Xway 1.0 is here!
We have just released Xway 1.0, the first release version of our next-generation program for visual web design.
You can purchase it from our website.
Price
Xway costs $39 (£29, €35).
If you have a Freeway serial number, you can upgrade for $19 (£14, €17).
If you don’t have a Freeway serial number, you can get a 25% discount by using the following coupon before the end of November:
XWAYRELEASE
To apply this coupon, click on Add discount in the Order summary screen and copy/paste the coupon into the box labelled “Enter your coupon code”.
Trial version
Xway is also available as a 30-day trial version. This can be converted into a full version by clicking on Buy Now in the “Thank you for trying Xway” dialog.
User guide
Xway comes with a detailed reference manual, which you can access by choosing Xway User Guide from Xway’s Help menu. This also includes an appendix with a list of new features and cross-references to documentation in the user guide — this is a good place to start if you’re upgrading from a previous beta version. If you’re new to Xway, a good place to start is the introduction to the user guide, and the introductory tutorial (see below).
Tutorials
A good way to become familiar with Xway is to work through the introductory Xway Tutorial. Choose Xway Resources from the Help menu to go to the Xway Resources section of our website, and click on Tutorials, near the bottom of the page, followed by Download the Xway tutorial on the Tutorials page. This takes you through the steps for creating a simple website.
Xway is designed to create flexible websites that will adapt to any device (phones, tablets, computers). If you previously used Freeway to create websites that don’t adapt in this way, we recommend working through the introductory tutorial, which shows how to create a flexible (inflow layout) website.
The Xway Tutorial is the first in a series of tutorials. The next tutorials in this series are the Xway Menu Tutorial, which introduces navigation menus, and the Xway Flexbox Tutorial, which introduces Flexbox layout. All these tutorials, and the documents they create, are available from our website.
These tutorials have been updated for 1.0. We also plan to make them available in video form.
Templates
Xway 1.0 can create new documents from templates (New from Template).
Xway templates have responsive layouts that automatically adjust to fit any device. They are free for you to use and adapt. All templates are completely customizable. You can change colors, images, layout, fonts, etc.
To download templates, choose Xway Resources from Xway’s Help menu, and click on Templates to go to the Xway templates page on our website, where you can download them. We recommend storing templates in an Xway Templates folder inside your Documents folder.
New features
For more information, and a more complete list, see the New Features appendix at the end of the Xway User Guide. This contains cross-references to documentation.
- Upload
- Freeway import
- Templates
- Improved support for mailto links
- Navigation menu improvements
- JavaScript markup improvements
- New font definitions
- Locating resources is easier
- Check Document (to fix document problems)
- … and more
