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The recent release of EverWeb 4.3 has some great new feature adds such as the all new PayPal Modern widget. As well the headline features, there are many other worthy, but less prominent, new and improved, EverWeb features to enjoy! Here is a round up of them…

Justified Text For TextBoxes

Justifying text within TextBoxes is one of the feature our customers have often asked for. Now, with EverWeb 4.3, a justified text button joins the left, centered and right margin aligned buttons in the Text Inspector, which itself got a major redesign in EverWeb version 4.0. The new feature means that you can now justify text anywhere in EverWeb as text justification was already available in the Styled Text Editor (which is used in some of EverWeb’s widgets) and in the Blog Post Editor.

TextBox justification can be applied to one or more paragraphs within a TextBox, and you can also mix and match text alignment styles within the TextBox if you want. Note that when you edit Text in a TextBox you will see the text displayed as left aligned, until you have finished editing the text. When you click away from the TextBox so that it is no longer selected, you will see the text displayed as justified.

Object Layout Buttons

We introduced layout buttons to objects in EverWeb 4.2 so you can directly access Widget Settings and other settings without moving away from the Editor Window. The number of Layout Buttons that you see depends on the type of object that you are working with and the page layout type you are using.

In EverWeb 4.3, you can now toggle the size of the Layout Buttons to be either normal size or small. To change this setting, go to the EverWeb-> Settings-> General menu on a Mac, or the Edit-> Options-> General menu in Windows. Check or uncheck the ‘Use small layout buttons’ to suit your personal preference.

Expanded Stock Photos Drag & Drop

Drag and dropping is, of course, one of the most common things we do when working in Windows or on macOS. Over the course of EverWeb’s development, we have enhanced this feature so that it is available in more places, especially in asset lists. In EverWeb 4.3 this capability has been expanded so that you can now drag and drop images from EverWeb’s Stock Photos window directly on to the Fill Slideshow Asset List in the Shape Options tab. This is a great way to save time and effort when creating slideshows!

Automatic AI Bot Defence

The advent of AI is bringing new and exciting tools for all of us to use. Unfortunately it can also bring new problems and issues. EverWeb 4.3 automatically blocks AI Bots from your site. For advanced users you can also edit the robots.txt file and the .htaccess file. When editing these files, remember to make sure to text your changes thoroughly. If you make a mistake you may find that your site comes up with ‘500 Internal Error’ type messages when published.

Use the File-> Edit Publishing Settings menu option to access this new feature. The Advanced Option section has the toggle to ‘Block AI Bots’ as well as the robots.txt and .htaccess file fields.

New Features For EverWeb Mac Users

For our macOS users, EverWeb 4.3 now officially supports macOS Sequioa, and for the eagle eyed, you may have noticed that you get live font previews in the Text Inspector Fonts menu dropdown list.

More EverWeb To Follow…

Our latest release has brought new features to EverWeb including the new PayPal Modern Widget, as well as adding user requested features such as justified text in TextBoxes. But there is more to come with lots of big updates coming soon that will make EverWeb even easier to use whilst delivering new features at the same time, so stay up to date with our blog posts to get all of the latest news!