We are aware that websites are incredibly useful tools for a lot of purposes, but most of us also think that in order to create a website, we either have to pay a lot of money to experts and for specialized tools, or we need to have advanced knowledge and experience in designing webpages. This last part is only partially true, as there are a few handy tools which make creating websites a job that not only anyone can afford, but also anyone can complete on his/her own. Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution is the best example of such a tool. This powerful and handy application helps anyone create a website, online shop, or blog without requiring a lot of spending of neither time nor money.
One of the most remarkable features of Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution is the handy wizard-based interface. It guides the users step-by-step through every major part of creating a website, from configuring general settings and parameters like the title or the favicon, and from choosing a template for its appearance, to creating a sitemap, designing the actual pages, and selecting the export options. Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution is really easy to use and self explanatory, making every part of creating a website accessible and clear to anyone. Though it makes building a website a job that pretty much lacks any mysteries, Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution also comes with a comprehensive and well-structured help file that effectively explains every little function and option of this application. Worth mentioning are also the many graphic templates (1000 in the “Evolution” edition of Incomedia WebSite X5) that allow creating a professional-looking website while saving precious time that would've otherwise been spent on the visual customization of the website's looks. These templates don't restrict the users to choosing an immovable appearance for the website, as they allow further customization and tweaking of every little visual element of a webpage.
The fact that it's a simple-to-use tool that offers a really fast and convenient manner of creating websites doesn't mean that Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution lacks any important features or sacrifices any needed functions and options. On the contrary, it's a really comprehensive tool that even supports advanced features like SEO optimization or e-commerce functions. Beginners with no programming skills and no website creating knowledge will be able to design websites while also being capable to add advanced features to these websites, features like photo galleries, web forms, sitemaps, shopping carts, RSS feeds, and so on.
What I also like about this tool is the fact that it loaded quickly and ran smoothly even in my older system. Usually, website creation tools are big consumers of the system's resources, but that wasn't the case with Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution. This tool felt lightweight and smooth all the time.
Another cool thing about it is that the websites created using this tool will be fully functional regardless of what platform or device is used to load them, may it be simple computers, tablets, or even mobile phones.
Cutting long story short, Incomedia WebSite X5 – Evolution remains an amazing application that anyone can use to easily create fully-featured, professional-looking websites.
v9.0 [Feb 25, 2010]
STEP 1
General settings
In Version 9 we have given a lot of attention to the graphic aspect of the site. All the templates included with the program have been reviewed and updated. The result of our restyling is a completely new gallery with 1,500 different templates.
The custom template feature has also been greatly enhanced: it's now easier to obtain the precision you want when designing your layout, and you can check your work as you go in the preview. We have also included an option for resizing the background according to the size of the browser window, so that you can create full-screen websites.
STEP 2
Map creation
The Map tree, which is the heart of your project, has been redesigned, while maintaining the same working logic as before.
Previous limits to the number of levels have been removed, and projects can now have much more pages.
Separators have been included and Special Pages (referring to the welcome page, blog, members' area and shopping cart) are displayed. Associating locked pages with users/groups has been simplified.
New options for the Page properties and levels greatly improve the possibilities of customizing page graphics and code: you can now associate a different site background with each single page.
STEP 3
Page creation
The starting point for creating pages remains the Page Layout Table, but now you can add up to 64 rows and 16 columns. Improvements have also been made to how you select and move objects.
The Cell Format window has many interesting new features, including automatic adaptation of background images to cell size, improved margin and border management and a brand new Styles library.
All the Objects available for adding page content have been revised.
The Gallery Object has undergone the most changes. You now have a wide choice of both Flash and JavaScript galleries in which both images and videos can be mixed.
Images can now be protected from unauthorized copying, and a built-in Media Player for FLV and MP4 formats has been included for videos. You can even reproduce videos directly from YouTube.
The E-mail form Object has also been enhanced: new field types have been added, data-collection databases have been integrated, and you now have greater control over the layout and design of e-mails.
STEP 4
Advanced settings
The main menu is automatically created and updated on the basis of the site map and it is completely open to graphic customization. Dropdown menus may have several columns or a single column with accordion display. You can now associate icons with menu items and add separators, thus making the menus even more functional and user-friendly, with a refined look.
Improvements have been made to the Styles and Models section: it now includes all the necessary options for defining the styles of text, the ShowBox (where zoomed images/videos in SlideShows and Galleries are displayed), ToolTips associated with links and e-mails generated by the E-mail form object and Shopping Cart.
Continuing in our objective of offering maximum flexibility in website creation, advertising messages can be displayed not only in the top right corner (PagePeel) but now they can also be placed at the top, in the middle or at the bottom of the page.
STEP 5
Export
When you have completed your website and are ready to publish it on the Internet, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that the built-in FTP engine in Version 9 has been completely redesigned.
First of all, the FTP engine now supports secure connections for transferring data and, by working in multi-connection, it can improve publication time 5/10-fold, with respect to the previous Version 8. You can save even more time by publishing only the files that have been changed. Furthermore, gzip compression is now available.
CODE & FILE GENERATION
WebSite X5 doesn't require any specific programming skills and, in compliance with the latest web developments and the support offered by Browsers, it automatically generates the page code in HTML5 + CSS 2.1/3.
All the files that are created during Page code generation are encoded in UTF8, guaranteeing full support for all languages.
In addition to these important improvements to code generation, Version 9 also includes a new project and file management system that offers full multi-threading support: this technology significantly improves system performance, especially when working on multi-core processors.
SEO & SEARCH ENGINES
We have placed great importance on generating page code according to Best Practices, thus ensuring adherence to standards, full compatibility with all browsers and complete search engine indexing.
Website optimization has been improved, giving you greater control over important parameters such as titles, description and alternative texts, which are used by the search engines to index a website. The enhanced SiteMap now includes information on images and videos, and this information can be broadcast when the site is published online.
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