Freeway Pro Changelog

What's new in Freeway Pro 7.1.4

Apr 5, 2017
  • Language, Check, and Range popups work in Spelling and Find dialogs
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when custom font sets are used in media styles
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when switching to a master page
  • Edit URLs dirties pages so they are republished correctly
  • Large background images use less memory and display faster
  • Fixed a problem that could cause percentage-width SVG graphics to be output with pixel widths
  • Fixed a problem that could cause pages to have incorrect widths after reapplying master settings
  • Prevented a hang that could occur when pressing Alt+Left-Arrow
  • Fixed a situation in which Left-arrow failed to move the cursor
  • Option+Left/Right-arrow doesn't ignore paragraph endings when skipping words
  • Cocoa dialogs don't forget their sizes in 10.11

New in Freeway Pro 7.1.2 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • Fixed a vulnerability in the Sparkle auto-updater.

New in Freeway Pro 7.1.1 (Aug 8, 2015)

  • LAYOUT:
  • Inflow tables can be wider than their parent boxes
  • OTHER:
  • The (graphic) font menu in the Inspector palette works again
  • Percentage widths don't change to pixel widths when typing a long word

New in Freeway Pro 7.1.0 (Jul 8, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Support for media-aware text styles
  • Size option for background images
  • Added Command-R shortcut for Refresh in Freeway's internal Preview
  • Eolas workaround defaults to off for newly imported content
  • SVGs can be output as native web graphics instead of plug-in content
  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Freeway doesn't crash after using keyboard entry in an Edit Styles popup or combo box
  • Freeway doesn't crash when importing HTML that contains a Menu/List
  • Graphic Preview doesn't crash with non-passthrough SVG graphics
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when undoing after switching to a master page
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when undoing after deleting an inflow block item before another inflow block item
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after deleting a labelled item
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when closing document after dragging master on to page
  • Freeway doesn't crash if you apply a colour label in the Link Map view
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when a background image is unexpectedly missing from a media background
  • Freeway doesn't hang when calculating how to lay out floated items in an undefined-height item with padding
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after importing an image as a pass-through graphic and undoing
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when drawing shadowed text
  • Freeway doesn't crash after importing styles with shadow colours
  • Freeway doesn't hang or grow items to maximum height when applying a graphic effect to flexible-width items
  • Freeway doesn't hang when clear is set on a floated item following a zero-width floated item
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing an Edit Styles change
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when an inflow pass-through graphic has a master (non-graphic) HTML item
  • Fixed issues that could cause Freeway to crash if an instance page is opened in a second window while a master page is being edited
  • Prevented a situation in which Freeway could crash after a carriage return is deleted before an inflow HTML item
  • Freeway doesn't crash if more than 255 characters are pasted into the tag style field
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a file with a bad background image
  • OUTPUT:
  • Fixed a "file not found" issue that could occur when publishing
  • Fixed a "file not found" problem that affected publishing when graphics were set to not be published
  • Text decoration is output correctly for link styles
  • Inflow items that were previously right-aligned non-inflow items don't output double widths
  • Graphic effects are output for pass-through graphics
  • Pass-through images with graphic-effect borders are output correctly
  • Extended attributes are output for markup and Action items
  • The Publish (Resource) checkbox is respected when pass-through or inline resources are published
  • Fixed a problem that caused an unwanted span to be added to inflow markup items on a master page
  • Email addresses are encoded when the address isn't preceded by a space
  • Stylesheets are republished after a style has been edited
  • Fixed an issue that could cause images to be missing after publishing from a master page
  • HTML DIRTYING:
  • Pages are HTML-dirtied when references to deleted anchors or pages are removed
  • Duplicating an inflow graphic HTML-dirties the page
  • Fixed a problem that caused pages to be dirtied on preview when IE6 compatibility was selected
  • Searching and replacing dirties pages so they are republished correctly
  • Edit URLs dirties pages so they are republished correctly
  • Instance pages are dirtied when the master-page name is changed via the Site panel
  • LAYOUT:
  • Fixed a situation in which inflow items are wrongly positioned too far below a floated item
  • Parent flexible-width items with available-width children are resized correctly
  • Form elements can have 100% width
  • SVGs without a width and height are displayed correctly within Freeway
  • Site pages are updated when Paste Markup is used on a master page
  • Fixed a page selection issue after dragging a page into a new document and undo/redoing
  • Freeway recalculates children of Available-width items correctly
  • Corner mounts aren't drawn in wrong place after clearing a media type
  • Max-width doesn't get reset when the dimensions of an item are changed
  • Layer items with top/bottom insets are correctly positioned after a size calculation
  • Table cell/row heights can be set reliably
  • Prevented inflow items from being increased to more than 100% width
  • Page bounds are updated correctly after deleting a media type that isn't currently displayed
  • Boxes don't shrink to zero when external HTML content is imported
  • Item constraining works for an inflow item with auto margins
  • Percentage-width parents are constrained to inflow content
  • Freeway updates page dimensions when a page is constrained
  • Percentage max-width parents are constrained to inflow content
  • Percentage min-width parents are constrained to inflow content
  • Pass-through graphics with percentage widths don't shrink to zero height when pasted as inflows
  • Percentage widths/heights aren't converted to pixel values when an item is pasted as an inflow item
  • Freeway adjusts percentage-sized items correctly when they are pasted as inflow items
  • Flexible-width items don't cause parents to grow when padding, borders, or margins are added
  • Available/max-width items don't grow or shrink when padding is added or removed
  • Parent flexible-width items are resized to fit child flexible-width items
  • Clear works properly on a non-floated item following a zero-width floated item
  • Typing in flexible-width right-floated item doesn't grow the item outside the page bounds
  • Graphic effects don't shrink vertically when output on a pass-through graphic with undefined height
  • Graphic effects don't collapse horizontally when output on a pass-through graphic with undefined width
  • Freeway redraws boxes properly when text is deleted from a flexible-width item
  • Decreasing the width of a sliced HTML item doesn't leave a gap between the right edge and layer child items
  • SVG graphics are displayed at scaled sizes in Freeway
  • Graphic effects applied to HTML items with padding don't cause the item's height to grow
  • Fixed a situation in which inflow items are wrongly overflowed after a floated item
  • Instance pages are redrawn correctly after moving an item on a master page with two windows open
  • Items are constrained correctly when they contain an available-width child inflow with padding or margin
  • Freeway doesn't add an extra carriage return after deleting an inflow item and undo/redo/undoing
  • Inflow items with Display turned off do not affect the layout of parent items with undefined height
  • Display is turned back on when a CSS item is converted to a table-positioned item
  • Inflow items with Display turned off don't affect the layout of parent items with undefined width
  • The Clear setting of inflow items with Display turned off doesn't affect layout
  • Freeway deals correctly with layouts in which the first item is floated right and second is floated left
  • Freeway grows parent items when an available-width child has been grown
  • Form items with defined widths don't change size when they are pasted
  • Items that contain floated graphics don't overflow when their width is shrunk
  • Clicking in an empty flexible-width item with a graphic effect doesn't increase the height to its maximum value
  • Fixed an issue that could cause instances of master items to have bogus percentage heights
  • PREVIEW:
  • Freeway's Internal Preview doesn't display a blank page when a document contains Flash content
  • Freeway doesn't display publish problem dialogs when switching between media in Preview mode
  • Fixed a problem that caused Freeway's internal preview to be blank on an external monitor
  • Refreshing Freeway's internal Preview also empties the WebKit cache
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Updated a number of keyboard shortcuts in non-English localizations
  • TEXT AND STYLES:
  • Font features work correctly after a font change
  • 1px rules are displayed correctly
  • Fixed a situation where Freeway could fail to draw text shadows for the first word in a paragraph
  • Fixed a situation where text shadows were being clipped
  • Freeway doesn't miscalculate the width of the last line of a paragraph
  • Text in tables that are outside their parent can be edited
  • IMPORT:
  • Freeway displays a progress bar that can be stopped when importing HTML
  • Fixed a problem that made it impossible to locate non-graphic media in the Edit Resources dialog
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a problem that caused the Flash fallback option to stop working in the Video Extras Action
  • Submenus no longer overlap main menus when the CSS Menus Action is set to display submenus on the left
  • The submenu custom border interface in the CSS Menus Action now displays correctly
  • A CSS Menus Action JavaScript error no longer appears when publishing from breakpoints
  • Fixed an issue that could cause text sizes to be wrong when using the Auto-populate option in the CSS Menus Action
  • Auto-populated CSS Menus now show styling in live preview
  • Fixed an issue that could cause submenu borders to display incorrectly in the CSS Menus Action
  • The Auto-populate option of the CSS Menus no longer automatically capitalizes menu items
  • Pages no longer scroll to the top when CSS Menus are activated in responsive mode
  • Prevented an error from occurring when CSS Menus Action items are overflowed
  • Fixed an issue that prevented multiple CSS Menus Actions from working on the same page
  • OTHER:
  • Keyboard entry works in menus
  • "Distribute" is spelled correctly in the Distribute dialog
  • The Edit Resources Delete button deletes background images
  • Table contents are redrawn correctly after a table has been moved
  • Actions aren't wrongly removed from inflow items that are based on master items
  • The Range popup in the Find dialog doesn't overlap with the text field below it
  • Fixed an issue where the media blob would be displayed in the Default tab after deleting a media type
  • The media blob is removed after clearing a media type
  • Media tabs are updated immediately when a media width is changed
  • Prevented a bogus warning from Edit Media Types about used media types being deleted
  • Edit Resources lists background images that are not used by the current media
  • Fixed a problem that prevented Publish Graphic and other settings from being changed for missing graphics
  • The Edit Styles dialog doesn't keep reverting to show CSS and Graphic properties
  • The Site Panel displays links and alt text correctly when items are closed in the Item view
  • Freeway displays background images correctly when Background Scrolls is turned off
  • Fixed a situation in which pages were not redrawn properly after deleting media
  • Fixed a situation in which instance items mistakenly reverted to master settings
  • Save Archive saves files that are not used by the current media
  • The Actions palette displays rollover states of inflow items correctly after switching media views
  • Document Info lists background images that are not used by the current media
  • Edit Resources marks a document as changed when an image is deleted
  • Media background images are updated correctly
  • Style background images that have been changed are marked as modified
  • Inner glow and inner shadow graphic effects are removed when a graphic is reimported as a pass-through
  • Inflow instance items don't revert to master settings when Show Links has been selected
  • Child graphic content isn't lost when a master parent is deleted
  • Alternative sources for Audio/Video content are listed in Edit Resources and checked before publishing
  • Fixed a situation in which the Text Opacity dialog displayed an infinity symbol
  • Freeway automatically locates missing background images when another image is located in the same folder
  • Editing extended style attributes can be undone
  • Fixed a problem that prevented Freeway from saving templates and archives with Action graphics
  • The Display option is available for combined graphics
  • Display is turned back on when a graphic item is dragged into a combined graphic
  • Fixed a problem that prevented Action files from being referenced correctly in templates and archives
  • Fixed a problem that caused "Use master settings" to become unchecked
  • Duplicating an inflow item doesn't remove Clear settings
  • Freeway allows percentage values to be changed in .01 increments
  • The Modify Graphic dialog works properly when it is called from Edit Resources

New in Freeway Pro 7.0.4 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • Menus created using the CSS Menus Action now close when a menu item has been clicked

New in Freeway Pro 7.0.3 (Feb 27, 2015)

  • 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 CSS Menus Action now works as expected on Android devices

New in Freeway Pro 7.0.2 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Fixed a problem where background images could be lost after saving a document

New in Freeway Pro 7.0.1 (Sep 10, 2014)

  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a problem that caused the Google Analytics Action to stop collecting data
  • OTHER:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging a guide from a ruler
  • Pressing Return or Enter inserts a text cursor into a zero-height HTML box with undefined height
  • Inflow graphics with item mappings are published correctly
  • Graphics aren't occasionally output with a solid black background

New in Freeway Pro 7.0.0 (Jul 30, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Added support for media types and widths
  • Added responsive support to the CSS Menus Action
  • Added the Better Meta Action for adding SEO and social media meta data to pages
  • The CSS Menus now supports automatic menu generation
  • Added an Action for advanced styling of tables
  • figure, figcaption, and main are available as CSS box types
  • The Google Analytics Action now supports Universal Analytics
  • Style names can contain hyphens
  • The current panel in the Inspector Palette can be changed using Command-1, Command-2 etc.
  • Added Next/Previous Page menu options to the View menu
  • Added View menu options with keyboard shortcuts which allow selection of the next/previous sibling box, and the ancestor/first descendant element.
  • CRASHES AND ERRORS:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when a document contains bad file information
  • OUTPUT:
  • Extra lines are no longer added in the output after code entered in markup dialogs
  • LOCALIZATION:
  • Fixed an issue in the French localization, displaying c and C instead of quotation marks around the document title during upload
  • TEXT AND STYLES:
  • Fixed a problem where styles were removed from lists when links were changed within them
  • Fixed a problem where overtyping text with a paragraph style applied generated a temporary style
  • ACTIONS:
  • Fixed a problem that could cause CSS Menu Submenus to appear behind other content
  • Fixed a problem that could cause CSS Menus submenus to appear incorrectly in IE7
  • The Create Email Action now respects pages that have been set as flexible (no width)
  • The CSS Menus Action now supports setting the currently selected page to bold
  • ACTION DEVELOPMENT:
  • Action markup sections are no longer limited to 32K
  • Added fwMediaTypes property to FWDocument
  • Added fwMediaTypesUpdated as an Actions callback for when the media types in the document are changed from the Customize Media dialog
  • Added fwCurrentMediaType property to FWDocument
  • OTHER:
  • Made it easier to select parent items when child items are snug to a parental edge - child items are no longer selected if the click is registered outside the bounds of a parent and the child is completely encompassed by the parent.
  • Freeway doesn't crash when you click on a File Upload field in the Preview view
  • Use Master Settings for pages restores style sheets correctly
  • Fixed a situation where a copied layer graphic item was pasted back as a table-positioned item
  • HTML5 video isn't placed behind other content on the page
  • Freeway doesn't generate invalid HTML by nesting anchors
  • Fixed a situation where Freeway published duplicate anchors
  • Fixed a situation where map areas were output incorrectly
  • Freeway doesn't discard clear settings when pasting inflow items
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when a link and anchor were applied to a box
  • "Fit Box To Content" causes pass-through graphics and videos to be displayed at their natural size
  • High-resolution pass-through graphics don't get scaled to fractional dimensions
  • Pass-through images are scaled (rather than cropped) if their max-width is less than the width of the image
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting a page that is displayed in Freeway's internal Preview
  • Videos aren't cropped after resizing and undoing
  • Fixed a problem that could prevent a page from an old document being displayed or published
  • Freeway adjusts the size of pass-through content boxes when pasting content copied from within Freeway
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when dragging a Bezier handle
  • Fixed a bug where color changes did not dirty elements using the color in link styles
  • File naming for non-passthrough background images is consistent with file naming for pass-through background images
  • Freeway doesn't output tags for unstyled inline Actions
  • Duplicating in-flow items in the Site panel doesn't convert them to non-inflow items
  • Inline items (apart from HTML items) are always CSS items (and not table-positioned items)
  • Freeway does not allow anchors to be used on submit images
  • Freeway doesn't generate invalid HTML by nesting image maps within anchors
  • CSS styling is output for inline markup items
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when pasting HTML or RTF text
  • Freeway doesn't crash when reverting a document while a list control is displayed
  • The Measurements section of the Inspector palette doesn't show fractional pixel values for inflow items
  • Command-N shortcut restored to appropriate dialogs for creating a new entry in a table. Command-Enter also added as a shortcut to OK the dialogs (where appropriate).
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when pasting items with a folder selected in the Site panel
  • Fixed a crash that could occur while validating Actions before publishing
  • View tabs (for media and master/page/preview etc.) are drawn and erased properly
  • Fixed a situation in which Action files could be HTML-dirtied unnecessarily
  • Background images default to high resolution if "Output high-resolution graphics" is selected in Document Setup
  • Fixed a master-instance problem that could cause a crash or prevent a file from being saved
  • Corner mounts aren't drawn on hidden items
  • Combined graphic outlines aren't drawn on hidden items
  • Added an External Link menu option with shortcut which opens the Edit Hyperlink dialog with the External Panel selected
  • Fixed an issue where extra items were drawn when dragging pages out of the site panel
  • Importing a pass-through graphic into an inflow item doesn't create an extra paragraph
  • Instances of images that are dragged onto a master page have correct settings
  • Non-global shadow angles work
  • Setting an unpublished item to publish dirties the page
  • Extended attributes are output on Action items
  • Freeway doesn't keep adding empty paragraphs after inflow boxes when converting between HTML and GIF
  • Pages don't have "Use Master Settings" turned off if they are created by dragging a master page in the Site panel
  • New pages that are created by dragging a master page in the Site panel don't default to having the same name as the master
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after deleting a labelled item
  • Percentage-width children of available-width items are calculated correctly
  • Inflow items are output without "position:relative" if they don't have any children
  • Freeway supports fractional percentage values
  • Pass-through graphics are scaled when their box is resized
  • Defined width or height overrides the high-resolution option for pass-through graphics
  • Hidden/unpublished items are displayed with a cross in the Site panel
  • Added a menu option for Add Action to the Edit menu
  • Added Custom Padding and Custom Margin options to the Item menu
  • Added shortcuts for Edit Styles and Document Setup
  • Items are drawn in full when they are being dragged
  • The default browser compatibility level for new documents is now IE8
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for Insert > HTML Item and Insert > Graphic Item
  • Inflow items can be shown or hidden (and are output accordingly)

New in Freeway Pro 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 Pro 6.1.1 (Sep 13, 2013)

  • LOCALIZATIONL:
  • 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 6.0.1 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • MPORTANT: 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 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 Pro 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 Pro 5.6.4 (Feb 16, 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 Pro 5.6.3 (Jan 21, 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 5.5.1 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • 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:
  • Search Engine names are no longer localized in the Site Mapper Action
  • The Showcase Action now correctly references its controls when using non-default settings
  • Corrected the date in the Site Mapper Action
  • The Showcase Action now correctly displays accented and non-latin characters
  • Fixed an encoding issue in the Create Email Action
  • OTHER:
  • Increased speed of application startup by removing the startup screen.
  • Freeway switches from Automatic to Passive upload if incoming connections are blocked by a firewall

New in Freeway Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 5.3.2 (Mar 4, 2009)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Freeway Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 5.2.1 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in Freeway Pro 5.1.3 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • Added Simplified Chinese localization

New in Freeway Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 5.1 (May 8, 2008)

  • SVG import
  • RSS feed generation

New in Freeway Pro 5.0p3 Build 6167.2 (Feb 29, 2008)

  • Carefully designed to make it easier to focus on your design, while keeping everything you need close at hand:
  • The redesigned Inspector dynamically resizes itself to present just the tools you need for the current selection
  • The Site panel makes it easy to create pages or folders, and to organize your site quickly. It even supports Finder like colour labelling to help you flag pages for action or to signify functionality.
  • The configurable toolbar allows you to personalize Freeway to your own working style
  • Contextual pop-up menus come to life with a Control-click (or right-click on a multi-button mouse) and present the most-used options for the current selection
  • Scroll wheel support allows you to blaze through large documents
  • Dynamic Site Panel allows site arrangement, drag & drop, object selection and more
  • Page Preview using the same rendering engine as Apple Safari�check a page in a genuine browser view without publishing your entire site
  • Email adress obfuscation to help keep the spammers away
  • Link styles - change the colour of links in any CSS item
  • Save Archive - create an archive of your site for backup or transporation
  • Improved margin and grids
  • Built-in preview within Freeway (Safari/Webkit)
  • Integrated .Mac upload
  • Quick Look compatibility in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Spotlight compatibility in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and beyond
  • Full EPS (Panther & later), Illustrator, Photoshop layered file import
  • Graphic box effects, Text effects - shadow, glow, emboss, blur, scatter
  • Vector effects (wobble and crack), Border types (dashing, dotted)
  • Improved transparency (opacity) options
  • Graphics and Graphics Extra FAST packs are built into Freeway 5: Sharpen, Blur, Watermark, ChromaKey, Duotone, Fade, FillMaster, PhotoFrame, PhotoMagic, Posterize, Scan Lines, Solarize, Sharpen, Saturate, Linear Blur, Impress, Hue Rotate, ChromaKey, Advanced Fade
  • Unicode for truly multilingual sites; mix languages on the same page, even on the same line. Unicode keyboards, Unicode filenames
  • Encodings/import encodings/Auto/UTF8
  • Generate standards-compliant XHTML (Strict and Transitional), HTML 3.2, HTML 4
  • Output options on �By Page� basis
  • CSS Layout - CSS layout items - control over CSS/table layout
  • Child items, relative and absolute items, percentage positions and sizes
  • CSS borders, padding and margins
  • CSS styling with partial styles and tag styles
  • Create and use external style sheets
  • Full style management