PageSucker is a utility to download entire page hierarchies from the World Wide Web automatically and modify them in such a way that they can be viewed later, when off line.
What version?
This is version 2.1, which has lots of new features and some bug fixes. See the separate file called "Version History" for a detailed list of things that have changed.
At the time of this writing, you should be able to find the newest PageSucker release in most of the popular shareware archives or directly on the PageSucker homepage at
http://www.pagesucker.com
There a two versions of the archive: one for Mac and one for Windows. Both contain the same software, but in slightly different forms. Both the Mac and Windows version should be usable on other platforms as well, if you can find a Java interpreter for those platforms capable of executing Java applications. However, PageSucker has currently not been tested on other platforms yet.
How do I launch that thing?
PageSucker was written in the new, highly portable programming language Java. As such, it requires a Java interpreter to run. You can't launch it without one.
For Macintosh, get "Macintosh Runtime for Java" (MRJ). You need MRJ 2.1.1.
It is available from Apple at:
http://www.apple.com/java/
Windows users, download JRE from SUN Microsystems. You need JRE 1.2:
After installing the Java engine by using the supplied installers, just double-click the PageSucker icon to launch PageSucker. The file called "PageSuckerClasses.jar" is a data file needed by the PageSucker application. You mustn't remove it from the PageSucker directory.
If you'd like to run PageSucker on a platform other than Macintosh or Windows, take the "PageSuckerClasses.jar" file from either the Mac or the Windows version, find a Java interpreter for your platform which is capable of running Java applications (not applets) and feed it the classes file. You will also need to tell the interpreter the name of the main class, which is "Main". For detailed instructions, please refer to the manual that came with your Java interpreter.
I still can't figure out how to get it to run ...
First, check that you have the recommended version of the Java interpreter. For Macintosh, you should use MRJ 2.1.1, for Windows JRE 1.2. If you have an older (or a newer) version, you may have problems to launch PageSucker (strange error messages saying "class Main not found" or other weird things). You may also consult the online list of frequently asked questions, to be found at:
http://www.pagesucker.com/faq.html
If you can't find a solution to your problem there, you can contact the author at:
support.crmm@crpht.lu
or:
support.crmm@kagi.com
How do I view the documentation?
The user manual is a PDF file. You'll need the Acrobat Reader application to view it. Acrobat Reader is available for free from Adobe Systems at:
http://www.adobe.com/
Is this a free product?
No. PageSucker is freely distributable shareware. That means: you may try a demo version for free during a period of one month, then you must pay a small fee. In this case, the fee is USD 10.- for a single user license. After paying the shareware fee, you'll get a registration code via email, which enables you to unlock the application's full power.
You can also purchase a site license for USD 300.- (equal to 30 users). It covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer radius of your site (100 miles). One big advantage of a site license is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software.
A world-wide license costs USD 1500.- and it covers all locations for your organization on the planet earth.
Paying for PageSucker is fairly simple. For Macintosh and Windows users: open the Register program that accompanies PageSucker. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More specifics on the Register program to follow. Kagi handles our payment processing.
You can also pay online via the Web site at:
http://order.kagi.com/?2YQ
More details about the Register program
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is <sales@kagi.com> and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-2YQ
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical.
If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment. Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on our behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.
Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.
Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed.
