File optimization

Selecting a file for optimization

   You can select the file you want to optimize by dropping it into the application's window, by selecting it with “Select file”-button, by dropping it on application's icon in Finder, or by selecting "Select file" from File menu (the shortcut for this command is "command-O").

Please note that if the selected HTML file's size is over 100 kilobytes, optimizing may take longer than 30 seconds. Try giving OptimaHTML more memory in the Finder to speed up optimization times. We don't recommend optimizing files over 500 kilobytes in size (that big files are really unusual, though). Image files are optimized really quickly.

When you've selected a file, View and Optimize buttons will be enabled.

Viewing a file

You can view the selected file in your favorite web browser by clicking the View button. If you haven't specified the browser, you can do it in the preferences window.

Optimizing a file

Optimization itself is launched by a single click on the Optimize button. The file you've selected will be optimized using your optimization settings which are specified in the preferences window (default settings should be OK for most users). If the file you've selected has a file extension that isn't listed in the OptimaHTML file extension preferences, the file will be rejected. You can add and delete acceptable HTML file extensions (also known as file type suffixes) in OptimaHTML's preferences.

After HTML file optimization you will see the document window (if the AutoSave feature is not enabled), which  consists of a tab panel with two tabs, one for the original file, and one for the optimized one. You can switch between the tabs to see the files’ HTML code. This window is resizeable, so if you want to see more of the code without scrolling, just resize the window.

If you've optimized an image file, you'll see a short optimization report (original and optimized image's sizes and file size save percentage).

In the document window's title you can see the optimized file's name. In this window you can run searches within the optimized and the original files. Another very important and handy feature of OptimaHTML is easy “description” and “keywords” meta tag handling. You can add or change these tags with a single mouse click. These invisible tags are used by search engines to find your page in Internet. If your page does contain these meta tags already, you will see them in the description and keywords text fields.

You can view the optimized file in your web browser by clicking “View optimized file” button. If you want to view a detailed report of the removed tags, their amounts and optimization savings, click the “View report” button. The report supports drag & drop, so you can save the whole report or parts of it for later reference easily.

To save the optimized file, click the “Save file” button.