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Working in the Cloud is probably something that most EverWeb users will be doing sometime during their day. It’s inevitable, either at work or at home, the benefits of using the Cloud are undeniable. But it is a how does EverWeb work with the Cloud and what are the advantages and disadvantage of this type of strategy when it comes to building your website?

Read on to find out the answers to these types of questions!

EverWeb Software and The Cloud

Let’s start wth EverWeb software itself. The most important thing to remember is that EverWeb is standalone software. This means that you should not install it, or use it, in The Cloud. The software should be installed on your local Mac or Windows computer. only and accessed from there.

If you need to use EverWeb on two computers, for example a laptop and desktop, you can install the software on both machines. This is ideal if you are in situations when, for example, you are working both from home and office locations. Usually one person with EverWeb installed locally on two different computers is fine. There are caveats, though, about accessing project files from more than one computer which we will talk about later on in this post.

If you are in a situation where you have more than one person using EverWeb, then you will need to use a multi-person license, or the other people accessing EverWeb will need to have their own license. In this situation, we recommend contacting EverWeb Support to discuss your situation. The same applies if you work in Education and want to use EverWeb with students.

EverWeb’s Project Files and The Cloud

EverWeb’s project files provide the structure of your website as well as storing the media used in its pages. The project file is therefore a collection of files. On a Mac, all of the resources of your project are stored in a ‘.everweb’ file. In Windows, this collection of files is stored in a folder with the same ‘everweb’ extension instead.

When EverWeb creates a new project file it is stored with a randomly generated filename so that it remains unique. This is different to the name that you see on the Projects Window or the name that you assign your project in EverWeb itself. Think of these as aliases for the real file name. To see the ‘real’ file name, go to the Projects Window and click on the Ellipses in a Circle icon to the right of the project if you are using a Mac version of EverWeb. If you are an EverWeb for Windows user, click on the downward facing triangle. In both cases, a dropdown menu will appear. Choose the ‘Show On Disk’ menu option. This will reveal the real file name of your project and also its location on your local hard drive.

You can rename the real file name if you want. Sometimes this is a good idea, especially if you are using project files in The Cloud.

Using Project Files In The Cloud

Once you know the location of your project files on your hard disk, you might then want to move them in to the Cloud. There are a number of reasons why this might be a good idea:

• it provides an instant backup source for the project
• It provides a quick and easy way to recover project files if needed
• You can easily store project file assets in The Cloud at relatively low cost
• Facilitates collaboration (Note the restrictions below)
• It enables you to easily work on one project file on more than one computer

If you move your project file in to The Cloud, bear in mind the following:

• Potential Synching Issues: Whilst Cloud services are good, often you might get synching issues between computers accessing the same project file in The Cloud. If you are swapping work environment, we strongly recommend the following. First save and close your project on the computer you are currently using. Note the project file’s timestamp in the Cloud before moving the your new work environment. Once you have moved to the second computer, check your project file’s timestamp to make sure it matches that from the original computer. If it does not, then wait for the Cloud synching to take place, or trigger the synching manually if possible. Once the timestamps, are in synch, access the project file from the second computer.
• Launching EverWeb: Sometimes EverWeb may take time to launch files in the Cloud are being synched. If EverWeb delays in launching, check to see if Cloud synching is taking place as this is often the cause of delay.
• The Projects Window: If you store your project files in The Cloud, they will not be displayed anymore in the Projects Window. You will need to either use the File-> Open command (Mac and Windows), or double click on the project name in the Cloud on a Mac, or double click on the ‘EverWeb Project File.ewwinproj’ file in EverWeb for Windows, to launch EverWeb and the project file.
• Single Use Access: When using EverWeb in The Cloud, only ONE person at ONE time should accesss the project file. EverWeb does NOT support shared access to project files, live co-authoring or shared editing. If more than one person is accessing the project file at the same time, one user will overwrite any changes the other user may make.
• Internet Dependence: It goes without saying that if you do not have Internet access, you will not be able to access you project files in The Cloud. Coupled with this, if you do have Internet access but poor connection or connection speed, then you may find working with the project file is impaired.

Last Word…

Working with EverWeb project files in The Cloud can be very beneficial to your workflow and also provides a useful addition way to keep your project file backed up safely. Although there are caveats to using project files in The Cloud, once you are used to the way in which to work within these constraints, you will find that working this way straightforward and trouble free.

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We’re excited to announce the availability of the first public beta of EverWeb 4.5 for macOS and Windows! The upcoming EverWeb 4.5 release is going to be another huge release, expanding the Containers feature’s capabilities that we introduced in EverWeb 4.4. We also have a host of other exciting new features in this release: New Overlay Effects, Background Masks, Popup Windows, On-Click Actions, Target Focusing for Images, Pin Settings, new workflows and the all new Carousel widget are just some of the other major highlights coming soon!

Before Downloading The EverWeb 4.5 Public Beta…

Remember that Beta software is just that – “Beta“. This means that it is possible that there are still bugs to be ironed out of the software, or that some features and functionality may not work as expected at this time. Although we have tested the software extensively before releasing the public beta, there is still scope for project file corruption and crashes to occur.

If you want to try out the new EverWeb 4.5 features before its official release, we advise the following:

1. Do not use the beta test software on live project files. Only use beta software on test project files.
2. If you open existing project files in EverWeb 4.5 (beta), you may not be able to open these project files in older versions of EverWeb any more.
3. If you install the Public Beta of EverWeb, it will overwrite your existing EverWeb version. We advise you to rename your currently installed version of EverWeb before installing the Public Beta version. You will then have the current official EverWeb release available as well as the beta version.
4. If you need to re-download the current, official EverWeb version that is available to you, go to the Support-> Downloads area of your EverWeb Client Area to redownload it.
5. When installing EverWeb software, your Project files will not be overwritten as they are stored elsewhere on your computer.
6. Make sure you back up your EverWeb project files. You can do this within EverWeb itself which we recommend in addition to backing up your project files as part of your regular computer back up.
7. When running EverWeb Beta software, a backup will be made automatically the first time you open the project file in the new beta version.

Installing the EverWeb 4.5 Public Beta

Once you have downloaded the version of EverWeb that you want to install, you will either have an everweb45b.dmg file (macOS) or an everwebsetup45b.exe file (Microsoft Windows) in your file download location.

Before installing the beta software, check the Before You Download… section of this post again. Once you have done that, just click on the .dmg file, or double click on the .exe file to kick off the installation process. Follow the prompts to complete the installation of the software.

Testing and Feedback

One of the most important things about issuing a public beta of EverWeb is your feedback. If EverWeb crashes, please submit the crash report so we can fix it.

If you find issues when using EverWeb, please use the EverWeb Forum to document the issue. We will report back to you as soon as possible. Sometimes, recording the issue for us can help.

Don’t forget to check the EverWeb Forum regularly for updates. New public betas may be released based on testing and feedback. All updates will appear in the Public Beta Announcement Post.

You can also check the forum for the status of any issue you have previously reported.

The Official EverWeb 4.5 Software Release

We are often asked the question about when will the next version of EverWeb be available. We are keen to get a new version of EverWeb out with its exciting new features, but will only do so once we are satisfied that the new version is ready for release and has been tested thoroughly, both internally and via the Public beta Test program. Thank you for your patience during the time between the beta and full release version!

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When you start to build your website in EverWeb there will inevitably be a time when you will decide that now if the time to publish your site to see it in action.

Selecting Only What You Want To Publish…

When developing your site in EverWeb, there may be pages that you have developed that you do not want to publish at the moment. There may also be pages that you never want to publish. These could be pages in your Project that you use for reference purposes. For example, you may have a page of notes that include the site author’s details, the purpose or goal of the site, the date the site was created, notes about ideas and themes you want to follow up later, a list of changes you want to make in the future and so on.

In these instances you do not want these types of page published. To stop EverWeb publishing a page, simply right click on the page you do not want to publish in the Web Page List. Choose the ‘Do not publish’ option. When you select this option, the page name and page icon next will turn grey in color. and will not publish when you come to publish your site. To change the status so that the page does publish, simply repeat the above steps.

Alternatively, you can also stop a page from being published by using the Page Settings tab in the Inspector Window. Here, select the Advanced Options section and check the box ‘Do not publish’.

When To Publish Your Site

You might want to publish your site whilst you are still developing it, to test out features that you have added or are in development. You will also want to publish your site when you have completed it and want to test it out before publicly launching it. Lastly, you will want to publish when you have completed and fully tested your site to the Internet for the world to see and use!

Publishing Safely During Site Testing

As mentioned above, we recommend testing your site before you publish it, to get any wrinkles out of it before you publish it for the whole Internet to enjoy. Testing will include things such as making sure that your pages work on different browsers, on different device sizes and checking that all links go to where they should go to. Often you can use Preview for testing, but there may be some features, such as the PayPal Modern or FaceBook Page Timeline widgets, that require ‘live’ connections to function properly for testing purposes. In these cases, publishing your site may be required for testing purposes.

When testing your site, we recommend that you use a test directory to do so. This will give you a safe environment away from public scrutiny to work out any problems or issues before going ‘live’ with your site. You can easily set up a test directory to use for this purpose. Click on the name of your website in the Web Page List or use the File-> Edit Publishing Settings menu option. In the subdirectory field you can enter a test directory name, for example, ‘Test’. You can then publish to this subdirectory and use it for testing purposes. When you are ready to publish the final, polished version of your site remove the ‘Test’ subdirectory name so that your site publishes to the main domain name instead.

Publish The Whole Site or Just Changes?

When publishing your website, there are two options available. You can publish either the whole site, or just the changes you have made to it since its last publish. Obviously, when you publish your site the first time, you will be publishing the contents of the whole site. The easiest way to publish your site is to click on the Publish button in the Toolbar. Note that this option will only publish the changes you have made since the last publish. This is usually the best option as it will save you time, and it is not usually necessary to publish the whole site every time you publish. If you make changes to one page that affect other pages e.g. you change a Master Page, EverWeb will flag these associated pages as needing to be republished. You will see the Page icons in the Web Page List change to Red when this type of scenario happens.

You can also use the File-> Publish Site Changes menu option instead of the Publish button if you prefer. There may also be rimes when you want to publish the whole site. This may happen if you find that some of the links in your site are not working properly even when you have checked them. Publishing the whole site can sometimes be a useful remedy if you encounter problems after you have published changes to your site.

How To Publish Your Site

We have already mentioned above the ways in which you can publish your site, but there is also another important requirement to publishing and that is where you should publish your site. This bring us to where you site is hosted. You will either publish your site using EverWeb’s Hosting service, or you can choose your own Hosting provider if you want. The advantage of using EverWeb+Hosting is that you can access many hosting features directly in EverWeb itself instead of having to go ‘behind the scenes’ to use tools such as cPanel. It is also simpler to set up the administration side to your site as well using this route.

If you have chosen to host with EverWeb, go to the Site Publishing Settings screen in your project to set up your publishing location. Either click on the name of your project in the Web Page List, or use the File-> Edit Publishing Settings menu option. Set the ‘Publish To’ location to ‘EverWeb’. If you are using your own Hosting provider, no problem, just change the ‘Publish To’ location to FTP Server. In either case complete the details required. For EverWeb+Hosting users, these are probably completed already. If you are using your own Hosting service, contact them for the details required if you do not have them already.

Once you have completed all of these details you are ready to publish your site!

Post Publishing Status

Once you have published your site, you will see that all of the pages in the Web Page list that were flagged red are displayed in black again, or white if you are using dark mode. This indicates that all of the pages that have been changed since the last publish have now been published. Job Done!

Now you can go to your published site, or test site, to check to make sure that everything works as expected!

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One of the most useful features of EverWeb is an incredibly simple one: Directories. They have always been a feature of EverWeb and have many different uses. In this post, we will ta taking a look at how to use directories, and what they can be used for…

What is a Directory?

A directory is essentially a container that can hold pages and directories within it. A directory is sometimes referred to as a folder and rightly so as it functions to collect together similar or related items in one location.

Adding Directories

Adding a directory to your site is easy. Just click on the Directory button in the Toolbar. Alternatively, use the File-> New Directory menu option, or use the shortcut keyboard command Command+Option+N on a Mac, or Control+Alt+N in Windows.

EverWeb has one other way in which to add a directory and that is by converting an existing page in to a directory. You may find that when you are designing a page that you actually want it to be a directory rather than a page. To convert a page, first right, or secondary click on the page you want in the Web Page List. Next, choose ‘Convert to Directory’ from the list of menu options. The Page icon will change to the Directory icon when you take this action. Note that converting a page to a directory is a one way process. You cannot change a directory in to a page. If you have converted a page by mistake, you can undo the action if you do this immediately. In all other instances, you should create a new page, then copy the contents of the directory page in to it.

Once you have added a directory, you will see it listed in the Web Page List which is the left hand column of the EverWeb User Interface. The directory will be displayed with a folder icon. When you add the directory, this folder will be red in color, indicating that it has not been published yet. When you do publish your site, the folder color will change to a grey color indicating that it has been published. If you then edit the folder, or its contents, the folder icon will again change to red indicating that it has been edited since the last publish.

The final color that you may see the folder as it a dark grey color indicating that the folder has been set to ‘Do not publish’.

When you add a directory to the Web Page List, a triangle to the left of the directory name is added. This is an expand/collapse directory toggle. If you have a large website, you will often find it easier to keep most directories collapsed so that you can focus on only those directories that you are working on at the time. So, if you want to expand a directory, just click on the triangle icon. It will change to a down facing triangle when you do so.

Directories and Site Organization

One of the most useful things about Directories is that they let you organize your site and the pages within it. You can add pages to a directory, or remove them, just by drag and dropping them into, or out of, the directory. As you do so, you will see a guideline appear to help you correctly place the page in to, or out of, the directory. In addition to pages, you can put directories within directories.

You can also move directories themselves within the Web Page List by drag and dropping them where you want. In the upcoming Everweb 4.5 release, the Web Page List state will be remembered which means that the next time you open the project file, the Web Page List will be displayed as it was when you last left it.

Deleting a directory is also as you would expect, just click on the directory you want to remove and press the backspace key on your keyboard. You will be asked to confirm the deletion, unless you have specifically disabled this default.

Directories and the Navigation Menus

One of the main areas where directories have an impact is with EverWeb’s Navigation Bar widget. The widget takes the directory structure and translates it in to the navigation. The page and directory structure from top to bottom, translates to the menu bar display from left to right. if you want to exclude any pages or directories from the menu bar, uncheck the ‘Include page in navigation menu’ option in the Page Settings tab of the Inspector Window.

When you use directories, the pages hanging off of the directory will become dropdown menu items. Note that EverWeb’s Navigation Bar widget only allows you one level of dropdown menu. Check out third party widget offerings if you require more than one level of dropdown. Usually one level dropdown is enough ensure easy navigation for your visitors.

When using dropdown menus, you may not want your visitor to access the Directory page itself. This is usually when the Directory page is used as just a heading for the pages within to hang off. In this case, click on the directory page in the Web Page List, then check the box ‘Redirect to first child page’ in the Page Details section of the Page Settings tab in the Inspector Window. When you preview or publish your site, if a visitor clicks on the Directory page, the page that opens will be the first page in the dropdown menu list.

Directories and SEO

When using pages or directories in EverWeb, you should also consider their file names. This is especially important if SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in EverWeb is important to you. You can rename the directory (or page) either by double clicking on the name in the Web Page List, or by using the Filename Option in the Page Settings tab of the Inspector Window. The filename also provides hyperlink names for the Navigation Bar widget so making the name SEO friendly is useful. Whilst it is good to key your file name to be SEO friendly, do not forget that readability should always take preference over SEO. For the Navigation Bar widget, you can use the Navigation Menu Display Name field to present your visitors with easy to read navigation menu items.

EverWeb’s directories are incredibly useful and versatile, whilst being simple to use at the same time!

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If you have ever wanted to hyperlink a button, or a piece of text, in your site to a specific point on a page, EverWeb‘s Scroll Position is the feature that you will need to use. Hyperlinking in this way is like a ship dropping an anchor. The ship is always anchored to the anchoring point. The same is true when you use Scroll Position. You use one object on a page as the anchoring point to which other objects, such as a button or piece of text, are tethered to.

Introduced back in EverWeb 2.6, this was a time when EverWeb only supported Fixed Width page layouts. When Responsive Page Layouts were introduced to EverWeb in version 2.8, there was a need to introduce a new form of Scroll Position. This came when Set Shape as Scroll Position was added to EverWeb in EverWeb 3.2 in April 2020.

A Tale of Two Scroll Positions

So you may be wondering, why do we need two different types of Scroll Position? Essentially, we only really need one type of Scroll Position, that being Set Shape As Scroll Position. The reason being that this type of Scroll Position can be used on all page layout types, both Fixed Width and Responsive.

The other Scroll Position type, Insert Fixed Scroll Position, can only be used on a Fixed Width Page Layout but remains so that you if you are created a Fixed Width website using Scroll Position before EverWeb 3.2 then you are are still supported.

Essentially Insert Fixed Scroll Position remains for legacy purposes. It is also visually very distinctive is uses a horizontal line to easily show you where the Scroll Position is located on the page. For those using the Centered Layout page layout type it’s very easy to use.

With all this EverWeb history in mind, let’s look at the two Scroll Position versions in more detail…

Scroll Position For Fixed Width Pages

As mentioned above, EverWeb introduced Scroll Position with EverWeb version 2.6 back in December 2017. At this tine EverWeb was designed for use only with Fixed Width pages in mind, i.e. the Centered layout and Left Aligned layouts. For long time EverWeb users, there was a third page type that existed at the time called Dynamic. In reality the Left Aligned and Dynamic page layout types were not used, so the Centered Layout type was the one we all used.

The addition of the Scroll Position feature also meant that the feature was also added to EverWeb’s Toolbar. It still remains there to this day, but also can be accessed using the Insert-> Insert Fixed Scroll Position menu option.

When you add this type of Scroll Position, it will be added to the page as a blue line across the page. You can drag and drop the line to where you want it placed. Each Scroll Position that you add also has a unique name on the page that it is on. You can easily change the name, just select the Scroll Position then change the name by clicking on the Widget Settings tab in the Inspector Window then editing the Unique Name field. By default, the name given to the Scroll Position is the pixel point on the page that the Scroll Position is initially located at.

To use the Scroll Position, select the text in your button, or piece of text you want to use, then go to the Hyperlinks Inspector. Check the box ‘Enable as Hyperlink’. The Link To field should be set as ‘One of My Pages’. The Page field should either be set to ‘Current’, or the name of the page the Scroll Position is located on. This means that you can link to positions on other pages in your site. Once you have completed these steps, test your page using the Preview button in the Toolbar.

If you want to delete the Scroll Position, simply highlight it, then press the Backspace key.

Scroll Position For Responsive and Fixed Width Pages

Set Shape as Scroll Position debuted in EverWeb 3.2 and as its name implies, you add your Scroll Position to an object on the page. To use this feature, select the object that you want to scroll to. This could be, for example, a shape, TextBox or even a widget such as the FlexBox widget. Remember that you can use this type of Scroll Position on either a Fixed Width or Responsive Page. After selecting the object that you want to use, go to the Scroll Position button in the Toolbar. Select the ‘Set Shape as Scroll Position’ option. You will see that a blue anchor symbol added to the selected object. You will also be asked at the same time to name the Scroll Position with a name that is unique to the page.

You can then use the Scroll Position in the same way as outlined in the section above for Insert Fixed Scroll Position.

If you want to rename the Scroll Position, select the object that uses the Scroll Position. Next, go to the Shape Options tab and open the Scroll Position section if it is not already open. Edit, or enter a new name. If you want to delete the Scroll Position just leave the field completely empty.

Displaying Scroll Position

When using Scroll Position, you will either see a blue horizontal line if you used Insert Fixed Scroll Position, or a blue anchor symbol in the top right hand corner of the object if you used Set Shape as Scroll Position. The Insert Fixed Scroll Position visual indicator will always display. When using Set Shape as Scroll Position the anchor symbol will not display if you have set Window-> Show Layout to ‘Hide Layout’ in which case it will not be visible..

Which Scroll Position To Use?

Our recommendation is to use Set Shape as Scroll Position. The main reason for this is that even if you are currently working in a Fixed Width environment, you may at some stage migrate to a Responsive Page Layout, so you will be working consistently at all times just using one style of Scroll Position. No frustration or relearning needed!

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