# Freeway **URL:** https://discourse.softpress.com/c/freeway/9.md [Latest](https://discourse.softpress.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.softpress.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.softpress.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Freeway category](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/about-the-freeway-category/15)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/about-the-freeway-category/15 "2021-07-28T14:08:19Z")
This is a place where you can ask questions or share feedback about Freeway If you wish to use this category as a mailing list, you can create new topics by sending an email to freeway@discourse.softpress.com from your … --- ## [Vimeo video asks for password](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/vimeo-video-asks-for-password/26371)
**Author:** [@Jeremy](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Jeremy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/vimeo-video-asks-for-password/26371 "2026-09-14T14:29:57Z")
I think Vimeo might now require users to have an account before they can view videos. If I visit the link you shared, Vimeo asks me to create an account or log in (“Join Vimeo to watch”). Perhaps there is a way to creat… --- ## [You tube video errors suddenly?](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/you-tube-video-errors-suddenly/26370)
**Author:** [@carla](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/carla)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/you-tube-video-errors-suddenly/26370 "2026-09-14T13:29:29Z")
Hi all YouTube Error 153 (“Video player configuration error”) occurs when YouTube blocks an embedded video because it cannot detect a valid HTTP referrer header (often due to strict privacy settings, legacy iframe codes… --- ## [How to add a 'Book Now' button in Freeway?](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/how-to-add-a-book-now-button-in-freeway/26324)
**Author:** [@Brendon](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Brendon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/how-to-add-a-book-now-button-in-freeway/26324 "2026-04-24T11:55:34Z")
Hi everyone, I’m trying to find a way to add a ‘Book Now’ button to our website: The Body Workshop Website I just need to have a simple ‘Book Now’ button with the user then being taken to our booking platform, via a l… --- ## [Overflowed Error - says "Item2" but I have no "Item2"](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/overflowed-error-says-item2-but-i-have-no-item2/26314)
**Author:** [@kittyhawk72](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/kittyhawk72)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/overflowed-error-says-item2-but-i-have-no-item2/26314 "2026-03-10T10:44:05Z")
This just started and I have had this website for years with no problems. So, is Item2 the same as m2? --- ## [Images are not publishing](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/images-are-not-publishing/26178)
**Author:** [@JerryJambazian](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/JerryJambazian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/images-are-not-publishing/26178 "2026-02-11T12:05:45Z")
Help. I have JPEG’s and PNG images in my Media folder. I drag an image onto my page and it looks great. The problem is it does not publish. The images are not in the Site Folder after publishing. The outline is there wit… --- ## [Freeway - Captcha Error showing, even with it disabled in the Send Form Action](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-captcha-error-showing-even-with-it-disabled-in-the-send-form-action/26300)
**Author:** [@gsymon](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/gsymon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-captcha-error-showing-even-with-it-disabled-in-the-send-form-action/26300 "2026-01-31T14:48:54Z")
EDIT: Found the answer myself … had to remove an ‘h’ element which ran a captcha script. Apologies for the distraction. :grimacing: ( I’m doing a small update to my wife’s old Freeway website, which uses the Send For… --- ## [I have today a problem uploading web material, I get this error message](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/i-have-today-a-problem-uploading-web-material-i-get-this-error-message/26299)
**Author:** [@PeterOx](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/PeterOx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/i-have-today-a-problem-uploading-web-material-i-get-this-error-message/26299 "2026-01-29T11:35:11Z")
I have today a problem uploading web material, I get this error message. I hope someone can help … --- ## [Cannot Get Graphic to be Responsive or Correctly Sized](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cannot-get-graphic-to-be-responsive-or-correctly-sized/26284)
**Author:** [@MattMPA](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/MattMPA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/cannot-get-graphic-to-be-responsive-or-correctly-sized/26284 "2026-01-12T15:22:53Z")
As I try to emigrate to Xway…have a problem with a graphic on a sizable, older site. Initially the graphic on the home page was the existing building. the client moved and we changed the “initial" image” to the new plac… --- ## [Site Not Dislaying "Target Show-Hide"](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/site-not-dislaying-target-show-hide/26279)
**Author:** [@MattMPA](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/MattMPA)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/site-not-dislaying-target-show-hide/26279 "2025-12-31T19:12:56Z")
Good day…on this home pages, www.fishfactory.us…there should be 4 photos that dissolve to one-another. This works in “preview”, and I’ve triple-checked that the images are in the Resources folder….but I simply cannot ge… --- ## [Added Cookie Banner - Now Linked Videos and Audio Won't Play](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/added-cookie-banner-now-linked-videos-and-audio-wont-play/26278)
**Author:** [@MattMPA](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/MattMPA)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/added-cookie-banner-now-linked-videos-and-audio-wont-play/26278 "2025-12-27T19:11:12Z")
Good day all! I added a cookie banner to my site and found that videos linked from Vimeo…and mp3s placed directly on a page do not function. I even swapped to a different banner to no avail. Glad for thoughts. www.sher… --- ## [If anyone’s been wanting to use \ tags, proper image breakpoints with different images versions, and WebP support in Freeway... there’s an action for it now](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/if-anyone-s-been-wanting-to-use-picture-tags-proper-image-breakpoints-with-different-images-versions-and-webp-support-in-freeway-there-s-an-action-for-it-now/26266)
**Author:** [@max-fancourt](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/max-fancourt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/if-anyone-s-been-wanting-to-use-picture-tags-proper-image-breakpoints-with-different-images-versions-and-webp-support-in-freeway-there-s-an-action-for-it-now/26266 "2025-11-12T15:57:49Z")
Just in case anyone’s still using Freeway… (Recently I had to crank it up again for a respnsive cms controlled wine shopping site). The WebP action’s been updated so you can now wrap images in a \ tag and set dif… --- ## [Freeway file not backing up](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-file-not-backing-up/26247)
**Author:** [@paulscott.info](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/paulscott.info)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-file-not-backing-up/26247 "2025-10-12T07:40:24Z")
I am using Freeway 7.1.4 on a Mac running Mojave 10.14.4 I have created a new freeway file which on first saving generated a .fwbackup file. My problem is that with future saves, the backup file remains unchanged. Any… --- ## [HTTP access forbidden](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/http-access-forbidden/26223)
**Author:** [@Tony1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Tony1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/http-access-forbidden/26223 "2025-06-09T23:32:31Z")
I get this 403 error message when I check a web link in edit hyperlink… something I have done thousands of times (no exaggeration). However, the link works fine when creating a browser file or when uploading to the Inte… --- ## [Mal E Commerce - Security Warning](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/mal-e-commerce-security-warning/24306)
**Author:** [@M\_Lewis](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/M_Lewis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/mal-e-commerce-security-warning/24306 "2025-05-03T18:13:05Z")
Hi, I recently changed the .htaccess file so that my site shows up as https however now when anyone clicks to but something from the site they hat a Security Warning about the insecure connection. I guess it’s becaus… --- ## [Clicking on a rollover link makes page jump 1/8 inch](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/clicking-on-a-rollover-link-makes-page-jump-1-8-inch/26204)
**Author:** [@Steve2C](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Steve2C)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/clicking-on-a-rollover-link-makes-page-jump-1-8-inch/26204 "2025-04-26T12:45:26Z")
I’m working on my Freeway Pro website where I made some changes and now have a glitch that has me baffled. At the top of page I have a horizontal graphic rectangle and it has 6 rollover links distributed across it. All t… --- ## [Stopping a directory uploading](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/stopping-a-directory-uploading/26197)
**Author:** [@tonzodehoo](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/tonzodehoo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/stopping-a-directory-uploading/26197 "2025-04-22T12:26:36Z")
Its been a while since I have been on here. Just wanted to check if there is a way to stop a folder uploading when uploading the rest of a site? I want to temporarily remove the directory so am not looking to delete it … --- ## [New topic not posting](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/new-topic-not-posting/26190)
**Author:** [@StephenKenyon](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/StephenKenyon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/new-topic-not-posting/26190 "2025-03-26T19:29:59Z")
Hi don’t know if I’m doing something dumb, I’m trying to post a question and it won’t go or show up or anything… Stephen --- ## [I want Advice on Reviving an Old Freeway Pro Site](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/i-want-advice-on-reviving-an-old-freeway-pro-site/26174)
**Author:** [@suzen](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/suzen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/i-want-advice-on-reviving-an-old-freeway-pro-site/26174 "2025-03-05T10:36:09Z")
Hey everyone, I dug up an old website I built years ago using Freeway Pro & I am trying to bring it back to life. The issue is that I no longer have the original Mac I used to design it & I am not sure what the best ap… --- ## [Link Text Color](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/link-text-color/26148)
**Author:** [@MattMPA](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/MattMPA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/link-text-color/26148 "2025-01-20T18:46:34Z")
Seems I am having quite a day. Working on some updates to an existing site. The text links, like to emails for example…are showing up, once hosted, one the site as grey and illegible. I have all states for links set to … --- ## [Videos Disappeared on Website](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/videos-disappeared-on-website/26147)
**Author:** [@MattMPA](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/MattMPA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/videos-disappeared-on-website/26147 "2025-01-20T17:06:43Z")
Good day! I found today, that all videos are no longer appearing on my website. I haven’t changed or update the site. I did delete it and replace on the server. The videos are hosted on vimeo…and are still not only on v… --- ## [Freeway on 2 Computers](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-on-2-computers/26136)
**Author:** [@kittyhawk72](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/kittyhawk72)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-on-2-computers/26136 "2025-01-13T14:49:01Z")
I primarily use Freeway on an iMac the majority of the time. I have the main window set to a certain size. Every once in a while I use a Macbook Pro 13-inch laptop. When I open Freeway and the site I am working on, the … --- ## [Site Mapper problems Freeway 7](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/site-mapper-problems-freeway-7/26089)
**Author:** [@jennp](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/jennp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/site-mapper-problems-freeway-7/26089 "2024-11-25T18:23:46Z")
I am using Freeway Pro 7.1.4. I have created an xml file for a website at https://www.xml-sitemaps.com. I saved the xml file to my site folder and also to the resources folder and uploaded my site again. I am trying to … --- ## [Archive Freeway](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/archive-freeway/26084)
**Author:** [@Lankidden](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Lankidden)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/archive-freeway/26084 "2024-11-22T12:40:45Z")
Hi, I have been asked to design a WebSite for a local Charity group of which I am a member. Nationally the Charity work with WordPress, of which I have no knowledge. nor yet Windows OS experience. But to avoid Wordpres… --- ## [Uploading from Freeway](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/uploading-from-freeway/26011)
**Author:** [@Wulf](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Wulf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/uploading-from-freeway/26011 "2024-10-28T16:08:39Z")
Xway 1.0 is good news for the future. For the moment I am working with Freeway 7.1.4. But I can no longer upload the website. Error message: CURL cannot be initialized. What can I do? MAC OS 10.12.6. --- ## [Is anyone interested in FlexBox actions?](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-flexbox-actions/25962)
**Author:** [@max-fancourt](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/max-fancourt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-flexbox-actions/25962 "2024-10-22T13:26:43Z")
It’s been ages since I’ve dabbled with Freeway, but last week, fate had other plans. As I dusted off the cobwebs, and cracked up mohave… I realised I needed flexbox. Rather than wrestling with CSS input via extended, I … --- ## [Looking for Best Practices for Responsive Web Design in Freeway Pro?](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/looking-for-best-practices-for-responsive-web-design-in-freeway-pro/26010)
**Author:** [@dereeektheler](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/dereeektheler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/looking-for-best-practices-for-responsive-web-design-in-freeway-pro/26010 "2024-10-22T13:15:10Z")
Hi everyone, I have been using Freeway Pro for a while to build websites and I am now working on making my designs fully responsive across different devices. While Freeway Pro’s flexible tools are great, I am wondering … --- ## [Is anyone interested in CSS Grid Actions?](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-css-grid-actions/25972)
**Author:** [@max-fancourt](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/max-fancourt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-css-grid-actions/25972 "2024-08-07T12:02:38Z")
So after the huge run away success and popular demand and download numbers (3 times) in the Flexbox Actions… I thought damn it will task my self to create the CSS Grid equivalent :smile: So over the next day or two I… --- ## [Freeway Pro 7 fails to open when offline](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-pro-7-fails-to-open-when-offline/25981)
**Author:** [@CatherineHollandArt](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/CatherineHollandArt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-pro-7-fails-to-open-when-offline/25981 "2024-08-03T10:34:23Z")
I wish to work when offline, but I cannot open the program unless online. Is it possible to design offline? It crashes as soon as it tries to open. “Freeway Pro quit unexpectedly. Click Reopen to open the application aga… --- ## [Freeway serial number](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-serial-number/25977)
**Author:** [@Lankidden](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Lankidden)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/freeway-serial-number/25977 "2024-07-27T11:04:13Z")
The first version of Freeway I downloaded was FW 3.5 Pro, and I worked through all upgrades until FW 7 Pro. I worked with Freeway until I retired, but still have back-ups of all versions, and numerous Websites thus creat… [Next page](https://discourse.softpress.com/c/freeway/9.md?page=1)