[Express] Shapes

Hi, 1st day using Freeway Express, I’m trying to insert a shape in a site I’m building, but it all seem to be just Freehand drawing, so I’m kinda stuck trying ti insert a shape into the site.

Any ideas?


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Can you explain a bit more what shape you are trying to insert and what effect you are trying to get.

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Hi Dave, I used iWeb to finish a site recently (way to basic, so I’ve been playing around with Freeway Pro (trial), loved it, but could only afford Express - still awesome)

I’m building the site for myself, have a look at www.farmos.co.za
The shape I’m talking about is the kind of rectangular shape on the home page (with all the content in)

That’s what I want, being able to take the same type of shape and make it larger / smaller etc…
Thanx


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Heinrich, there are a number of options in the Inspector to help you draw basic shapes, add borders and shadows, etc. Take a look in the Basic Freeway Guide at :

http://download.softpress.com/downloads/UsingFW5Guide_2010.pdf

Look up the Inspector section. What you need comes under the second tab - the Crayon icon - and, although it covers Pro as well, Express should have much the same tools.

When you are new to Freeway I recommend you keep a second, trial site going alongside your main project. Just a couple of pages will do. You can then use this to try out different tools, different ideas and generally click around all the options in Freeway to find out what works or you - without compromising anything on you main project. In fact the best way to learn Freeway is to experiment (and checking out the manuals on the Softpress website can help, too) - and keep asking questions on here. We’ve all been beginners at some stage. :slight_smile:

HTH Colin

On 19 Apr 2011, at 06:44, Heinrich wrote:

Hi Dave, I used iWeb to finish a site recently (way to basic, so I’ve been playing around with Freeway Pro (trial), loved it, but could only afford Express - still awesome)

I’m building the site for myself, have a look at www.farmos.co.za
The shape I’m talking about is the kind of rectangular shape on the home page (with all the content in)

That’s what I want, being able to take the same type of shape and make it larger / smaller etc…
Thanx


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Hi Dave, I’ve tried that before as well. The freehand drawing tools isn’t really what I’m after, as the drawings comes out skew.
Thx for the PDF


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This is a simple graphic box drawn on the FW page with the Graphic tool and then the options set in the inspector for border, shadow and corner radius.

graphic_box

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I am assuming that the Express interface is similar???

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Hi Dave, that’s exactly what I want. I’ll give it a go today.


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This is a simple graphic box drawn on the FW page with the Graphic tool and then
the options set in the inspector for border, shadow and corner radius.

graphic_box

David


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