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TOWeb's exceptional anniversary offer
We are ending the summer of our 15th anniversary by offering you a 50% discount on the purchase of all TOWeb 8 editions as well as all PageXL plans.
This offer expires Webnesday, September 16 at midnight (Paris time, France, GMT+2).
You can subscribe or renew your PageXL plan from your account (create a Free PageXL account first if you do not have one) and purchase TOWeb by using the buttons below.
-50% off on TOWeb 8 PREMIUM
24,50€ instead of 49€ -50% off on TOWeb 8 E-COMMERCE
49,50€ instead of 99€ -50% off on TOWeb 8 STUDIO
99,50€ instead of 199€
Watch out for duplicate content
Duplicate content is an important aspect of SEO that requires your full attention to avoid seeing your site heavily penalized by Internet search engines like Google or Yahoo/Bing. We have listed the main errors you need to avoid on your site as well as server's configuration aspects and invite you to follow our advice.
Second exceptional offer of the summer !
Only during the next 48 hours, a license of TOWeb 8 offered with PageXL plans !
- TOWeb Premium offered (worth 49€) for any new purchase or renewal of a PageXL SOLO plan (24€ / year)
- TOWeb E-Commerce offered (worth 99€) for any new purchase or renewal of a PageXL PRO plan (48€ / year)
- TOWeb Studio offered (worth 199€) for any new purchase or renewal of a PageXL Studio plan (96€ / year)
To receive your free license of TOWeb, just subscribe or renew your PageXL plan and send your invoice number by email to contact@pagexl.com.
This offer expires Wednesday August 26 at midnight (Paris time, France, GMT+1).
Version 8.12 is released
This update fixes a problem with links and catalog content in multilingual sites as well as various issues relating to the subscription to the mailing list and improves the option allowing to shutdown the computer after a successful publication.
Unwanted ads on your site
Version 8.11 is released
This update reinforces the security of the sites and corrects many problems related to the update of the online stock from the e-Commerce BackOffice, the hover image zoom function on smartphones and tablets, the theme slider, the unsubscribe links of newsletters, the status of sub-products without stock management, as well as abnormal slowdowns when loading or editing topics on sites containg users' scripts.
TOWeb's exceptional anniversary offer
We celebrate this summer the 15th anniversary of our company Lauyan Software, an entrepreneurial adventure started with TOWeb version 1.00 on August 6, 2005.
For this event, we will be making flash sales of our TOWeb and PageXL products throughout this summer. The first one, starting this Wednesday for 48 hours, is exceptional since it is a 50% discount on all editions of TOWeb V8, less than a year old. This offer expires Friday, July 3 at midnight (Paris time, France, GMT+1). To take advantage of it, use the coupon code TOWEB15YEARS or the purchase buttons below.
-50% off on TOWeb 8 PREMIUM
24,50€ instead of 49€ -50% off on TOWeb 8 E-COMMERCE
49,50€ instead of 99€ -50% off on TOWeb 8 STUDIO
99,50€ instead of 199€
Compatibility with Mac OSX Catalina
Both version 8 and version 7 of TOWeb can now be used under Mac OS X version 10.15 (Catalina). If you are using TOWeb V8 you need to download and reinstall again version 8.10. If you are using TOWeb V7 you will need to download and reinstall version 7.24. As for TOWeb V5 and V6, these former versions remain only compatible with OSX 10.14 (Mojave) and earlier but are not compatible with Catalina.
Lauyan.com service stopped for V2 to V4 e-Commerce sites
The "Lauyan.com email notification service" which can be used in the old versions V2, V3 and V4 of TOWeb will be definitively stopped within a few weeks. If you were still using this option in TOWeb V2-V4 for your e-Commerce website, you will need to select instead the "form to mail i-service" option, indicated as recommended in the "Options > e-Commerce > Submitted orders configuration" screen, before to publish your site.
End of the exceptional interruption
Due to a denial-of-service attack that occurred Saturday late afternoon, May 23, 2020 our lauyan.com server was no longer reachable, as well as our email server. None of our data could be accessed or damaged by this attack and everything is now back to normal since this Monday. As for PageXL and its services completely independent, it has not been impacted, your sites have always remained online. We are sorry for this incident and its exceptional duration.
Display a popup message on your site
Version 8.10 is released
This update optimizes the responsive behavior of your site on mobile devices not only on images and objects embedded in the content of your paragraphs but also on the slider of your theme. In addition, some bugs related to the theme and e-Commerce features have been fixed and new types of scripts are now also supported.
COVID-19 : Suspend website activity without impacting Google
But how can you stop your e-commerce site, your services and inform about your business changes without impacting the SEO of your website in the long term?
Add COVID-19 announcements to your website
Version 8.09 is released
This update brings the possibility of playing a sound to signal the end of publication of a site as well as a fix in TOWeb Portable, an improvement in CSS styles and an optimization for PHP 7.
TOWeb press kit
Version 8.08 is released
This update brings some fixes but mainly improvements on styles with new effects applicable to elements of your web pages and optimizations reducing the size of CSS files by up to 45% on your sites.
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A Falling Hearths effect for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day (Febrary 14th) is approaching and you want to beautify your website for that event? Well, if you previously used and appreciated the snow effect introduced by TOWeb version 8.06 then you will probably want to give a try to the new falling hearth animation over the content of your pages !
Which PHP version to choose for your site
Version 5 of PHP is no longer maintained since January 1, 2019 which means it has not been updated for more than a year now. Knowing that security flaws are regularly discovered in old versions of PHP, for more security, durability and not leaving your site obsolete or vulnerable, we recommend to use a recent version of PHP (7.2 or 7.3). Regarding the i-services scripts integrated in TOWeb, we also recommend PHP 7 but only with TOWeb V8. If you use an old version of TOWeb, then you will have to keep and stay with your current version of PHP in order for your website to continue working properly.
Version 8.07 is released
This update brings improvements to the CSS editor for multilingual websites as well as several fixes in particular regarding the social buttons, the display of the cookie consent banner and the management of the <head> section of the catalogue products.
Best wishes for 2020
We hope you discovered and enjoyed all the new features of TOWeb V8 coming with more possibilities for your websites still remaining perfectly viewable by all your visitors, whether they use smartphones, tablets or computers.
Whatever the version of TOWeb you use, the one of yesterday, today or tomorrow, we hope that our software will continue to bring you full satisfaction for all your 2020 web projects.
Offer TOWeb for Christmas and the end of year celebrations
An original gift idea, instantly delivered to you ! Offer TOWeb by simply clicking on the gift option in the order form of our website. You will not receive the license key but only an invoice at your name with a gift voucher to print and deliver. The beneficiary will just have to follow the instructions on the coupon to receive its TOWeb license key to its own name.
Analytics tools for your site
Exceptional discounts from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
Starting from this Black Friday (November 29) until Cyber Monday (December 2, midnight GMT+1 time), you can benefit from exceptional discounts for any new purchase of a TOWeb V8 license.
And if you want to take this opportunity to offer TOWeb to one of your loved ones, check the option "Yes, I want to offer this license to a third party" when ordering.
-20€ off on TOWeb PREMIUM -40€ off on TOWeb E-COMMERCE -60€ off on TOWeb STUDIO
Falling Snowflakes on your website
By using the lastest update of TOWeb V8 you will be able to add a falling snow effect to your web pages. As winter and end of year celebrations are approaching, this discreet and customizable animation will probably seduce all your visitors and may make them want to stay longer on your site too... so try it now !
Version 8.06 is released
This update improves the links of your site, optimizes the CSS and HTML code of generated pages, and also provides support for the new Falling Snowflake Effect script.
Beautify your Screenshots with Screenzy
TOWeb offers features to highlight photos but before to add some them to your website, you may also want to try Screenzy, a simple and free online tool to beautify your screenshots.
Version 8.05 is released
This update improves the management of Open Graph metadata, enhances the security of some third-party scripts, and fixes issues that may occur with the local search engine and sitemap file of images.
Favicons now used by Google
For a few weeks now, Google has begun to display the favicons of websites in the mobile version of its search engine result pages (SERPs) and is also deploying a new organization of SERPs leaving appear favicons on its desktop version. Your favicon is the symbol of your site (and/or brand). So take the time to have the best possible version of your logo on your site to help users better locate you.
Version 8.04 is released
This update provides CSS optimizations as well as multiple fixes for OpenGraph images of catalogs and albums, the calculation of VAT on delivery modes, multilingual sites, the display of the e-commerce backoffice and in the TOWeb user interface.
Suspension of Klik&Pay
On July 25, 2019, the Luxembourg-based Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (C.S.S.F.) announced by press release that it has temporarily suspended the Klik&Pay service. The reason for this suspension, still in effect in the last press release of September 17, 2019, is a non-compliance with certain points of the European law on payment services.
Klik & Pay is still supported by TOWeb but as several of our customers have reported payment problems with this provider, we pass on information and invit you to follow the evolution of the situation directly from the site of the C.S.S.F.
Site of the CSSF Latest press release of the CSSF (PDF file)
Version 8.03 is released
This update brings several fixes related to online help access, web host configuration wizard, Open Graph images and a possible crash of the Free edition.
Local and custom fonts on your websites
Since version 8, it now becomes possible to use any personal fonts in your website but also to upload and use web fonts (like those of Google) locally on your site/server.
Version 8.02 is released
This update provides fixes on some albums displaying wrong size of pictures, on ReCaptcha, as well as a quantity limit issue when ordering from an e-commerce site using the real-time stock.
Version 8.01 is released
This update improves the slider of a multi-image object and fixes some malfunctions in the local search engine, stock display and Facebook buttons.
Version 7.24 is released
This update provides fixes regarding file downloads from links, site optimizer and TOWeb user interface issues.
16 new themes for your sites
16 new responsive site templates are now available and can be used directly from TOWeb V8. These examples can serve as a starting point for the construction of your sites and/or to study them in order to customize them to your taste and create your own themes.
New version 8 of TOWeb
This new major version 8 of TOWeb brings many new features that will allow you to modernize your website and improve online sales of your e-Commerce store.
Watch out for scripts added to your site
During the construction of your site, you may need to use scripts from some third-party services other than i-services offered by TOWeb. But the integration of some online services (especially when free) are not necessarily as innocuous as they seem for your site. So do not take any risk for both your site and your visitors by following all our advice.
Version 7.23 is released
This update provides fixes for social buttons and allows you to delete warning messages in TOWeb when using certain scripts in the <head> section of all pages of a site.
Version 7.22 is released
This update provides the support of secured predefined hostings, the ability to remove links/buttons inside a Plan & Price object, the use of Leaflet maps by default as well as UI bug fixes in albums and catalogs.
Version 7.21 is released
This update provides several fixes regarding the Theme slider changes of the previous version 7.20.
Version 7.20 is released
This update provides several fixes and improvements particularly regarding the folding of the paragraphs in a web page, the Twitter object, the Theme slider and the i-services.
Shutting down of Google+
As announced by Google few months ago, Google+ for customers has been progressively ending since early April. If you still have this social network on your pages, we advise you not to use it anymore and publish your site with this change in order to avoid HTTP 404 errors as well as possible content display problems.
Version 7.19 is released
This update provides the ability to add a button to your site's search box, to open external links of your menu in the same browser tab, to improve your related products and also brings several fixes.