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Missing features compared to iWeb



User: peterkroman 10 years ago
Hi

It looks very much like iWeb, but something seems to be missing. Here is what I have found so far:

Where is the "Show/Hide Media" button and where is the Info button that shows/hide the inspector
And where is the "floating" inspector that resides on top of the media browser but in another size
Why is it no longer possible to drag an entire event (folder) from iPhoto to the web.site
And where is the feature that wraps text around an object, and the text list feature

But all in all it looks very much like iWeb. A few more widgets and as mentioned some missing features is really all the difference I can see. But I guess that it is because the differences is inside the app and is not immediately visible to the eye? It would be very nice if you could make a list of the most important differences between iWeb and Easyweb.

peterkroman
User: Roddy 10 years ago
Look at the "Window" drop down menu to see the show/hide commands.

EasyWeb has a large number of features that iWeb hasn't such as...
The ability to add title tags and meta description for SEO
Auto correction of page names to form proper urls
Contact Form
Drop down menu
...and so on.

The biggest difference to me is the ability to add code to both the head and the body of the HTML document. This makes EasyWeb way more powerful than iWeb ever was right from the get go and means that just about any website feature is possible with very little or no knowledge of code.

I am one of the many who detest the floating windows used by iWeb and other Apple apps. I appreciate the fact that EasyWeb has the inspector contained in the main window and the whole thing can be hidden with a quick keystroke when more screen real estate is needed.

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Roddy

Website: http://everwebwidgets.com
Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html
NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own.
User: Paul-RAGESW 10 years ago
Hi Peter,

1) That is under the Window menu as mentioned by Roddy
2) We're going to make the Inspector function as a floater or within the Window in a future version
3) You can use the media browser for this but let me see if this is something we can add
4) That is not yet implemented. We want to add wrapping it but it is a difficult feature to add. Adding automatic lists will be in there soon. For now press option-8 to enter bullets for a list if you want to use this.

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Paul-RAGESW 10 years ago
I just tested dragging events from iPhoto and it works fine in EasyWeb. Is anyone else not able to do this?

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Yelena 10 years ago
I can drag either individual photos or a group of photos inside the IPhoto event but not the folder. I click on the folder and choose all photos inside it - then it works fine.

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Yelena
MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3
IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3
User: peterkroman 10 years ago
This I can do too. But that is not what I mean. The feature I want is the one where I drag a whole event in iPhoto to the web site, and get appr. the same view in the site . you can scan alle the photoes in the event by moving the mous over the main picture, and you can open the event/folder, and see all the inidivdual pictures.
User: peterkroman 10 years ago
option-8 - what is that :?:
User: peterkroman 10 years ago
About the events form iPhoto and how (I think) it should work, you might look at this page:
http://genealogiskforum.dk/Genealogisk_ ... album.html


I can not hide my disapointment with Easyweb. I expected an application that could do the same as iWeb, and a lot more by the use of real drag...drop and a powerfull tool for users with absolutely no code knowledge.
And what I see is an application that can do less than iWeb in some, for me, important areas, and I see no more drag ... drop here than in iWeb - sooner less ....
Yes - one can put in some code anywhere in the sites which makes the tool more powerfull, but I (principally) don't know anything at all about code which I think far the most users of iWeb don't. And then I see an application that is in rather bad shape compared to iWeb (and to some of the on-line based website programs that are available).
I am sure that this application is going to be a good tool for professionals and for code-nurds. But for now I fail to see that it have appeal to the broad usercrowd.

Are you going to do anything about that?
User: Yelena 10 years ago
[quote="peterkroman":1saw7pwp]About the events form iPhoto and how (I think) it should work, you might look at this page:
http://genealogiskforum.dk/Genealogisk_ ... album.html


I can not hide my disapointment with Easyweb. I expected an application that could do the same as iWeb, and a lot more by the use of real drag...drop and a powerfull tool for users with absolutely no code knowledge.

It sounds like for now you should continue using IWeb - after all it still works quite well... EasyWeb is not a finished product and these guys are working really hard to create a great product. The reason everyone posts here is to let them know what needs improvement and what isn't working. Don't be disappointed with an unfinished product...:)

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Yelena
MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3
IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3
User: peterkroman 10 years ago
I am sorry if my comments sound like an old offended man. Yes - I have passed 19 years (and appr. 39 yeras more) but I am really a happy man, and not the least offended :)

And I am really grateful that somebody will make such big efforts to build a "one-fits-all" website application. I really can imagine that this is not an easy task.

But when you are asking for the "holes in the cheese" regarding this, I think it would be dishonest of me not to communicate my immediate experiences.

Take my disappointment as a first reaction measured against my expectations that I have got from the marketing you have made primarily in Facebook. My message here is that if I have this feeling perhaps many other would have it too. So my comments is just my attempt to help you to fulfill your present and future customers expectations. No more, and no less.

I know that Easyweb is going to be the best website tool in the world :D You are just not there yet.
User: Paul-RAGESW 10 years ago
[quote="peterkroman":20k26nq5]About the events form iPhoto and how (I think) it should work, you might look at this page:
http://genealogiskforum.dk/Genealogisk_ ... album.html


I can not hide my disapointment with Easyweb. I expected an application that could do the same as iWeb, and a lot more by the use of real drag...drop and a powerfull tool for users with absolutely no code knowledge.

Hi Peter,

Although EasyWeb doesn't support this "out of box" you can mimic this behavior pretty easily. Simply create a new page and add an image for each album that you want. Then go to the Inspector and select the Hyperlink Inspector and select "Enable as Hyperlink" to one of my pages and select your photo gallery associated with that image. I can provide more detailed instructions if needed.

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And what I see is an application that can do less than iWeb in some, for me, important areas, and I see no more drag ... drop here than in iWeb - sooner less ....
Yes - one can put in some code anywhere in the sites which makes the tool more powerfull, but I (principally) don't know anything at all about code which I think far the most users of iWeb don't. And then I see an application that is in rather bad shape compared to iWeb (and to some of the on-line based website programs that are available). I am sure that this application is going to be a good tool for professionals and for code-nurds. But for now I fail to see that it have appeal to the broad usercrowd.


I think this is a little unfair to say. Not being able to make a photo album exactly like iWeb doesn't mean that EasyWeb isn't for people who don't know code. There are a bunch of people on this forum that have used EasyWeb to make websites and they do not know how to code at all. This one feature doesn't mean it lacks the drag ... drop simplicity of iWeb. It just works a little differently. It also doesn't mean it is only for people who know code. You can do a lot with EasyWeb without writing any code at all.

I am very interested to hear your feedback, I want to encourage it, so don't think that I am not taking this seriously. I also realize that others will want this feature, and we will certainly add it. But I think you are being a little drastic when you say it "won't appeal to the broad user crowd". I don't think you need to know any code to make a great website with EasyWeb. If you or others disagree, please post more feedback here as I want to make sure EasyWeb is the best tool for yourself, and for people in similar situations as you.

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Paul
EverWeb Developer
User: Yelena 10 years ago
Paul,

I really think that it is a matter of simply getting used to a few things that are a bit different... We are all like Pavlov's dogs...used to something we've used for a long time. So every slight change is a bit unsettling. But the new habits take about a day - so keep the great work going, we are rooting for your product!

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Yelena
MacBook Pro OS X 10.10.3
IMac 21" OS X 10.10.3


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