Viewing EverWeb 4.1 Beta Available: 100% Website Speed increase with WebP and Lazy Loading Images + Video Backgrounds

EverWeb 4.1 Beta Available: 100% Website Speed increase with WebP and Lazy Loading Images + Video Backgrounds



User: Paul-RAGESW 5 months ago
UPDATE: EverWeb 4.1 is now released. Read more about EverWeb 4.1 here

We are hard at work with EverWeb 4.1 with some exciting new updates and a public beta.

Highlights of EverWeb 4.1:

1. WebP Image Support: EverWeb now automatically optimizes images by converting them to the WebP format and offers lazy loading image options for faster loading times.

Read More here: https://www.everwebapp.com/blog/Entries/2023/11/coming-soon-speed-up-your-site-with-everweb-41-automatic-webp-conversion-and-image-lazy-loading.html

2. Background Videos: Liven up your web pages by setting videos as the background directly within the Page Settings Inspector.

3. Enhanced Background Image Settings: Fine-tune your website's look with new alignment, position, and scaling options for background images.

What's New in EverWeb 4.1:

- Automatic image optimization to WebP format with correct resizing under File->Edit Publishing Settings.
- Lazy loading for images available in Inspector->Shape Settings->Image Fill.
- Video backgrounds can be set in Inspector->Page Settings->Browser Settings.
- Advanced background image settings for alignment, position, and scaling in Inspector->Page Settings.
- New 'Check Page' feature for optimization suggestions.
- Improved export of high-resolution images without relying on java script.
- ALT tag support implemented for all built-in image galleries.
- Color settings issue in the responsive navigation bar fixed.
- Redefined styles from selection bug fixes.
- Contact Forms Enhanced stability improvements.
- Full-width shapes exporting issue resolved.

Download EverWeb 4.1 Beta

You can login to your client area to download the latest 4.1 beta version of EverWeb for macOS and Windows. Select Support->Downloads from the navigation bar and then look for the EverWeb Beta downloads.

Last edit 3 months ago

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Paul-RAGESW 5 months ago
A new version of EverWeb 4.1 is available at the links provided above.

CHANGES
- Insert 'X share button' uses proper new X logo
- Should fix the 'Microsoft Edge Can’t read and write to directory' error for some users on Windows
- Fixed a bug that could cause EverWeb to freeze when publishing a website with WebP support
- Fixed a possible crash when using some widgets on ARM based Macs
- The URL field is properly changed to HTTPS when pressing the Use Secure HTTPS Urls option

Last edit 3 months ago

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Paul-RAGESW 4 months ago
A new beta of EverWeb 4.1 is now available at the links in the first post.

- Improves the underlying code generated by EverWeb so it more easily passes W3C specifications.
- Fix a crash when dragging from the Stock Photos on Windows
- Fixed 500 error on preview
- Fixed crash when double clicking blank row in Manage Cache Window
- Fixed a potential crash on backup
- Fixed some issues with SEO Check Page

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Paul-RAGESW 3 months ago
A new beta of EverWeb 4.1 is available at the links in the first post above.

CHANGES
- Lots of improvements and bug fixes for Windows users
- Stripe widget fixes
- Super/subscript fixes when using global styles
- Fixes issues with the search fields

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Paul
EverWeb Developer


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