http://www.lauyan.com/en TOWeb is a software to quickly create a website, an e-Commerce website or a blog without programming Lauyan TOWeb en Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:36 GMT Version 3.0 provides new features and major improvements to make TOWeb easier to use but also to provide more web capabilities to your website. For more information see all the <b><a href="../tw-v3release/index.html">new features of TOWeb V3</a></b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-news/index.html#bv000003 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-news/index.html#bv000003 Latest release information of TOWeb If you are a customer of a previous version 2 or version 1 but does not want to upgrade to the new version 3 then you can still download and use the latest update of your version available from the following links :<br><br><u>Version 2 :</u> Download and install the latest version <b>2.81</b> directly from this link : <b><a href="../../download/old/install-towebv2-en.exe">download the version 2 of TOWeb</a></b>.<br>The list of the latest updates of TOWeb version 2 are available on our page : <a href="../tw-v2news/index.html">history of version 2 releases</a> <br><br><u>Version 1 :</u> Download and install the latest version <b>1.81</b> directly from this link : <b><a href="../../download/old/install-towebv1-en.exe">download the version 1 of TOWeb</a></b>.<br>The list of the latest updates of TOWeb version 1 are available on our page : <a href="../tw-v1news/index.html">history of version 1 releases</a> <br> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-news/index.html#bv000001 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-news/index.html#bv000001 Latest release information of TOWeb <center>The features listed below are available in all the editions of TOWeb, including the FREE edition.</center> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_all http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_all The new features of TOWeb version 3 The Glossary feature display tooltips on phrases, abbreviations or terms you typed into the text of your site when the visitors place its mouse over them. Example: move your mouse pointer over this abbreviation: SMTP and you will see a tooltip containing the definition of this abbreviation. Each time a word or text defined in the glossary is found it will be underlined with dot to indicate that a tooltip definition or information is available. This feature can be activated and configured from the <b>Start > Glossary</b> step.<br> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#glossary http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#glossary The new features of TOWeb version 3 A new <i>dropping object</i> animations can be applied to every web page of your website, for instance to create a snow effect for Christmas or use dropping hearts for Valentine's day. 3 new sets of <i>smileys</i> (Star, Green & 3D light) and 2 new <i>page transition effects</i> (RandomBars & RandomDissolve) have also been added. These features are available from the <b>Theme > Effects</b> step. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000008 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000008 The new features of TOWeb version 3 A new <b>Separators</b> option located in the <b>Theme > Menu</b> screen can be used to display lines between the entry of your website menu. This option is only available for <i>Text</i> and <i>Text with bullet</i> menu buttons styles. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000016 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000016 The new features of TOWeb version 3 A new option named <b>Before the banner</b> allows you to display your horizontal menu at the top of your website before the banner of your website when activated. The horizontal menu can now be centered or left/right aligned. These features are available from the <b>Theme > Menu</b> step. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000017 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000017 The new features of TOWeb version 3 In addition to the pre-defined patterns, it is now possible to display your own pattern in the external areas of your site fixed width (only). This option is accessible in the screen <b>Theme > Layout > Pattern / color > Use my pattern</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000018 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000018 The new features of TOWeb version 3 If your website uses a vertical menu you can now place a text below it. This option is located in the <b>Theme > Menu</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000019 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000019 The new features of TOWeb version 3 The <b>Gradient bar</b> option is accessible from the <b>Theme> Menu</b> screen applies a 3D gradient light effect to the menu background of your site. This option applies only if you use a horizontal menu with a panel menu. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000020 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000020 The new features of TOWeb version 3 Only possible if your site uses a fixed width, the <b>Wallpaper> Picture ...</b> options is available from the <b>Theme > Layout</b> screen and allows you to "dress up" your website by placing a background image behind it. This background image is centered, starts from the top of your website and can be combined with the <i>top margin</i> option to reveal the top of your background image. Some <a href="../tw-demo/index.html">theme examples</a> using a wallpaper pictures are available from the screen <b>Theme> Load a template > TOWeb default templates</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000021 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000021 The new features of TOWeb version 3 In addition to the main colors of your website you can now customize the color of the menu panel of your website as well as the color of texts, links, navigation buttons, etc. Available from th <b>Theme > Colors</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000022 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000022 The new features of TOWeb version 3 You can now display some texts at the top of all your web pages. The header can be placed before the banner or over it if the <i>Header over the banner</i> option is checked. The header of the page is multi-line and footer now becomes multi-line too. Available from the <b>Theme> Page header & footer</b> screen. For more information read our advice about the <a href="../tw-hlpstep2/index.html#footer">page header & footer</a>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000023 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000023 The new features of TOWeb version 3 <i>6 new deformation effects</i>, a <i>mirror effect</i> and the ability to change the <i>text transparency</i> are now available in the integrated image editor to TOWeb and can be used to enhance the images on your website. These functions located in the image editor are available from the <b>Edit</b> link located next to each picture (inside the tabs <b>Add a frame</b> and <b>Add a text > Style</b>).<br> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000024 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000024 The new features of TOWeb version 3 If you have an image copied to the Windows clipboard (for instance by using the "copy" feature of a third party software or by pressing the ALT + Print Scr key of your keyboard for a screen capture), you can paste it directly into the paragraph image element from the <b>Use a clipboard picture</b> tab of the TOWeb's picture browser. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000025 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000025 The new features of TOWeb version 3 In order to highlight some paragraphs or links you can add an icon or a small image on their left side. Some icons are provided and a search function on your hard drive is also available as well as the ability to manually select the icon or image file of your choice. Available from the <b>Title icon</b> link located in <b>Paragraph layout</b> group and from the <b>Link icon</b> button located in the Link tab of a paragraph.<br><br> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#icontitle http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#icontitle The new features of TOWeb version 3 The option <b>Display the paragraph in a tab</b> is available from the <b>Layout</b> link of the paragraph editor. Activate it for successive paragraphs you want to display inside the same set of tab. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#tabs http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#tabs The new features of TOWeb version 3 This function, located under the <b>Background image</b> tab of a Topic, allows you to apply a background image inside the content of a topic. You may use the <b>Tile</b> if you want your picture to be repeated horizontally & vertically and also adjust the <b>image opacity</b> to make sure your texts will remain readable over your background. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bkimg http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bkimg The new features of TOWeb version 3 When adding or editing a field in a form you may now enter an optional hint message. If a hint is specified then an icon will appear in the form next to the field to allow visitors to see it in a tooltip when the mouse hover it. To add a form to a paragraph, use <b>Add to this paragraph > A form</b>. The position of the tooltip icon can be chosen from the <i>Properties</i> window of the form and the style of the tooltip form icon for all your forms can be changed in the <b>Theme> Topic content</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#formtips http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#formtips The new features of TOWeb version 3 This new button allows you to duplicate a paragraph (if you are in a page topic), a photo (if you are in an album) or a product item (if you are in a catalog). The copy can be done into the same topic or to another topic of your website.<br> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#dup http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#dup The new features of TOWeb version 3 The function <a href="../tw-hlpstep5/index.html#notify">Notify your contacts</a> located in the <b>Publish</b> step allows you to send your mailings not only from the email software installed on your computer but directly from TOWeb by configuring your email account for more reliability. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000036 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000036 The new features of TOWeb version 3 <center>The features listed below are available in the PERSONNAL, PROFESSIONAL and E-COMMERCE editions of TOWeb.</center> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_perso http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_perso The new features of TOWeb version 3 The i-Services are dynamic or interactive pages/code added by TOWeb to your website (blog, mailing/newsletter, web form data sent by email). For more information see how to <a href="../tw-iservices/index.html">use the i-Services</a>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000009 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000009 The new features of TOWeb version 3 A visual code (named “<a href="../tw-hlpoptions/index.html#protect">captcha</a>”) can be added to all the <a href="../tw-hlpform/index.html">forms</a> of your website to protect you against spamming. This feature can be activated from the <b>Settings > Security</b> step. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000011 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000011 The new features of TOWeb version 3 TOWeb can add <a href="../tw-ads/index.html">integrated advertising</a> links and banners in your website (like for instance Google AdSense ads) if you want to earn revenue from your website traffic. This feature is available from the <b>Settings > Adverstising</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000038 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000038 The new features of TOWeb version 3 TOWeb now helps you to support the <a href="../tw-metatags/index.html#google">Google services</a> (Google Analytics, Google Diagnostics, fichiers Sitemap, robots.txt). These options are available from the <b>Settings > Google</b> step. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000039 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000039 The new features of TOWeb version 3 TOWeb provides new advice and features to optimize the referencing of your website in internet search engines. You can customize the title, the description and the keywords of each page of your website, enter an ALT tag for each picture, customize the name of your pages and add a sitemap.xml and/or a robots.txt file to your website. For more information please read the <a href="../tw-metatags/index.html">search engine optimization</a> help page. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000037 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000037 The new features of TOWeb version 3 <center>The features listed below are available in the PROFESSIONAL and E-COMMERCE edition of TOWeb.</center> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_pro http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_pro The new features of TOWeb version 3 The <a href="../tw-hlpstep3/index.html office">Word/Excel Import feature</a> of TOWeb transform a Word or Excel document into a topic of your website. IMPORTANT : This feature requires to have Microsoft Word or Excel installed on your machine to be used. Available from the <b>Topics > Add or duplicate a topic</b> step. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000012 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000012 The new features of TOWeb version 3 The <a href="../tw-hlpsearcheng/index.html">classic search engine</a> which allows visitors to find information on your website can now be located before or over the banner. It includes a new advanced option <b>Display only results containing all the searched words</b> for more accurate searches and results. And the style and position of the search button can now be customized. The local text search engine is configurable from the <b>Settings > Search Engine</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000013 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000013 The new features of TOWeb version 3 The <b>Enable zoom on image click</b> option is now available on catalog pictures (and not only in page topics like before) in order for your customers to be see larger pictures of your products by just clicking on them. This feature is available from the <b>Size & Frame</b> link located next to your product picture. You may also use the <b>apply these settings to all pictures</b> option if you want to apply the Zoom option to all the pictures of a catalog. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000032 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000032 The new features of TOWeb version 3 This feature exports to a local folder the generated web files of your website. You may use this feature if you want for instance to run a demonstration of your website from a DVD-CD, if you want to publish your website on a local server (Intranet) or if you don't want to publish your website with TOWeb but with a third party FTP client. For more information see how to <a href="../tw-export/index.html">export your website to a local drive</a>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000040 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000040 The new features of TOWeb version 3 The <a href="../tw-hlpoptions/index.html#shopcart">shopcart</a> button can now be customized (style, icon, text) and be positioned over the banner to be visible from any page of your website. This feature is available in the <b>Settings > Shopcart & Shipments > Shopcart button</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000041 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000041 The new features of TOWeb version 3 <center>The features listed below are only available in the E-COMMERCE Edition of TOWeb.</center> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_biz http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#lic_biz The new features of TOWeb version 3 It is now possible to: <br><ul id="s2h"><li> use your own references for your catalog products </li><li> enter a status indicator for your product (in stock, available in 7 days, out of stock ...) </li><li> enter a product quantity to limit its sales</li></ul>These information products are accessible from the <b>Price & Stock</b> tab (requires your catalog to have the pricing and shopcart options activated). <a href="../tw-stock/index.html">update quantities from orders</a> is possible by a simple copy / paste of the orders you receive by email from the options. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000014 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000014 The new features of TOWeb version 3 This new button, located above the list of items in a catalog, displays your items in a <a href="../tw-stock/index.html">grid</a> to facilitate the updating of their information (price, reference, status quantity, ...). http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000015 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000015 The new features of TOWeb version 3 A new sort of local search engine can now be added to your website. It only search and display products in your catalogs with sorting, filtering by price, catalogs and min/max prices. The <a href="../tw-hlpsearcheng/index.html">catalog item search engine</a> is configurable from the <b>Settings > Search Engine</b> screen. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000042 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000042 The new features of TOWeb version 3 Support of the new PayPal buttons and possibility to use your one image as paiement button for your online payment. Features available in <b>Settings > e-Commerce > Payment Modes > Payment script > Paypal</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000043 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000043 The new features of TOWeb version 3 The information that the clients provide in the order form can be redisplayed in the payment page so your customers can verify they have not made any error before purchasing. <br>This option <b>Display the customer information in the order summary</b> is located in the payment window accessible from the <b>Settings > e-Commerce> Payment modes</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000044 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000044 The new features of TOWeb version 3 Possibility of limiting the list of countries where you want sell your products. You need to activate the <b>Country management</b> option located in the <a href="../tw-ecommerce/index.html">Options> e-Commerce</a> and click the button: <b>Modify the list of countries</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000045 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000045 The new features of TOWeb version 3 By enabling this option and creating one or more coupons, your customers will be able to have price rebate on their purchases. The <a href="../tw-ecommerce/index.html#rebatecode">rebate codes</a> are available in <b>Settings > e-Commerce > Rebate codes</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000046 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000046 The new features of TOWeb version 3 Possibility to create one or several shipments and shipping prices depending on countries, weight and total amount of the order. This feature is accessible in <b>Settings > Shopcart & shipments > Shipments</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000047 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000047 The new features of TOWeb version 3 Management of the VAT on shipping. Requires to enable VAT management in the Options > e-Commerce screen and then customize the VAT on shipping from <b>Settings > Shopcart & shipments > Shipments > TVA</b>. http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000048 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000048 The new features of TOWeb version 3 To discover the latest improvements and bug fixes of TOWeb V3 please see the : <br><ul id="s2h"><li><a href="../tw-news/index.html">TOWeb 3.xx release history</a></li></ul> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000031 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000031 The new features of TOWeb version 3 If you were a TOWeb V1 user you need to know that TOWeb V3 doesn't only include the new features presented in this page but also the following TOWeb V2 ones :<br><ul id="s2h"><li><a href="../tw-v2release/index.html">TOWeb V2 new features compared to TOWeb V1</a></li><li><a href="../tw-v2news/index.html">Versions 2.xx updates</a></li></ul> http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000049 http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-v3release/index.html#bv000049 The new features of TOWeb version 3