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- WebCopier version 2.1a
- July 2000
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- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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- To view Readme.txt on-screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
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- To print Readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
- and then on the File menu, click Print.
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- CONTENTS
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- 1. Introduction
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- 2. Installation
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- 3. Release Notes
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- 4. Changed default settings
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- 5. New additions to FAQ
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- 6. Program status and distribution
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- 7. Contact Information
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- 8. How website preview works
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- 9. Third-party copyrighted material
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- 1. Introduction
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-
- WebCopier is a powerful offline browser that downloads Web sites and
- stores them locally. It gives you instant access to critical Web sites
- at any time, regardless of where you are. WebCopier performs precise
- links searching, including JavaScript parsing, it can download up to 100
- files simultaneously and print entire Web site or only specific part of
- it. WebCopier supports proxy servers, allows to specify account name
- and password to access secure Web sites. Advanced features include
- website preview, SSL (HTTPS) support, Agent Identification, scheduler,
- templates, Url and file filters, wizards, ability to resume download,
- dialer, Shockwave files support, different language modules.
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- 2. Installation
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- To install WebCopier:
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- - If you have downloaded file named "wcopier.exe", just run it.
- - If the file name has extension ".zip", you need to decompress it
- with a program such as WinZip. Then run the file "setup.exe".
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- 3. Release Notes
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- WebCopier 2.1a Improvements:
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- - The program is more flexible on resuming a previously stopped download.
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- - Provides better user control on CPU usage.
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- - Improved speed of big HTML files parsing.
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- - Faster stops downloads, aborted by user.
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- - The program loads big projects much faster.
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- - Improved stability on large sites downloads.
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- WebCopier 2.1a Bug fixes:
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-
- - After a scheduled download is finished, the last project may loose it's File
- filters.
-
- - When the scheduler runs, it may wait with the question "Initialize Contents
- tree?".
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- - Downloads scheduled "Yearly" do not start.
-
- - When setting scheduled download time, cannot enter an hour in the hours space,
- must use up or down arrows.
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- WebCopier 2.1 New features:
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- - Website preview
- Website preview allows you to see the website structure (the Contents tree)
- before you start the actual download. For information on website preview, please
- see the 滴ow website preview works section.
-
- - Multiple selections in the Contents tree
- The program is using Ctrl and Shift buttons to let user select multiple tree
- nodes and apply some actions (泥elete, 鄭dd URL Filter, 鉄elect for next
- Download, and 撤roperties) to all of them at once.
-
- - The Contents tree printing
- To print the Contents tree use the 擢ile / Print Contents menu.
-
- - Limit the number of the files shown in Contents tree
- To minimize memory requirements, by default, the program shows only first 500
- tree nodes. The value can be changed and the limitation can be removed in
- 撤roject Settings / Contents window.
-
- - The contents tree has improved keyboard support
- User can press 摘nter button to view selected tree file in the Integrated
- browser. Use 泥elete button to delete the tree node(s).
-
- - Enhanced Properties window
- The contents tree 撤roperties window show more information about each file.
- Also you can get useful information about the whole website by looking at the
- properties of the root node of the Contents tree.
-
- - Improved Download Info window
- The window shows:
- - The download speed
- - Number of Found / Processed files
- - Elapsed time
- The window allows:
- - Abort the download of one selected file
- - Control the Internet connection bandwidth and CPU utilization by using
- the speed throttle
-
- - Agent Identification
- Sometimes it痴 necessary to change the way WebCopier represents itself to other
- Web servers. This is called 鄭gent Identification, and the default setting is
- 展ebCopier. The program has several preset values you can choose from in
- 撤roject Settings / Advanced / Other window. Also you can type your own
- identification text. Usually the Agent Identification value doesn稚 affect most
- websites. However, sometimes you may experience problems with downloading some
- protected websites until the correct Agent Identification is be set.
-
- - Option to download only the files, that failed before
- If some files have not been downloaded due to any kind of errors, next time you
- will have a chance to download them again.
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- - SSL (HTPPS) support
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- - Project autosave
- The program can save the project data automatically every N minutes.
- The time interval can be set and the option can be disabled in the 展ebCopier
- Options / General window. The default time interval is 5 minutes.
-
- - Improved large projects support
- Opens large projects much faster, also shows special message.
- If the Contents tree has several thousand files, the project will be opened much
- faster, then in previous versions, and special message will be show to let user
- know what program is doing.
-
- - Links update confirmation message
- It gives user a chance to cancel the link update, even when the option 填pdate
- Links automatically (撤roject Settings / Advanced / Download window) is set.
-
- - Directory name macros
- The directory, where the downloaded files will be saved, may include special
- macros ([%d] and [%t]). The macros can be used when you need to separate each
- project download, because, by default, each next download might overwrite files,
- downloaded before. The [%d] macro inserts the current day it the directory name,
- when the [%t] macro inserts the current time.
-
- - WebCopier remembers directory names
- WebCopier remembers the last directory the user used to saved the downloaded
- files and the project file.
-
- - New template keywords
- The program has several new template keywords to support new project
- parameters.
-
- - HTML files with nonstandard extensions
- WebCopier appends HTM extension to all HTML files, that have nonstandard
- extension (for example, ASP). Otherwise, to view HTML files with nonstandard
- extensions, a special web server has to be running on your computer.
-
- - Registered version
- The program can be registered to get rid of the advertisement, and be able to
- minimize the Download Info window.
-
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- WebCopier 2.1 Bug fixes:
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- - Dial-up connection list could be empty in Windows 95.
-
- - Dialer might fail to connect to the Internet (if you are already connected),
- and download will be canceled.
-
- - WebCopier might fail to find Netscape bookmarks if the profile(s) files are
- saved in non-default directory.
-
- - If the user closes a project and tries to open it right away, the program
- won稚 be able to open it, but will open any other project.
-
- - If the user is using the option 填pdate Files / Never, the program will open
- a file (but won稚 download it), even when it already exist on his disk.
-
- - Create a new Project by using default template. The Contents tree still shows
- "New Project", regardless of the project name saved in the template.
-
- - The 填pdate Links procedure double checks that the file is indeed HTML file.
-
- - Several bugs that can cause inaccurate site download have been fixed.
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- 4. Changed default settings
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- The following default values have been changed in the version 2.1:
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- - The 溺ax. File Size parameter (撤roject Settings / Download window) default
- value is 1 MB, used to be 2 MB.
-
- - The 的nitialize Tree Before download option (撤roject Settings / Contents
- window) default setting is unchecked.
-
- - When the user creates a new URL filter, the 擢ilter Action by default is
- 的nclude, used to be 摘xclude.
-
- - The "Offsite Links" parameter ("Project Settings / Advanced / Download"
- window) is available only when you have specified to load files from "All
- Servers", or if you have at least one URL filter with the action "Include"
- ("Project Settings / Advanced / URL Filters" window).
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- 5. New additions to FAQ
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- Download
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- 18. When I start the download, all I get is the first page and that is all.
- What I might be doing wrong?
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- There are two common reasons why WebCopier downloads only few files from a web
- sites.
- - The rest of the web site is located on a different server.
- By default WebCopier downloads files from the starting server only. To remove
- this restriction select 鄭ll Servers option in 撤roject Settings / Advanced
- / URL Filters window or create URL Filters that allow download from this
- server.
- - The downloaded files do not have common HTML file extension, like .htm
- or .html.
- For example, if a file (which contains HTML code) has extension .dll, it
- won稚 be considered by WebCopier as HTML file and, as the result, won稚 be
- searched for HTML links. To inform WebCopier that it should consider this
- file as HTML file, add extension 電ll to HTML group in 撤roject Settings /
- Advanced / File Filters window.
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- 19. Every time I want to continue to download a project I saved before, the
- program starts to download from the beginning the website. What's wrong?
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- - When you start download, choose the option "Continue previous download". This
- option is available when you have downloaded the project before, and the
- download was not completed.
- - Use the option 填pdate Files / When Changed (撤roject Settings / Advanced /
- Download window). This is default setting. To check, have the files been
- changed since the previous download, or not, the program has to start the
- checking from the very beginning of the website. If the file was not changed,
- it won't be downloaded again.
- - Uncheck the 的nitialize Tree before Download option (撤roject Settings /
- Contents window). The fact, that at the beginning of the downloaded the tree
- disappears, may cause confusion, you may think that all the files will be
- downloaded again. In version 2.1 (and higher) the 的nitialize Tree before
- Download option is unchecked by default.
- - You may set the 填pdate Files option to 哲ever (撤roject Settings /
- Advanced / Download window). In this case, if the file does exist on your
- disk, it won稚 even be checked for any changes and won't be downloaded.
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- Browsing
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- 6. How can I change the default language settings in the Integrated browser and
- the Contents tree?
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- To change language settings in the Integrated browser:
- - load file in the browser
- - click right mouse button on the browser
- - go to Encoding menu
- - select your language
- To change language settings in the Contents tree:
- - open 展ebCopier Options / Advanced window
- - click on the 鼎ontents Font button
- - choose the font which supports your language
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- 6. Program status and distribution
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- The program is FREE and freely distributable.
-
- WebCopier uses the Radiate (formerly Aureate Media) advertising system to show
- banner advertisements. It helps to keep the program FREE.
-
- A form is shown when first using the Radiate system so you may fill in as much
- or as little demographic information about yourself as you want. All information
- provided in this way is OPTIONAL and is NOT PERSONALLY identifiable information.
- No other information is gathered from your computer.
-
- Please read Radiate privacy policy ("http://www.radiate.com/privacy.html")
- for more information.
-
- There have been a number of concerns from people about whether the
- Aureate/Radiate system is "Spying" on people, monitoring web surfing, etc.
-
- THESE REPORTS ARE NOT TRUE.
- Please read out Privacy statement at
- "http://www.maximumsoft.com/index_privacy.html" for more information.
-
- If you do not want to be see any advertisement, you can register WebCopier at
- "http://www.maximumsoft.com/index_reg.html" to receive the registered version
- without the advertising system.
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- 7. Contact Information
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- E-mail: wcopier@maximumsoft.com
- Internet: http://www.maximumsoft.com/
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- You also can register to receive a free newsletter about latest WebCopier
- releases.
- - Go to WebCopier site.
- - Replace the text 摘nter e-mail here by your e-mail address.
- - Press the 鉄ign up! button.
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- 8. How website preview works
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-
- Website preview allows you to see the website structure (the Contents tree)
- before you start the actual download.
-
- You can use this feature to:
- - see the website structure only,
- - find the site parts you are interested in, and download only them by
- setting URL filters,
- - get an estimation of the total website size.
-
- Website preview is not an immediate process. It may take some time to scan, but
- it will be faster then the actual download.
-
- The reason - web servers, in contrast with file servers, usually do not give
- the information about site structure.
- It means that WebCopier has to load the first HTML file, parse it (find all HTML
- links), load the first found link, parse it, and so on.
-
- That痴 why to show the site structure, the program must download and analyze all
- HMTL files. After that you have a choice to keep these files, or to delete them
- automatically . It痴 controlled by 適eep HTML files option in 撤roject Settings
- / Advanced / Other window.
-
- Also, during the preview, WebCopier can find each website file size, to let you
- know the total site size. This option is called 泥etailed scanning. When this
- option is on, the preview will take more time, then when the option is off.
-
- You can control how deep the site scanning can go by limiting the 溺ax. Number
- of Files parameter (撤roject Settings / Download window), or by setting
- 鏑evels Limits (撤roject Settings / Advanced / Download window).
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- 9. Third-party copyrighted material
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- Most of web site are protected by copyright laws. Some of them are even prohibit
- offline browsing.
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- A user's access to and use of third-party copyrighted material is generally
- governed by the third party.
- In all circumstances, the user is responsible for respecting the rights to and
- maintaining the integrity of third-party copyrighted material.
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