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The latest release of EverWeb, version 4.4, is full of new, easy to use, but highly effective features that will add a new dimension to your website’s design. The addition of the new Padding and Margins feature is a case in point. It is simple to use but gives you greater flexibility than ever before when it comes to working with objects such as TextBoxes, images, Containers and a variety of widgets.

Margins and Padding Before EverWeb 4.4

Before the launch of EverWeb 4.4 you were limited in the use of margins and padding options within the pages of your site. You could add left and right margins to full width objects using the Size section of the Metrics Inspector. Additionally, some of EverWeb’s built in widgets also featured some options to control margins and padding. The most notable widget in this respect is the Navigation Bar widget where you have padding and spacing for menu options. The FlexBox, Text Sections and the Responsive Row widget all feature some of these features as well.

With the advent of EverWeb 4.4, padding and margins becomes a universal feature for all objects in your site.

EverWeb’s New Padding and Margins Feature…

The introduction of universal margins and padding in EverWeb 4.4 has led to the reorganisation of the Metrics Inspector. The Left and Right Margins fields in the Size section have disappeared, replaced by the brand new Margins & Padding section. If you have used the margins features of previous EverWeb versions, these settings will be preserved in the new Margins and Padding section. Also, if you have used the margin and padding features found in widgets, these will be unaffected.

The new Margins & Padding section of the Metrics Inspector uses a visual representation of an object. The rectangle has a set of fields on each of its sides, both inside and outside of it. The four fields inside the rectangle represent Padding whilst the fields outside of the rectangle represent Margins. You can apply margins and/or padding to any, or all sides, of an object as required. When you do so, you will see this displayed on the object in the Editor Window.

As already mentioned, padding applies spacing within an object. Typically this will only be useful for adding space to text within a TextBox or Container, and in an image when you have added text on top of the image. When using padding, you will see a dashed line displayed on the inner side of the object you are applying the padding to. When you add a Container to the page, you will see that a 20 pixel padding is applied automatically to all sides of the object.

Whilst padding applies to the inside of an object, margins apply to the outside sides of an object. When applying margins, you will see a grid pattern displayed on the side of the object that you have applied the margin to.

Margins & Padding in Practice

You can use Margins and Padding to objects in both fixed width and responsive pages in your website. Whilst useful for both page types, margins and padding are perhaps more beneficial for those using Responsive pages. Margins are especially useful when used with containers such as the Responsive Row widget and Containers. You can now space fixed width objects out within these object types as you want. You also gain vertical control over objects in these container types as well. In this way you will be able to have objects displayed at different heights within Responsive Rows or Containers.

When using margins on full width objects, they also become a good way to create page margins, which is especially useful when displaying your site on mobile devices where you do not want your content to be edge-to-edge on screen.

Margins and Padding are a very easy visual way to help with your page design in EverWeb!

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November is already here and once again we are celebrating another EverWeb birthday anniversary! This coming week it will be 12 years since EverWeb launched back in 2013! It has been another amazing year with major highlights being the release of EverWeb 4.4 introducing the all new Containers feature! But there have also been a lot of other great new, or improved, features to enjoy as well. Mouse animations and transitions and fully customizable borders being two of our personal favorites!

Here’s a run down of all that’s happened since EverWeb’s last birthday!

EverWeb Releases In The Last 12 Months…

There might have been only two major releases of EverWeb in the last twelve months, but they have been big releases! EverWeb 4.3 debuted in December 2024 introducing the new PayPal Modern widget that enables new payment options as well as using the PayPal button API. We recommend using this widget over the older PayPal widget if possible. EverWeb 4.3 is also notable for ticking off a number of user requested features, such as Justified Text. You can find this new feature in the Alignment section of the Text Inspector

Whilst on the subject of text in EverWeb, version 4.3 also added in the ability to scroll text within a Textbox. Again, it is easy to use, just select your TextBox then check the checkbox next to ‘Scrollable Text’ in the Export Options section of the Text Inspector. When you preview ore publish, the text in the TextBox will be scrollable!

Another small, but handy addition to EverWeb is the ‘QR Code for Mobile Preview’ feature that lets you easily preview your website on a mobile device just by scanning a QR code. Although a small feature, it saves you having to install apps like Xcode (on a Mac) or using developer tools in your favourite browser. Now you can scan the QR code and see the page you want previewed to your mobile device. Works for tablets too, by the way!

September 2025 saw the launch of EverWeb 4.4, our current release, which is packed with major new features and enhancements. Here are the major highlights:

• Scrolling Effects in the Shape Options tab let you pin objects on your page, in one of six different ways: Pin Stack, Pin Push, Pin To Left, Pin To Right, Pin To Top and Pin To Bottom. In addition to pinning, you can also set custom scroll start positions, and add the following scrolling actions: Fade, Blur, Color-swap, Rotate, Remove, Scale, and custom scroll speed.
• Containers, the headline feature for EverWeb this year let you add a single object that groups elements into either a row, a column or in a free flow container.
• Margins & Padding help you finesse your page design as you can now add margin and/or padding to most objects in your page, such as text within TextBoxes, Responsive Rows, Containers and much more!
• Mouse Effects and Transitions let you highlight objects that are Call to Actions in your page. You can add effects for mouse over and/or mouse down actions with a choice of 41 different effects.
• Borders let you easily and simply choose how you want the corners of your objects to look. This is a quick, easy and effective way to give your website design that extra polish!
• EverWeb’s stalwart Navigation Bar Widget gets new abilities with the new Mouse-Down Fill options making your Nav Bar more context sensitive for your visitors.

EverWeb Maintenance and Improvement Releases…

In addition to our big releases there have also been a couple of maintenance and stability releases during September and October 2025, leading us the current EverWeb version – 4.4.3, for macOS and Windows. We always recommend updating EverWeb with these minor releases as they fix issues found in major releases, and also they sometimes will include minor enhancements to EverWeb itself as well!

If you have any comments or issues about the latest releases, please let us know as this helps us make a better product that’s inline with your needs and wishes.

Thank you all for your continued loyalty, support and amazing customer reviews! We’re looking forward to bringing you more awesome features over the next year!

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Our recently released EverWeb 4.4 for macOS and Windows, is big on new features: Containers, Border Options, Mouse Transitions and Animations and more! Additionally, there is a great update for EverWeb‘s Navigation Bar widget with some great new options adding more style and focus to navigating your site!

The New Navigation Bar Widget Design…

The first thing to notice when adding a Navigation Bar widget to a page with EverWeb 4.4 or higher, is that the menu options displayed in the Editor Window now features a blue colored rectangle background shape. You can change the color and background shape easily enough if desired. Start, by going to the Shape Options tab in the Inspector Window. In the Fill Section you will see that ‘Color Fill’ is selected and that the color swatch is blue. If you don’t want any background shape displayed, just click on the ‘Color Fill’ menu option and change it to ‘None’. You will see the background shape disappear from the widget in the Editor Window.

If you do use a Color Fill, you have some new options to play with to make your Navigation more fun!

Using A Background Shape In Your Navigation

If you do want to use a background shape for your navigation, but do not want to use the default, rectangle shape, you can choose a different shape if you want. To change the shape used, go to the Shape section at the top of the Shape Options tab. Change the ‘Default’ selection to the shape that you want to use. Note that the Default shape option is the same as the Rectangle shape.

To style the navigation bar use the widget’s Button Options settings, These settings let you adjust the spacing and padding between the each menu item, which may have particular importance to you if you are using a background shape in your navigation. You may also need to adjust the font size of the text used in the navigation which can be done through the Text Inspector’s Font section.

Using Border Options

One of the exciting new options for the Navigation Menu widget is that if you are using either the default, or rectangle shape, you can now change the each corner border to round the corners of the shape as you want. Simply select the Navigation Menu widget, then go to the Shape Options tab. Check that the shape you are using is either the Default or Rectangle shape, then click on the Custom Border Radius checkbox in the Borders section. This will activate the Border Options settings. Next, enter a value in the each corner that you want to change. You will see the Navigation updated as you make your changes.

Using Mouse Transitions & Animations

EverWeb 4.4 also lets you add mouse transitions to your navigation. To activate this feature, check the box to the left of the Mouse Transition & Animations section title. Choose the type of animation effect you want, there are 41 to choose from. It is more likely that you will want to use a mouse over animation for the navigation, but you can also apply a mouse down animation to your navigation if desired.

You can also set a Transition Time so that the effect works immediately when the user mouses over or mouses down on a menu item. When using Transition Time, a value of zero will play the effect immediately. You can set a value up to 500 if desired. The higher the value you choose, the slower the effect will play out.

After you have applied the effect that you want, use the Preview button the EverWeb Toolbar to see the effect in action. When you mouse over, or mouse down, over each menu item you will see the mouse effect in action.

Using The NEW Mouse Down Fill Options…

The last new option for the Navigation Menu widget is located in the Widget Settings of the widget itself. The new ‘Apply Mouse Down Fill’ option in the Appearance section has been a much requested feature we are happy to deliver to you!

The Apply Mouse Down Fill option has three available states: ‘On Mouse Down’, ‘On Current Page’ and ‘On Mouse Down and Current Page.’ A Mouse Down Fill can be applied for the selected state. To set this up, first make sure the Navigation Menu widget is selected, then go to the Shape Options tab.

In the Fill section, the default state is set to ‘Normal’. Change this to Mouse Down. Next, choose the Fill type that you want to apply when the user mouses down on the Navigation. You can also choose to highlight the current page in the navigation if desired. In this example, we are going to use a Color Fill.

You can also apply a Border as well if you are using either the Default, or Rectangle Shape.

Once the Mouse Down Fill has been set, go back to the Navigation Menu widget’s Widget Settings.

By default, ‘Apply Mouse Down Fill’ is set to ‘On Mouse Down.’ To test this, mouse down on one of the menu options in the navigation. The background color and shape borders will change.

Next choose. the ‘On Current Page’ option. you will see the current page highlighted using the shape you have chosen.

The last option, ‘On Mouse Down and Current Page’ combines the ‘Mouse Down’ and ‘On Current Page’ options together.

EverWeb’s New Navigation options bring you a wealth of new options to add extra flair, style and simplicity in navigation to your users!

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Following on from our recent big EverWeb 4.4 release, a new maintenance and stability release is now available: EverWeb 4.4.3 for macOS and Windows. There are also a number of minor improvements included in this release to make using EverWeb even smoother! Checkout the list below for details!

If you have a current EverWeb license and have ‘Automatically Check for Updates’ set on in your EverWeb-> Settings… -> Account menu on macOS and Edit-> Options-> Account on Microsoft Windows, you will be asked if you want to update the next time you log in to EverWeb.

Alternatively, whilst in EverWeb you can also use the EverWeb-> Check for Updates menu option on a Mac, or the Help-> Check for Updates menu option in Windows. You can also download the latest update directly from the EverWeb website.

EverWeb 4.4.3 contains the following improvements:

Scroll Position now includes a draggable label for easier repositioning.

Widgets can now accept negative numbers in their input fields.

Publishing is now faster and more efficient for websites that include a large number of images.

Expanding a TextBox by pressing the Return key will now automatically push down any objects placed below it on responsive pages.

EverWeb 4.4.3 includes the following fixes and changes:

flipX and flipY animations now work again using CSS.

Text highlighting now works correctly when using top padding.

Retina images now export correctly when the object width is exactly half the size of the image fill.

Image galleries placed in a responsive row now align properly.

Description text in the Mouse Animations & Transitions section no longer gets cut off.

Spinning wheel no longer appears for certain text box objects.

Widgets now update properly when their height is adjusted.

Object frames have been adjusted so they align more precisely on the design canvas.

Image fills with Parallax Scrolling now work better on fixed-width pages that include objects beneath the parallax object.

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The latest version of EverWeb – version 4.4 – adds a number of important design tools that will help you create even more incredible websites! From Containers to borders and scrolling effects to navigation menu fill types, we believe that our latest update will give you immense creative freedom.

One extra set of new features comes with the addition of the new Mouse Transitions and Animations feature. This is located in the revamped Shape Options tab section of the Inspector Window on the right hand side of the EverWeb UI.

Why Use Mouse Transitions and Animations?

Using mouse transitions and animations can be a great way to help focus your visitors on either your content or on the ‘Call to Actions’ within your pages. The key to using this kind of feature is to use it sparingly. This is for a couple of reasons: the first reason is that you will want to alert your visitors to what is important (from your perspective) as they are mousing over the page. If you have too many transition or animation effects in place, then what you want your visitor to focus on will be lost. So, in this instance, less is more. The second reason for using these effects sparingly is that the more effects you use, the more it will drag down the performance of your page. Keeping your page performance snappy is always good as this helps keep your visitor in your site. In situations where a page is slow to load, you are more liable to have your visitor click away from your site.

Mouse Transitions and Animations In Action

You can add a mouse transition or animation to virtually any object. Typical case uses are for call-to-actin type scenarios e.g. buttons or text that you want visitors to be aware of when they mouse over them. Simply select the object that you want to use an animation or transition with then go to the Shape Options tab in the Inspector Window. Check the checkbox to the left of the section title “mouse Transitions & Animation to activate the settings.

The first field to look at is Transition Time which is the time that it takes the effect to complete. You can set the value for this field from zero to 500. The higher the number, the slower the effect plays out. The next two fields are both dropdown menus with the same contents in each. The Mouse Over and Down Animation dropdown menus have 41 different effects to choose from. You can trigger the effect for either a mouse over or mouse down event, or for both events if you want. As previously mentioned, using these effects sparingly is often more effective, so our recommendation is to use one effect only on an object rather than both.

When applying effects, be careful of the object that you apply them to, and the type of effect that you use. For example, applying an effect to a Navigation Bar Widget may be more annoying than entertaining… With this in mind, we recommend that you test out your animation effects before you publish your site to make sure that the effect you have chosen is appropriate to the object on the page. Once you have tested, and are happy with the effect, publish your site.

Other Useful Mouse Over and Mouse Down Effects

Whilst Mouse Transitions and Animations Effects are new to EverWeb, there are also some effects that can be used from earlier EverWeb versions. Whilst in the Shape Options tab, take a look at the Fill section near the top of the settings. Here you will see a dropdown menu, which by default is set to ‘Normal’. This dropdown represents the state of the mouse when it is not in a mouse over or mouse down state. If you click on the dropdown, you will see options for ‘Mouse Over’ and ‘Mouse Down’. If, for example, you set the dropdown menu to Mouse Over, you can now set options in the Shape Options tab for this specific mouse state.

The easiest example is where you have a button on your page that you want to change color when your visitor hovers, or mouse overs it. To make this happen, first select the button shape then change the Fill section’s dropdown menu from Normal to Mouse Over. Next, change the Fill menu from ‘None’ to ‘Color Fill’. Once you have done this, change the color swatch to the color you want when the visitor mouses over the button. You are now all set! You can test this out directly in the Editor Window just by hovering over your button shape to see it change color.

EverWeb’s new Mouse Transitions and Animation feature is super easy to use and when combined with existing effects, also expands your page design possibilities.

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