Goldfish Changelog

What's new in Goldfish 4.6

Aug 29, 2022
  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Goldfish is now compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • Autosave feature added. Changes are saved every 60 seconds. After a crash, the current state of a file will be restored when restarting Goldfish.
  • New Goldfish Store on the toolbar that lets you buy Fishbeam clips.
  • Without a license, standard websites can now be published in the Fishbeam Cloud S, M or XL.
  • Without a license, professional websites can now be published in the Fishbeam Cloud M or XL.
  • Goldfish no longer uses JavaScript to calculate the page layout, just CSS. The amount of script code was reduced and the pages are loading faster.
  • Other New Features and Improvements:
  • macOS Catalina: When opening the color chooser for background colors etc. Goldfish no longer crashes.
  • Buttons: The button in the form or button item now displays the arc of the background correctly too in the editor.
  • Store: The zip code is now accepted with letters. This is necessary for zip codes in the Netherlands.
  • Buttons: The button in the form or button item now displays the arc correctly in the editor and is no longer too small.
  • The context menu for resetting the image size now always displays correct values.
  • E-mail links now also work in the preview.
  • The editor is now displayed more smoothly and without flickering when updating the view.
  • New upgrade window where you can buy Goldfish and the Fishbeam Cloud directly.
  • References in the startup window and in the menu on the new upgrade window have been updated.
  • Text: The Render as Image option has been deprecated.
  • Form: Fixed a bug where the form was not sent if the SPAM protection file could not be read.
  • The assignment of code snippets in the code tab has been improved.
  • Form: Required file uploads now work correctly on Firefox and Chrome if no file is selected.
  • All old Fishbeam Clips dialogs have been removed.
  • The dialogs that appear when exporting or publishing without a license are now revised.
  • In the Import Media window the file name without file extension is the default comment now.
  • In the Embedded Media window, the comment is now in a separate box instead of in a list column.
  • Tab stops and line breaks can now be entered in the comment fields of the "Import Media", "Embedded Media" and "Edit Comment..." windows.
  • In pictures and in the gallery, line breaks and tab stops are now displayed in the comment for image zoom and all other gallery types.
  • Tab stops can now be used in text fields.
  • For Standard or unregistered users, the restrictions in the Code tab are now applied correctly.
  • If the login to the Fishbeam Cloud fails, the progress bar is now reset correctly.
  • About box: The name is now displayed correctly for unregistered users.
  • Product: Paddings in the buy button are now always calculated correctly.
  • Animation: Empty animations no longer generate JavaScript errors.
  • Page area: In page area lines where the background is stretched to the border, the margins are now calculated correctly in all cases.
  • Form: Paddings of selection elements (pop-up menu and list) are now calculated correctly.
  • Audio & Video: In YouTube videos, the title display can no longer be disabled. Therefore, the option "Show Video Title" was removed.
  • Audio & Video: In YouTube videos, the video suggestions can no longer be disabled. Therefore, "Show Suggestions" now allows you to choose between "From all videos" and "Only from channel".
  • Embedded Fonts: Goldfish no longer loses font files when only a few files per font have been embedded.
  • Form: The font color black is now set at "Fields > Font Style" by default, so that text on white fields is always visible.
  • Audio & Video: Videos are correctly played again on iOS on the iPhone when clicking on the poster image.
  • Form: A popup menu selection no longer shows an inappropriate frame around the font under Firefox.
  • Form: In preview mode in Firefox a click on a file upload shows only an error message and not an additional file selection.
  • Blog: The text formatting toolbar is now pinned when scrolling.
  • Blog: A display error of some toolbar icons has been fixed.
  • Blog: When inserting images, only image files are selectable.
  • Blog: Inserting SVG images is now supported.
  • Blog: The insertion of links works again with Firefox.
  • Blog: Images in the blog are now resizable in Firefox.
  • Blog: If a link is selected, a click on "Insert link" will unlink the text.
  • Blog: New entries are now invisible by default. So you can now edit them and then make them visible.
  • Blog: An error at the selection of new entries has been fixed.
  • Blog: Fixed display problems with empty editable fields in Firefox.
  • Blog: A click on the placeholder text now puts the cursor correctly in the field (incorrect in Chrome).
  • Blog: The date and category fields are now larger when editing.
  • The progress bar when downloading updates now shows the correct progress.
  • Forms: The icons in checkboxes, popupmenus, radio fields and file upload buttons are now displayed in the text color of the fields instead of black.
  • Guestbook: The guestbook uses now the same custom styled fields and buttons like the form item.
  • Publish: Verification of the webserver now works with IDN domains.
  • Publish: If an error occurs while checking the web server, publishing continues in all cases.
  • When publishing via FTP / FTPS, IDN domains can now be used as the server address.

New in Goldfish 4.4.1 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Fixed an incompatibility when publishing that was caused by an update of the FTP server software at some web hosters.
  • Fixed some bugs in the new text editor.

New in Goldfish 4.4 (Feb 23, 2018)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Password Protection: New responsive layout for password protection.
  • Password Protection: Password lists with multiple users are now also possible.
  • New way to use videos as the background for pages, areas, and items.
  • New cookie warning according to EU data protection laws.
  • Item: New property for maintaining the aspect ratio.
  • New word processor that fixes many bugs and responds faster.
  • Support for Google Fonts.
  • The Page Info now supports icons and the Open Graph Protocol, Apple Touch Icons, High Resolution Favicons, Android Icons, and Microsoft Tile Icons.
  • Onlineshop: Integration of PayPal Plus, which allows payments with credit card, bank debit and on account in addition to PayPal payments.
  • Onlineshop: VAT can now be set per country.
  • Onlineshop: The shopping cart can now be opened automatically after a product has been added.
  • Onlineshop: New address field for copying the complete shipping address in the e-mail to the shop owner.
  • Onlineshop: A percentage or fixed discount on everything can be set in the shopping cart now.
  • Onlineshop: New SDK for the integration of other payment providers and steps after a purchase.
  • Other New Features and Improvements:
  • The design "Bodensee" is now displayed correctly under Windows.
  • Because of the tutorial, new area templates now have a size of 1000x500 pixels.
  • The menu shortcut for "View > Design" has been changed to prevent conflicts with other shortcuts.
  • Website Frame: The frame content will not be reset to fishbeam.com when saving (buggy since Goldfish 4.3).
  • Onlineshop: The newer PayPal-REST-API will be used from now on.
  • Onlineshop: The spelling has been corrected.
  • Onlineshop: By clicking on "Back" in the order process, the country will no longer disappear.
  • Onlineshop: The list of default countries is now complete.
  • Onlineshop: Custom graphics for the Global Shopping Cart are no longer lost when saving.
  • Onlineshop: Changes to the Global Shopping Cart are now always published.
  • Onlineshop: The PayPal payment is no longer executed in a new window. This will make payments on mobile devices smoother.
  • Onlineshop: New product buttons now all have different product IDs by default ("PRO-01", "PRO-02", "PRO-03").
  • Onlinshop: Generating the website now warns of duplicate product IDs.
  • Onlinshop: More efficient creation of the product list.
  • Onlinshop: No more error messages when clicking on "Back" and selecting another payment method.
  • Onlineshop: ISO country code added to the respective country.
  • Onlineshop: Unnecessary blanks are now stripped automatically from user data.
  • In value lists (for example, the online shop country selection), whole groups of values ​​can now be cut, copied, pasted, deleted, and edited.
  • The context menu in the project list now shows a help entry.
  • In the context menu, the entry "Deselect All" is now available throughout the program.
  • HTML Code Object: The horizontal scrollbar has been removed.
  • Project: New property "Project > Maximum File Name Length".
  • Project: Names for pages and files have the maximum length of 255 characters by default now.
  • The design export icon supports besides "Edit > Paste" now also drag & drop and shows an open dialog with one click.
  • Code Tab: Various mistakes when inserting code eliminated.
  • Open and Save dialogs now remember the last place better.
  • The favicon under "Project > Favicon" has been removed. Use the page info window now.
  • Audio & Video: Automatic generation of the poster picture when adding a video.
  • Audio & Video: New option for videos "Always play in full screen mode on mobile devices".
  • Audio & Video: New warning that automatic sound playback does not work on mobile devices.
  • Audio & Video: HTML5 video works again after Apple's changes in Safari for iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra.
  • Publish: The dialog because of unsupported SSL encryption is no longer displayed in German.
  • Publish: Fixed a bug that could cause the directory to not be changed.
  • Publish: Publishing now works better under a variety of conditions.
  • When generating the website, a click on "Cancel" now stops the process much faster.
  • Statistics Web App: Fixed bug in the display of monthly and yearly visitors, which could always occur on the first of January.
  • Visitor Counter: No more PHP-Warning.
  • "Page Info" window: Fixed various display problems.
  • Passwords and other sensitive information are no longer displayed as plain text but with "***" in Goldfish .
  • A memory overflow when rendering a very long text is fixed.
  • External Files and Folders: Fixed a bug where the path to external files and folders could not be resolved.
  • External files and folders: The English version no longer displays information in German if external files or folders were not found.
  • Object: Fixed a bug when zooming in or out with the top left or bottom right handle.
  • Text boxes are now updated in the editor with the current font style if that has been changed in the font templates.
  • Gallery: The settings for "Page Overlay" are now hidden if the gallery type is "Slide Show", because they are not needed here.
  • Background Pictures: No more internal error when adding various background images.
  • Background Pictures: Clearer presentation of the options for background images because of lines.
  • Background Pictures: Display problems in the editor with background images and the mode "Cut to fill" are now fixed.
  • Background Pictures: Option "fix relative to Browser window" is now hidden at pages, because it is not needed here.
  • Error reports now work with HTTP 1.1. This means that there is no longer an error when sending (broken since Goldfish 4.3).
  • When clicking the code tab, previewing, publishing or exporting, the edit mode will now always quit, so that changes are always made immedialtely.
  • iOS: Numbers on the website are no longer automatically interpreted as phone numbers and underlined in blue.
  • Longer TDLs such as ".berlin" are now allowed in e-mail addresses at all Goldfish scripts.
  • Form: The captcha is now loaded correctly even after a wrong submission of a form.
  • The spinner, curtain, and overlay script components have been improved.
  • Animations: Better Appearance on mobile devices (iOS, Android).
  • Animations: The drive-in or drive-out animation now always takes place in the correct location.
  • Slider Area: Better Appearance on Mobile Devices (iOS, Android).
  • Redirection: No more PHP-Notice, which prevents a possible redirection.
  • The import of Goldfish 3 code snippets into the new code view has been improved.
  • Sitemap: The sitemap.xml file no longer has empty nodes.
  • Picture Item: Pictures with Image Zoom are no longer trimmed in some circumstances.

New in Goldfish 4.3 (Dec 17, 2016)

  • New Features and Fixed Bugs:
  • New button object, suitable for mobile websites.
  • New redirection conditions have been added.
  • The design view and the code view can now be accessed via the "Display" menu and menu shortcuts.
  • The drawer menu shows a sub-menu now.
  • Animation names can now contain special characters.
  • The latest version of Google reCaptcha is now used for form items.
  • Google reCaptcha is now also available for guestbook entries and blog comments.
  • Publishing: Damaged websites are now displayed in the icon.
  • Publish: Folder list is now always sorted.
  • Publish: The progress will be displayed now detailed for large files during updates.
  • Project-wide meta tags are now showed in the meta tag window of the page.
  • The frame item can now also display internal pages and not just external ones.
  • Onlineshop: The new global shopping cart manages settings centrally for all shopping carts in the project.
  • Increased speed, especially on macOS 10.12 Sierra.
  • The guestbook now also works with PHP versions below PHP 5.3.
  • Meta tag data is now HTML-encoded. Because of thus, no more errors can occur in the source code, when entering certain characters.
  • Incorrect numbers will now get corrected in the animation editor.
  • Animations can now use times in seconds with commas.
  • The drawer menu no longer hides entries if the menu item is very large.
  • File associations of projects and designs will be set now correctly on Windows. Goldfish files can now always be opened with a double-click.
  • Publish: Various errors have been fixed, for example when transferring large files and secure connections.
  • Publish: The FTP connection is now more robust and does no longer freezes, and it may reconnect when it crashes.
  • Publish: If a secure connection is not possible, now the user gets always asked before an unsafe connection will be established.
  • External files can now be dragged into the project list again without problems (broken since Goldfish 4.0).
  • No more internal error after crashing site creation errors.
  • Typekit fonts can be showed in the preview again (broken since Goldfish 4.1).
  • Onlineshop: A bug has been fixed in the context of the PayPal API.
  • Onlineshop: Paypal is now also available with https connections.
  • Onlineshop: If "Calculate shipping costs" in the properties of the Cart is not set, also no shipping costs will be calculated now, if there are specified some in the country list.

New in Goldfish 4.2 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Security Update: Admin passwords and other personal data, such as e-mail addresses are no longer exported into design files
  • Security Update: Server and username will be always reseted in new projects that are based on design files
  • Media files that are larger than 300 MB, can not be embedded into the project anymore
  • Publish: The encrypted connection now uses TLS 1.2. Because of this, the encrypted connection can be used with many more web servers
  • The language will now be included in the HTML tag too, when it has been set in the page information
  • Goldfish will generate now the file "robots.txt" for search engines
  • Goldfish will generate now the file "sitemap.xml" for search engines
  • Password protection: The design of the password page has been improved. The fields will now be displayed centered and can be framed
  • Password protection: The cancel button can be omitted now
  • Password protection: The cursor will be automatically set to the password field
  • Publish: The status of the remember password checkbox will be saved now
  • Publish: Keychain access in OS X is now limited to only one necessary access
  • Publish The Publish button now has the caption "Publish" instead of "OK"
  • Publish The Publish button is now only active when all fields are filled out
  • Publish: The message that the website has been successfully published, no longer appears if the publish process failed or was cancelled
  • Publish: A new login is now always possible after a failed login
  • Publish: Folder content will be displayed much faster than before and Goldfish no longer freezes sometimes (broken since Goldfish 4.1)
  • Publish: When republishing, an error message appears, if the website has been deleted or moved previously on the Web server
  • No more errors when publishing old projects that contain the shape “Cloud"
  • The file size, that is displayed in the "Embedded Media" window will now always be correct
  • The „Moving Mouse Over Link Effect“ now always works correctly at pictures links
  • Entering an Internet address in the „Build Error“ window will get formatted correctly for the project
  • If there are no writing permission and Goldfish tries to save a file, an appropriate error message instead of an internal error will appear now
  • File> Save" and "File> Publish" from the menu will now always be active, even if no location or web server was specified
  • Password Protection: Password input will now only be necessary once and not again on each sub page that is protected with the same password
  • Fixed a bug that caused an internal error when undoing or redoing steps
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent sub-pages from appearing on the page list in the Link window
  • Dragging files and folders into the project list can now always be undone and redone properly
  • If there are more than one password areas with different passwords, the entered passwords will now be stored properly

New in Goldfish 4.1 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Goldfish 4.1 is now a 64-bit app. This solves issues, that could occur with large pictures, videos and files and could cause a complete crash.
  • „File > Export“ show now a save as dialogue and does not export automatically in „Downloads“ anymore.
  • Goldfish error reports contain now more detailed information of the operating system and will now be sent with encryption (ssl)
  • Page- and names of media files can now contain hyphens
  • Undo and redo works again (broken since Goldfish 4.0)
  • Undo and redo works now for all steps since opening the project instead only for 10 steps like in Goldfish 3
  • The font chooser comes now with autocompletion of font names
  • Particular font variants like „Light“, „Ultra Light“ or „Extra Bold“ will now be displayed again in the font chooser (broken since Goldfish 4.0)
  • Particular font variants like „Light“, „Ultra Light“ or „Extra Bold“ will now always be displayed correctly in Safari, Firefox, Internet-Explorer, Edge und Chrome
  • New blog links will be show with the correct link style
  • Blog links will now use the selected text as link text by default
  • Adding blog links will no longer delete characters from the blog
  • A blog has now automatically a link for posting a comment below each entry
  • Goldfies does not show an internal error after publishing on OS X 10.8 anymore
  • There are no longer issues if you start Goldfish for the first time on Windows systems with non English or German system language
  • The warning, that will be displayed when you save projects from Goldfish 3, 2 and 1 for the first time, will now always be displayed correctly
  • Publishing while in code view publishes now also recently added code
  • The gallery „Light Box“ displays now the next, back and stopp buttons on all web servers correctly
  • Comments, that are imported from Goldfish 3, does not contain the text „“ anymore
  • Publishing via FTP shows now error messages, if the space on the web server will be full
  • When publishing, the English version shows now „Publish Website…“ instead of „Website veröffentlichen…“
  • The Gallery „Light Box“ does not show next and back buttons anymore if it contains only one picture
  • In guestbooks and blogs, the text „Fred on 12/01/2016“ is now completely localizable and not longer in German on all systems
  • Imported shapes from Goldfish 3 will have always the correct size and color
  • The icon for deleting a product will now always be displayed correctly in the shopping cart
  • Payments via PayPal in the online shop will now work if there is an older version than PHP 5 on the web server
  • Custom sound effects will now be saved correctly and don’t get lost on animations
  • At link shapes, circle and triangle work now on Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge
  • In forms, Google Recaptcha spam protection will work now on encrypted were servers (https)
  • The submenu at „Menu with Submenu“ does not cover fixed areas anymore when scrolling
  • The search field of the Goldfish help on Windows is now large enough and fits better to the layout
  • Ruler captions in the editor will no longer displayed sometimes incorrectly (underlined)

New in Goldfish 4.0 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • New designs for the creation of your website in only minutes
  • Customized website for smartphones and tablets
  • Automatic forwarding to a customized page, depending on the device, operating system or language
  • Same typography on all devices by rendering fonts and support for Adobe Typekit
  • Retina graphics and support for resolution independent SVG vector graphics
  • HTML5 audio and video, as well as integration of YouTube videos
  • Special dynamic menus for mobile websites
  • Buttons for like and share for all major communities
  • New design of the image gallery and slideshow
  • Forms with support of multiple keybords on mobile devices
  • Automatically generated sitemap for finding a page quickly
  • New guestbook where your website visitors can post comments and annotations
  • Blog and CMS for posting content without Goldfish, directly on your website with comments and RSS Feed
  • Integration of Google Analytics with data protection rules
  • Pinning of backgrounds and page areas when scrolling (the background or area is fixed)
  • Publish your website directly via FTP with SSL encryption
  • Goldfish generates modern HTML5 and CSS code complying with official standards
  • Animations for any item on the page with many effects and possibilities
  • Show or hide any item by a click or hover with the mouse
  • Search box on the website to browse and find specific passages
  • Slider to scroll through different areas on a page
  • Online shop with PayPal Integration, which can be configurated in minutes
  • Write your own HTML and CSS code to any position of your website
  • The Mac version is a Cocoa instead of Carbon app for a better integration with Mac OS X

New in Goldfish 4.0.1 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • Image Zoom now works with Microsoft Edge, Chrome (iOS) and other browsers, where an error occurred
  • The slider page display looks now properly in Firefox, Microsoft Edge and other browsers, where an error occurred
  • Slider buttons are now displayed always correctly (vertical centered), even if an area template is active
  • Goldfish works now with more Web servers via FTP and encrypted connections
  • Added external folders are now integrated correctly into the project
  • With the feature "External Folder" you can now overwrite files in the Support folder (images, scripts) with your own files
  • On Windows and older Mac OS X systems Goldfish shows no longer error messages or crashes after publishing
  • If the FTP port "0" is entered in the settings, Goldfish corrects the value, so that publishing works again
  • When duplicating sliders, they now retain all items
  • When a slider has only one side, the buttons and the page display are no longer active
  • It is no longer possible to enter a width or height of "0" for thumbnails and the slideshow region, what caused a crash
  • When duplicating pages with custom HTML code the code is now duplicated correctly as well

New in Goldfish 4.0 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • New designs for the creation of your website in only minutes
  • Customized website for smartphones and tablets
  • Automatic forwarding to a customized page, depending on the device, operating system or language
  • Same typography on all devices by rendering fonts and support for Adobe Typekit
  • Retina graphics and support for resolution independent SVG vector graphics
  • HTML5 audio and video, as well as integration of YouTube videos
  • Special dynamic menus for mobile websites
  • Buttons for like and share for all major communities
  • New design of the image gallery and slideshow
  • Forms with support of multiple keybords on mobile devices
  • Automatically generated sitemap for finding a page quickly
  • New guestbook where your website visitors can post comments and annotations
  • Blog and CMS for posting content without Goldfish, directly on your website with comments and RSS Feed
  • Integration of Google Analytics with data protection rules
  • Pinning of backgrounds and page areas when scrolling (the background or area is fixed)
  • Publish your website directly via FTP with SSL encryption
  • Goldfish generates modern HTML5 and CSS code complying with official standards
  • Animations for any item on the page with many effects and possibilities
  • Show or hide any item by a click or hover with the mouse
  • Search box on the website to browse and find specific passages
  • Slider to scroll through different areas on a page
  • Online shop with PayPal Integration, which can be configurated in minutes
  • Write your own HTML and CSS code to any position of your website
  • The Mac version is a Cocoa instead of Carbon app for a better integration with Mac OS X

New in Goldfish 3.9 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Terms & Conditions link option for the shopping cart item
  • Additional Terms & Conditions link option for the shopping cart item
  • Improved password feature (works now with a form and with all hosting services)
  • Media import sets per default the file name as comment
  • Removed old IE Warning
  • Menu entry at contextual menu and "+"-Button for adding external files and folders to the project list
  • jQuery version updated
  • Support of transparent GIFs in the editor
  • Support of SVG images everywhere where you can choose images (backgrounds, picture item, gallery etc.) This allows the development of resolution independent websites
  • GIF and SVG images: The property "calculate new on export" is deactivated by default
  • GIF and SVG images: Preview works now in the media import window
  • Added "http://" by default in the link window for external links.
  • New warning if you want to import big pictures without scaling them down
  • 1024 * 1024 icons for projects and designs on the Mac
  • Drop of images into a gallery insert them now at mouse position instead of the end
  • The Form mailer script shows now error messages if an error occurs while sending e-mails
  • New app icon and start screen for iPhone stats
  • Retina and iPhone5 screen resolution support for iPhone stats web app
  • New web view added for better access of the stats app from other devices like tablets and desktop computers
  • HTML5 doctype is used in all code documents
  • SMTP options are now only visible in the properties if you enable the new "Use External SMTP Server" property
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • FTP Publisher problems resolved
  • Dragging external files to the project works now with more than one file
  • Store buttons are working now as they should in Internet Explorer 10
  • The "accept conditions" checkbox works now on all web servers (it was broken on some web servers so that customers could not finish any orders)
  • Deactivating "accept conditions" in the properties hides now always the checkbox
  • The order number is now generated correctly on all web servers (on some servers it was always "0")
  • Tab order in media import window corrected
  • Caption in the media import window corrected
  • Gallery has now again usual order when importing pictures
  • Import of images into a gallery has now always the correct alphabetical order
  • Resizing the project window when the project, components or properties are hided works now correctly
  • Page reorder in the project list is now fixed and works always
  • Fixed a bug in the iPhone stats web app so that it does work with all php versions again
  • iPhone stats are now smoother on new iPhones
  • E-Mail form SMTP-options are now localized in the English version.
  • The form mailer works again with PHP4, the script from 3.8. requires PHP5
  • Publish or preview of a website with empty image item works again (broken in 3.8)
  • Fixed a bug where an internal error occured when closing the publish window

New in Goldfish 3.8 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • New:
  • The page tools contain now every available Area Template (with preview icon) for dragging dircetly onto a page
  • Pages can now be protected with a user name and a password
  • E-mails can now be sent with a custom SMTP server instead of PHP's mail()-function
  • In Internet Explorer, the compatibility mode button for published web sites is no longer shown
  • The FTP publisher is up to 70% faster for large web sites
  • The FTP mode is now always passive FTP. The option for active FTP is removed in the FTP publisher
  • Better layout of the FTP publisher
  • New slider control in the properties for rotating and transparency
  • Imported gallery images are now added to the top of a gallery instead of the bottom
  • Needless checkbox from the image comment window removed
  • App and document icons in higher resolution added
  • New option for centered and window filled background images on all elements
  • Updated jQuery version for all published web sites
  • Automatic language detection on Windows instead of showing a language chooser at the first start
  • Better image rendering in the editor
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Goldfish Clips are now always displayed (on previous versions the first installed library was not shown)
  • Bugs that could occure with some FTP servers in the FTP publisher are resolved
  • The FTP password is now remembered correctly on Windows
  • The Macintosh keychain is no longer asked for FTP servers with an empty password field
  • All designs in the Designs window are selectable now
  • Project and Design files can be draged on the app icon the dock on Macintosh now
  • The publish-finishing sound is now played correctly on Windows
  • No longer internal errors when deleting image files in the properties (e.g for background images)
  • Goldfish news system fixed
  • Goldfish does no longer crash on Windows for many reasons
  • Many more small bugs were resolved

New in Goldfish 3.7 (Jun 18, 2012)

  • Support of Typekit so that you can use fonts directly that the website visitor has not installed on his computer.
  • On Macintosh all Drag and Drop actions have now semitransparent preview images instead of just a rectangle
  • Updated version of jQuery and most of the Goldfish generated
  • Goldfish uses the standard scrollbars on Mac and Windows
  • More options in the designs for empty websites
  • An empty website contains now always at least a page and an area template
  • Faster clips display and faster editor behaviour
  • All controls (buttons, checkboxes...) in the properties respnond now visually to clicks
  • The explanations for webservices like Google Analytics in the properties contain now links to the webservice website
  • Better error handling for open, import, save, export, publish and preview function
  • Updated code for Google Analytics and webmaster tools
  • Option to repair media files of a website in the publish window
  • Goldfish updates now all code files if a new version of Goldfish is used (that prevents from errors)
  • Improved drop shadow of images
  • Faster folder delte function (used e.g. for temp files)
  • Goldfish does no longer delete PDF-files randomly from the project
  • Fixed a bug where on iOS devices text would not be zoomed correctly
  • Goldfish does no longer delete sometimes images randomly from the project
  • Popup menu for links refreshes now correctly
  • Clicks in the properties does no longer cause sometimes internal errors
  • Preview for store does work correctly now
  • Fixed iPhone stats
  • Goldfish crashes no longer if you publish or preview large a website with many images > 200 MB in total
  • Fixed a bug in the text templates where you could not use templates that where created in older versions of Goldfish
  • Many more small fixes

New in Goldfish 3.2 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • Professional web 2.0 image gallery in multiple different styles
  • Dynamic menus with customizable design and in different styles
  • Dynamic visitor counter in many pleasent styles
  • Entirely customizable web 2.0 ajax e-mail forms
  • Stylish guestbook and comments module with web 2.0 ajax effects
  • Embed your own html code e.g. for GoogleMaps, Flickr or YouTube
  • Integration of external websites in iFrames
  • Prepared for the Goldfish Clips library with over 500 high quality clips **
  • Web 2.0 ajax store with your own products, which can be configurated in minutes
  • Add data from external sources and integration of web applications
  • Add your own html and css code at nearly every position of your website
  • Personal e-mail support from Fishbeam
  • Supply of rss feeds for news areas and blogs
  • This feature is only available in Goldfish Professional. ** The Goldfish Clips library is not included in Goldfish and can be purchased seperately.
  • Development of web applications with php, javascript and other technologies
  • Stats from your website directly on your iPhone or iPod Touch

New in Goldfish 3.0 (Sep 24, 2009)

  • Professional web 2.0 image gallery in multiple different styles.
  • Entirely customizable web 2.0 ajax e-mail forms.
  • Stylish guestbook and comments module with web 2.0 ajax.
  • Prepared for the Goldfish Clips library with over 500 high quality clips.
  • Web 2.0 ajax store with your own products, which can be which can be configurated in minutes.
  • Stats from your website directly on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

New in Goldfish 2.3 (Sep 24, 2008)

  • [fix] Goldfish crashes no longer randomly on Windows because RealBasic fixed a bug.
  • [fix] The reordering of form elements works now smoother and doesn't flicker any more.
  • [fix] Don't move items to an aligment guide if they are only selected and not moved.
  • [fix] Fixed a problem that sometimes generated pictures show the same content if they have the same size. Broken since Goldfish 2.2
  • [fix] If the user leaves the edit mode in a page item or page area, it doesn't get deselected any more.
  • [new] New help browser, which shows the new ajax help.
  • [fix] If you save a document the window title updates with the new name now.
  • [fix] Corrected localization for RSS > Date for the text item.
  • [fix] Fixed a bug in the ftp publish function. If the ftp server don't knows the SITE command (changing permissions) the publish doen't stop any more.
  • [new] New interal error window where the user can send a bug report and continue with the application.
  • [new] New customer survey, which can be found in the menu Help > Goldfish Survey...
  • [new] New start counter which counts the startups of Goldfish. The new survey pops up after the 10. startup.
  • [fix] All items have a better minimum height and minimum width calculation now.
  • [fix] The publish window will now always closed after publishing. Also if the "godbye" message is not received.
  • [fix] Goldfish quits now if the last window is closed on Windows and not when the last document window is closed.
  • [chg] If you import a media file with two differnet comments, the media file is stored two times now instead of only one time.
  • [fix] If the user enters a wrong username/password in the publish window, the disabled controls will enabled again.

New in Goldfish 2.2 (Jun 9, 2008)

  • [new] Html code is cut off no longer, if "Save stylesheets externally" is not selected in the preferences
  • [chg] New page areas have the width of the page as default width
  • [fix] Lines are now available in exported websites
  • [fix] Values for left, top, width and height update now correctly in the properties while dragging and resizing a page item
  • [new] Double click on a word in the text editor selects it
  • [new] Option in the contextual menu (right or ctl click) for editing content of an item (page area, text item, form item, picture item)
  • [new] Option in the contextual menu (right or ctl click) for editing elements of a form item
  • [new] Option in the properties for editing content of an item (page area, text item, form item, picture item)
  • [new] Option in the contextual menu (right or ctl click) for deleting elements of a form item
  • [fix] If you replace a folder in the build website dialog, the existing folder will now be overwritten correctly (only possible in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard)
  • [chg] New designed and simpler purchase window, PRO icons added to professional features instead of hiding them in trial and standard version
  • [new] New checkbox in Design window to disable that this window is shown on startup
  • [fix] No more display errors if "right" in "Content Alignment" of the page is selected
  • [new] New email option in form text fields. The mail script checks if the entered text is in a valid email address form. New option in the properties for setting a text field with enabled email option as reply address
  • [fix] Create website: Now, an error message appears if the e-mail address to which the form will be sent of an e-mail form was not entered
  • [fix] Goldfish shows now the "save changes" window correctly while edititing text, form elements and images
  • [new] New designed media import window: Preview shows now an small icon of the picture instead of the orginal size, there is a new button to cancel the import of multiple pictures in a gallery, resize field can now be left blank
  • [fix] Problem solved with cut off text, that contains "|" or "" character after reopen the document
  • [fix] & " < and > are now converted to their html codes correctly in exported websites
  • [fix] The submenu of an menu item has now again different background and effect colors than the main menu. Broken in Goldfish 2.0
  • [fix] Solved a bug with overwitten properties with the default properties when duplicating or saving. This bug occured in: Link style and effects of text item, effects of picture item, text style of gallery item and text style of form item
  • [opt] Optimized graphics functions. Pictures will resize faster now, transparent images are better displayed now
  • [opt] Optimized media import and export
  • [opt] Optimized picture item: Refreshes now generally faster, but slower if you resize oredit it
  • [fix] Selecting items with dragging a square around them now update the properties
  • [new] The property sections keep their open / close status if you select the item again
  • [new] New update window with new features: updates can now be downloaded directly within Goldfish.
  • [fix] The characters < " or > in display names do not longer corrupt the form mailer script
  • [new] Goldfish websites are now valid xhtml transitional (w3c check)
  • [fix] The registered version is now always correctly remembered after restarting Goldfish
  • [new] Goldfish comes now without an installer on Macintosh. The additional fonts can be installed after the first start.
  • [new] Goldfish now supports Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics