Bila Vrana/BILA_VRANA.iso/018A/WEBWV51V.ZIP/WHATSNEW.TXT

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WEB WEAVER Shareware RELEASE NOTES
Copyright 1995
by McWeb Software
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What's New! in version 5.2e

-  A new main menu screen asking whether the user wishes to use Web Weaver, Web Wizard,
the Web Weaver HTML tutorial, or view the List of HTML tags in the Web Weaver help file.

-  Advanced features were added to the Inline Image dialog box.  These include imagemap
declarations and AVI video properties for inserting video clips.

-  Print menu item is now functional.  Choosing Print will open the specified application
(e.g., Notepad, Write, etc.) in order to print the HTML document from that opened application.

-  A "fixed directory" item has been added to the Inline Image box and the Page Properties box
to provide a quick way to insert the full path and filename of the image being chosen.  This way
the links to the images will always work regardless of the location of the HTML file which has
links to them.

-  A DTD DOCTYPE tag has been added to the default startup "new" document to alert browsers that
the document is an HTML 3.2 document and that it should be interpreted as such.

-  META tags have been added to the "Advanced" section of the Page Properties dialog box.  These
allow the HTML document to specify it's description and keywords, and to make the HTML document
have the ability to refresh itself or jump to another page after a specified time has expired.

-  A Frames wizard called Frame Maker has been added.  Since recent versions of Web Weaver 5.2
the NOFRAMES tag has been added to the output of the Frame Maker.

-  When the Preferences dialog box is opened, all existing preferences are displayed in the
appropriate text boxes.

-  The "working directory" (set in the Preferences box) now works properly when set.  When
opening or saving HTML documents the "working directory" is shown by default to provide
quick and easy access to the directory which you specified as your "working directory".  If
you access another directory (save to another or open from another) this causes the working
directory to change to the current directory for the next time you are saving or opening.

-  The Math menu items and the Attributes menu items have been removed.  McWeb software feels
that these were too specific as well as unnecessary menu items.  Also, all of the attribute menu
items for forms and tables were removed as well.

-  New keyboard shortcuts have been added to Web Weaver.  These include
    CTRL-T        <TABLE></TABLE>
    CTRL-R        <TR></TR>
    CTRL-D        <TD></TD>

-  The Backgroud/BGcolor menu item has been renamed to Page Properties because it controls more
than just the colors of the Web page.

-  The HTML Stripper has been improved to handle carriage returns, Headers <H1>, <CENTER> tags
and more to provide you with a more accurate strip.

-  The Font format dialog box has been enhanced to graphically display the effects of the
different font formats (e.g., the bold item is actually bolded to demonstrate the effect
that selection would have on selected text).

-  The PNG image format has been added to the image selection dialog boxes.  This format is
supported in the HTML 3.2 specification.

-  List dialog boxes (bulleted, numbered, etc.) have been revised to provide a more intuitive
way to create lists.  One button was removed and the others were programmed to give the list
dialog boxes a more step by step approach.





What's New! in version 5.1

-  New start-up screens that ask the user whether they wish to start a new
document or open an existing one.  If 'New document' is chosen then the dialog box for setting
background colors and properties opens for user input.  If 'Existing document' is selected, an
'Open File' dialog box appears for the user to select the file they wish to open.  The user can
also set Web Weaver so these start-up dialog boxes do not appear.


-  When you open the Options/Preferences dialog box the existing settings
are shown.  Also, when you change a preference and click "OK" to accept the settings they are
automatically updated without having to restart Web Weaver.  Also, if Web Weaver encounters
a problem it will ask you if you wish to investigate your settings.

-  Internet Explorer tags and Java tags are included in dialog boxes for
Marquee, Fonts, Background sound, Applets and applet parameters.  More IE and Netscape
tags are supported in the Inline Image dialog box including Runtime video insertion, client side
image maps, and an input box for the directory where the inline image will reside is now
included.

-  When entering Background colors/properties the cursor can now be
located anywhere in the
current document, and the codes will be correctly placed inside the <BODY> tag.

-  The inline graphics dialog box now has a much improved Align tag
preview along with an explanation of what each Align attribute does.  Also, the inline image
dialog box has a more organized look.

-  Tooltips for each button on the button bars explain what each button does.

-  The Find/Replace function has been improved.

-  Larger buttons are used on the button bar for ease of use.

-  Tooltips are now available in Web Weaver 5.1.

-  A dialog box for the creation of HTML code for client side image maps is
now available.

-  Your favorite and most commonly used URLs can be placed in the INI file
and Web Weaver will allow you to access them easily with pull-down boxes in the Hypertext
and Inline Image dialog boxes.

-  The location and size of the Web Weaver main window is memorized on
exit so when you start Web Weaver up the next time it will be as you left it.

-  A Close All menu item has been added to the Window menu.  This allows
the user to easily close all the open documents at the click of a button.  If the user has made
changes to any of the documents, Web Weaver notifies the user for each modified document
and asks if the user wishes to save the changes.

-  Clicking on the current time display at the bottom of the Web Weaver
main window will result in the time and date being inserted into your document.



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What's New! in version 5.0a

- Improved menu layout - Most code is in alphabetical order for easier finding.

- The HTML 3.0 menu item has been removed because it would have made it more confusing
    to find the HTML tag that you wanted.  All HTML 3.0 tags are included
    in the Insert menu item.

- HTML tags have been separated into their correct categorical menu headings such as:
    Physical Style Tags; Logical Style Tags, Paragraph/Text Elements, etc.

- MUCH MUCH MUCH! more HTML code, both HTML 2.0 and 3.0, including Math tags, Attributes,
    more special characters, etc. have been added to Web Weaver.  Over 100 menu items
    in all.

- Now when you open a document, Web Weaver maximizes it to cover the whole Web Weaver screen.

- Most dialog boxes now have Help! buttons on them for context sensitive help on that
    particular item.

- Dialog boxes also have a sleek new look.  No more bold text headings, smaller buttons,
    leaner, etc.

- Special characters now have input dialog boxes for easier insertion, and include math
    variables, vowels, and various characters.

- Includes imagemapping software Map THIS! and provides a menu item to link to that software.

- Link to FTP Client option on the menu bar.

- Improved HTML Form entry dialog box(FORM MAKER) providing a preview of each type of
    form input.

- HTML 3.0 Tables are now supported.  TABLE MAKER makes it very easy to insert tables into
    your HTML document.

- Background and BGColor settings dialog box are now combined and now include tags for
    visited link and active link colors.  Also, the text labels(Linked text, Visited text, etc.) for each     type of Web text change to the color that you have chosen.  Color boxes adjacent to the lables also     display the color you have selected for the re