# .incorporating gif animation

**URL:** https://discourse.softpress.com/t/incorporating-gif-animation/23945
**Category:** Freeway
**Created:** [November 1, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/incorporating-gif-animation/23945 "2017-11-01T23:02:42Z")
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### Author: ![Rgator1](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/rgator1/32/2814_2.png) [@Rgator1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Rgator1)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/incorporating-gif-animation/23945/1 "2017-11-01T23:02:42Z")

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You would import/add an animated GIF just as you would any other image to Freeway. Animated GIF just naturally work in a HTML environment.

> On Nov 1, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Sandy Sayler via freewaytalk [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden) wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to incorporate .gif animated images into Freeway 7.0. I am wanting to include a spinning globe and a clock that the hands move on it.
> 
> I appreciate anyone’s help with this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ## Sandy
> 
> On Wed, 11/1/17, Robert Mitton [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden) wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: Hosting Companies  
> To: email@hidden  
> Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 1:56 AM
> 
> Thanks for the info! I actually have not  
> bought a SSL in a few years now, so it is good to hear that  
> they have come down in price finally. Before you could have  
> a Facebook “app” work back then, you had to have it on  
> an SSL server.
> 
> Good point though, the fact that the  
> hacked sites like Equinox had SSL “protected” sites, so  
> why bother? But many people on the net now are looking for  
> that green lock.
> 
> > On Oct 27, 2017, at 3:04 PM,  
> > SteveH [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden)  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In response to Graham –  
> > yes! To generate and install the Let’s Encrypt  
> > certificate was just a matter of clicking the provided  
> > buttons in Siteground’s cPanel. Could not have been  
> > easier.
> > 
> > Moving web host can be a little  
> > trickier.
> > 
> > I moved three sites to Siteground  
> > from iNeed (one Freeway and two Sparkle). Siteground  
> > included the moving of one site in its hosting deal so I  
> > selected the larger Freeway site. My Sparkle sites are  
> > small so I just needed to update the publish details in  
> > Sparkle. I could have re-published the Freeway site to  
> > the new host just as easily.
> > 
> > Moving mail accounts was just a  
> > question of dragging and dropping in Mac Mail.
> > 
> > Do bear in mind that when  
> > switching host it can take more than 24 hours for the  
> > new DNS records to propagate so be patient. To monitor  
> > the DNS propagation I put holding pages on the old  
> > host.
> > 
> > After 36 hours I encountered one  
> > small problem in that I was still being served one site from  
> > the old host. It turned out local DNS caching was  
> > causing a problem. I had OpenDNS servers listed in  
> > System Preferences , Network. I deleted these and everything  
> > ran fine. (Note: flushing the MacOS DNS cache  
> > does not always work and I could not be bothered to generate  
> > .htaccess redirects for the short period needed!)
> > 
> > Robert – any one charging more  
> > than about $10 for a certificate is price gouging!  
> > Let’s Encrypt certificates are free. Many UK companies are  
> > charging 50 GBP or more and this is bordering on the  
> > scandalous. As Duncan says, Let’s Encrypt generates  
> > absolutely proper SSL certificates for free.
> > 
> > I’ve got three years hosting with  
> > Siteground, with certificates, for only slightly more than  
> > the cost of three certificates for one year from other  
> > sources. Alternatively, if you don’t mind your  
> > servers being in the USA, then Inmotion offers an even  
> > better deal.
> > 
> > Now to throw another stick in the  
> > fire. Many hosting companies will try and charge you  
> > more for hosting your site on SSDs because they will serve  
> > your site faster. Really? An HDD in a decent server  
> > farm configuration should be capable of delivering at least  
> > 100 megabytes a second. Ofcom gives the average UK  
> > broadband speed at around 32 megabits a second – the  
> > Internet is still way slower than an HDD!
> > 
> > Don’t be conned – work out  
> > what you need from a hosting company, set a budget, check  
> > reliable reviews and then shop around.
> > 
> > Steve
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> Robert Mitton  
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Custom Mobi Websites  
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