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Learn the tricks that make it easy to get good looking rich media into Freeway and on the Web. Video, Flash, Director and more.

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  1. questionHow to add Increase and Decrease Text Buttons to a Freeway Page
    You may have seen that some websites offer two buttons which let you increase and decrease the size of text on the page. This functionality is sometimes done using complex CSS or JavaScript to target specific items on the page - and these are specialist methods you will need to make your own enq ...
  2. questionUsing jQuery with Freeway
    Here we will run through the steps used to implement the jQuery horizontal scrollbar which can be found at http://flowplayer.org/tools/demos/rangeinput/scrollbar.html - but please note that we cannot give specific support or instructions for other JavaScript functionality you may find on the web ...
  3. questionUsing Bannerzest with Freeway
    Bannerzest is a popular Flash-based banner creation utility for the web - see their site at http://www.aquafadas.com/en/bannerzest/. The steps needed to use a Bannerzest banner on your Freeway page is covered on their Support page at http://aquafadas.eu/wiki/BannerZest:Freeway. You do, however, ...
  4. questionUsing a Countdown (or Countup) Timer on a Freeway Page
    We don't have a specific Freeway Action to create a Countdown Timer, but there are plenty of different Javascript solutions you can find on the web - and below are some steps to use on such solution along with links to some of the more simple ones to set up. Most countdown and countup timers are ...
  5. questionAdding a survey, poll, quiz or dynamic customer rating to a Freeway page
    There are many ways to add a survey, poll, quiz or dynamic customer rating to your website - some are very easy while others can be very involved. The simplest method is to sign up to a service which lets you construct the poll, survey, etc., and then gives you some embed code to use on your Fre ...
  6. questionUsing YouTube and Vimeo movies in Freeway
    There are two main methods of using video on your website - one is to host the video on your own server, and the other is to have it hosted externally. The two most popular free external video hosting services are YouTube and Vimeo and they both work in very similar ways. The movie you choose to ...
  7. questionEmbedding YouTube Videos
    Embedding a YouTube video onto your page can be done in just a few simple steps. To begin, go to the YouTube page for the video that you want to embed on your website. Underneath the video is a Share button. Click that, then click the Embed button to reveal the Embed code. There are a few option ...
  8. questionUsing a SlideShowPro for Lightroom slideshow with Freeway
    This article presumes that you have read all the necessary information on how to create a SlideshowPro for Lightroom slideshow and you have the folder of files generated by the application ready to be used in Freeway. You can give the folder of files any name you wish, but for the purposes of th ...
  9. questionImplementing Widgets
    Many sites offer widgets, a chunk of code meant to display specific content that the site offers, to place on your personal website. Implementing these widgets in your Freeway site is very easy. First, you'll need to find the widget and corresponding code that you'd like to use. Most widgets o ...
  10. questionUsing a Vimeo video on your Freeway page
    Using a video which is hosted on the Vimeo website on your Freeway page is very easy. You have two options: embed the code supplied by the Vimeo web site or use a free Action for both Freeway Express and Pro. You can download the Action directly from ActionsForge.com. First you need to go to the ...
  11. questionUsing Music and Audio Files on your Web Site
    There are a few different ways to use music and audio files on your web site and this article discusses the various methods you can use. Setting an audio file to play on page loadIf you want a music file to play when a page is visited (so it plays on page load), the best way is to drag and drop ...
  12. questionImporting Flash files in Freeway
    Embedding a Flash animation (SWF) into a page in Freeway is very simple. Just draw an HTML item and either drag the SWF from a Finder window or go to File > Import. The Inspector palette will change to show that you have a Flash file selected and using the third pane of the palette (Output se ...
  13. questionA Quick, Free and Easy Way to Get a Flash Slideshow on your Site
    Flash slideshows can be quite time consuming to create, and there is often the need to upload files manually to your server to make the slideshow run correctly. But there is a simple way to make a Flash slideshow and then use it on your Freeway page - without having Flash or any other applicatio ...
  14. questionAdding a slideshow produced with SlideShowPro for Flash onto a Freeway page
    Many Freeway users ask us how to use a slideshow created using SlideShowPro for Flash onto a Freeway page. You can see a screencast on how to create the slideshow itself at http://slideshowpro.net/ by clicking on SlideShowPro for Flash in the Introductory Videos panel. As you watch the screencas ...
  15. questionChanging 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 ...
  16. questionStopping an audio mp3 file autoplaying on your page
    When an MP3 file is dragged and dropped onto a Freeway page (or imported into an HTML item on the page), the default behavior is for it to "autoplay" on page load. If you want to stop this happening, you need to use extended code on the item to switch autoplay off. To do this, select the item o ...
  17. questionQuickTime Reference Movies
    QuickTime reference movies are QuickTime files that contain pointers to different version of the same movie. When QuickTime plays the movie it will decide which version to play based on the device that is being used. A higher quality version will play on regular desktop computers and a choice be ...