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August 5th, 2008

Softpress release Freeway 5.2 with iPhone tools for easily building great sites on the iPhone

Oxford, UK

Softpress Systems today released Freeway 5.2, a free update to its award-winning web design software. With a traditional page layout approach, Freeway makes it easy to create dynamic websites without the need to write code. This release is available to all registered owners of Freeway 5 from:

http://www.softpress.com/updates

Additionally, free 30-day trials of Freeway 5 Express and Freeway 5 Pro are available from:

http://www.softpress.com

"Web developers all over the world are designing rich iPhone-ready websites," Softpress Managing Director Richard Logan said. "With Freeway 5.2, it's easy to create beautiful sites that take advantage of the iPhone's great features. And since it's Freeway, you know the code will be efficient and standards-compliant."

New Features in Freeway 5.2
In addition to the features added in Freeway 5 (CSS menus, Google Actions, Blogger templates, script.aculo.us Actions and dozens more), Freeway 5.2 brings the following:

Homescreen Icon for Web Clip - Specify and include an icon for your site on the user's Home Screen.
iPhone Application Links - Include mail links, phone links, map links, YouTube links.

Video Content - Automatically create different versions of the same movie files for viewing on iPhone with EDGE, iPhone with Wi-Fi/3G and for regular desktops. QuickTime will automatically detect the user's needs and serve the appropriate file.

Additionally, Softpress has published a best practices document for publishing web sites for the iPhone and iPod touch. The "Building websites for the iPhone with Freeway" document can be found at:

http://www.softpress.com/products/iphone.php