If you are using TOWeb version 2 you will discover in this page the new features now available in TOWeb version 3
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New features available in ALL the editions of TOWeb |
| The features listed below are available in all the editions of TOWeb, including the FREE edition. |
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Glossary |
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 Start > Glossary step.
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New page effects & smileys |
A new dropping object 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 smileys (Star, Green & 3D light) and 2 new page transition effects (RandomBars & RandomDissolve) have also been added. These features are available from the Theme > Effects step.
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Separators between menu buttons |
A new Separators option located in the Theme > Menu screen can be used to display lines between the entry of your website menu. This option is only available for Text and Text with bullet menu buttons styles.
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New horizontal menu layout |
A new option named Before the banner 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 Theme > Menu step.
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Use a custom pattern on the external sides of your fixed width website |
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 Theme > Layout > Pattern / color > Use my pattern.
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Add a text under the vertical menu of your website |
If your website uses a vertical menu you can now place a text below it. This option is located in the Theme > Menu screen.
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New gradient bar effect for horizontal menus |
The Gradient bar option is accessible from the Theme> Menu 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.
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Possibility to display a wallpaper behind the website |
Only possible if your site uses a fixed width, the Wallpaper> Picture ... options is available from the Theme > Layout 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 top margin option to reveal the top of your background image. Some theme examples using a wallpaper pictures are available from the screen Theme> Load a template > TOWeb default templates.
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Customize more colors of your website |
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 Theme > Colors screen.
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New page header & page footer improvement |
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 Header over the banner option is checked. The header of the page is multi-line and footer now becomes multi-line too. Available from the Theme> Page header & footer screen. For more information read our advice about the page header & footer.
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New graphical effects in the TOWeb image editor |
6 new deformation effects, a mirror effect and the ability to change the text transparency 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 Edit link located next to each picture (inside the tabs Add a frame and Add a text > Style).
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Paste a clipboard image directly into a paragraph |
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 Use a clipboard picture tab of the TOWeb's picture browser.
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Add icons on links and paragraph titles |
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 Title icon link located in Paragraph layout group and from the Link icon button located in the Link tab of a paragraph.
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Paragraphs can now be displayed in tabs |
The option Display the paragraph in a tab is available from the Layout link of the paragraph editor. Activate it for successive paragraphs you want to display inside the same set of tab.
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Background image on topics |
This function, located under the Background image tab of a Topic, allows you to apply a background image inside the content of a topic. You may use the Tile if you want your picture to be repeated horizontally & vertically and also adjust the image opacity to make sure your texts will remain readable over your background.
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Tooltip hints on web form fields |
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 Add to this paragraph > A form. The position of the tooltip icon can be chosen from the Properties window of the form and the style of the tooltip form icon for all your forms can be changed in the Theme> Topic content screen.
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Duplicate a paragraph, a photo or a catalog product |
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.
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Sent your mailings directly form TOWeb using your email account |
The function Notify your contacts located in the Publish 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.
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New features available from the PERSONAL edition |
| The features listed below are available in the PERSONNAL, PROFESSIONAL and E-COMMERCE editions of TOWeb. |
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i-Services adds dynamic content to your website |
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 use the i-Services.
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Web form protection with “captcha” |
A visual code (named “captcha”) can be added to all the forms of your website to protect you against spamming. This feature can be activated from the Settings > Security step.
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Insert ads to earn revenue from your website traffic |
TOWeb can add integrated advertising 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 Settings > Adverstising screen.
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Support of Google free services |
TOWeb now helps you to support the Google services (Google Analytics, Google Diagnostics, fichiers Sitemap, robots.txt). These options are available from the Settings > Google step.
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Enhanced search engine optimization |
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 search engine optimization help page.
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New features available from the PROFESSIONAL edition |
| The features listed below are available in the PROFESSIONAL and E-COMMERCE edition of TOWeb. |
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Import Microsoft Word / Excel documents |
The Word/Excel Import feature 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 Topics > Add or duplicate a topic step.
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Improved local text Search Engine |
The classic search engine which allows visitors to find information on your website can now be located before or over the banner. It includes a new advanced option Display only results containing all the searched words 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 Settings > Search Engine screen.
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Picture zooming now available in catalogs |
The Enable zoom on image click 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 Size & Frame link located next to your product picture. You may also use the apply these settings to all pictures option if you want to apply the Zoom option to all the pictures of a catalog.
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Export your website to a local drive (Intranet, DVD-CD, ...) |
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 export your website to a local drive.
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Shopping cart button customization |
The shopcart 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 Settings > Shopcart & Shipments > Shopcart button screen.
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New features of the E-COMMERCE edition |
| The features listed below are only available in the E-COMMERCE Edition of TOWeb. |
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Custom product references & stock management |
It is now possible to:
- use your own references for your catalog products
- enter a status indicator for your product (in stock, available in 7 days, out of stock ...)
- enter a product quantity to limit its sales
These information products are accessible from the Price & Stock tab (requires your catalog to have the pricing and shopcart options activated). update quantities from orders is possible by a simple copy / paste of the orders you receive by email from the options.
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Grid view of products catalogs |
This new button, located above the list of items in a catalog, displays your items in a grid to facilitate the updating of their information (price, reference, status quantity, ...).
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Catalog items Search Engine |
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 catalog item search engine is configurable from the Settings > Search Engine screen.
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Customized Paypal button |
Support of the new PayPal buttons and possibility to use your one image as paiement button for your online payment. Features available in Settings > e-Commerce > Payment Modes > Payment script > Paypal.
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Customer information displayed in the order summary |
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.
This option Display the customer information in the order summary is located in the payment window accessible from the Settings > e-Commerce> Payment modes.
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Sell to the countries of your choice |
Possibility of limiting the list of countries where you want sell your products. You need to activate the Country management option located in the Options> e-Commerce and click the button: Modify the list of countries.
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Rebate code management |
By enabling this option and creating one or more coupons, your customers will be able to have price rebate on their purchases. The rebate codes are available in Settings > e-Commerce > Rebate codes.
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Shipments & shipping prices per country, weight and amount |
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 Settings > Shopcart & shipments > Shipments.
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VAT support on shipping |
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 Settings > Shopcart & shipments > Shipments > TVA.
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Latest 3.xx updates |
To discover the latest improvements and bug fixes of TOWeb V3 please see the :
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TOWeb V3 includes TOWeb V2 new features |
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 :
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