Creating a "carousel" in Freeway (Pro only)
A "carousel" is a slideshow where the images slide into view (either from the side or from the top or bottom) and the sequence can be made to be self-running or triggered by buttons or tabs. It's very quick and simple to create a carousel in Freeway using the Carousel suite of Freeway Actions. Y ...
- Troubleshooting Relative Page Layout Problems
The recently-introduced Relative Page Layout (RPL) Action is very powerful, and it lets you build web pages which will not break when rendered in a browser, even if the visitor has increased the default text size for their browser. It offers all the advantages of being able to use CSS-positioned ...
- Displaying a Calendar on a Form Text Field (Pro only)
When you offer a form to visitors on a website, it makes it a lot easier for the visitor to choose a date from a calendar popup (see screenshot below) rather than have to enter the date manually. This can be done in Freeway by using the CalenderView Action. Download and install the Action from ...
- Using the Scripty Fader Action (Pro-only)
For many Freeway users, the built-in Sequence Timer Action used in conjunction with a stack of items with the Target Show/Hide Layer Action applied is fine for making a fading slideshow of images on their page. This is done by using the steps in the movie tutorial at http://www.softpress.com/sup ...
- Creating Gradients in Graphic Items
It is very simple to create a graphic item in Freeway by using the Fill Master Action. Draw a graphic item on the Freeway page and go to Item>Actions and choose Fill Master. With the item selected you will see the options in the Actions palette (if you can't see the Actions palette, go to Win ...
- Using The Carousel Freeway Action
A "carousel" is a slideshow of images which can be set up as a self-running slideshow or triggered by tabs or buttons. Rather than a fading slideshow, each image will slide into view (either from the side or from the top or bottom) then, when the last image is reached, the carousel will slide ba ...
- Using the Sequence Timer to Create a Self-Running Slideshow
It is very quick and simple to make a self-running slideshow on your web page by using the Target Image Action (or the Target Show/Hide Layer Action for Pro users) in tandem with the Sequence Timer Action. However, it should be pointed out that setting up slideshows with the Sequence Timer Actio ...
- Using the iFrame Action in Freeway
An iFrame is an item used on a page which works a a virtual “hole” in the page through which the content of another page can be seen through the frame. This is not to be confused with “framesets” which are something very different – whereas framesets are not as popu ...
- Troubleshooting Forms created with the PHP Feedback Form Action
The simplest way to offer a reply form on a Freeway page is to use the PHP Feedback Form Action, which can be downloaded from http://www.actionsforge.com/projects/view/97-php-feedback-form. This will work with most hosts, and you can see how to use it in the Freeway Moment movie tutorial (Episod ...
- Changing the appearance of the QuickTime Reference Movie Button
The button on the QuickTime Reference Movie Action (Freeway 5.2.1+) has been toned down slightly so that it validates. If you want to ramp it back up then you can add the some code into the page that will give the button some transparency and rounded corners (Safari and Firefox only). Here's how ...
