Freeway (software): Difference between revisions
adding template HTML editors |
replaced by {{HTML editors}} |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
[[Category:Web development software]] |
[[Category:Web development software]] |
||
{{Mac OS X HTML editors}} |
|||
{{HTML editors}} |
{{HTML editors}} |
||
[[de:Freeway (Programm)]] |
[[de:Freeway (Programm)]] |
||
Revision as of 12:21, 5 December 2008
| Freeway 4 icon | |
 Designing a website with Freeway Pro 4.0. | |
| Developer(s) | Softpress Systems |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 5.2
/ August 2008 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Internet publishing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.softpress.com |
Freeway (originally Uniqorn) is a WYSIWYG web design application for Mac OS X (older versions also run under Mac OS 9), developed by the English company Softpress Systems. There are two flavours of Freeway: Pro and Express, both currently at version 5. Freeway Express has fewer features and is aimed more at the amateur web designer.
Freeway is based on a pre-Mac OS X print publishing application called Uniqorn, also developed by Softpress, but discontinued when Apple stopped supporting QuickDraw GX in Mac OS 8.
The philosophy behind Freeway is that an average user is able to design websites without having to deal with any code, using an interface very similar to that of Desktop publishing applications like QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign. Advanced procedures (like connecting to a MySQL database using a scripting language like PHP) are done through plug-ins called "Actions". Several Actions can be downloaded for free on several websites, but there are also commercial 3rd Party Actions, like the "Action Seller Suite", which allows the creation of Ebay-friendly HTML within the Freeway design interface. Many useful Actions are bundled with Freeway, the latest set from Softpress being a suite of Actions that lets the user create a shopping cart through the popular Mals e-commerce system.
Unlike most other WYSIWYG web design applications, Freeway produces syntactically valid HTML code, making it usable in situations where valid HTML code is obligatory. For example, valid code is required by law on the majority of federal and state institutions' web sites in Germany. Freeway 4.4 also creates HTML and CSS that correct many rendering problems with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows.
