HTML Optimizer saves often more than 10% of space on your web pages by removing unnecessary characters and tags. Though this may seem a small improvement, load time savings is much higher as your client's Internet browser parses the pages more efficient.
Your original pages remain untouched for later updating. New text files are
created with same Creator as original and are put in a folder named "Optimizer Output".
When you're going to test the optimized files, you can put copies of auxiliary files and/or folders in the Optimizer Output folder, so that the links remain active.
Take care that you do not replace your original HTML pages with optimized ones because you may lose your nicely indented layout. Keep the originals in a safe place.
TIP: Copy the image files(folder) from your web folder to the Optimizer Output folder, so that you can review the optimized pages better.
Another useful function of HTML Optimizer is checking the socalled tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to appear together with their end tags, for example <TITLE>...</TITLE>. All dangling tags are reported.
Further, the IMG tags are checked for the presence of the Width, Height and Alt attributes. The Width and Height attributes help the browser to build up the page faster because it can reserve the necessary room for the image while placing the text. The Alt attributes make your pages more user-friendly.
The Mark function does the same as the Check function, but produces new files with the incomplete tags marked with the character •, so that you can easily find them for fixing.
The Convert function takes care that diacritic and other characters between ASCII 128 and 255 are automatically converted to the appropriate &.....; notation.
NEW: Version 2.5 adds a View Page button to view optimized and/or converted pages in your standard Internet browser. Works only in a registered copy of HTML Optimizer.
The optimizing function now also removes forbidden tags.
Version 2.5.1 fixes a bug that caused that your hard disk was not recognized.
Version 2.6 offers a more accurate count of dangling tags when checking or marking.
NOTE: Checking and converting is done first when you start an optimizing job, unless you turn this facility off at the Preferences.
ADVICE: Turn Help Balloons off before you start optimizing, otherwise HTML Optimizer will work very slow.
Required to open HTML Optimizer is the free HyperCard Player 2.3 or higher. In most cases, this application is already installed with the standard system software.
HTML Optimizer is US$ 5 shareware.
September, 1999
Name and address of the author:
Ton Brand
De Breembos 2
5673 KG Nuenen
The Netherlands
http://www.spidernet.nl/~ton_brand
mailto:ton_brand@spidernet.nl
Second email address is <TonBrand@kagi.com>, only to be used if the first one fails. Please do not send mail to both addresses at the same time!
