Action no longer causes a "Too many skins" error when templates are applied
  • The Blogger Actions generate correct code when the page is set as XHTML5 and external stylesheets are turned on
  • The Send Form Action now displays the correct version number
  • OTHER:
  • Fixed an issue while running in French which would cause vertical lines to be used instead of forward slashes when choosing a protocol in the Edit Markup dialog
  • The Distribute dialog now allows the same range of numbers as previous versions
  • Pass-through graphics are republished after they've been located in the Modify dialog
  • Fixed an issue which would cause the web address field of the Upload and Document Setup dialogs to be filled in only for the currently selected upload method
  • Publish Everything republishes pass-through content

New in Freeway Express 6.1.0 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Use Master Settings buttons for Form Setup, Meta Tags, and Extended dialogs
  • Use Master Settings button in Page Markup dialog
  • Placeholder text is displayed in input/field and text area previews
  • Added support for high-resolution (retina) images
  • Added a poster frame option for HTML5 video elements
  • Placeholder text is supported for text areas
  • JPEG quality option for background images
  • Pass-through option for background images
  • Background Scrolls checkbox for HTML item background images
  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Document Setup doesn't dirty documents when nothing has changed
  • Fixed a problem that could lead to a "bad file format" error when trying to read a document containing link styles with background images
  • ACTIONS:
  • Removed the opacity fix for Firefox 2 or less in the Transition FX and Attention FX Actions
  • Links to anchors in the Create Email Action now work correctly
  • Prevented an error from appearing in the Transition FX, Attention FX, and Sound FX Actions when AppleScript is turned off
  • Fixed an output issue in the Twitter Follow Button and Tweet Button Actions
  • The PayPal Button Action no longer warns about fields that are not required
  • Increased the delay for displaying the live preview of the Google Maps Action
  • Google Maps Markers will only show marker info if a value has been entered
  • Changed the Town/Zip label in the Google Maps Marker Action to Address
  • Flash fallback in Video Extras Action now works correctly in IE and will fall back to images if Flash is not installed
  • The output generated by the Create Email Action now has the correct padding and spacing
  • The output generated by the Create Email Action centers correctly in Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013
  • Headers in the output generated by the Create Email Action now use the correct color in Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013
  • Highlight empty required fields in browsers that do not handle HTML5 required fields with the Send Form Action
  • Add a spam trap for the Send Form Action
  • Added Australian dollars and all three Scandinavian currencies to the PayPal Button Action
  • The Poster Frame option has been removed from the Video Extras Action to allow the option in the Inspector palette to be used
  • The Town/Zip field in the Google Maps Action is now called Address
  • The Relative Page Layout Action now forces the page to always be the same height as the content
  • Moved the CSS Menu styling so it no longer overrides custom styling added through markup
  • The Google Maps Action now features an Extended Options button that allows further customization of maps
  • Removed an unnecessary height value form the Create Email Action
  • Added support for page background images in Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013 to the Create Email Action
  • ACTION DEVELOPMENT:
  • fwElementStyle will return correct values for properties using shorthand
  • fwBigPrompt returns empty strings correctly
  • OTHER:
  • Form Setup Hidden/Extended tabs have an "Add" button instead of a "New" button (consistent with other dialogs)
  • The Graphic Wrap value isn't discarded when you open a saved document
  • Fixed an issue where the Inspector palette would fail to draw correctly after it had been closed and reopened
  • The Rename Page dialog is no longer a confusing jumble
  • The Publish Problems dialog can be cancelled with the escape key
  • Increased maximum custom margin size to 2048px
  • Double-clicking item handles has the same behaviour as double-clicking the item
  • The Modify dialog shows the correct modification date for images
  • Freeway doesn't display minus-zero values for skew and rotate in the Transform dialog
  • Fixed a master/instance problem with table cells
  • Changing protocols in Upload settings no longer clears fields
  • Freeway doesn't reverse skew values when the Transform dialog is OKed
  • Fixed a problem where setting port numbers in Upload settings could cause a program error
  • Graphic children of inline graphic items with content transforms are not clipped
  • Content mappings are reset properly when the content of a box is cleared
  • Fixed a problem that caused Use Master Content to be turned on incorrectly for inflow items that are based on master items
  • Fixed a publish crash that could happen after choosing Millions of colours for PNG graphics
  • Fixed a problem that could cause non-text content to be lost from inflow items that are based on master items
  • Use Master Content doesn't get turned off for inline ancestor when replacing graphic content
  • Freeway Express imports mp3 files as audio items (rather than "plug-in" items)
  • Inflow content isn't lost after turning Use Master Content on for a grandparent item
  • Fixed a situation in which placeholder text could be added to items that don't allow it
  • The Document Setup dialog displays the same "Large page" values as the New Document dialog
  • Undefined heights of video boxes don't change when video settings are changed
  • The Page Extended dialog no longer flashes before being displayed
  • Image boxes are dirtied after they have been updated from the Edit Resources or Modify dialog
  • The Delete button in the Form Setup dialog no longer overlaps with the Cancel button
  • The Document Setup dialog allows you to change image creator type to None
  • Palettes aren't hidden on startup if you quit Freeway while it's in the background
  • Undefined box dimensions are handled correctly with video or Flash content
  • Text reflows correctly when box is nudge-resized
  • The Relative Page Layout Action no longer warns users about HTML 3.2 pages
  • Inserted HTML items are given a minimum height

New in Freeway Express 6.0.7 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Fixed a crash that happened when a text cursor was positioned within overflowed text
  • OUTPUT:
  • External document stylesheets are ordered after external master and page stylesheets
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed a truncated string in the German Inspector Palette's output panel
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the German Inspector Palette's appearance panel
  • Fixed a number of Danish localization issues
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Relative Page Layout Action no longer prevents scrollable HTML items from scrolling
  • The Relative Page Layout Action positions content over pass through images correctly
  • Prevented undefined variable warnings with Send Form which, in some circumstances, could prevent redirection to error and thank you pages
  • OTHER:
  • Prevented a crash that happened when dragging an inflow item within a CSS menu
  • Fixed a crash that occurred after deleting pages
  • Fixed an issue with bottom left and bottom right corners on borders being reversed - this will not have affected existing border corners
  • Freeway doesn't display unnecessary "File not found" alerts when publishing with external stylesheets
  • Freeway draws page edges when a page background colour is set
  • Reapply Master restores text and inflow content that is directly on a page
  • Action files are republished when necessary
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after forward deleting across a paragraph ending
  • Allow EPS files to be selected when locating resources
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when calculating the layout of a page with a zero-height non-CSS HTML box with a border

New in Freeway Express 6.0.6 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed a spacing issue in the Italian Custom Borders dialog
  • Fixed a number of truncation issues with the Swedish localization
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the German Inspector Palette's text panel
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the German Inspector Palette's graphic item general settings panel
  • Fixed some truncated strings in the German Document Setup dialog
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the German Inspector Palette's graphic item appearance settings panel
  • German: Language menus and lists are no longer empty
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the German Inspector Palette's HTML item appearance settings panel
  • Fixed a number of other truncation issues in the German Inspector Palette
  • Fixed a truncated string in the German Edit Styles dialog
  • Fixed a number of truncation issues with the Dutch localization
  • Fixed a truncated string in the French Inspector Palette's output settings panel
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the French Inspector Palette's appearance panel
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed an issue with Send Form and PHP's safe mode
  • OTHER:
  • Freeway no longer sets a minimum size for form items with CSS widths and/or heights
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when copying an inflow table based on a master table
  • Freeway can import EPS files that have an EPSP file type
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when editing items on a master page
  • Instance tables don't lose their names when a master table is deleted
  • Resources in instance Actions not detached from their Master Actions no longer incorrectly display in the Edit Resources dialog
  • Fixed a calculation crash that could occur when resizing a box with flowed content
  • Freeway doesn't crash when all possible graphic effects are applied to an HTML box with a background image
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after nudging multiple items
  • Background images in text styles are published and referenced correctly

New in Freeway Express 6.0.5 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed a truncated string in the Swedish inspector palette
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in the Italian inspector palette
  • Fixed a truncated string in the French inspector palette
  • Fixed a truncated string in the Dutch inspector palette
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed an issue that could result in the Navigation Bar Action publishing an invalid script tag
  • The Blogger Action no longer causes an error when adding template code to Blogger
  • The Showcase Action now outputs slideshows in the correct position
  • OTHER:
  • Cut/Copy/Paste etc. menu items work correctly in the New Colour dialog.
  • Items in inflow tables don't get attached to the wrong master elements
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after editing an inflow master table and undoing
  • Use Master Content is respected for inflow tables
  • Use Master Content is respected for inflow items within inflow tables
  • The deprecated table summary option has been removed from HTML5 pages
  • Inflow items don't lose their name when their master is deleted
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after deleting a master inflow item
  • Inflow items in tables aren't shown as having a master item after the cell containing their master item has been deleted
  • New tables don't have Use Master Settings turned off

New in Freeway Express 6.0.4 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Corrected a missing space in the Italian "Using Freeway"
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Send Form Action will now include the selection from the Country List Action
  • The Relative Page Layout Action no longer produces an error when an item contains empty paragraphs and child items
  • OTHER:
  • Added a fix for old documents with inflow master tables
  • Fixed a crash caused by inflow master tables
  • Fixed a crash that happened when editing text on a master page
  • Added the "Label" option to the Express text inspector which was missing from non-English languages
  • Freeway no longer crashes when double clicking on an item if Freeway is not front most application.

New in Freeway Express 6.0.3 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when multiple table-positioned boxes were stacked on top of each other
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Corrected a misspelling of "Using Freeway" in the French localization
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Simple Site Search Action respects the case of description meta tags
  • E-Buy and E-Review Buttons now work when used with form buttons
  • Fixed a problem where Standalone Actions (for example Carousel Text Tab) would lose item references when the document was opened
  • The Mobile Redirect Action no longer redirects IE and Firefox on Windows to the tablet page
  • OTHER:
  • All images in the edit resources dialog can now be edited/located.
  • Fixed a problem that could prevent images with minimum heights from being resized vertically
  • Custom padding dialog now tabs appropriately from text field to text field.
  • Fixed a problem that caused Use Master Settings to get turned off incorrectly for inflow items
  • Inline Actions that have been read from pre-6 documents can now have their sizes reset to their natural size by giving them fixed width/height
  • Fixed a problem that sometimes caused the last line of overflowed text in a CSS item to not be published
  • Fixed an issue that prevented "Always Allow" working for Keychain passwords under Snow Leopard
  • Fixed duplicated menu shortcuts for all localizations
  • Fixed an issue which prevented the Using Freeway manual being opened from the Italian Help menu
  • XHTML output does not wrap HTML comments around style sections
  • XHTML output includes xml:lang
  • Freeway Express has a label checkbox

New in Freeway Express 6.0.2 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Fixed a crash when publishing a document containing Unicode characters on a page with Western Encoding
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed a number of truncated strings in localised versions of Freeway
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Relative Page Layout Action now displays pass-through images correctly
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the Send Form Action to fail when submitting a form on a French page
  • Fixed an issue with Send Form not supporting Unicode characters for its error messages
  • The Relative Page Layout Action now displays graphic effect items correctly on pages using IE7, IE8, and Normal compatibility
  • OTHER:
  • Freeway parses double quotes when reading CSV files
  • Use Master Settings is set properly after nudge-sizing an inflow item and undo/redoing
  • Floating or clearing or changing the vertical alignment of an inflow item turns off Use Master Settings
  • Use Master Settings is restored after shift-nudging an item two or more times and undoing
  • Inflow markup items from old documents have undefined (fixed) width and height
  • Margins are displayed for inflow graphic items with an outer shadow or glow
  • Fixed some misplaced Inspector palette fields
  • The Measurements section of the Inspector palette allows Actions with a minimum height to be resized smaller than their predefined height
  • Markup items have undefined (flexible) size when they are pasted as inlines
  • Layer markup items have a defined/minimum size when they are first created
  • Table-positioned input/fields and text areas are displayed at the correct size after changing their HTML size (or rows/columns) and undoing
  • Nudge-resizing a table-positioned input/field or text area updates the HTML size (or rows/columns)
  • Inline Actions with a predefined height that hasn't changed from 5.5 to 6 are not shrunk to zero height
  • Fit Box To Content works with items that have a minimum height or width
  • Margins are displayed correctly on transformed graphics
  • The HTML size (or rows/columns) of input/fields and text areas is updated when the width is changed in the Inspector palette
  • Freeway displays shadows for form items
  • The HTML size (or rows/columns) of input/fields and text areas is updated after resizing with the mouse and undoing
  • Added Chinese localization to Freeway.

New in Freeway Express 6.0.1 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • IMPORTANT: Note that some fixes described below refer to problems on specific operating systems or unique configurations only, and are unlikely to have adversely affected the user experience of the majority of our users. Should you encounter unexpected behavior at any time, please contact Softpress Support who will be able to advise further.
  • ACTIONS:
  • The Relative Page Layout Action now works correctly with inflow section elements other than divs
  • Fixed an issue with the Send Form Action using external URLs
  • OTHER:
  • Inline Action boxes with fixed width or height can be resized with the mouse
  • The Measurements section of the Inspector palette allows you to change the size of inline Actions with fixed width or height
  • Table-positioned text fields and text areas do not have their "size" (or "rows" and "columns") set to zero
  • Inline images from a master page do not lose their styles when published
  • The French Using Freeway guide is included in the Application package and can be accessed from the Help menu.
  • Added Italian localization to Freeway 6.

New in Freeway Express 6.0 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Freeway uses id selectors for CSS positioning
  • Background images can be tiled and positioned separately
  • The accessibility report now allows you to set page titles for pages which were set to Untitled
  • Non-CSS inflow boxes with undefined width have flexible or fixed width
  • Keyboard shortcut for Scale and Trim, changed shortcut for Scale and Pad
  • Freeway converts extended min/max values in old documents into real min/max values
  • Added Streetview to the Google Maps Action
  • The Paypal Action now allows visitors to choose a price and quantity from within their cart (where applicable)
  • Background images can be positioned using pixels or percentages (in addition to Left/Center/Right etc.)
  • Page style sheets
  • Added a LinkedIn Share Button Action
  • Custom graphics can now be used in the Paypal Action
  • Added a loop option to the FLV Player Action
  • The Paypal Action now has an "Open in new window" option
  • Multiple markers can be added to Google Maps using the Google Maps Marker Action
  • Added the Visitor Comments Action
  • Added an option to the AddThis Action to disable AddThis and third party cookies
  • Added the Send Form Action
  • Added the Video Extras Action
  • The required flag is supported for all applicable form input items
  • Added an IE8 compatibility option
  • Freeway Express creates HTML5 pages
  • Freeway Express supports text shadows
  • The iPhone Redirect Action (renamed Mobile Redirect) now detects more than just iOS devices
  • The Create Email Action now checks for common email service provider tags before making links absolute
  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Fixed a crash undoing deletion of an in-flow with a child
  • Fixed a crash after ungrouping an item on the master page
  • Fixed a crash saving a document with font variations after font substitution
  • OUTPUT:
  • In-flow graphics in a GIF paragraph are now output correctly
  • Characters are now escaped correctly in the values of form elements. PHP/ASP code is left alone
  • & characters are now correctly encoded when they appear in the title attribute of a link
  • Fixed a republish problem with combined graphics (half-fixed in Freeway 5)
  • 3gp movies now have the QuickTime Inspector panel. The correct mime type is now output for movie and sound media
  • Fixed a bug that caused text to be clipped on output in inflow boxes on pages with padding (in Freeway Express)
  • Setting "None" for the language of text will now correctly output "unknown" fixing a validation error
  • The @ symbol is no longer escaped in hyperlinks so URLs with a user name now work
  • Freeway now correctly escapes & characters in meta tags
  • Links containing
  • Fixed a table-layout problem that could cause over-complicated and invalid layouts
  • Freeway allows minimized attributes to be added using the Extended Attributes dialog
  • TEXT AND STYLES:
  • Freeway sets the language for Japanese text to Japanese (not English)
  • Text in the second item of a flow no longer moves down to account for the descent of the previous line
  • Changing the margins for an in-flow table now correctly recalculates the text
  • The text direction is automatically set when typing Right to Left text
  • When typing Right to Left text the alignment is automatically set to Right aligned
  • Freeway now automatically sets a language for text typed
  • The spell checker no longer ignores words when text begins with a quote
  • Table header text is displayed centred and bold
  • IMPORT:
  • It is now possible to drag pages and folders from the site panel into the page view of another document
  • ACTIONS:
  • Added some styling to the Create Email output for better compatibility with Hotmail
  • The Amazon Associates Action now passes Strict validation
  • Fixed an publishing issue when switching between certain values in the Paypal Button Action
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Sequence Timer from working locally when Google AdSense was being used on the same page
  • The Language parameter in the Facebook Actions no longer resets itself
  • Updated the iOS fallback code for the FLV Player Action to use the HTML5 video element
  • Fixed an issue with the language selection for the Tweet Button Action
  • The Fieldset Action now works correctly for layer and inflow items
  • CSS Menus Action IE6 compatibility JavaScript will now be output to an external file
  • Updated the list of countries in the Country List Action and fixed an issue with editing the list of countries after previous edits
  • Added a 100% width table to the Create Email Action output to fix page background issues in some email clients
  • Removed the following Actions: Target Group Timer, Popup Window, Self-closing Popup Window, Photo Frame, No Cache, Director
  • ACTION DEVELOPMENT:
  • "html5" and "xhtml5" are now available for action-appliesto and the fwIsXHTML property has been added to fwPage
  • OTHER:
  • Page titles and stylesheet titles now appear in the menu when they start with a minus
  • Fixed a problem where Use Master Settings could result in an in-flow item inside a map area
  • Fixed a problem where setting Use Master Content could result in an in-flow item inside a map area
  • Corrected the terminology in the Meta Tags dialog to show "Content" instead of "Value"
  • Fixed an issue with undoing layer item inset changes
  • Clicking in a box and removing the selection without typing anything no longer turns off Use Master Content
  • Fixed a problem with setting widths of table cells with row spans
  • Fixed a problem with width changes in a table cell with a row span
  • Fixed a problem where table cells with a row-span get incorrect widths and stick out from the table
  • Clicking the height button several times no longer results in a height of 1
  • An extra paragraph is no longer added when a carriage return is entered before a block item
  • Text is no longer invisible when pasting white text into a markup dialog (styling is now ignored)
  • Pasting now works when the Hyperlinks dialog is called up from the Links popup on the window
  • Fixed a problem where children of inline items on the master were not updated on the instance
  • Menu items (eg preferences) are no longer enabled when the Hyperlinks dialog is called up from the link popup at the bottom of the window
  • The margin bounds for block items with overflowed text are now correct.
  • Fixed a problem where dragging an in-flow item down would place it at the beginning of the parent item
  • HTML items can no longer be pasted as children of graphic items
  • Custom padding and wrap-margins are no longer available for path items
  • A progress bar appears when checking images prior to publishing
  • Fixed a problem where items overlapped by an item didn't recalculate when it shrank
  • Fixed a bug could make it impossible to sketch CSS layers on a page if it had in the past been set to HTML3.2.
  • Fixed an issue with color label name preferences not being preserved after quitting Freeway
  • Freeway calculates flexible width correctly for boxes that contain multiple floated items
  • Freeway no longer publishes duplicate style sheets
  • Fixed a drawing problem in inflow boxes with undefined height
  • The MobileMe volume name updates when entering username into the Document Setup dialog
  • Freeway avoids HTML-dirtying overlapping layer items unnecessarily
  • Graphics Preview works correctly for images with alpha
  • Fixed a problem that occurred with a child layer item when setting a bottom-aligned parent layer to have undefined height
  • Freeway constrains layer items with minimum height to their content
  • Bottom-aligned items which have a table-positioned child shrink correctly when set to have undefined height
  • Top-aligned items which have a bottom-aligned table-positioned child shrink correctly when set to have undefined height
  • Editing names in the site panel by option-clicking on them no longer allows Unicode text entry
  • The code for calculating graphic background colours is no longer called multiple times during publishing and graphic preview
  • Freeway uses the correct background colour for JPEGs (broken in Freeway 5)
  • Fixed a bug where modifications to a master graphic were not applied to instances
  • Items are not HTML-dirtied by inserting a text cursor
  • Items with a sliced background and margin are output correctly on IE6-compatible pages
  • Actions that publish files no longer cause pages to be republished continually
  • Table-positioned items that are on the pasteboard or set to not publish do not affect the layout of other items
  • Fixed a crash that occurred while resampling small scaled-down graphics
  • Non-inflow children of inflow items from master pages can have master elements
  • Non-inflow children of inflow items from master pages don't get deleted after changes to the master items
  • Non-inflow children of inflow items that are derived from a master page don't lose their content and settings
  • Freeway doesn't crash if an action-itemref parameter is set to false
  • Graphic content is not deleted from an instance item when a master item is deleted
  • The "Height can shrink" setting is no longer lost from old documents
  • Freeway doesn't allow zero-width/height items to be drawn
  • Duplicating folders doesn't discard master/instance links for items and pagedivs
  • Sketched form items are initialized with the correct name (or value in the case of radio buttons)
  • id selectors in are correctly imported from CSS stylesheets
  • Fixed a crash that occurred after clearing a pass-through graphic and undoing
  • Standalone Actions with sliced backgrounds output their content correctly (in the middle slice)
  • Freeway does not create master pages that are set to "use master encoding" when pages are pasted into the master section of the Site panel
  • Automatic encoding is output as UTF8 for HTML 4 Transitional
  • File parameters on master Actions are updated correctly
  • Freeway HTML-dirties overlapping items when a table-positioned item grows to fit its content
  • Items pasted into a parent item on a master page don't appear at the wrong position on instance pages
  • Instances of layer items don't grow when children are pasted on a master page
  • Padding is output for inflow non-CSS HTML boxes
  • Table-positioned graphics within an inflow HTML box with padding aren't cropped on output
  • Items don't grow to maximum width when a child inflow is set to clear left
  • Items whose sizes are defined by insets are given widths and heights when they are pasted as inflows
  • Freeway no longer crashes when pasting a page when no master page exists
  • The Eolas workaround can be turned off for Java applets
  • Items with padding don't grow in size when undoing change to HTML page level
  • The dimensions of form items are updated on instance pages if the size of a master item is changed
  • Incompatible HTML features are changed on instance pages if the HTML level of a master page is changed
  • Selection handles are displayed correctly after undoing a drag to an HTML 3.2 page
  • Freeway doesn't display deleted inline items when dragging
  • Fixed a style problem that could cause characters following an inline graphic to be badly spaced
  • Text edit fields in the edit styles dialog no longer cause Freeway to crash if the user switches focus away from Freeway with a text field as a target.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Relative Page Layout problems when empty paragraphs were placed on the same page as form items
  • Use Master Settings is turned off when an item's parent grows
  • The drawing of the toolbar icons in Mountain Lion reflects the colour of the css layout button state.
  • An ancestor with padding doesn't grow too much when child content grows
  • Layers are not wrongly constrained by padding when they are moved
  • Fixed a situation in which table-positioned boxes shrank to be smaller than their content when Use Master Settings was turned on
  • Undo group on master page removes the group item on instance pages
  • Freeway can import comma/tab/space-delimited files that don't have a TEXT file type
  • Freeway displays page titles correctly when View Titles is selected
  • Paragraph structure is not corrupted after backspacing over an inflow HTML box and undoing
  • The height of a flowed item is restored if the second item in the flow is deleted and the deletion is undone
  • Slant values are set and displayed correctly in the Edit Style dialog
  • Negative slant values are not changed to zero in the Edit Style dialog
  • Paragraph structure isn't corrupted after inserting an inflow HTML item over a carriage return
  • Paragraph structure isn't corrupted after pasting an inflow HTML item
  • Freeway doesn't try to delete locked items
  • Fixed an issue with the page title not updating correctly in the Actions palette for the Tweet Button Action
  • HTML table-positioned child items don't punch through a parent's background image or graphic effect
  • Creating guides no longer causes a crash of cutting and pasting within create guides dialog.
  • Fixed a problem involving Actions that could cause pages to be republished every time
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting a master page
  • Freeway uses a simpler system for renaming files to prevent clashes
  • Meta tags, form fields, and page extended attributes don't become detached from their master page
  • Page markup doesn't get detached from the master page
  • Freeway outputs submit images without div wrappers
  • Pressing return with a markup item selected will display the markup dialog.
  • Custom iPhoto Import removed from Freeway as system now provides same functionality.
  • MobileMe removed as an upload option.
  • The iPhone section in the document setup dialog has been renamed to Mobile.
  • Text fields default to CSS width, text areas default to CSS width and height
  • HTML 3.2 has been removed from Freeway 6
  • The default browser compatibility level is now IE7
  • Freeway Pro defaults to HTML5 for new documents

New in Freeway Express 5.6.6 (Oct 17, 2012)

  • ACTIONS:
  • Trigger Actions such as Rollovers now work correctly when used on the same page as iFrames or Actions that generate iFrames
  • The RSS Action Feed now encodes links containing ampersands correctly
  • The Create Email Action no longer forces links to anchors within the same page to open in a new window
  • The "Text" field in the Twitter Button Action no longer clears itself between sessions
  • Movies generated from the QuickTime Reference Movie Action now work properly on iOS5+
  • The Paypal Button Action now includes the Donation ID when creating a Donation Button
  • The Showcase Action correctly displays live previews of galleries whose filenames contain # characters
  • Removed Yahoo! and Ask from the list of Search Engines in the Site Mapper Action
  • Added support for more movie filetypes in the FLV Player Action
  • Added some white-space between posts in the Blogger Posts Action
  • Added support for more movie filetypes in the QuickTime Reference Movie Action
  • OTHER:
  • The drawing of the toolbar icons in Mountain Lion reflects the colour of the css layout button state.
  • Fixed a problem saving documents under Lion and Mountain Lion when Time Machine is used

New in Freeway Express 5.6.5 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • ACTIONS:
  • Trigger Actions such as Rollovers now work correctly when used on the same page as iFrames or Actions that generate iFrames
  • The RSS Action Feed now encodes links containing ampersands correctly
  • The Create Email Action no longer forces links to anchors within the same page to open in a new window
  • The Simple Site Search now encodes URLs containing apostrophes correctly
  • The "Text" field in the Twitter Button Action no longer clears itself between sessions
  • Movies generated from the QuickTime Reference Movie Action now work properly on iOS5
  • The Paypal Button Action now includes the Donation ID when creating a Donation Button
  • The Showcase Action correctly displays live previews of galleries whose filenames contain # characters
  • Removed Yahoo! and Ask from the list of Search Engines in the Site Mapper Action
  • Added support for more movie filetypes in the FLV Player Action
  • Added some white-space between posts in the Blogger Posts Action
  • Added support for more movie filetypes in the QuickTime Reference Movie Action
  • OTHER:
  • The drawing of the toolbar icons in Mountain Lion reflects the colour of the css layout button state.
  • Fixed a problem saving documents under Lion and Mountain Lion when Time Machine is used

New in Freeway Express 5.6.4 (Feb 17, 2012)

  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed a localization error in the Simple Site Search Actions
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Showcase Action
  • Fixed a problem that caused the Freeway Shop Actions to fail Link Verification
  • OTHER:
  • Dialogs no longer use 100% CPU time
  • The Check for Updates menu item is available when Freeway is registered.
  • In OSX Lion version 10.7.3 Freeway no longer draws icons outside the bounds of the scrolling list that contains them.
  • SHOWCASE:
  • Switching to the large image view while editing a caption will now display the image corresponding to the caption instead of the most recently selected image
  • Image smoothing within Showcase and the exported file are now consistent with each other
  • No longer replaces file extensions when using passthrough
  • No longer check HFS file types but rely on file extension to determine if a file is valid for use, reducing the time it takes to load very large external libraries
  • Load external libraries for the whole application instead of individual documents to reduce the time it takes to open or create documents

New in Freeway Express 5.6.3 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • ACTIONS - Changes in the Showcase Action are now correctly reflected in the live preview
  • OTHER - Resources that begin with a capital letter are not reuploaded every time
  • SHOWCASE - Captions can now extend beyond the end of the editing field

New in Freeway Express 5.6.2 (Jan 10, 2012)

  • ACTIONS:
  • The Target Show/Hide Layer Action now works correctly when not connected to the Internet.
  • The E-Buy Form Freeway Shop Action no longer outputs invalid code
  • Tidied up the code produced by the PayPal Action
  • The Facebook and Twitter Actions no longer have an extra border in Internet Explorer
  • Fixed a problem that prevented zooming into Showcase galleries on mobile devices
  • Links in the RSS Feed Action work correctly when the feed is in a folder
  • The Next/Previous panels in Showcase Actions now work correctly in Internet Explorer
  • Fixed a problem that caused scroll bars to appear in the Twitter Actions
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Showcase Action
  • Fixed a case issue in the CSS created by the CSS Menus Action
  • The Twitter Actions now have transparent backgrounds in Internet Explorer
  • QuickTime Reference Movies now play correctly on iOS5
  • Fixed a problem that prevented multiple FLV Player Actions from working with separate Resource folders
  • Fixed an Internet Explorer 9 compatibility issue in the Showcase Action
  • The CSS Menus default menu type is now horizontal
  • Updated the Prototype and Scriptaculous libraries used in the Transition FX, Attention FX, Sound FX and Target Show/Hide Layer Actions to 1.7.0.0 and 1.9.0, respectively.
  • OTHER:
  • Freeway renames site folders on disk if their case is changed
  • Freeway no longer crashes when pasting a page when no master page exists
  • Freeway no longer fails to output form margins in external stylesheets
  • Fixed a hang that occurred when resizing an HTML item with padding, sliced background, and right-floated inline item
  • The Freeway trial can now be registered unlocking it for permanent use.
  • SHOWCASE:
  • Will now use the original filename for exported files rather than renaming to thumb_x and image_x
  • Images will now be displayed with the correct orientation when originating from various different devices
  • Added the ability to save an archive which will copy the showcase document and imported images into the chosen directory
  • Preferences allow for filenames to be used as the default caption
  • Pressing tab or backtab while editing captions will now start editing the next or previous caption
  • iPhoto libraries with the "Copy items to the iPhoto Library" preference disabled will now be handled correctly
  • Preferences allow for the default caption to be taken from image metadata
  • Divider in the sidebar can no longer be moved outside of view
  • Position of the sidebar divider is now remembered across launches
  • Inspector palette visibility is now remembered across launches
  • Thumbnails are now exported correctly when the shadow offset is between certain ranges
  • Files that are missing from an external library are no longer displayed in the photo browser
  • Pressing escape while editing a caption will now cancel any changes
  • The user's Pictures folder will now be available in the photo browser
  • Selecting a thumbnail that is only partially visible will now scroll the thumbnail fully into view
  • When the thumbnail view is scrolled automatically, it will now include the caption
  • Files in external libraries that are not supported by Showcase will no longer be displayed in the photo browser
  • Pressing Return or Enter will now edit the caption for the selected thumbnail
  • Pressing the up arrow with the last selected thumbnail within the first row will now select the first thumbnail
  • Using the arrow keys without a selection will now select the first or last thumbnail
  • Will now resolve alias files when importing
  • Filenames or image metadata captions can be used for selected items from the Edit menu
  • Double clicking on an item that is already selected will now retain the existing selection of items
  • Pressing Fn+backspace or the additional delete key available on full profile keyboards will now also delete items
  • Supported files can now be imported based on HFS file type as well as extensions
  • Showcase will no longer display images in the sidebar if the files have gone missing
  • Included a menu item to remove captions for the selected items
  • Fixed a crash exporting when PDF files have been imported
  • The caption editor will no longer remain in the same place when resizing the document window or thumbnails

New in Freeway Express 5.6 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Added a Facebook Like Button Action
  • Added a Facebook Like Box Action
  • Added a Facebook Activity Feed Action
  • Added a Facebook Recommendations Action
  • Added a Paypal Button Action
  • Added a Twitter Follow Button Action
  • Added a Twitter Tweet Button Action
  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • No longer crashes when including special characters in the server field of the upload dialog box.
  • TEXT AND STYLES:
  • Fixed a problem where applying common text styles repeatedly using shortcuts or menu options would cause styles to stack in the document
  • ACTIONS:
  • Mal's E-Buy Buttons now work as expected when used together with the E-Quantity and E-Buy Form Actions
  • The Create Email Action now makes links to CSS background images absolute
  • Showcase Action slideshows no longer prevent the spacebar character from being typed in form items
  • The Google Maps Action now validates when used as an inflow Action
  • The Site Mapper Action no longer indexes all pages in a site
  • The Simple Site Search Action no longer indexes all pages in a site
  • The Create Email Action now styles tag styles with classes
  • Fixed a calculation error in the Relative Page Layout Action
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Relative Page Layout Action
  • The Simple Site Search Action no longer automatically adds a colon to the results header text
  • Product Previews now work for all supported countries in the Amazon Associates Actions
  • The Site Mapper Action now reliably compresses the sitemap it generates
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Mal's E-Product Variation Action
  • Added a Remove from Sitemap option to the Site Mapper Options Action
  • Added Remove from Simple Site Search folder, page and item Actions
  • The Create Email Action now moves link styles inline
  • The Create Email Action now expands any shorthand styling into longhand
  • The Create Email Action styling and indentation has been made more consistent
  • Made the CSS generated by the Relative Page Layout Action more consistent
  • Made the CSS generated by the CSS Menus more consistent
  • Google Analytics now includes site speed tracking
  • ACTION DEVELOPMENT:
  • fwParametersCreated is now called when a standalone Action is sketched

New in Freeway Express 5.5.7 (May 17, 2011)

  • Fixed a problem that prevented the QuickTime poster frame of the FLV Player Action from being generated
  • Fixed a problem that prevented the FLV Player Action's reference movie from being generated
  • Fixed a problem that prevented the QT Reference Movie Action's reference movie from being generated
  • Fixed a problem that prevented the FLV Player Action's reference movie from being referenced.

New in Freeway Express 5.5.6 (Apr 18, 2011)

  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Freeway doesn't crash after importing an image whose file extension has been incorrectly changed from .jpg to .png
  • ACTIONS:
  • German, French and other European number formatting is now supported in the Scriptaculous Actions (Transition FX, Attention FX and Target/Show Hide Layer)
  • The FLV Player Action now references files correctly when it's in a subfolder
  • Increased the CSS specificity of the Showcase Action's image captions
  • The Google Maps Marker Action no longer pushes content on a Relative Page Layout out of place
  • The Modify Height Action no longer produces a JavaScript error when the item it's applied to isn't published
  • Fixed a bug that caused Flash videos in the 4:3 aspect ratio to appear squashed
  • Auto-hiding image information in the Showcase Action now displays the image number correctly in Thumbnail Galleries
  • Fixed a layout problem in the Showcase Action when using the "Spacing and Columns" option in "Layout"
  • Fixed a bug that caused some images with the Link to New Window Action applied to disappear
  • The Target Show/Hide Layer Action now supports multiple fade durations on the same page
  • The Amazon Affiliates Actions now include the Italian store
  • OTHER:
  • Multiple changes in the Alt Text dialog are saved correctly.

New in Freeway Express 5.5.5 (Apr 13, 2011)

  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Freeway doesn't crash after importing an image whose file extension has been incorrectly changed from .jpg to .png
  • ACTIONS:
  • German, French and other European number formatting is now supported in the Scriptaculous Actions (Transition FX, Attention FX and Target/Show Hide Layer)
  • The FLV Player Action now references files correctly when it's in a subfolder
  • Increased the CSS specificity of the Showcase Action's image captions
  • The Google Maps Marker Action no longer pushes content on a Relative Page Layout out of place
  • The Modify Height Action no longer produces a JavaScript error when the item it's applied to isn't published
  • Fixed a bug that caused Flash videos in the 4:3 aspect ratio to appear squashed
  • Auto-hiding image information in the Showcase Action now displays the image number correctly in Thumbnail Galleries
  • Fixed a layout problem in the Showcase Action when using the "Spacing and Columns" option in "Layout"
  • Fixed a bug that caused some images with the Link to New Window Action applied to disappear
  • The Target Show/Hide Layer Action now supports multiple fade durations on the same page
  • The Amazon Affiliates Actions now include the Italian store
  • OTHER:
  • Multiple changes in the Alt Text dialog are saved correctly.

New in Freeway Express 5.5.4 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • TEXT AND STYLES:
  • Freeway now makes more fonts available e.g. Tahoma and some previously unrecognized fonts from FontSquirrel
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Link to New Window Actions
  • Fixed a reintroduced JavaScript error in the Relative Page Layout Action that occurred when a table based item containing a form item was on the pasteboard
  • Fixed a validation error in the Simple Site Search Action
  • Pages with invalid items are now correctly ignored by the Relative Page Layout Folder Action
  • Fixed an inconsistent crash during live preview of the Blogger Actions
  • The CSS Menus no longer cause Freeway to hang when switching Master Pages
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Link to New Window Actions
  • All valid frames can now be chosen in the Poster Frame section of the FLV Player Action
  • Fixed the live preview of the FLV Player Action
  • The Target Show/Hide Layer Action now displays a message if Applescript For Actions isn't enabled in the preferences
  • The FLV Player Action now works correctly when using Actionscript 2 and movies with a 4:3 aspect ratio
  • Fixed a bug that caused table based CSS Menus' submenus to appear behind other content
  • The FLV Player Action now works correctly when using Actionscript 2 and movies with a 16:9 aspect ratio
  • The File field in the Link to File Action is now a required field

New in Freeway Express 5.5 Pre (Aug 5, 2010)

  • Freeway Showcase
  • Showcase lets you create a gallery or slideshow from scratch in minutes, with literally thousands of fully-customizable options.
  • Showcase lets anyone—even absolute beginners—effortlessly build a professional, feature-rich gallery or slideshow, and in a time they would never have thought possible.
  • Create amazing layouts with the Relative Page Layout actionRelative Page Layout Action This feature is Freeway 5.5 Pro only
  • Automatically convert absolute layouts to relative in-flow layouts!
  • Apply the RPL Action to a blank page (before you start designing) or to a layered design you've already made, and eureka! Your page will work perfectly as a relative in-flow layout inall modern browsers, expanding gracefully with added content (including footers) and changes in browser display size. It's magic!
  • Secure and Improved FTP supportSecure and Improved FTP
  • The file upload abilities of Freeway 5.5 have been totally overhauled.
  • The application now supports secure uploads using SFTP (technically known as SSH File Transfer Protocol) as well as FTPS (also known as FTP Secure and FTP-SSL).
  • Both allow users to upload their Freeway sites knowing that their log-in details are secure from prying eyes.
  • Simple Site SearchSimple Site Search This feature is Freeway 5.5 Pro only
  • Allow users to search your web site with the Simple Site Search Action. Every aspect of the search is customizable to suit your site design. Choose the font, colors and layout options and leave Freeway to create the perfect search experience for your site.
  • Best of all the search works without the need of server-side technologies like PHP or ASP so there is nothing to set up and configure. You can even run the search while viewing your site on a local machine

New in Freeway Express 5.4.1 (Aug 12, 2009)

  • IMPORT:
  • Fixed a problem with importing Illustrator files.
  • ACTIONS:
  • Live preview of CSS Menus now works correctly when external stylesheets are used.
  • Fixed a conflict between differently aligned menus in the CSS Menus Action.
  • Fixed a problem with the CSS Menus Action outputting redundant code under certain circumstances.
  • OTHER: Fixed a problem when uploading files with long file names using File copy or MobileMe.

New in Freeway Express 5.3.2 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Freeway Express 5.3.1 (Dec 4, 2008)

  • Japanese localization
  • Adds functionality to control the initiation of movie content as well as the ability to employ iPhone redirects - the iPhone or iPod Touch user can be redirected to a page that has been designed specifically for them.

New in Freeway Express 5.3 (Nov 20, 2008)

  • In addition to the ground-breaking features in its initial release (CSS menus, Google Actions, Blogger templates, script.aculo.us Actions and dozens more), Freeway 5 now includes iPhone Actions to create QuickTime reference movies of varying qualities, automatic device and connection type detection, and the ability to serve the most appropriate content to each individual user.
  • Also, Freeway now allows website developers to employ iPhone redirects - iPhone or iPod Touch user can be redirected to a page that has been designed specifically them.

New in Freeway Express 5.2.1 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in Freeway Express 5.1.3 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • Added Simplified Chinese localization

New in Freeway Express 5.1.2 (Jun 18, 2008)

  • Fixed a crash that occurred when publishing a site after adding a new folder in the Site panel
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when saving a document with font variations after font substitution
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when applying an outer glow to an HTML item with a sliced background image
  • Fixed a crash that could occasionally occur when selecting some HTML items when Freeway was running under PPC
  • Fixed a bug that caused text to be clipped on output in inflow boxes on pages with padding (in Freeway Express)
  • Margins are output (as hspace/vspace) for inline graphics in HTML 3.2
  • Pass-through content can be output with its original filename
  • Margins are output on non-CSS HTML inflow items
  • Folder matching for pass-through content in the Site folder now works again (broken in Freeway 4)
  • The target attribute is no longer output for XHTML Strict and HTML 4 Strict
  • Fixed a bug that prevented CSS Menu submenus appearing in IE7
  • Made the RSS Feed Action's language behavior more clear
  • Fixed a bug that would prevent multiple CSS Menus from previewing
  • Fixed a bug in the RSS Feed Action that set the language value as null
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the Text Link Style Action
  • Fixed two translation issues in the Scanlines Action in the Italian localization
  • Fixed the translation of the page-size menu in Chinese
  • Fixed the translation of the Using Freeway menu option in the Chinese localization
  • Fixed a bug that prevented parts of the Sound FX Action from being translated
  • Fixed a bug that caused fwBigPrompt to fail when Freeway was running in Italian
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the "stop" button in some progress dialogs from being translated
  • Fixed a bug that meant that some fields in the Popup Window Action could not be translated
  • Fixed a bug that meant that Text Link to New Window Action label could not be translated
  • Freeway now attempts to use localized font style names when there is a viable localization
  • Fixed a bug that stopped the page links area from appearing in Freeway Express in non-English builds
  • The spell checker no longer ignores words when text begins with a quote
  • Margin bounds for non-CSS inflow items are now drawn in the CSS colour
  • Fixed a problem with padding where text in an item would overflow incorrectly
  • Parent table cells now grow if an inflow table grows to accommodate text
  • Fit to Content no longer shrinks text items with padding incorrectly
  • HTML items which touch no longer cause a text overflow

New in Freeway Express 5.1.1 (May 16, 2008)

  • Fixed a crash when performing multiple publishes after creating a new folder in the Site panel

New in Freeway Express 5.1 (May 8, 2008)

  • SVG import
  • RSS feed generation

New in Freeway Express 5.0.2 (Apr 18, 2008)

  • Fixed a problem that could cause the update dialog to appear before the serialization dialog had been dismissed
  • The structure of the disk image has changed. The application is no longer contained within a folder. When dragging the application into your Applications folder Freeway will not replace the old application if the old file structure was used. This also means that your Dock icon (if used) will need updating. If you want to replace the old version of Freeway drag the application icon from the disk image into the Freeway 5 folder in your Applications folder and agree to replacing the existing application.

New in Freeway Express 5.0.1 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

New in Freeway Express 5.0 (Mar 28, 2008)

  • CSS menus - create amazing, high-speed dropdown or fly-out navigation schemes in minutes.
  • Personalized Blogger templates.
  • A suite of Google Actions to allow users to add Google content effortlessly.
  • script.aculo.us Actions - a range of sensational dynamic effects: fade, blind, pulsate and more.
  • Accessibility provisions, including reports and views to ensure your target audience gets exactly what they need.
  • Many other new features and improvements, including sliced background images, background effects, new graphic effects, nested HTML lists, Save Archive, iPhoto import, color labeling, and more.