Release History: HomeSite for Windows 95
©1996 by Nick Bradbury
http://www.dexnet.com/homesite.html

Version 2.0, Beta 2 - September 8, 1996 

Additions/Changes

•	Added new internal browser - this browser is built-in and requires no extra download
•	Added updated help file for v2.0
•	Returned toolbar layout selection (horizontal/vertical)
•	Added Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] hotkeys to flip between open documents
•	Added 'Skip tags when spell-checking' option to 'General' page of 'Settings' dialog
•	Added floating color bar toolbar (Ctrl+L)
•	Added ability to show/hide main toolbar, quickbar, status bar and color bar
•	WordWrap is now the default setting
•	Main toolbar can no longer be "floated"
•	Added tab width setting to 'Editor' page of 'Settings' dialog
•	Added '+' and '-' to QuickFont dialog
•	Added F10 shortcut for full screen
•	When trying to open a file that's already open, HomeSite now switches to the existing document's tab instead of asking whether to open a duplicate copy.
•	Added 'Always insert as HEX' global setting to 'General' page of  'Settings' dialog
•	Returned QuickTable dropdown to the speedbar (off of the table toolbar)
•	Added &nbsp; to the QuickBar, including Shift+Ctrl+Space shortcut
•	Added 'Save All' to the 'File' menu
•	Expanded 'Reopen'  menu to 10 entries
•	Added 'Refresh' menu to directory list
•	Added 'Export as Unix' option to the 'File' menu
•	Column widths of file list are now saved between sessions
•	Added ability to create backups during extended search and replace
•	"Nag" screen can no longer be disabled (sorry, folks - I had to do it!)
•	Added white space between editor and editor frame
•	Added Ctrl+E shortcut for tag selection
•	Added Ctrl+Shift+E shortcut for special character selection
•	Added 'Show only file names in the file list' option to the 'General' page of the 'Settings' dialog

Fixes

•	Two users reported that HomeSite's "Delete" function to recycle a file instead deleted a whole directory.  This bug was traced to Microsoft's incorrect docs of the recycle file function.  Microsoft has since corrected their docs - if you're a developer, you might want to check out the correction at http://www.microsoft.com/kb/developr/win32dk/q133326.htm.  Basically, HomeSite didn't use the double-null terminator on pFrom, so SHFileOperation didn't know where to stop.  This bug - which would only appear under the rarest of circumstances - has been fixed.
•	WordWrap is no longer turned off every time a new document is opened
•	In beta 1, if you used 'Save As' to save an open document under a different name and then tried to re-open the original document, HomeSite would think the document was already open.  This has been fixed.
•	Search and Replace now marks the document as being modified
•	Spell check no longer counts all special character tags as misspelled
•	Spell checker no longer causes access violation if double blank is highlighted
•	Spell checker no longer causes access violation if whole tag highlighted
•	Now remembers your choice for multimedia setting (Netscape/Microsoft)
•	Multiple files can now be added to a project at once
•	Script tag now adds // before the closing comment
•	TR dialog no longer incorrectly inserts TD
•	After selecting Close from the file menu, you will no longer be warned that the document you just closed is already open if you try to open it again.
•	HR dialog no longer places attributes after closing tag
•	The icon for sound files is fixed
•	Hitting a control key, such as the Windows key on a Microsoft keyboard, no longer marks the current document as changed
•	If you drag an html document to the editing window, editor will now correctly create the "A" in the proper case
•	Color selection no longer extends beyond screen
•	Drag-and-drop now marks the document as modified
•	HomeSite v1.0 enabled you to highlight a word or line and then wrap the text with a pair of tags, and then without rehighlighting add another  set of tags.  In the HomeSite 2.0b1, the entire section had to be re-highlighted.  This has been fixed.
•	Using the Edit Tag feature on a tag with a blank entry (such as an anchor tag with HREF="")  no longer causes the tag to be displayed incorrectly
•	Hitting Enter now marks the current document as changed
•	"Externel Browser" under the options menu corrected to "External Browser."
•	If you add HomeSite to the 'Send To' menu and send a long filename, it will now open using the long filename instead of the short filename.

Known Issues

•	The internal browser may not correctly display table widths

Version 2.0, Beta 1 - August 26, 1996 

Additions/Changes

•	Multiple documents can now be opened.  Modified documents are marked with a red square.
•	Added right-click editing of most common tags (ex: right-click on an <IMG> tag, and the tag's parameters are displayed in a dialog for easy editing).  Note that this feature will not destroy pre-existing tags.
•	Added spelling checker.
•	Added publishing feature - requires Microsoft's Web Publishing Wizard (available from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/webpost/).  Note that HomeSite will run just fine without this add-on, but it is required if you want to publish your files from HomeSite.
•	Added 'Open from Web' feature, enabling opening of remote documents.
•	Added project management feature.  Enables creation of projects containing multiple documents which can be opened at one time.  When a project is opened, anchor dialog will contain an HREF dropdown containing relative paths to other files in the project.
•	Extended search and replace now allows you to operate in selected directory or project
•	Added saved style sheets tab.  Select a block of text, drop down the style list and click the arrow button to apply the style.
•	Custom buttons can now have images rather than just captions - select from 50 pre-defined icons
•	Added multiple selection to directory list - copy, delete, edit or publish multiple files at once.
•	Added 'Dependencies' to document properties, displaying list of images and other files referenced in an HTML document.
•	Main toolbar is now movable - double click to dock/undock.  Note that the speedbar cannot be moved.
•	Speedbar can now be hidden (<CTRL>+H)
•	Added 'Show Splash Screen' to general settings
•	Added browser page to settings.  When launching external browser, gives choice of prompting to save changes to current document, automatically saving changes, or creating a temporary copy (no save required).  
•	Added foreground color selection to 'Editor' page in settings.
•	Revamped 'QuickStart' - now displays DOCTYPE.  <BODY> tag moved to separate dialog.
•	<BODY> dialog now displays samples of color selections
•	Added <TABLE>, <TR>, <TH> and <TD> dialogs
•	Added <FRAMESET> and <FRAME> dialogs
•	Added <IFRAME> (floating frames) dialog 
•	Global change to color selection - now displays dropdown displaying color names.
•	Added 'Tips'
•	Tag selection is now resizable
•	Added <META> dialog to 'Advanced' tab
•	Tag list and attribute list are now contained in TAGS.DAT and ATTRIBUTES.DAT for easy editing, if desired.
•	Added standard targets to <ANCHOR> dialog

Fixes

•	DDE link now works with MSIE 3.0 - no longer calls up multiple instances of browser
•	'Convert Extended Characters' now notices the difference between upper and lowercase characters
•	"Invalid argument to date encode" error no longer occurs when the path to the browser being shelled to is incorrect.
•	Option / Special characters correctly generates &gt; and &lt; for < and >

Known Issues

•	The internal browser has been temporarily removed - it will be returned in a subsequent release
•	The help file is not included in this beta
•	Saving UNIX-style files will convert them to PC format. 
•	Drive list may not correctly display UNC network drives - to get around this, select 'Open' from the 'File' menu instead.
•	Web Publishing Wizard can only upload to single directories.
•	Windows NT 3.51 users may experience repaint problems.  Resizing the main window will correct this.
•	MSIE 2.0 will not work with the 'Browse using temporary copy' feature.  Use 'AutoSave' instead.

Version 1.0 - July 1996

Additions/Changes

•	Added 'Apps' toolbar to the SpeedBar, allowing easy access to other applications
•	Added 'SpeedBar' tab to settings dialog, which allows hiding of toolbars within the SpeedBar.  Right-clicking on any toolbar will display the settings dialog.
•	Added 'Advanced' toolbar, containing these new items:
1.  Embed 
2.  Insert ActiveX Control
3.  Object Parameter
4. Marquee
5. Background Sound
6. Style Sheets
7. Script
•	Added 'Print' to file menu
•	Added multimedia files to file list - tags created from drag-and-drop depend on new 'Multimedia Format' option on the 'General' tab of the 'Settings' dialog.  If 'Microsoft' chosen, then <BGSOUND> or <IMG DYNSRC> tags will be created; otherwise <EMBED> tags will be created.
•	Style sheets (.CSS files) appear with a different icon in the file list.  Note: users of beta versions of HomeSite may need to add CSS files under the 'Document Extensions' setting for them to show up.
•	Added current line number and character position to lower left status panel
•	Added 'Go to Line' under 'Search' menu (Ctrl+G shortcut)
•	Added keyboard shortcuts for indent (Ctrl+>) and unindent (Ctrl+<)
•	Added keyboard shortcut for external browser (<F11>)
•	Added keyboard shortcut for 'Toggle Edit/Browse' (<F12>)
•	Added progress meter during scan of large directory - hit <Esc> to cancel
•	Added 'Auto-save changes' to settings dialog
•	Added two additional custom toolbars - go to the 'SpeedBar' tab in the 'Settings' dialog to make them visible
•	Added 'Strip Outermost Tags' to 'Selection' submenu in editor popup
•	Added 'Uppercase' and 'Lowercase' to 'Selection' submenu in editor popup
•	Split 'Tables, Frames and Lists' toolbar into separate toolbars
•	Editor background color can now be changed
•	Added 'Text Files' as 'File Open' filter

Fixes

•	'Find' function no longer finds only the first instance - 'Find' also now starts at the current cursor position rather than always starting at the top of the document
•	'Paste' and 'Table Header' tooltips corrected
•	QuickAnchor dialog no longer inserts 'A HREF=""' when only NAME attribute specified
•	When a document is saved to a different drive, the drive listbox now reflects the new location
•	'File Open' and 'File Save' now remember the last directory
•	Backslashes can now be entered into browser edit dialog
•	Browser now refreshes when toggling full screen mode
•	Cut, copy and paste menu items now support standard accelerators

Known Issues

•	Banyan Vines users have reported that 'HTM' files don't display in the document list

Version 1.0 Pre-release - June 12, 1996

Additions/Changes

•	Frame "wizard" and frame tags added to toolbar ('Tables, Lists, Frames')
•	Added 'Lowercase tags' option to 'Settings' - all tags will be inserted in lowercase as opposed to the default uppercase
•	Added multiple external browsers to 'Settings' - if more than one browser is defined, a selection menu will appear when the 'View' button is clicked
•	Added 'File Types' to 'Settings,' allowing users to specify the default extension for HTML documents and which extensions denote HTML documents
•	Added 'Scripts/Objects' to color coding
•	Added 'Reopen' to 'File' menu, listing the last five opened documents
•	Removed 'Special Characters' from toolbar, replaced with separate floating dialog containing both special and extended characters (available under 'Options' menu)
•	Added 'Tools' menu
•	Added 'Replace Extended Characters' to 'Search' menu in response to several requests from German users - this will replace umlauts, etc., with their HTML equivalents
•	Added 'Strip All Tags' to 'Tags' menu - this will strip all HTML tags from the current document
•	Added 'Selection' to editor's popup menu, which contains three subitems that operate on the selected text:
1.  'Convert lines to List' will convert all lines of text within the selected area to either an ordered or unordered list
2.  'Convert lines to Table' will convert all selected lines to either rows or columns within a table
3.  'Strip Tags' will strip all HTML tags from the selected text
•	Added 'Font Size' shortcuts ("<Ctrl><Shift>-" and "<Ctrl><Shift>+") and tag buttons
•	Added additional table attribute tag buttons
•	Added 'Cell properties' to table editor, allowing customization of each cell within a table
•	Renamed 'View' menu 'Options'
•	Returned 'Cut,' 'Copy' and 'Paste' to the main toolbar, removed the 'Color Coding' buttons (color coding is still a selection under the 'Options' menu)
•	Multiple buttons for form elements replaced with a single button that calls up a form element selection dialog
•	Added numerous 'Tag list' items, and added 'Attributes' list to 'Tag Selection' dialog
•	Added additional custom toolbar
•	Added HSPACE and VSPACE to <IMG> dialog
•	Added auto-insert of # to USEMAP attribute of <IMG> tag
•	<F5> refreshes the file list
•	<F2> edits the filename of the selected file
•	Added 'Horizontal Rule' editor in place of simple insertion of <HR> tag

Fixes

•	Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 beta 1 as an external browser
•	Custom colors are now saved
•	'Extended Replace' final dialog will no longer extend beyond the screen
•	Fixed 'Access Violation' on 'Quick Image' dialog when no root specified
•	'Quick Image' relative path fixed
•	Browser font changed to Times New Roman to better match Netscape Navigator and MS Internet Explorer displays
•	Deleting a file always deletes the file - previously file wouldn't be deleted if Recycle Bin's 'Delete Confirmation' turned on
•	'Replace' now starts from beginning of document rather than current insertion point
•	<Shift><Insert> no longer toggles Insert/Overwrite
•	No longer prompted twice to save document when creating a new document
•	File list popup now supports MS Natural Keyboard shortcut
•	In rare cases, HomeSite would hang for several seconds when reading a directory containing one or more large HTML documents.  This has been fixed.

Version 1.0, Final Beta - May 22, 1996

Additions/Changes

•	Nested 'Undo' - remembers the last 100 changes. 
•	Depending on the document, color coding is 2-8 times faster than in beta 2 (on average, documents now color code 4 times as fast).  Performance testing has shown that HomeSite now color codes documents faster than the two leading web editors - roughly twice as fast as WebEdit 2.0, and over six times as fast as HotDog32.
•	Color coding may be canceled by pressing <Esc> (note that you may have to hold it down for a few seconds for it to register)
•	Load time is now less than half that of beta 2
•	Added QuickTable dropdown to the QuickTab - allows quick selection of table size
•	Last 10 links are now remembered and displayed in dropdown on <A> dialog
•	Added indent/unindent to toolbar - pressing <Tab> key no longer indents text
•	Removed cut, copy, paste from toolbar
•	In previous betas, drag-and-dropping HTML documents into the editor caused the entire document to be inserted.  This has been changed to simply insert an <A> tag for the dropped document.  Entire documents may be inserted by selecting 'Import' from the file menu.
•	The popup menu for image files in the file list now contains an 'Edit' option which opens the image in whichever program is associated with that type of image.  Very useful for editing images at the same time as your HTML documents.
•	Added document template to 'Settings' dialog.   This document is used when creating new HTML documents.
•	Added 'Close' to the file menu
•	Added 'Refresh' option to the document list popup
•	Relative paths (<IMG> and <A>) tags now work beyond one level deep (i.e.: "../../index.html")
•	Removed </P> when paragraph tag selected (not necessary)
•	Added option to always insert <IMG> and <A> links as lowercase (see 'Settings')
•	QuickStart dialog now supports additional color attributes

Fixes

•	Extended replace no longer causes 'Floating point' or 'Divide by Zero' error
•	Calling external browser now reuses existing browser window - note that this currently works only for Netscape browsers
•	Pasted text now color codes
•	% now enterable in table dimensions
•	Files dragged and dropped from the directory pane now insert tag at drop location
•	Backspace now works in image width/height entries
•	Corrected toolbar alignment problems when display set to 'large fonts'
•	Ruler display now saved between sessions

Version 1.0, Beta 2 - May 5, 1996

Additions/Changes

•	word-wrap  - available as an option under 'View' menu or editor popup
•	Undo - available under 'Edit' menu or editor popup (also <CTRL>+Z keyboard shortcut)
•	Image files now appear in the document list - double-click to add IMG tag, right click to display image properties or drag-and-drop the image to the desired insertion point, and the <IMG> tag will automatically be generated and inserted
•	Image dialog auto-detects image width and height -- special thanks to Brad Stowers for this code (make sure to visit his site at http://www.pobox.com/~bstowers/)
•	Resizable directory list
•	Tag menu - lists most commonly used tags, each of which is associated with a keyboard shortcut
•	Users with 640 x 480 displays will appreciate these two new features:
1.	The main toolbar  can now be hidden (<CTRL>+T shortcut)
2.	Horizontal or vertical toolbar layout (under "View\Toolbar Layout" menu)
•	Current date/datetime insertion - available under 'Tags' menu and editor popup
•	Added USEMAP to image dialog
•	Added NAME and TARGET to anchor dialog
•	Extra custom toolbar
•	Cut, copy, paste and undo added to editor popup
•	Selections remain highlighted after inserting a tag

Fixes

•	Updated to work with Microsoft Internet Control Pack beta 2
•	Associating HomeSite with HTML files no longer crashes application upon startup
•	Right-click on document no longer causes "not a valid date and time" for certain date settings
•	Rulers no longer cover up first line in editor
•	Document list resizing fixed
•	Long filenames are correctly inserted from image dialog
•	If an HTML document's <TITLE> is changed, the directory list now reflects the change
•	Using arrow keys to navigate document list now correctly updates status bar with document's title
•	E-mail tag now positions cursor before </A>
•	Full screen option no longer requires two button clicks after pressing previously pressing <Esc> to exit fullscreen mode
•	Find and Replace functions now bring the found text into view if it's off the page
•	Anchors now surround selected text
•	Application remembers if it was maximized
•	Tag list now has a horizontal scrollbar
•	Duplicate URLs are not listed more than once as links in the HTML document properties dialog
•	External browers no longer using temporary file - instead prompting to save changes to current document before launching browser

Version 1.0, Beta 1 - April 21, 1996

Initial Release - only announced at Windows95.com