E-commerce

• Fixed an issue causing the product list to scroll up after changing the name of a product.
• Fixed an issue with dropdown menu for country selection not working as intended when using Russian as the content language.

Blog

• Fixed an issue with the width of cards at the 720-480px breakpoint.
• Fixed an issue with articles not being displayed when using the slideshow for highlighted articles.

Template Content

• Fixed an issue causing the header/footer to flicker when the scrollbar for the work area was visible.
• Fixed an issue with the alignment of objects in the header/footer caused by a bug in the latest Chrome/Edge versions.

E-mail Layout

• Fixed an issue causing the software to crash when editing the background colors of the elements of the e-mail.

Portfolio Object

• Fixed an issue with the object not being displayed when copying it from a page to another.

Product Catalog Object

• Fixed an issue with the VAT info being displayed even when disabled in the E-commerce settings.
• Fixed an issue with the content height/width not being applied correctly when converting the project.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with the loading of the E-commerce: Search page encountering slowdowns when using Available quantity.
• Fixed an issue with the E-commerce: Search page not displaying the correct amount of product cards when using Desktop mode rather than Responsive mode for the website.
• Fixed an issue with the display of availability in the preview frame of the E-commerce: Search and Wishlist pages.

Blog

• Fixed an issue with the main page incorrectly showing the empty space reserved for side blocks even when not using them.
• Fixed an issue with the height of the Contents section of cards not being applied as intended when using the Masonry layout.
• Fixed an issue with line breaks in an article's caption not working as intended.

Template Content

• Restored the option to select an area within the header/footer even if the mouse cursor is outside of the work area.

Table Object

• Fixed an issue with the vertical alignment of text within merged cells.

Gallery Object

• Fixes an issue preventing the scrolling of galleries with Horizontal Thumbnails mode on mobile devices.
• Fixed an issue with the Thumbnail per Frame mode not displaying the intended number of images per row.

Contact Form Object

• Fixed an issue with forms opened in a showbox not being fillable on mobile devices.

Portfolio Object

• Fixed an issue with the object not maintaining applied effects when saving the project.

Articles List Object

• Fixed issues with the margins and number of cards per row.

Justified Gallery Object

• Fixed slowdowns occurring when deleting several images from the object.

General

• Fixed some graphical issues with UI in the Advertising Message, SEO and Privacy and Security sections.
• Fixed some graphical issues with the MagicText interface.
• Fixed issues with the display on the display of videos set as background with Row Formats on iOS devices.
• Fixed issues with the display of PDF files in showbox mode on iOS devices.
• Minor fixes.

NEW Boost the style of your product cards (only for Pro and Agency)

Product cards highlight key information and are featured in many sections of an online shop. To streamline your workflow, the software automatically generates these cards. However, you have complete control over their graphic style and structure. We've introduced new layouts and additional customization options to enhance your product display. Now, you can:

-Set the cover image as the card background
-Arrange the cards in a grid with fixed or variable heights
-Organize the cards using a masonry layout
-Display the cards as a slideshow

These enhancements will make your online shop even more attractive and effective.

NEW New Interaction features for product images (only for Pro and Agency)

When customers hover over a product image, two buttons now appear: one to view the full image gallery and the other to go directly to the product page. This improved link management allows you to create this interactive effect quickly and effortlessly.

NEW More customization options for the Search Page (only for Pro and Agency)

The search page is a crucial part of any online shop: it offers customers the possibility of exploring the catalog and easily find what they're looking for. In addition to the possibility of setting categories and filters, you can now customize the search bar style to match the overall design of your website.

NEW ALT Text for product SEO optimization (only for Pro and Agency)

ALT text is essential for optimizing your image SEO and improving the accessibility of your web pages. Now you can apply it to your product images, boosting your online shop's ranking on search engines.

NEW Sorting of product sub-options (only for Pro and Agency)

When setting up your e-commerce products, (like t-shirts), you can define both options (e. g. the color) and sub-options (e. g. the size). With the possibility of arranging sub-options, too, you now have full control on your product management.

NEW Display Previous Price During Discount Campaigns (only for Pro and Agency)

The European Omnibus Directive requires that the lowest price applied in the last 30 days must be clearly indicated for discounted products. With the newly introduced option, you can easily adjust your online store and ensure compliance, avoiding the risk of infringement.

NEW Filters and arrangement option for the Product Catalog Object (only for Pro and Agency)

The Product Catalog Object is a very useful tool to showcase your products. Previously, you could only manually choose which products to include, but now you can speed up the process by using filters and categories.Additionally, you can set up random product display to keep your catalog dynamic and varied, ensuring a fresh presentation every time.

NEW Boost the style of your Blog post cards

On the Blog home page, articles are displayed with cards that highlight essential details, such as title, cover image and link. Just as with products, these cards are automatically generated, but you have the flexibility to fully customize their design and structure. With the newly introduced layouts and additional options, your blog will be even more modern and engaging.

NEW Customization of Blog side blocks

Blog pages can include a sidebar with useful tools such as Recent Articles. Previously, each block’s design had to be customized separately, but now you can apply a unified style across all of them. With this new feature, along with the new options for title customization, adding separators and lists, your blog's layout will become cleaner and more consistent.

NEW New Article List Object

Introducing a new addition to WebSite X5's preset Objects: the Article List Object. With this tool, you can create a gallery by selecting some of the posts already published in the blog. You can choose which posts to include and to customize the graphic style of each item. Use this new Object to showcase the latest blog articles directly on your home page - an effective solution for building a strong band image, as well as a SEO strategy to enhance your page ranking.

NEW Reading Time for Blog Articles

Many readers appreciate knowing the estimated reading time for an article right beneath its title. This feature allows them to decide whether they have enough time to engage with the post or if they should return later. Now, the reading time for your blog articles is automatically calculated; all you need to do is decide whether to display it.

NEW CSS Code customization for Objects (only for Pro and Agency)

WebSite X5 allows you to always work visually: you simply access the settings windows and use the available options to apply the wished customizations. However, if you have some programming experience and seek more specific results, you can use the available editor to add CSS code for all the Objects of your pages. The possibilities are limitless.

General

Various fixes for product/article cards.

General

• Fixed an issue with language change in the Preferences menu.

Blog

• Fixed an issue causing a malfunction for projects imported from previous versions after adding a blog in the current version.

Website management

• Changed the mobile view of the Reserved access tab of the Control panel in order to display the e-mail of the registered users.

SEO

• Fixed an issue with the generation of the sitemap.xml file.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with the "Add the Product without showing the Cart" function not working as intended in the E-commerce: Search page.
• Implemented optimizations in the software's behavior in projects with a large number of products/categories.

Gallery Object

• Added a check for video URLs used in the object, to prevent the use of incorrect URLs, such as the URL of the search results for a video, that could lead to errors with the project.

General

• Minor fixes.

Blog

• Fixed an issue causing the blog to malfunction when certain characters were present in the Tag 'Description' / Tag 'Keywords' of the special page "Blog: Article page."

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with the display of the Search page when the search results are 3 or fewer products.

Search

• Fixed an issue with the text color of links.

Menu Object

• Optimized mobile view of levels in a Burger menu that are associated to a link.

Gallery Object / Video and Audio Object

• Fixed an error when opening/converting projects that contained YouTube or Vimeo videos that are no longer available.

Privacy and Security

• Fixed an issue with the display of the policy banner in the preview.

General

• Fixed the issues with version 2024.3 that led to crashes or failed updates for users with Windows 7 and 8.

NEW New logos and new boxes

It just feels like yesterday, but it's already been 5 years since we rebranded both Incomedia and all its products. We didn’t want to overhaul everything but simply refresh the colors, logos, and boxes of WebSite X5 to make them more dynamic and vibrant. And here’s the result!

NEW New Edition: WebSite X5 Agency

The WebSite X5 family of solutions is expanding: in addition to Go, Evo, and Pro, the Agency edition is now available. Designed specifically for web agencies and freelancers, it offers a greater number of templates, web hosting, support for up to 5 simultaneous users, and most importantly, the ability to resell the websites created for your clients.

NEW Compatibility and Security

To ensure top performance, compatibility, and security, we have made significant updates, including an upgrade to the Chromium browser engine used for local previews.

NEW Completion of the sitemap.xml

The sitemap.xml file is important for SEO as it helps search engines scan your website more efficiently. In WebSite X5, it is generated automatically and now also includes all the pages of your Blog posts and product sheets.

NEW Customization of Internal Blog Pages

Previously, the article pages inherited the graphic settings of the Blog's Home Page. Now, however, they are fully customizable as their properties can be managed individually.

Other

• Addition of Arabic and Romanian languages to the software interface.
• Fixed an issue with color selection.
• Fixed an issue with image rotation also changing the image size.
• Minor fixes.

Blog

• Fixed an issue with the incorrect display of tooltips with styles 2-16.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with the update of product availability retaining the amount added in the latest export of the website instead of being reset.

Template Structure

• Fixed an issue with the Page Contents margins not applying to the special pages Product Page, Product Search and Wishlist.

Template Content

• Added improvements to allow the preview in the working area to more often reflect the browser preview.

Page Creation

• Fixed an issue leading to crashes when opening the preview while editing an object, and then accessing Object Edit Mode for a different object.

Links

• Showbox links to a YouTube video set up to play the video starting at a certain minute/second now work as intended.

Text Object

• Links in the description of a Text object will now correctly inherit the text style chosen for links in Text, Field and Button Style.

Image Object

• Fixed a issue causing the distance between the image and the margins of its cell not to be the same on all sides.

Gallery Object

• Fixed an issue causing crashes when deleting images from a linked Showbox Gallery.

Audio and Video Object

• Fixed an issue the videos overlapping with the left/right margins of their cell.
• Fixed an issue with the resizing of videos in responsive mode.

Multiple Location Map Object

• Fixed an issue with the button links not working as intended after editing a link.

Portfolio Object

• Fixed an issue causing a software crash when changing the order of the portfolio's cards.

Dynamic Content Object

• Fixed an issue preventing users from editing the text within the object if the default content included an image.

General

• Minor fixes.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with the generation of the products.csv file for Facebook/Instagram integration being interrupted when a corrupted image was detected.

Template Structure

• Fixed an issue with the background image not being displayed in the preview box if the background color is set as transparent.

Sticky Bar

• Optimized some of the functions to reduce the likelihood of crashes due to local factors.

Text Object

• Fixed an issue with the slideshow mode of objects with multible tabs.

Image Object

• Fixed an issue with images with "Manually enlarge/move" mode being resized.

Comments and Ratings Object

• Changed the view at lower resolutions to avoid overlaps between the ratings and the comments.

General

• Fixed an issue with the highlighting of the parts of a project containing custom code not working as intended.
• Fixed an issue preventing project saving.

Gallery Object

• Fixed an issue with the display of gallery thumbnails.

Settings

• Fixed an issue with videos on the Entry Page.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue with availability not being displayed as intended after importing a large amount of products from a .csv file.

Template

• Fixed an issue with link style.
• Fixed an issue with some imported fonts being removed after closing a project.

Text Object

• Fixed an issue with text editing not working as intended in the Evo version.
• Fixed an issue that caused additional empty tabs to be displayed above and below the first tab of a text.

Video and Audio Object

• Fixed an issue with the overlap of YouTube/Vimeo with the margins of their cell.

Export

• Added a switch allowing to choose whether to use the previous method for the sending of e-mails or to enable alternative senders, displaying the addresses of users when they fill in contact forms or place an order (the latter may require contacting the hosting provider to change the configuration in order to support it).
• Fixed issues with the export of the project resources and the visibility of unconnected resources.

General

• Fixed an issue with the language change in the Preferences menu.

Contact Form Object

• Fixed an issue with the Form not working as intended with ReCaptcha v2/v3.

Export

• Fixed an issue that prevented export with certain providers when using an FTPS connection.

General

• Fixed an issue preventing the correct alignment of objects.
• Fixed an error with project import.
• Minor fixes.

NEW Payments with Stripe (only for Pro)

Now you have one more option to accept and manage payments from your online shop: Stripe. Stripe is a payment platform that offers diverse customer interfaces to create customized payment experiences that can be implemented on any browser and device.

NEW Automatic and transparent file management

We thought we'd make things easier for you by having WebSite X5 take over complete management of the files used in your projects. This brings about some significant updates:

✔️ In all locations where you can import a file, you'll now find two commands: Local File, which allows you to access the Windows File Selection window and select a file available on your PC, and Online Library, to access the integrated online libraries of free and premium images.
✔️ Since WebSite X5 now automatically manages the files connected to the project, there's no longer a need to display the project Library or the Project Optimization window.
✔️ We merged the two sections originally dedicated to project and website optimization. Now, you will find everything you need in a single window: important information, resources connected to the project and the possible optimizations that you can still apply.
✔️ When exporting the project, you can optimize it by removing resources that are no longer connected to it.

NEW New library for the Publishing Engine

We've introduced a more modern library for the FTP engine enabling online export of the finished website. This update includes support for several new encryption algorithms, such as Transport Layer Security (TLS), making it compatible with more servers.

NEW More spam protection with ReCAPTCHA 3

ReCAPTCHA is the free service powered by Google that helps protect websites agains spam and abuse by distinguishing between human users and bots. In version 3, which has now been integrated, ReCAPTCHA assigns a score based on the user's previous actions and, if all goes well, allows the user to proceed without requiring the "I am not a robot" checkbox to be clicked.

NEW Effective Video management

It's not always desirable for a video inserted on a web page to start automatically. Now, you can set up a cover image and have the video playback start when clicked or hovered over with the mouse.

NEW Tooltip style

Tooltips are small notes that explain or offer insights about the link they are associated with. We have updated the available options to make them even more customizable.

Other

• E-mails generated from the site are now displayed as though they were sent from the e-mail address of the user who filled in the Contact form or placed the order.
• E-commerce functions have been removed from the Evo version of WebSite X5 and will now be available only in the Pro version.
• There is now a limit of 100 pages and 100 blog posts in the Evo version.
• The MultisafePay payment method is no longer available.

Settings

• Fixed an issue that prevented the toggle on/off for the entry page and the website policies banner to be saved successfully.

Template

• Fixed an issue that prevented the toggle on/off for the visibility of the Page Title and Page Path to be saved successfully.

Image editor

• Fixed an issue that caused the effect "Drop Shadow" to be applied automatically when editing an image.

Export

• Fixed an issue that caused the export of the project's resources to fail.
• Increased the compatibility with some SFTP algorithms when using operating sistems prior to Windows 10.

General

• Solved an anomaly with the loading of the preview.
• Minor fixes.

Export

• Optimized the management of interrupted FTP connections, in order to minimize the possibility of the online export being unsuccessful.

General

• Minor fixes.

Blog

• Fixed an issue about the resizing of images added to the SlideShow of articles.

Contact Form Object

• Fixed an issue regarding some date formats, that were not detected as valid when sending the form.

Export

• Fixed an issue that caused slowdowns during the resource deletion performed with Optimize the Project.

General

• Minor fixes.

General

• Minor fixes.

General

• Minor fixes.

Template Structure

• Fixed an issue that prevented images set as Page Background from being displayed in the preview if the selected color was Transparent.

Export

• Fixed an issue that caused image files associated with Optional objects to be exported in the main directory of websites.

General

• Minor fixes.

Export

• Fixed an anomaly that prevented access to the destination folder when using SFTP in the settings.

General

• Minor fixes

NEW Quicker and lighter images

We have replaced the graphics library used for image management with a new, higher-performance library, previously used only for saving in jpg and webp formats.
The new library offers a significant increase in performance: images are up to 45% faster loading, up to 50% faster saving, and up to 20% lighter.

NEW Faster Website upload

As soon as your website is ready, you will surely look forward to going live. We've improved the FTP engine so that the website online export is now faster, especially if the project includes many small files. But that's not all: even creating and removing directories is up to 70% faster, resulting in a further increase in overall performance.

NEW Google Pay, Apple Pay and Vaulting

The PayPal Commerce Platform integration offers new interesting functions. In fact, ow you can enable payments via Google Pay and Apple Pay. Moreover, your customers can decide to save the payment details so they won't have to enter them again for future purchases. This procedure is called vaulting and is beneficial not only for the customer but also for you as an online shop administrator.

NEW Credit Card Payments

The list of Countries where PayPal Commerce Platform makes direct Credit Card payments possible is getting more and more complete: 24 new Countries in the EMEA zone joined in fact US, CA, AU, UK, FR, IT, ES and DE.

NEW E-mail layout

Users receive confirmation e-mails upon registering or placing an order. These e-mails automatically take on the Template style, but you can of course customize them. You now have extra graphic possibilities, including providing a section with Social Buttons. E-mails sent from your website will be even more original and effective.

NEW Selecting the Home Page

The Home Page is a crucial aspect of a website, so that it is set by default when you start a new project. But what if you want to set a different page as the website Home Page? Now you just need a click: you can set the wished page as new Home Page and all links will be updated in one go.

NEW Link style customization

Using a style is useful: you define it once and apply it to all elements of the project, so you save time and get a consistent result. Sometimes, however, some exceptions are necessary. For example, the style defined for your links may be fine for the page contents that are placed on a light background, but not for the footer with a dark background. Therefore, we have added the possibility to also define a custom style for links that applies only to the Object content.

NEW Date style and format

Styles can be used to define the format and layout of many text elements: not only regular text, but also titles, navigation paths and links. Now you can also define the format and layout for dates —a further element to enhance the communication coherence of your web pages.

NEW Managing Optional Objects

Optional Objects enrich WebSite X5's range of features and help bring your website to the next level. We have simplified their management: now, upon opening a project, you will be asked to install and/or update all the Optional Objects you have already used. In this way, everything will be ready for you to proceed with the development of your pages.

NEW UI Update

The UI is crucial to work well and get the most out of any tool. That's why we constantly improve the WebSite X5 interface. This time, we have updated some of the most used controls, such as the Color selection window (to which we have also added Opacity and Color Code) and buttons for Text Alignment, Element Placement and Shadow management.

More news

• Extended support for the WEBP, HEIC and SVG formats.
• Support for the web font WOFF2 format.
• Improved responsive display for breakpoints lower than desktop.

Settings

• Updated the Croatian localization for the Content Language.

E-commerce

• Added SycaPay to the payment methods. 
• Added CFA franc currencies (XAF and XOF).

Export

• Fixed an anomaly that, after changes made by some hosting providers, caused errors when uploading the website using FTP and FTPS mode.

General

• Minor fixes

E-commerce

• Solved an issue that could appear when enabling PayPal Commerce Platform on Evo

E-commerce

• Solved some anomalies caused by code minification when enabled in Step 1

General

• Minor fixes

Wishlist

• Fixed an issue that caused the option "Add the Product without showing the Wishlist" to malfunction in the Product Catalog object and in the search page.

Generale

• Minor fixes.

E-Commerce

• Solved the issue causing the discount on the order total not to be displayed on the order confirmation

E-commerce

• Solved an issue where the start and end dates set for the discounts were not being properly adhered to.
• In some instances, the graphic settings set for certain sections of the e-commerce were not retained during the project import process.

General

• Special Pages in Step 3 now align with the language set for the software UI.
• Minor fixes.

E-commerce

• Fixed an issue that prevented e-commerce from working properly if the hosting used didn't allow activating a database

Wishlist

• Percentage discounts and availability are now displayed correctly on the Wishlist

General

• Removed AddThis integration
• Minor fixes

E-commerce

• Fixed issue affecting the possibility of adding products to the cart.

Wishlist

• Fixed wishlist icon position for some graphic configurations.

General

• Minor Fixes.

Product Sheet Page

• Fixed problem affecting some graphic options that wouldn't be applied correctly.

E-commerce

• Fixed some graphic errors in the UI.
• Fixed some errors that prevented products from being correctly displayed on the Product Search Page.

Wishlist

• The Wishlist now displays the correct ribbons set for the specific page.

General

• Fixed localization errors in German.
• Minor fixes.

NEW Product Wishlist (only for Pro)

The e-commerce improves even more by allowing your customers to add the products they are interested in, inside a wishlist. It will then be easier for them to find the products later on, compare them with others and once they're ready, complete their purchase.

NEW Product Sheet Design (only for Pro)

Our Product Sheets are currently designed automatically by the software: you save time and it is guaranteed that all vital information about your product is organized and well displayed in the most optimized way possible. Now you can customize these pages and decide if and how certain features are displayed.

NEW The "Buy now" button can be hidden (only for Pro)

In some cases, the best way to build an e-commerce is to remove the buttons added to purchase the product. Now you can do it by choosing whether to hide this button for your products or not.

NEW Discounts based on the total order amount (only for Pro)

To boost sales on your e-commerce store, discounts as well as campaigns are fundamental. Now they are no longer limited to enabling discounts for single products or generating coupons with fixed discounts, you can also enable various discounts according to the total order amount.

NEW Nation-based shipment and payment selection (only for Pro)

In an international e-commerce, not all shipment or payment methods are always available for every country. Now you can specify, for each payment or shipping method that you have on your store, which countries you can follow.

NEW Payment reminders (only for Pro)

As you know you can manage your orders via the online Control Panel. We've now added a new button to it which allows you to manually resend the order confirmation email along with the payment instructions. You can keep track of how many reminders you sent so you can decide whether to insist on sending more or simply mark the order as canceled.

NEW Push Notifications via Control Panel (only for Pro)

We added the possibility of setting up Push Notifications directly from the online Control Panel. Install the dashboard as an app on your smartphone and stay updated in real time about your website's activities: orders from your e-commerce, Blog comments, new user registerations, etc... You choose which notifications to receive.

Step 4

• In some cases, PluginApps UI wasn't properly displayed

Search Object

• In some cases, the searched terms were not correctly highlighted in the search results

Blog

• Solved an issue that could cause the blog's main page not to be uploaded online

General

• Fixed a few localization issued in Russian
• Minor fixes

Gallery Object

• The "Open file location" option now opens the correct path for the selected image.

Table Object

• Fixed an issue where the table could not resize correctly.

General

• Corrected localization errors in Japanese and Spanish.
• Minor fixes.

Shopping Cart

• Fixed an issue that did not allow the site administrator to send the shipment tracking code when processing the order

General

• Minor fixes

NEW Spellchecker
To improve the quality of your texts, we added a spellchecker in the text editor. A text without mistakes conveys a higher sense of accountability and competence: from now on, you will be sure you won't miss any typos.

NEW MagicText (only for Pro)
We implemented a new way of writing contents: MagicText, the Artificial Intelligence-based text generation assistant. Use MagicText to write any kind of text you want to use on your website: titles, SEO titles, paragraphs, ideas and tags. All you have to do is ask: a text will be generated before your eyes. Literally!

Product Catalog

• Fixed issue causing the products of a subcategory not to be selected if the main category was.

General

• Solved an issue causing two images sharing the same name or number of characters to overwrite each other.
• Corrected translation mistakes.
• Minor fixes.

Gallery

• If multiple images were used in the Gallery, the order of entry was reversed.

Row Formats

• In some cases, when copying the style of a row featuring a video, this wasn't shown correctly.

Export

• Solved issue with exporting the project as IWZIP, because its preview image was missing.

General

• Fixed an issue affecting the position of some commands on the Text Object toolbar.
• In Galleries and in the Text Object, if multiple tabs are active, the page now correctly scrolls when dragging vertically on the Object itself.
• Fixes on translations in Russian.
• Minor fixes.

Online export

• The option that appears at the end of the export to send the sitemap to Google now works correctly

General

• Minor fixes

NEW Graphical Interface 

It's not just an aesthetic whim: updating the software's graphical interface can actually improve the user experience. We gave WebSite X5 a new interface that aligns to the logic behind Windows 11, so now you can enjoy a more comfortable and neater environment that can help you focus and improve your productivity by bringing what you need in the foreground.

NEW Edit on Preview Mode

You are displaying the preview of the web page you are working on and realize you aren't happy with a text you added. Now you can simply click on the page content you want to edit to open the corresponding Object in working mode. That's very convenient, isn't it?

NEW Minimum Order (only for Pro)

Sometimes selling one single product unit isn't very convenient. Define a minimum order quantity for each product of your store: in this way, the checkout process will be even easier and more effective.

NEW Image list creation

Think about Galleries: you need to import all the image files to set them up. We have introduced a new option that allows you to work visually. Working with thumbnails will be much easier and fun.

NEW New Templates

Speaking of graphic design: we took the opportunity to substitute 10 Templates for the Pro and 5 for the Evo in the preset Template Gallery. Get inspired for your next projects.

NEW SEO properties for the Galleries

Images play an important role for improving the SEO of a Web page too: now you can report Description, Title and Alt Text also for the images of your Galleries.

NEW Compatibility and Security

In order to guarantee the greatest possible level of performance, compatibility and security, we have added compatibility with servers using PHP v8.2.

Search

• Fixed an issue where incorrect discounts could appear on the site's generic search page

Comments and Ratings

• Comments now head correctly when saved on a file instead of a database

Control Panel

• Solved an issue which caused the icons on the Control Panel to get lost if the WebP conversion of images was active

Online shop

• Updated MultiSafePay integration

Text Object

• Vertical tabs are now correctly browsable on mobile

General

• Solved an issue resulting in Optional Objects losing the configured images if the WebP conversion of images was activated and then disabled
• Minor fixes

NEW: Horizontal Scroll Gallery

• Create a gallery where images are displayed one by one: as you scroll down the page, the new image overlaps the previous one from right to left or vice versa.

NEW: Fullscreen Scroll Slider

• Each image in this gallery will take on all the available space: keep scrolling from one image to the next with a special fade-in and fade-out transition effect.

Hover Image 2

• The texts configured within the object now wrap correctly

NEW: Masonry

• Added image support up to 4K

NEW: Justified Gallery

• Added image support up to 4K 

Text Object

• Fixed issue with the Showbox in the Text Object occurring when the image conversion in WebP option was active.
• Fixed tab scroll behavior on mobile.

RSS Feed

• The Object now correctly supports WebP images

General

• Improved FTP engine compatibility with some hostings.
• Solved file generation issue occurring when using SVG images in the sitemap.
• Fixed link generation issue affecting Objects added in the Header and Footer.
• Minor fixes

User Management

• Locked pages now correctly keep the set access permissions when copied and pasted.

General

• Solved issue generating a scroll bar if the image WebP conversion option was active
• Minor fixes

NEW Hidden Product (only for Pro)

Sometimes, a product of your catalog may not be available for a certain period of time. Don't remove it: simply hide it. In this way, it won't be visible on the store and you will be able to reactivate it with a simple click as soon as it is available again.

NEW Preview on the Layout Table

The Layout Table has been enriched with previews displayed directly within the cells. Now, only for the Objects, you can use to add at least one image, a small preview is placed next to the icon in the cell: this will really help you find the Object you are looking for, especially on more complex pages with lots of content.

NEW Object Management

There are so many Optional Objects you can use to enrich your pages. We have redesigned the toolbar for you to search among the Objects and open the Management window even more easily.

NEW Images Lazy Loading

We have enhanced the Images Lazy Loading so to take advantage of the native support offered by the most modern browsers. With this function, you can delay the images loading to improve the page performance and save bandwidth.

NEW Optimization for a better CLS

The CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) is one of the Core Web Vitals Google introduced as a ranking factor. We have optimized the page code to guarantee better performance.

NEW Compatibility and security

In order to guarantee the greatest possible level of performance, compatibility, and security, we have:

• updated the Chromium browser engine employed for the local preview to the latest version
• updated the graphic libraries for image generation and the file compression
• updated the internal engine to ensure better compatibility, speed, and security
• added compatibility with servers using PHP v8.1

NEW Saving as WebP (only for Pro)

In order for you to better compress the images of your website and therefore improve your page loading performance, we have introduced the WebP conversion, which is a Google conversion format specifically conceived for the Web.

NEW WebAnimator 4 integration

Did you create a wonderful HTML5 animation with WebAnimator 4? Now you can export it in a compressed proprietary format which you can easily import in WebSite X5. All the resources will be loaded at once: adding animations to your website has never been so fast and easy.

NEW SVG support

Not just bitmap images: we introduced the SVG support too, so you can now enrich your pages with illustrations as well as vector graphics.

E-commerce

• Added automatic ALT tags for product images in the Product Sheet and E-commerce Search pages

Menu Object

• Solved an issue that could prevent the Menu Object from being opened when the Bulgarian language was used

General

• Solved an issue that could cause some projects not to open
• Minor fixes

• In some cases, the changes applied when setting up the Advertising Message weren't correctly kept after the project was saved. 

• In some cases, the automatically registered users weren't redirected to the correct page after logging in.

• Solved issue affecting the possibility of setting a color or applying other kinds of changes to multiple cells selected at the same time.

• Active links are now correctly displayed in the local preview

• Minor fixes

General

• Fixed an issue with the interface that affected the software when using 125% Zoom or higher on Windows

General

• Fixed some graphical errors on the website preview
• Minor fixes

File Selection Window

• The wildcard character (*) is now correctly managed within the Library on the new File Selection window.

General

• Updated the internal browser engine (First phase)
• Minor Fixes

Project Optimization

• In some cases, performing a cleanup of unlinked resources in a project could cause any resource used in any Blog article to be removed as well

File Selection Window

• The file creation and modification dates are now reported correctly on the File Selection window

Blog

• In some cases, comments could include fewer characters than the ones which had been actually typed
• Solved pagination issue affecting the article comments

General

• Minor fixes

File Selection window

• A preview image will now be generated for Video files too

General

• Solved an issue that could prevent premium images from being purchased
• Minor fixes

NEW New file management system

We developed a new system to manage all the files used on a project. Now these files are all automatically reported in the Project Library and, in this way, they are easily accessible. You will just need a couple of clicks to find a file in the Library and use it on different pages.

NEW Project Optimization

Now that you can manage the files linked to the project, you can also optimize its size. On Step 5, we added a new window you can use to analyze your project, create a backup copy of the resources you used - which is particularly useful if you need to move the project onto a new PC- as well as delete the files that are no longer connected to the website. With this cleaning process, you will get a lighter and optimized project file.

NEW File Selection window

Centralizing the file management also means having a single system for the resources selection and import. You will then use the same File Selection window - which we completely redesigned from scratch - for any file you need to add to your pages.

More specifically, you can use the File Selection window to:

• Import a local file from PC
• choose a Premium Image
• select an item from the Library of free images
• select an item from the Library of free videos
• import a file you have already used on the project directly from the Library of the resources

NEW Special folders in File Selection

• Added new special folders  (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc..) to the new File Selection window

NEW Click on Hamburger Menu items

• It is now possible to define whether to open the Hamburger level menu entries on click or on mouseover 

YouTube/Vimeo Videos and File from URL

• On the new File Selection window, you can now add links to  YouTube and Vimeo Videos as well as select other files from URL

NEW: ZigZag Timeline

• Display on a zigzag timeline the most relevant stages of a particular process in chronological order.

Contact Form

• The Contact Form now automatically resets if the option to display a confirmation message after the form has been sent is active.

Portfolio

• The contents of the Title field is now centered on the card

General

• Improved localizations
• Fixed some Web Font errors occurring on the preview
• Minor Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue affecting the proper functioning of Optional Objects on the websites exported in subfolders

NEW: OpenMoji Icons

• Enrich your pages with the OpenMoji emojis. Choose among more than 3000 carefully developed and tested emojis, customize them with your own colors, size and effects and, if you want to, you can even add a link.

Advertising Message

• The advertising message was displayed multiple times on the Special Pages, in spite of having configured it differently.

General

• Solved issue affecting some Optional Object files, which could be uploaded online incorrectly.
• Fixed some localization mistakes.
• Improved the compatibility between some Database operations and external hosting services.
• Minor fixes.

NEW: Cookie-script

• With  Cookie Script you have everything you need to make your website compliant with the latest 
  privacy regulations. In just one place. 
  Please register to start using this service: https://go.websitex5.com/wsx5_cookiescript

NEW: Cookiebot

• Making your website compliant with the  General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could not be easier. Cookiebot is the most widespread solution for the intended use of cookies and online tracking. 
  Please register to start using this service:  https://go.websitex5.com/wsx5_cookiebot

NEW: Image Form

• Create short questionnaires with closed questions and visual replies, and collect via e-mail the necessary information to send your customers an offer or a custom quotation.

General

• Improved language switch process
• Minor fixes

Portfolio

• Fixed compatibility issue between the Portfolio and the Google Translate Objects

E-commerce

• Fixed graphical errors affecting the price filter on the search page when the product price was 0.

General

• NEW You can now change the software language without having to reinstall WebSite X5 (you need to start the software as Administrator)
• In some cases, the files which had been configured as links on click on Objects weren't displayed correctly.
• Minor fixes

NEW Portfolio Object

A new preinstalled Object is now available in the library. Use the Portfolio Object to create a list of elements which can be displayed in dedicated customizable cards, and give your visitors the possibility of using filters and categories to search or organize the entries. In short, it is perfect to showcase a portfolio of your best work and projects on your website.

NEW Instalment payment via PayPal

Give your online shop customers the possibility of paying by instalments without interest or additional costs. We've integrated the PayPal "Buy Now Pay Later" service and a single click will be enough for you to activate it on your store. PayPal will take charge of the instalment credit, while you will receive the whole amount right away.

The Buy Now Pay Later service is currently active for the following countries: UK, France, Germany, US, Australia. It will be available soon in Italy, Spain and Canada too.

NEW Object Search

The Object library becomes more and more rich in tools for completing your pages. A useful search filed is now available for you to immediately find the Object you are looking for: just type in the name and you're ready to use it.

NEW Videos for your Entry Page

The Entry Page is a sort of cover giving the visitors the possibility to access its home page after a set amount of time or by clicking on a link: for example, you can use it to ask them to choose the language they want to visit your website in. You can now set it up using an image or a locally store video, as well as a video available on a specific URL or even on YouTube.

NEW Google Analytics 4

Added support for Google Analytics 4

Menu Object

• Fixed hamburger menu incorrect behavior occurring on the latest Safari mobile browser versions.

Shopping cart

• Fixed issue causing products for which the option "No information on product availability" was active to be displayed as not available once the website was online.

General

• Fixed issues related to the preview generation.
• Fixed issues causing errors when opening the projects.
• Introduced optimizations to improve the speed at which projects are opened.
• Minor fixes.

General

• Fixed issues occurring when opening the projects on which uninstalled PluginApps were used.

NEW: Login & Logout

• Show Login and Password fields to allow users to directly access a reserved area page

Blog

• Fixed graphic issues affecting the Blog article comment form.
• In some cases, it wasn't possible to correctly moderate the Blog articles for which no category had been defined. 

Row Format

• Fixed issue occurring on the Chrome Browser affecting the overlay effect on the row background.

• The check question now works correctly when using the confirmation message after sending the e-mail option. 

E-Commerce

• Fixed issues affecting the correct functioning of filters if the Russian language was set.
• Fixed PayPal Commerce Platform issues occurring when the user data reported single or double quotes.

WebSite X5 Manager

• Fixed App login issues.

General

• Minor fixes.

NEW: Logaster

• Create your website, company or startup logo and get professional results with no need of graphic skills.
  Get a 20% discount now using the code: incomedia. Start right away on: https://go.websitex5.com/wsx5_logaster

Blog

• Solved an issue on Evo preventing the project to be correctly saved in case the WebSite X5 Comments option was active. 

Menu

• Solved some graphic issues on the Object interface occurring when resizing the WebSite X5 window.

General

• Improved some translations into Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and Slovenian
• Minor fixes

NEW: Multiple Location Map

• Show on a map created with Google Maps some pins to display sales or interest points addresses.

Row Style

• Solved an issue causing the program to unexpectedly close if a vertical image was set as row background

Social Commerce

• Solved compatibility issue with some characters for the products included in the Social Commerce CSV file

General

• Minor fixes

NEW

Shipment Tracking (Pro only)

Customers love to be able to track the shipping status of products they have purchased online. Now you can offer the same service and make sure that your store's customers are notified when you send them a tracking link.

Social Commerce (Pro only)

Social media are no longer just places of fun: they are becoming real showcases to promote and buy products. That's why we introduced the possibility of integrating the WebSite X5 e-commerce with Facebook and Instagram. In just a few steps, your products will be available on the Facebook Shop as well as on the Instagram shoppable posts.

VAT Management (Pro only)

Recently, some new European provisions regarding the VAT for f cross-border sales have been introduced. In order for your online shop to comply with these new regulations, we have updated the way the VAT is managed by adding the possibility of setting different taxes, also in relation to the Country.

Animated backgrounds for line styles

By adding effects to your line styles, you can create high-impact bands that are perfect for highlighting your most important content. Now you can take advantage of one more option and choose an eye-catching animated background for the line.

Blur effect

Added the ability to set the blur effect on the content background when opening the ShowBox window.

SKU Code

This new field is now available: the SKU code can be used as search key both within WebSite X5 and on the online store. It will also be

Note: Added some preset texts which are only available in EN, DE, IT, ES and FR. You can find and customize these texts on Step 1 >  Content Language. The elements in question are: cart_sku, admin_confirm_process_tracking_code, email_tracking_code, email_tracking_info, tracking_code.

NEW: Party Page

• Make your website pages more vibrant and sparkling: animate them with an explosion of coins, stars, hearts or any element you'd like.

Contact Form

• Solved case in which the bug fix introduced in the previous BETA wasn't affecting the existing contact forms.

Contact Form

• In some cases, the e-mails weren't correctly sent

Shopping Cart

• Solved compatibility issues with some product CSV files

General

• Improved some translation in Russian and Greek
• Minor fixes

Contact Form

• The project import could affect the correct formatting of the "Agreement Conditions" field.
• The "Agreement Conditions" field could prevent the project to be correctly saved if a link was set.
• With some configurations, the e-mail confirmation for the administrator wasn't correctly sent.

General

• Updated some incomplete localizations
• Minor fixes

NEW

WebSite X5 Hosting

While you walk through your website creation, we want to hold your hand from the beginning till the end. This is why we've created WebSite X5 Hosting, the tailor-made hosting service for WebSite X5.

The service has been included into the software license, so you will get the associated hosting plan for 12 months:

• Hosting Evo: 100 GB webspace, 1 mailbox and an automatic domain.
• Hosting Pro: 500 GB webspace, 5 mailboxes, database plus an automatic domain.

Perfectly compatible, already integrated and without additional costs: in short, hosting has never been so simple!

Export online

We have of course updated the export window of the site online. If you choose to take advantage of the included WebSite X5 Hosting you don't have to do anything at all, not even worry about entering the connection parameters to the server and the database: we’ve already thought about it. Now you can be sure that you have no compatibility issues. Alternatively, you can always pick and use another Provider.

Control panel

To help you manage the Hosting included with your WebSite X5 license, we’ve developed an intuitive control panel: you will find it in your profile. Everything will always be at your fingertips.

Contact form

We’ve gathered several requests on the Contact Form Object and they have been fulfilled. Small but significant tricks that will improve your forms even more:

• the possibility of providing a confirmation message, as well as a confirmation page, after sending the data
• a text editor to add Acceptance Conditions
• the calendar icon has a new place and a new style
• Text Field filters have been improved
• the text style of fields and labels can be customized
• the WebSite X5 captcha design has been reviewed

User Interface - Site settings

There’s always something that can be improved. We have removed the division between general and advanced settings in Step 1. Thus, once you have defined your project's basic information for the first time, you will not have to go back to this window and, in addition, you can always see and find all the features you need to complete your work: e-commerce, blog, password-protected areas, etc.

User Interface - Data management

With WebSite X5 Hosting, database management is easier, therefore the database management section in step 1 has been removed. You will have to add server and database activation parameters during the export phase, only if you choose to use another Provider.

Shopping cart

• The payment method SagePay has been updated to its new name: Opayo
• In some cases, the VAT wasn't calculated correctly in the popup that opens when a product is added to the cart
• Solved a specific occurrence where discounts and availability for a product weren't correctly displayed on the Product Sheet or E-commerce Search Page

General

• Minor fixes

Contact Form

• The field "Check Question" now correctly checks the reported answer.
• Fixed conversion error occurring on the Date field when the page was translated using Google Translate.

Shopping Cart

• Fixed some specific cases where the shipping costs weren't correctly applied if the VAT was set as "excluded".
• The layout settings defined for the product description are now correctly reported on the Product Sheet page.

Search field

• The search result loading speed has been optimized.

Blog

• It is now possible to set a dark background for the blog article text editor.
• In some cases, the highlighted articles weren't correctly displayed.

General

• Fixed issue causing a white screen to be displayed during the configuration of some Optional Objects.
• Various Fixes

NEW: DP Check

• Use the GDPR Toolkit to create your privacy statement and thus make your website compliant with the regulations.
  To start with, please register here: https://go.websitex5.com/dpcheck.

Product Sheet Page

• Solved graphical issues occurring on the Product Sheet Pages when displayed on non-responsive websites
• The product option fields now correctly take on the font set on Step 2- Text style

Blog

• It is now possible to disable the comments for single blog articles using the specific option

General

• Solved some compatibility issues related to specific PHP versions
• Various fixes

Data Management

• NEW No matter how small a website is, it will almost always rely on a database in order to function properly. We have then simplified the way the database function is managed: it is now possible to connect a single database to the project and, moreover, it is WebSite X5 itself which now automatically creates and renames all the necessary tables for a correct and efficient data management. This makes everything easier.

Blog

• NEW The Blog settings window now completely focuses on the Post list display and management. Consequently, the Blog Title and Description can be set using the specific SEO section.

E-commerce

• Fixed some graphical issues for filters on the Ecommerce: Search page
• Main options for products now display the correct price on the Product Sheet when selected
• In some cases, the Showbox would not open correctly when clicking on the Gallery inside a Product Sheet

General

• Various fixes

NEW: Pricing Table

• Create a table to compare products and plans. Offer your customers the best solution according to their needs.

Blog

• The effects set on the blog article images are now correctly saved.

General

• Corrected some translations
• Various fixes

E-commerce

• On iOS, the shopping cart can empties correctly once the order is complete. 
• The graph available on the website control panel now correctly reports the discounts applied to the orders.

Product Page

• In some cases, the product option fields didn't resize properly when selecting an option.

General

• Solved issues preventing the projects imported from earlier versions to be correctly opened. 
• The logic managing the resizing of the product images and the blog cover has been reviewed.
• Various fixes.

Shopping Cart

• Solved an issue which prevented the digital products to be correctly saved in the Database

Blog

• It is again possible to set the custom URL for the Blog articles

Shopping cart

• Solved an issue that prevented orders to be correctly placed on the Evo version

Product Sheet Page

• Solved issues affecting the correct generation of the Product Page
• The Details section is now resized when you switch Tab according to the selected Tab height.

General

• Various Fixes

Product page

• Solved issue which prevented the Product Pages to be displayed if the Structured Data weren't active.
• The Product Pages are now correctly displayed on resolutions for which the Side Bar is active.
• The fixed discount is now correctly displayed on both the Product Pages and the Product Search page.
• The Product Pages now generate the 'canonical' tag.
• The Product Pages now correctly displays the product image in case the direct link is shared.

General

• Various fixes

NEW

Product Sheet Page (for Pro only)

Here's what was still missing for a top e-commerce. Now WebSite X5 creates automatically a product page for each product. The Product Sheets have image galleries, texts, prices, related products, reviews, social buttons and, of course, the Buy button. Quick to create, optimized for sales, responsive, complete with structured data: in short, perfect!

Product sheet details:

• Image gallery: import not only images but also videos and present your product in the best possible way.
• Details: in addition to a short description, include longer texts to highlight the features and benefits of your product. Text can be organized in tabs to achieve a more efficient result.
• Related products: you have your customer's attention so grab the opportunity to present other products in the same category. Do it all with one click.
• Reviews: Customers trust the opinion of other customers. Invite them to leave a review of your product or rate it.
• Connection: the Product Sheet pages are connected to the cards of the Product Catalog Object or of the Search Page. With a new link, however, you can connect them as you like.
• Preview: by selecting a product and clicking on the Preview button, you will see the local preview of the related Product Sheet page. A small yet useful shortcut.
• Responsive: we know that many purchases are made from smartphones, so we have made sure that the Product Sheet pages are responsive and always allow the best shopping experience.
• Structured data: it's essential to allow Google to understand page content and enrich the SERP. Obviously we have also included them for the Product Data Sheet pages.

Control Panel and WebSite X5 Manager App (only for Pro)

As we said, you can ask customers that use your Product Sheet pages to leave a review or to express a vote: the power of word of mouth is always a great idea. We have updated the online Control Panel and the WebSite X5 Manager App to more conveniently moderate comments and manage conversations, including those relating to products.

User Interface

The information you can enter on a store product as well as for a blog post is a lot and the Product Settings and Article Settings windows were starting to get a bit to crowded. With the new interface, however, everything is tidier and now creating the catalog or writing a post is even more enjoyable.

Blog

As for store products, also for Blog articles we have added a new type of link to connect a specific post and the possibility of calling up the local preview of individual posts.

New PHP version, PHPMailer and JQuery

WebSite X5 is now compatible with PHP version 8, with PHPMailer version 6.3.0 and JQuery 3.6.0: your sites will be even safer and faster.

Contact Form

• The description tooltip used on the Separator field is now correctly displayed.

Step 4 > Effects

• Solved issues occurring when copying the effects of an Object for which the Lazy Loading option was active, which could lead to some visualization errors on the Object itself.

Row Formats

• Improved graphic output of the image list during the page loading.

Analytics

• Solved compatibility issues concerning the chart calculation with some specific servers.

General

• Various fixes.

NEW: Phosphor Icons

• Use the Phosphor Icons: they suit any occasion. Choose the best one, customize colors, sizes and effects and possibly add a link.

Row Formats

• In some cases the overlay effect used for the Row Formats could overlap the objects added on the page.

Blog

• Solved some interface issues which affected the possibility of adding the blog article sources.

Search Object

• For some configurations, the Search Object didn't work properly on Evo.

General

• It is now possible to completely disable the suggestion bar. The option is available on the Preference window you can open on the software start page.  
• Minor localization fixes

NEW

User Interface

Partly because trends change, partly because you never stop improving, it was time to make WebSite X5's graphical interface fresher. We have cleaned, finished, moved ... everything to create a harmonious and tidy environment, capable of making your work enjoyable. And here's the result!

Welcome Page

WebSite X5 is a wizard, a magician or, in other words he's your special helper made to help you enjoy website creation. He welcomes you to a redesigned and quicker start page, full of information and content that can be useful to you.

Project Preview

Sometimes an image is worth a thousand words: find what you are looking for at a glance. Here's why we've added previews for existing projects: it's easier now to find the project you are looking for.

Template (Only Pro)

With the right Template half the work is done. In the preset Template gallery of WebSite X5 Pro you will find 5 new solutions: do you want to find out how they look and how to use them for your next projects?

Search field Object

Give your user what he is looking for instantly, without inaccuracies or waste of time: it's everyone's goal on the web. From today you can count on an even more performing internal search engine, by setting the search on the whole site, only on e-commerce products or only on blog posts.

Row Formats

Working on row formats allows you to complete and garnish your template by creating fancy full-width backgrounds. You asked us to add transition effects to the image list background and to allow image timing, so we did.

NEW: Vivid Icons

• Enrich your pages with all the Vivid.js multicolor icons: you can customize the shades, set effects and add a link.

E-commerce

• When using PayPal Commerce Platform as payment method, there could be some issues if some special characters were used in the address fields when placing an order.
•  Some address fields are now mandatory if the chosen payment method is PayPal Commerce Platform.

Comments and Ratings

• The Gravatar avatars are now correctly connected in HTTPS

Tooltip

• Tooltips now correctly display the linked audio files.

General

• Solved an issue that could result in an error displayed when opening an IWZIP file directly by double-clicking on it.

Shopping cart

• In some cases, the price difference according to the purchase country wasn't correctly reported in the e-mails.

Showbox

• Some configurations could affect the way YouTube videos were displayed on Showbox 

Blog

• Solved an issue which prevented the audio files to be correctly displayed on online blog articles.

General

• Solved some issues affecting the way the preview was generated when an Object was copied and pasted from a project to the other.
• Updated translations in Greek and Polish
• Various fixes

NEW: Hover Image

• Add an image and display the associated text and button with a transition effect on mouseover.

General

• Solved issue preventing some projects not to be correctly opened.

E-commerce

• Solved some graphical issues affecting the visualization of filters specifically on Firefox.

Advertising Message

• In some cases, the ads shown in a box weren't correctly displayed.

Row formats

• Fixed abnormal behavior of the Copy/Paste/Cut commands.

Video and Audio

• Fixed visualization issue affecting Vimeo videos

General

• Updated translations in Russian, Portuguese and Slovenian
• Various fixes

General

• Solved an issue which negatively affected the payment procedure using PayPal Commerce Platform, so it wasn't possible to complete the procedure correctly (Evo only)
• Various fixes

Shopping Cart

• In some cases, the property filters available on the product search page wouldn't filter the results properly.

Comments and Ratings

• Some particular configurations could cause issues when importing the projects into the new version.
• Some particular configurations could cause a visualization issue for comments reporting a link.

General

• Added localization in Russian and Ukrainian.
• Various fixes

NEWS

E-commerce - Personalized search filters (for Pro)

We've introduced the option to create new, personalized filters for the Shopping Cart Search page. All you need to do is add and customize the relevant product properties (e.g. "brand", "size", "power", etc.) so that Customers can find them and use them as search criteria within your online store.

E-commerce - Shipping costs by country (for Pro)

Site owners already had the option of offering different shipping costs based on the total value of an order, or the overall weight of the goods in the order. Now, you can also adjust shipping costs based on the destination Country of each order.

E-commerce - PayPal Commerce Platform payments

We've integrated the 3D Secure protocol to increase the level of security for Credit Card transactions, and we've activated new measures to ensure that returns are processed correctly, when it comes to shipping physical goods.

Comments & Ratings

Your readers' feedback is important: that's why we've completely overhauled how ratings and comments are appear, updating your blog or website pages to make them more contemporary and user-friendly.

Internal Anchors

In addition to using them for Objects, you can now also insert Anchors directly into the page's Rows. This makes it easier to create internal links, especially for one-page sites that use the Full Height feature to scroll through vertical "sheets".

Row Style

We've redesigned the graphic interface of the Row Style window to make it more user-friendly and more in line with the Object Grid.

Other Updates

• We optimized the project file saving system to prevent damage or corruption during saves and back-ups (e.g. disk errors).
• We updated the version of JQuery used in WebSite X5 sites in order to improve performance and security.

We have added new texts which are automatically generated by the program. Such texts are already translated into the main languages (i.e. English, German, Spanish, French and Italian), but they may now not available for the other languages the website is available in.

NEW We've Integrated the PayPal Commerce Platform

Thanks to this new integration, accepting all kinds of payment in your online store is easier than ever. The PayPal Commerce Platform allows you to manage all the most popular payment methods in each country from a single account: credit or debit cards, prepaid cards, PayPal accounts, and most importantly, countless other local payment methods (for example, MyBank, iDeal, Soford, Giropay, etc., to name just a few) used in over 190 countries around the world, with over 100 different currencies.

The launch of the PayPal Commerce Platform also means that the old PayPal payment system is now deprecated.

Already have a PayPal account? Connect it to your WebSite X5 online store right away. Don't have one yet? Register now: all it takes is a few clicks. Read our special guide to learn how:

https://guide.websitex5.com/solution/articles/44001981953

Blog

• Solved an issue related to the generation of the Structured Data for the Blog articles. 
• In some cases, the text of the articles set as highlighted wasn't correctly positioned on the Blog main page. 

Shopping Cart

• Improved graphic layout of the product details window which appears when the product is added to the cart without leading the customer to the checkout page.
• In some cases, during the checkout process, the cost for the chosen payment method didn't reflect the possible discounts set on the products.
• Using the "Back" button on the browser once the order was complete could generate some graphical issues on the cart page. 

HTML5 Animation Object

• Some particular animations weren't displayed as centered in the space they had been inserted in.

General

• Various fixes
• Corrected some localization mistakes.

NEW: Reservio

• Activate an online booking system with a calendar on your web site.
  To use this service you need to subscribe to https://go.websitex5.com/wsx5_reservio

NEW: Vertical Timeline (available since WebSite X5 2020.2.5)

• Create a timeline displaying the most relevant stages of a particular process in chronological order.

NEW: Accordion Text/FAQ (available since WebSite X5 2020.2.5)

• Add text and FAQ with accordion style: the text is shown after clicking on the titles. (If you already own the Accordion Text Object, the Accordion Text/FAQ Object is free for you)

Blog

• The structured data for the blog articles now include the images added in the article itself and the cover image as well.

General

• Various fixes
• Improved the Optional Objects preview performances

Image Object

• Fixed an issue which caused the preview image on the side to not be updated when the file assigned to the Object was changed

Blog

• In some cases, enabling the Structured Data option could prevent the Blog from showing correctly online
• The "title" tag of the blog's main page now follows the same configuration as the other website's pages instead of the blog article's ones at Step 1 -> Website Optimization, SEO -> HTML Tag

Table Object

• In some cases, deleting a row could cause other rows to be deleted as well

E-commerce

• Some special characters input by the user when completing an order could be displayed erroneously once the PayPal page was reached

General

• Various fixes

NEW: Parallax Image

• Add an image and set the parallax effect on it, so to see it moving while scrolling down the page.

NEW: Freshchat

• Activate a chat service on your website, start conversing with your visitors and turn your new leads into satisfied customers. To use this service, please register here: http://go.websitex5.com/wsx5_freshchat.

NEW

Structured Data (Pro only)

We've significantly enhanced the use of structured data to optimize pages for Search Engines. Structured data describes the pages' content in a way that's more easily comprehensible for Search Engines, who use it to enrich their SERP.
We've implemented the use of structured data for:

• Article: To describe the information contained in Blog articles.
• Breadcrumb: To describe the path that leads to Blog articles.
• Carousel: To display posts from a Blog category or products available on a single page in a carousel.
• Local Business: To connect a company's site with information about its physical location: address, opening hours, contact information, etc.
• Logo: To define the organization's logo.
• Product: To describe individual products in an online store.
• Sitelinks searchbox: To define how to carry out a search within the site.
• Speakable: To identify the parts of a blog post that can be read aloud by a Voice Assistant.
• Video: To describe the videos present on a website.

SEO - UI (Pro only)

We've added a section that's entirely dedicated to SEO, separating it out from the section for activating the site's analytics services and inserting personalized code.

Other updates

• The settings for the Online Control Panel and WebSite X5 Manager App have been combined in one section. (Pro only)
• If the website is displayed on Internet Explorer 11, a message pops up informing the visitor that the browser is outdated and that some functions necessary for a correct display of the website may not be supported.

NEW: Vimeo Gallery

• Create a gallery with your favorite Vimeo videos: the thumbnails grid makes it easier to browse them.

Shopping Cart

• Solved other specific cases where it wasn't possible to proceed with the purchase if the customer reported different billing and shipping details
• In some cases, the "back" button during the purchase process didn't lead to the correct page

General

• Various fixes

Shopping Cart

• Product images were displayed out of proportion on the smartphone resolution, in the window which is displayed by adding a product to the shopping cart.
• Some product boxes could have different sizes on the product search page.
• In some cases, the chosen sub-options weren't correctly stored.
• In some particular cases, the discount on quantity wasn't correctly calculated.
• Some operations on the product search page which could slow down its loading speed have been optimized.
• The table reporting the order details on the last step of the purchase process now takes on the same style set for the other tables of the purchase process.
• On the smartphone resolution, if a valid coupon code is added, the page will lead the user to the summary box placed on top.

NEW: Google Forms

• Add polls, surveys and quizzes using Google Forms and collect your users' feedback.

Shopping Cart

• Solved an issue for which some e-commerce resources would be attached more than once in the project, which increased its size.

Row Formats

• In some cases, the scroll arrow wasn't displayed correctly on the page, if the Full Height function had been set.

General

• Some localizations have been fixed.
• In some cases the images inside showboxes might be displayed as deformed.

Shopping Cart

• In some cases, the tooltip set on mouseover for the product title didn't work properly.
• Solved issue causing the impossibility of proceeding to the final step of the purchase process if no payment or shipping method had been set.
• In some cases, the link for the post-payment sent via e-mail didn't correctly lead to the order page.
• Improved lateral box function during the purchase process, which now shows shipping and payment costs as well as other additional details.
• In some cases, the filter sidebar on the product search page didn't take on the correct styles.
• In some cases, it wasn't possible to proceed to the next steps of the purchase process if the shipping details differed from the invoicing ones.
• Fixed issues on discounts, where the coupon codes and the total amount weren't correctly reported in the order summary.

General

• Improved the project elaboration and opening speed.
• Corrected some localization mistakes.
• Various fixes.

NEW: Cursor Trail Effects

• Add an effect to the mouse pointer: by dragging it, you will see a trail of drops, flashes, flowers or other elements falling down.

NEW: Cursor Floating Trail

• Animate the mouse pointer so to display a floating trail of bubbles, balloons, stars or other elements when you drag it.

Shopping Cart

• If one of the checkboxes for the acceptance of the shopping cart "Conditions and terms" is selected, the other one is automatically selected as well.
• In some cases, the costs for the selected shipping and payment methods weren't correctly reported in the order summary e-mail.
• Solved price update issue when a product option was selected on the search page.
• Fixed some graphical issues of the purchase process.
• Solved issue related to the impossibility of adding products to the shopping cart and causing the search page to be displayed as empty.
• In some cases, the discount applied to a product according to its weight wasn't correctly reported in the linked tooltip.
• The space for the product descriptions on the order summary page has been increased.
• The "Continue Shopping" button isn't available in the shopping cart, in case it is empty and it hasn't been emptied by the customer.
• In some cases, the encrypted passwords were wrongly assigned to the database.
• Removed the options for the customization of the purchase process and the product availability options from the Evo edition, as these options are exclusively available for Pro.

• If a redirect after the access was set on a user, he or she was redirected to a general login page instead of the correct page (Evo only).

Search Page

• The button style available on the search page now takes on the settings reported on Step 2 > Text style.
• When searching a product using the website search function, the "Add to cart" button is now correctly displayed.

General

• Solved speed issues for projects including a store.
• Added missing localizations in French for the purchase process.
• Solved localization issues in Spanish for the shopping cart.

Access Management

• Solved an issue reporting login data as incorrect while accessing the website (Evo only)

E-Commerce

• The order shipping e-mail for the digital products wouldn't be sent in case the payment via PayPal had been modified for the second time (Pro only).
• Improved the visualization for the wrong coupon code error for the responsive resolution (Pro only).
• Improved the visualization for the filter bar which might sometimes have displayed some horizontal scroll bars. Moreover, on some specific browsers the tick symbol wasn't properly aligned (Pro only).
• NEW: added a default text to be displayed when the product search leads to no results.
• Added some missing texts in Russian for the content language.
• Aligned the font used for the order confirmation e-mail.

Access Management

• The password recovery e-mail wasn't correctly sent if the registered user had been removed from the admin panel (Pro only).
• An error was displayed during the users' login on the website (Evo only).

General

• NEW: Added Brazilian localization.

Shopping Cart

• Solved issue which could cause the shopping cart pages to be displayed in smartphone resolution instead of desktop one.
• Solved issue causing a malfunction of the shopping cart for the non-responsive websites.

Access Management

• Solved issue causing an error which prevented the user to correctly log in on the website.

NEW

E-commerce

• You can now add a search page within your website for your customers to search through all the products in their shopping cart. This search page design and layout can be customized and several filter options can be added. (Pro version only)
• The "add products" window now includes the option of searching through existing products: this makes it easier to manage catalogs with many items. (Pro version only)
• We've separated the section where you insert products from the online store design. You can now customize the Special Pages in the Map, called "Online Shopping Cart: search" and "Online Shopping Cart: shopping cart and checkout", and choose your design. 
• We've added a useful new feature to the Insert Link options: a shortcut to the "Product Search" window to find a specific product category.
• We've optimized the store's check-out process by improving how the registration process behaves, the payment/shipping methods, and the order confirmation steps.
• We've overhauled the design and layout of the checkout pages in order to make them even more clear and user-friendly for the clients placing orders.
• The mouse-over effect is now available for images in product pages and images in the online cart search page.

Access Management

• Clients who have registered to access your website's secured pages, will now find a new process for requesting a password reset: this increases the site's security standards, as well as complying with the directives of the GDPR.

Blog

• As with the online store, we've separated the content management aspects from the design and layout elements. Now, you can manage all your design features through the Special Pages titled "Blog: home page" and "Blog: article" in the Map.

General

• We've increased fro 64 to 96, the number of lines that can be added to each website page.
• We've updated the minimum server requirements to PHP 7.1.

General

• Modified window for the import of online images and added Premium section.
• In some cases, when opening the project, the project could lose the Google Fonts connected to it.
• For some configurations, the tooltip wasn't correctly aligned to the content.
• Various fixes.

Text Object

• In some cases, if more tabs were active for the same Object, the navigation arrows weren't correctly displayed.

Menu Object

• In some cases, the pages set as under construction could cause visualization issues in menus with more levels

Gallery Object

• Fixed a localization problem in the Object settings
• In some cases, a wrong number of thumbnails was shown in the lower resolutions

Comments and Ratings Object

• Fixed a problem affecting the possibility of editing the name for the data destination folder after it had been set for the first time

Entry Page

• The option to play an audio file at the page opening has been removed, as this function is automatically disabled on browsers

General

• Various fixes

Contact Form Object

• In some cases, e-mails coming from the Contact Forms weren't correctly sent.

NEW: Cursor Click Effects

• Rock your pages and add an animation effect on the mouse pointer click.

NEW: Logo Slider

• Give your website a better authority by creating a slideshow with your partners' logos, with the brands you offer and the magazines reviewing your product and/or services.

Button Object

Contact Form Object

Shopping Cart

General

Shopping Cart

• The e-mail text for physical and digital products was inverted within the software UI.
• The PayPal payment button wasn't correctly displayed on incomplete payment e-mail notifications.

Blog

• In some cases the mouseover effects on the article page numbering buttons wasn't correctly displayed.

Gallery Object

• In some cases the number of visible thumbnails wasn't correct on mobile.

Menu Object

• In some cases the level menu background wasn't correctly displayed.

General

• For some configurations the full-height effect wasn't correctly displayed if the zoom factor was set on 125%
• In particular cases the program text editors didn't display any contents.
• Various Fixes.

Product Catalog Object

• In some cases the product sheets weren't correctly positioned.
• The custom code used for the payment wasn't correctly interpreted if it any comments were included in it.

General

• During the project loading process an error message concerning some invalid characters in the path could be displayed.

Gallery Object

• In some cases the thumbnails weren't correctly displayed.
• The color variant for the thumbnails wasn't correctly applied.

Product Catalog Object

• In some cases, the product boxes weren't correctly displayed.

Contact Form Object

• For some configurations, it wasn't possible to edit the items in the Single Choice field.

Blog

• In some particular cases, the link inserted in blog articles weren't correctly generated.

General

• In some particular cases, an error message could be displayed when exporting the project online.
• Various fixes.

NEW: Spotify

• Enable your visitors to listen to an album, a track, a playlist or to follow an artist using Spotify.

NEWS

• New Content Slider Object: With this Content Slider, you can create sliders in which, in addition to an image, each slide contains a background, a title, a description, and a link-enabled button. Basically, it's the perfect Object for an eye-catching Home Page.
• New Button Object: You can't have a website without buttons: now they're easy to create with the Button Object. Customize text, appearance, and link in just a few clicks, and your button is ready to use.
• Suggestions Toolbar: We've re-organized and enhanced WebSite X5's support materials with new content. You can find all kinds of new articles, videos, and tutorials in the Help Center's new Guide section (https://guide.websitex5.com), as well as through the new Suggestions Toolbar in the software itself.
• Template Library: We've added 10 new Templates for Pro, and updated 5 Templates that can be used with both Evo and Pro. The new Content Slider object has been added into all these templates.
• Object Management Window: We've redesigned the Object Management window, making it faster and more intuitive to search and select Objects for your project.
• SEO - Page Loading Speed: Along with other factors, Google favors pages that load the fastest. That's why, in order to increase page loading speeds, we made the following changes:
  
  • New image compression engine for Pro : All images added into a project can be optimized later using the newly integrated image compression engine. By optimizing images, their overall dimensions can be reduced up to 60%.
  • Gzip Compression for Pro : Now, files can be compressed into the Gzip format before being sent to the browser for display, this speeds up transmission times. With Gzip, the HTML, JS, and CSS files can be compressed up to 80%!
  • Minify resources for Pro : When you export your website, all of the project's JS and CSS files can be minified to make them faster and more lightweight. This involves deleting superfluous characters (spaces, line breaks, comments, etc.) from the code, without compromising its functions.
  • Loading fonts: A fallback font is automatically specified for each project: so users can immediately view the page's text when published online, even before the correct fonts load and are applied. This means the page appears to load faster.

OTHER NEWS

• New styles added to the Object Gallery's miniature library
• Added the New category amongst the Template search filters.
• Added the Used in Project category to the Object search filters. This will make it easier to find the objects you use the most in an ongoing project.