New color picker that let you choose a color from a "Web-safe" 216 colors palette that is used by the major browsers. You can also pick up a color from a picture in the clipboard. Note: To get the correct color values using the color picker you'll need to set the monitor to display 256 or millions colors, using thousands of colors does not give the exact color value.
If you find the preset colors in the Text color menu dull: it is now possible to change the colors in the Color menu. Press the Option key when selecting a color name in the menu to define a new color value. It is not possible to change the name or the color displayed in the menu though.
Support added for the Internet Explorer's scrolling text Marquee tag in HTML Assistant's Text Format topic.
PageSpinner should now support editing of text objects in Frontier. When you save changes in PageSpinner, the text in Frontier is updated and the Frontier database is saved. Press the Option key when selecting UserLand Frontier in the Web Tools menu to find out more about this. Thanks to Tim Paustian for help with implementing Frontier support.
Added an example on how to create clickable client-side image maps in the "Examples : Miscellaneous Examples" folder.
Added GraphicConverter to the Web Tools Menu. GraphicConverter can, among other things, be useful when creating client-side image maps in PageSpinner. Press the Option key when selecting GraphicConverter in the Web Tools menu to find out more about this.
Added the table cell height attribute in the Table menu.
Added the NOSCRIPT tag in the Java/JavaScript menu. Text within this tag will only be displayed in browsers that doesn't support JavaScript.
New "Spun with PageSpinner" button added in the Documentation folder, thanks to Jacob Abrams.
The implementation of JScript in Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows is not fully compatible with Netscape's implementation of JavaScript. The JavaScript examples "Random Link Example" and "Todays Link Example" gives an error message when viewed in Explorer, so a dynamic JavaScript has been added in the "Random Link Example" that works around this problem.
Changed some typos and grammatical errors in the PageSpinner AppleGuide, thanks to Scot Andrews.
Improved handling of line feeds in Convert : Text to HTML.
Changed the Frame Margin width and height menu items to give the correct attribute, they were previously switched.
The cursor position and any selection in the Notebook window are now remembered after saving a page.
Fixed a bug with an control character appended at the end of the link text when inserting a link from a Bookmark file.
Fixed a bug that inserted additional characters when saving with MS-DOS linefeeds and the "Don't autosave file before preview" box was checked in General Preferences. It is recommended to have this box checked when saving with MS-DOS linefeeds, since each preview will be significantly faster.
Removed the Short Quotation tag and some HTML 3.0 attributes in the Assistant that are not included in HTML 3.2.
Version: 1.2.1 September 24, 1996
Added support for conversion of “typographical” quote characters and the characters ‘ and ’ when saving files in the ISO Latin-1 format. (These characters are not supported when saving in the ISO 8859-1 format.) Read the Tips&Tricks section in the Documentation folder for additional information.
It is now possible to select an alias to an application when choosing a browser.
Support added for saving files with MS-DOS Line feeds (CR+LF).
Bug in Assistant's Table topic that gave a type 11 error on some PowerPC based systems should have been fixed.
Fixed a bug with a missing " in the HTML 3.2 header comment.
Changed the JavaScript example Dynamic Document so that it should display the time correctly in both Navigator 2.0 and Navigator 3.0.
Version: 1.2 September 12, 1996
The new Notebook window allows display and editing of up to 100 pages, use it to store and edit frequently used HTML text and tags. All text editing options work in the Notebook pages, including the possibility to drag and drop between the Notebook and your HTML pages. The Notebook pages can also be renamed. Click the page icon in the bottom of the Notebook window or press the option key when selecting a page in the Notebooks pop up menu to rename a page.
You can now define you own user defined tags. Read more about this in the documentation.
A Floating Menu palette has been added which gives quick access to almost all commands available in PageSpinner. It is also possible to add user defined keyboard shortcuts for all items available in the palette, press the control key when clicking on an item to view or edit the keyboard shortcut.
Improved windows management: HTML documents window are not staggered horizontally any more when new windows are opened. Windows with small icons in the toolbar are not as wide as windows with large icons. Use the Preferences : General to select the size of the icons. And finally, the HTML Assistant, Notebook and other windows will now remember their last position on your screen. (The Floating Menu palette needs to be visible when you quit PageSpinner if you want it to remember the position).
Enhanced Help menu that contains some helpful items. Of special interest may be the More examples item that allows you to browse the HTML files examples included in the PageSpinner Examples folder. Some additional HTML files with examples on how to use auto-loading pages, different fonts and MIDI music files on your page has also been added in the Examples folder. The MIDI music clip is included with kind permission from MPC.
Support added for saving files to a FTP server using a scriptable file transfer program. A compiled AppleScript are included that tells the application Fetch to upload the current file.
- Use the menu command File : Preferences : FTP Server to specify the URL and password for your Web directory.
- Select File : Save to FTP Server… to save the current file on the ftp server. If you need to change the directory on the server before saving a file, press the Option key when selecting Save to FTP Server… to edit the preferences.
Read the file Save To FTP Server Info in the folder Settings : FTP for additional information.
Updated documentation in HTML format located in the Documentation folder:
• an HTML version of the PageSpinner Apple Guide Getting started topic is now included
• a section with Tips and Tricks has been added in the HTML documentation
• PageSpinner TechNotes contains information about the the file format used for some settings
• spun with PageSpinner icons are availabe for registered users in the Documentation folder
Changed some grammatical errors in the documentaion; thanks to Scot Andrews.
More JavaScript Examples: Cookies, Dynamic Documents, Dynamic News, Timer, Alert and a Today´s Link Example have been added.
Support added for dynamic JavaScripts.
Option added to use dark colored tags instead of the default gray. Select this in Preferences : Editor… (especially useful on grayscale PowerBook displays).
Support added for meta tags that informs Web Robots what to index/not to index on a page.
Added Typewriter tag <TT> in Text menu.
Added support for HTML LinkChecker in the Web Tools menu and HTML Vocabulary in the Help menu. These shareware applications are available from Nisseb Softwares: <http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/2662/nisseb.html>
Option added to save all files opened in PageSpinner using the filing options specified in Default Filing Options Prefs. Useful if you want every file you open and save in PageSpinner to be converterted to a PageSpinner document without having to use Set Filing Options... on each file.
Support added for Netscape Frames in:
- HTML Assistant
- AppleGuide
- HTML Examples
- Tags menu
as well as in a special Frame Examples folder.
Note that specific border size and color for frames are only displayed in latest Navigator release.
WorldScript II-compliant. WorldScript input should work if the file is saved as Mac Text. Use the Default Filing options to set the file format. Bidirectional scripts, like Arabic are not supported. Please note that WorldScript input has not been tested very much.
Support added for Apple´s new QuickTime Movie, QuickTime VR embedded object plug-in and the QuickDraw 3D plug-in Whurlplug.
Support added for the Spellswell Plus clipboard spellchecker. Press the Option key and select Spellswell Plus in the Web Tools menu to get information about how to spellcheck a file. Information about Spellswell Plus can be found at Working Software, Inc.: <http://www.working.com>
It is now possible to preview changes in a file without saving it to disk. Set this option in the General Preferences dialog.
PageSpinner now handles Paragraph containers <P>...</P> in the Convert Text to HTML dialog and when selecting text and inserting the paragraph tag via the Paragraph button or the Paragraph menu item. Keyboard shortcut is Command+Shift+Return.
Support added for the Layout tags introduced in Navigator 3.0: Multicolumn text and the Spacer tag are available in the Tags menu. The HTML Examples window has been updated with examples for these tags.
Support added for background colors in tables, currently only displayed in Internet Explorer and the Navigator 3.0.
Support added for NetCloak CGI tags. Information about NetCloak can be found at Maxum: <http://www.maxum.com/>.
Option added to convert a page into a Text Only version by replacing the images in the page with links. Use the menu item Convert To Text Only in the menu Edit : Convert.
PageSpinner can now convert tags to lower/upper case when restyling. Tag attributes remains in their original case. Set this option in the General Preferences dialog.
JavaScript button type added to Form Contents in HTML Assistant.
Support added for mono spaced text with non-color styling, useful when editing source files other than HTML e g Pearl and Java.
When applying the List item tag on several selected lines, every line will now be turned into a list item.
Tab characters are now displayed correctly.
The <P> tag will now be put on the next row when typing return (or Command-return depending upon your preferences).
Keyboard shortcut for Underlined text has been removed. (Version 1 and 2 of Netscape Navigator does not display underlined text).
Style button in the toolbar has been replaced with a Frame button.
Improvements of the Web Tools menu - see the menu item About Web Tools Menu.
Color of centered text has been changed to brown, Anchor contents are now rendered in red.
The last line in the file will now be displayed correctly.
Problems with incomplete screen update of the HTML Assistant window under certain specific circumstances should now be gone.
Bug that occured when restyling long FONT tags fixed.
Bugs with lost % characters during Table conversion fixed.
Bugs in pop up menu for Paragraph, Font size and Header fixed.
Errors in Definition list and Form: Text box tags fixed.
Version: 1.1 May 20, 1996.
Updated to support HTML 3.2: Tags, AppleGuide and HTML version icons updated for the new HTML 3.2 specification.
It is now possible to convert and save files using ISO Latin 1 entities.
JavaScript Random Link example added.
The preliminary documentation in HTML format has been updated.
HTML Assistant's Table topic can now convert tab-delimited text to HTML tables, and also support import of tab-delimited text files.
Search popup menu button added in toolbar, enables quick searching for HTML elements in the text.
More free memory is available for documents.
Can now clean up HTML source downloaded via the browser or from other platforms.
Can now fix and clean up HTML generated with PageMill 1.0.
Status bar added at the bottom of the editor window. Toggle the display by clicking on the bar.
General Preferences added that will allow more customization.
The toolbar now uses larger, standard sized icons. You may optionally select the small icons in the General Preferences.
The button for preformatted text in the Toolbar has been replaced by a customizable Center button.
Bold and Italic button can be set to use Strong and Emphasis tags.
HTML Assistant List Button in the toolbar replaced by a Table button.
Auto styling of tags typed in by hand.
Support added for relative file paths.
Support added for all Netscape List item markings and Image positions (but don't use them).
Applet tags added in Java menu.
Support added for not locking open files, to enable editing of "live" files in use by Web servers. -Only use this feature if you really have to, since it may result in data loss.
A more generic Audio option has replaced Crescendo in the HTML Assistant's Embedded Object topics.
PageSpinner AppleGuide updated with information about file transfer settings, converting text and HTML Converters for MacOS.
Automatic loading of Bookmark file is now optional.
It is now possible to cut and copy text > 32K.
The brightness of the red and green colors in the color menu has been reduced.
Auto styling when pasting HTML Examples.
Example added for Embedded objects and Forms.
Some errors fixed in the source for some HTML Examples.
Pressing Command when selecting a Bookmark in the Bookmark pop up menu will open the page/item with the helper specified in IC Config.
Bug when inserting Shockwave embedded object fixed.
Problem with editing text at the bottom of the window fixed.
The error in the generated HTML for Image attributes HSPACE and VSPACE is fixed.
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