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We’re delighted to introduce EverWeb 3.2 with more Contact Form Advanced widget features, giving you our most flexible and versatile contact form ever! There is also a new scroll position anchor feature for fixed and responsive pages, Master Page enhancements, pagination options for the Image Gallery Widget and much more!
The full list of what is new and updated is below as well as our ‘What’s New in EverWeb 3.2‘ video. Enjoy!
For a complete list of what’s new, improved and fixed, as well as how to upgrade to the new version, please see below!
EverWeb is available in the following versions:
When updating to EverWeb 3.2, the update process will automatically download the correct version of EverWeb for your operating system.
We’ve highlighted the main features of the release of EverWeb in our ‘What’s New in EverWeb 3.2‘ video. See below for the full release notes.
[NEW] Contact forms can now send a confirmation email to the website visitor. The message is customizable and can include variables based on what the visitor has entered in the form. The default confirmation email includes an example. You can use any form control variable. This feature requires the Contact Forms Enhanced Addon and reCaptcha SPAM protection.
[NEW] Contact forms can forward the visitor to any page on your website after the form has been submitted.
[NEW] Contact forms can remove the “branding” in the submission emails (i.e. the links that ask you to upgrade or login to your account to download file uploads). This features requires the Contact Forms Enhanced Addon but it does not have to be selected in the Inspector or used in the form.
[NEW] Blog posts now include the ability to customize the previous/next post links at the bottom of the blog posts widget.
[NEW] Draft blog posts can now be sorted.
[NEW] You can now set an anchor name from Shape Options-> Scroll Position in the Inspector Window. Any object can be an anchor that you can link to in the Hyperlinks tab.
[NEW] You can set an anchor on any object using the Scroll Position Toolbar.
[NEW] The new Insert-> Set Selected Shape to Scroll Position… menu option can be used in both Fixed Width and Responsive page layouts.
[UPDATED] The Insert-> Scroll Position menu has been renamed to Inert-> Insert Fixed Scroll Position for clarity.
[NEW] Preferences-> Backup-> Manage EverWeb Cache option. EverWeb may have left over published cache and preview cache. You can now easily delete these cache files.
[NEW] Master Pages can be dragged in to the regular page list. This will create a copy of the Master page in the regular Web Page List.
[NEW] If you select a Master Page, all pages in the Web Page List that use that Master Page will be highlighted.
[NEW] The Image Gallery Widget now has pagination at the top, bottom and top and bottom.
[NEW] The Image Gallery Widget now includes similar styling options to the blog pagination feature.
[IMPROVED] Content area separators are now thicker so you can better see them between each section of the page.
[IMPROVED] If your project file has only one page in it, you are not allowed to delete that page as a project file must always contain at least one page.
[IMPROVED] More FTP failure error messages have been added.
[FIX] There was a social media image bug if you had a subdirectory included in the URL field. This has been fixed
[FIX] Various internal bug fixes.
[FIX] Fixes to enable the loading of some damaged projects.
[FIX] Issues where opening projects moved from other computers could lead to a ‘Cannot Connect to Network’ error message.
[FIX] PayPal widget issues causing generic PayPal error message to be displayed when the widget is used.
[FIX] When scrollbars are set to always be showing the Widgets tab list would jump from 3 to 2 columns.
[FIX] The Video Widget on responsive pages was not working properly after clicking the ‘Full Screen’ button then returning to regular size.
[FIX] Fixes for shadow not working correctly for rotated objects in fixed and responsive pages.
The following list of improvements and maintenance fixes were introduced in EverWeb versions 3.1.5 thru 3.1.7 and are incorporated in EverWeb version 3.2:
EverWeb versions 3.1.6 & 3.1.7
EverWeb version 3.1.5
You can easily update EverWeb by either:
After downloading EverWeb, double click on the EVERWEB.DMG file. A window will open. Drag the EverWeb icon on to the Applications folder icon. Once the file has been copied, you can close the installation window, delete the .DMG file and eject the EverWeb disk on the desktop by dragging it to the Trashcan.
Remember, you won’t lose any previous data when updating as your website project files are stored elsewhere on your computer.
The update is free for EverWeb + Hosting users and EverWeb Standalone users who are within their 1 year of free upgrades and support period.
You can easily check your EverWeb Standalone free update period from EverWeb’s Preferences window or from your client area.
If you have passed your one year of free EverWeb updates, you can purchase 1 more year of upgrades and support from your client area.
You can easily re-download earlier versions of EverWeb from your client area if you are not ready to purchase an additional year of updates and support.
Login to your client area and go to the ‘Manage Product’ page. On the left of this page, select ‘Downloads’ and choose the version of EverWeb that you need.
For more information about the new version of EverWeb, please check out the following resources:
If you can’t find what you need, or have any other questions, comments or feedback please let us know. We’re happy to help.
You can also find EverWeb on the following social media platforms:
Facebook
Flipboard
YouTube
Twitter
Instagram
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EverWeb’s Assets List received a big makeover in EverWeb 3.0 with the addition of the Assets List Organizer which lets you organize your website project’s image files and other media such as audio, video and PDF files, into folders and subfolders.
In this blog, we take a look at how easy it is to organize your project file’s assets just the way you want.
Image files and other media are your EverWeb project file’s “assets” which can be conveniently organised in to folders and subfolders. This is especially useful if your website has a large number of assets. It is also useful if you want to organize assets based on the pages you have created in your website.
When you click on the Assets tab, the first thing you will notice is the Assets List Organizer at the top of the Assets List. The new feature looks and functions in a similar way to the organizer in the Widgets tab.
The Assets List Organizer includes a search box so that you can easily locate the asset you want. The Organizer also has three buttons:
To create a new Assets List folder:
To rename a folder in the Assets List, just double click on its name. Edit the name and press ‘Enter’ to finish.
To add an asset in to a folder, drag it from its current location in the Assets List and drop it on top of the folder. The file will be added to the folder. If you already have files within the folder and the folder itself is open, you can drag and drop the file on top of the files that are within the folder.
To move a file from a folder, drag it to the left of the triangle symbol. The file will be relocated one level up. To move a file back in to the main Asset List, move it left of the left most triangle symbol. To move a subfolder, drag and drop the folder to its new location.
To move a group of assets that are listed consecutively in the Assets List, click on the first asset in the list, then Shift+Click on the last asset you want to move in the list. Drag and drop the highlighted assets to their new location.
To move files that are listed in different locations in the Assets List, click on the first asset you want to move, then press Command+Click on each of the other assets in the list that you want to move. When you have finished selecting the assets, drag and drop the highlighted assets in to the folder where want you them.
You can delete a folder from the Assets List in a number of ways. First highlight the folder you want to delete in the Assets List then either:
In all cases, a dialog box will be appear with options to ‘Delete Folders & Contents’, ‘Delete Folders Only’ or ‘Cancel’. Select the option of your choiceIf you select ‘Delete Folders Only’, any assets the folder contains will be moved to the next folder level up in the Assets List.
When you add a new folder to the Assets List, it will be empty and the folder will be displayed as closed, which is shown by the triangle symbol pointing to the right, towards the folder name. You can toggle the folder open or closed by clicking on the triangle symbol. When the folder is open, the triangle points downwards and the folder contents are displayed.
EverWeb’s New Assets List folder capabilities is a great way to organize your asset management. In a future blog, we will take a closer look at the Asset Lists new Share Sheet and Preview options!
Please let us know if you have a comment or question in the Comments Section below.
The spread of COVID-19 across the world has left the world reeling. Many people are now working from home as a result of the necessary restrictions that have been put in place by governments across the world. For many small businesses and self employed entrepreneurs, the financial consequences are possibly devastating.
There are many challenges ahead. How can you make best use of your time at home and keep your business viable?
These simple questions may have complicated answers, but with more people staying at home, the Internet is being frequented more than ever! So now may be the perfect time to develop, or update, your website project to get the word out to the world that your business is alive and kicking!
As always Team EverWeb is here for you! Our 24 x 7 x 365 (ok, 366 this year!) remains in place to help if you need it. Please remember that to use our technical support you will need a current EverWeb support and product update license.
Alternatively, there is also the EverWeb Discussion Forum that you can use if you have any questions, or if you need to know how to do something specific in EverWeb, or have feature requests for the product.
In addition, there is also the EverWeb YouTube channel with hundreds of video tutorials and this blog, as well as those by third parties, such as All About iWeb, which should help you find what you need!
So, how can you make your website the most visible it can be on the Internet for your customers to see and interact with or to purchase from? Here are some tips to get you started…
If you have not tuned your website for Search Engine Optimization, now may be the time to do so! You use SEO to help improve your Search Engine Ranking Page results. The better your SEO, the better chance of your website being higher up the page when potential customers are searching the Internet for goods and services.
The SEO for EverWeb Video Course takes you though the whole process so that your website is as optimized as it can be! There’s no magic involved in SEO and it does not cost any money to implement it either! Just some of your own time.
If your website includes an online store, now may be a good time to refresh its content and look. If you have a PayPal account, EverWeb’s PayPal widget takes the strain away from adding products to your site. You can now directly add in product images and descriptions from within the widget. You can also use your own button images, or styled text buttons, to get the perfect look for your website.
Remember that your customers do not need to have a PayPal account to be able to pay through PayPal. It may be worth mentioning this in your website that PayPal is just the payment provider, and that the customer does not have to have a PayPal account to purchase goods and services from you.
Although EverWeb supports PayPal, there are other E-Commerce stores and platforms that are also supported, such as E-Junkie, ECWID and Shopify. If there is an E-Commerce platform that you need supporting, please let us know in the Comments Section below.
Customer contact is especially important at this time for a number of reasons. First, you want your customers to know that you are still in business, second that your business is taking precautions over the Corona virus, and third, you can effectively update your clients on the products and services that you offer. Your products and services may be subject to change due to the current business trading environment, so alerting your customers as to what is available (and when), and to any possible alternatives, is a proactive step to take.
Maintaining contact with your clients is also important so that your business is not overwhelmed by customers asking questions. You may need to consider altering your home page, or adding a specific page or blog to your site to keep your customers up todate.
EverWeb’s Contact Form Advanced widget is the perfect way to for customers to contact you. The widget is highly customizable so that your contact form blends in perfectly with your website design. If you are using EverWeb 3.0 or higher, you can also purchase our Contact Forms Enhanced addon. This is the perfect companion to the Contact Form Advanced widget in that it allows you to store all contact form submission data in one safe, secure place in your EverWeb Client Area. The database of contact form submissions can be downloaded on a per form basis which will allow you to create an email address list. You could then use this list in e.g. MailChimp to email out to your clients your latest business news and updates.
Keeping the communication between your business and your customers is paramount at this time. Remember to include the social media widgets and buttons that are relevant to your business in your website. Social media is a great way to communicate quickly and effectively. EverWeb includes FaceBook Like, FaceBook Page Timeline, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube widgets in the product with third party widgets also available for other social media platforms. There are also a range of social media buttons that you can use as well from EverWeb’s Insert menu.
If you have any of tips that you think might help other EverWeb users during these difficult times, please use the Comments Section below! Thanks!
Safe safe and well.
Team EverWeb
One of the most popular requests from the EverWeb community was to include the ability for customers to be able to upload files to the website’s host. The introduction of EverWeb 3.0 made this possible with the updated Contact Form Advanced widget and the new Contact Forms Enhanced Addon.
To begin with you will need the following:
To use Contact Forms Enhanced Addon, add the Contact Form Advanced widget to the page, if you have not done so already, then go to the Widget Settings.
If you have not already purchased Contact Forms Enhanced Addon, go to the ‘Contact Forms Enhanced Add-ons’ dropdown menu in the Widget Settings and select the ‘Add Contact Forms Enhanced Features…’ option. In the dialog box that appears, click on the ‘Buy Now’ button and follow the instructions to complete your purchase.
After completing your purchase, you will receive three emails: the first confirms your order, the second confirms payment and the third informs you that the addon has been set up and is ready for use in the Contact Form Advanced widget.
To activate the Contact Forms Enhanced Addon go back to the form in your project file. Click on the ‘Contact Forms Enhanced Add-on’ field’s dropdown menu. You should see the addon in the menu e.g. you should see something similar to ‘Contact Forms Enhanced – 1GB (12345)’. If the addon has not been added to the menu, close the project file then reopen it and try again. If this does not resolve the problem, check that you are logged in to your EverWeb account using the EverWeb-> Preferences -> Account menu.
Once you have added the Contact Forms Enhanced addon, it is usually a good idea to name the form in the Contact Form Name (Online Management) field. This will help you easily identify and manage your form submissions especially if you have more than one form that uses the Contact Forms Enhanced Addon.
If you want to include a file upload feature to your form you can now do so. In the Form Submission Settings of your contact form, you will see the ‘Form Controls’ section. If you have just added the Contact Form Advanced widget to your page, you will see three default form controls listed: Name, Email and Message. You can add, edit or delete form controls as you wish.
Add a new Form Control for customer file uploads to your contact form using the Add button below the Form Control list. Name the field as you want e.g. ‘Upload File’. Press Enter when finished. The form control and label ‘Upload File’ are added to the contact form in the Editor Window.
Next, change the Control Type for the ‘Upload File’ form control from the default ‘Checkbox’ type. First, make sure that the ‘Upload File’ form control is still selected in the Form Controls list. Click on the ‘Control Type’ dropdown menu and select ‘File Upload’. The form will update again in the Editor Window. A ‘File Upload’ button and ‘no file selected’ text will be displayed.
If you have forgotten to add Contact Form Enhanced to the contact form, when you select the File Upload Control Type, this will be automatically added. If you have not purchased Contact Forms Enhanced, you will be asked if you would like to purchase it in order to use the file upload feature.
Complete your contact form then publish your website. Test the form to make sure that everything works properly, including the file upload feature.
When testing file uploading, note that you can only upload files of less than 2MB. If you try to upload a file that is over 2MB you will receive a warning that the selected file cannot be uploaded. When a file is uploading, a progress indicator is displayed.
Once you have submitted your form, you will receive an email confirmation in the mailbox of the email address that you stipulated in the ‘Email Address to Send Form to’ field of the contact form.
The confirmation email includes the data that was completed in the submitted form as well as a notification of a file attachment.
By default, the email confirmation contains a link so you can login to your EverWeb Client Area to manage, search and export your form submission data and download the file that has been sent to you. The email also displays the amount of server space used by file uploads.
You can also access your form submissions by directly logging in to your EverWeb Client Area. On the Client Area home page you will see the ‘Contact Form Submissions’ section on the left of the window. Click on ‘View Form Submissions’ to access the form submission data.
Click on the ‘Please select your form to access its submissions’ dropdown menu. A list of your forms will be displayed. Highlight the form you want and then click on the ‘Select’ button.
You will see the forms that have been submitted displayed. Move the mouse so that it hovers over the list of form submissions then scroll the information displayed to the right so that the ‘Attachment’ field comes in to view.
Click on the the field heading ‘Attachment’ to sort the form submission list based on whether the form submission has a file attachment or not. Click on the file attachment icon (an I within a circle) to initiate the download of the attached file of the form submission that you want. The file will be downloaded to your computer’s Downloads folder.
Adding a file upload feature to your contact form only takes a few steps and EverWeb makes it easy to mange files that you receive from your customers!
If you have a question about this article, please let us know in the Comment Section. We’re always here to help!
EverWeb’s Preferences are used to define systemwide settings and controls. As such the Preferences that you set will apply to all of your EverWeb projects. You can access the Preferences window through the EverWeb-> Preferences menu option or by pressing the Cmd+, shortcut keys.
The Preferences window is a floating window so you can keep it open if needed whilst working on your website project. You can minimise the window using the yellow minimise button in the top left hand corner of the window. This will minimise the window to the dock. Click on the window in the dock to return it to its pre-minimized state. If you have the Preferences window open, but cannot find it (e.g. you have many other windows covering it), use EverWeb’s Window menu then select Preferences. To close the Preferences window, use the red close button in the top left hand corner of the window.
There are four Preferences tabs: Account, General, Publishing and Backup. In this blog we take an in-depth look at the first tab…
The first tab in the Preferences window is the Account tab. This is the tab that you use to login to your EverWeb account. It is the same account as the one that you set up originally when you purchase (or try out) EverWeb.
If are evaluating EverWeb and have downloaded the software to try it out, use the ‘Create Account’ link to create your own EverWeb account. Click on the Account dropdown menu and select ‘Register’. Enter your details and click the box to accept the terms and conditions before clicking the ‘Register’ button to create the account. Once you have an account you can use it on the EverWeb Support Forums. The account you create can also used if you decide to purchase EverWeb at a later time.
When you have created an account use the email and password that you have set up in the account registration form in the Email and Password fields of the Account tab. Click on the ‘Sign In’ button to log in to your EverWeb account. You can opt to add your email/password details to your Apple account’s keychain (which is recommended).
If at any time you need to change your password, you can do so by using the ‘Forgot Password’ hyperlink. Follow the instructions to reset your password.
Usually, you will always stay signed in to EverWeb. There is no need to sign out.
Once you have clicked on the ‘Sign In’ button, the ‘Accounts’ dialog box will display information about the services that you have associated with your EverWeb account together with when they are due to expire. Note that the expiry date for EverWeb relates to the technical support and updates that you receive. If you do not renew your support and services plan after the expiry date, you will still be able to use the original EverWeb product that you purchased. You will, however, not receive any product updates or qualify for 7×24 technical support.
If you have an EverWeb+Hosting account, you will see on the left of the account name a triangle dropdown symbol. If you click on this symbol, you will see all of the domains that are associated with your account.
In addition to your EverWeb account you may also see additional accounts e.g. if you have purchased the Contact Forms Enhanced you will see this listed below your EverWeb+Hosting account.
When signed in to your EverWeb account, you have access to the ‘Manage Account’ button. When you click on this button you will be taken to your EverWeb Account profile in a browser window. Once you have logged in to your account, you will be able to administer your customer profile and all the services attached to your EverWeb account.
The Account tab has two other options. The first is ‘Use Secure Publishing’. If you have connection problems when trying to publish your website, deselecting this option may help your website to publish.
The last option ‘Automatically Check For Updates’ was introduced to EverWeb in version <find out> When a new version of EverWeb is released, when you next log in to the product, you will be asked if you would like to install the update if you are not currently on the latest version. If you dismiss this reminder, EverWeb will prompt you again a few days later if you have the ‘Automatically Check For Updates’ box checked.
In the next blog, we will take an in-depth look at the Preferences window’s General tab.
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