A Floating Menu palette has been added which gives quick access to almost all commands available in PageSpinner.
The new Notebook window allows display and editing of the textscrap, use it to store and edit frequently used text. All text editing options works in the Notebook pages, including the possibility to drag and drop between the Notebook and your HTML pages.
Support added for Apples new QuickDraw 3D embedded object plug-in Whurlplug.
Support added for saving files to an FTP server by using a scriptable file transfer program. A compiled AppleScript are included that tells the application Fetch to upload the current file.
- Use the menu command File : Preferences : FTP Server to specify the URL and password for your Web directory.
- Select File : Save to FTP Server… to save the current file on the ftp server. If you need to change directory on the server before saving a file, press the Option key when selecting Save to FTP Server… to edit the preferences.
Read the file Save To FTP Server Info in the folder Settings : FTP for additional information.
More JavaScript Examples: Cookies, Dynamic Documents and a Todays Link Example.
Support added for dynamic JavaScripts.
Option added to use dark colored tags instead of the default gray. Select this in Preferences : Editor… (especially useful on grayscale PowerBook displays).
Support added for meta tags that informs Web Robots what to index/not to index on a page.
Added Typewriter tag <TT> in Text menu.
Added support for HTML LinkChecker from Nisseb Software in the Web Tools menu.
Bug that occured when restyling long FONT tags fixed.
Spun with PageSpinner image in the Documentation folder has been modified.
Option added to save all files opened in PageSpinner using the filing options specified in Default Filing Options Prefs.
Support added for Netscape Frames in:
- HTML Assistant
- AppleGuide
- HTML Examples
- Tags menu
as well as in a special Frame Examples folder.
Note that specific border size and color for frames are only displayed in latest Navigator release.
WorldScript II-compliant. WorldScript input should work if the file are saved as Mac Text. Use the Default Filing options to set the file format. Bidirectional scripts, like Arabic are not supported. Please note that WorldScript input has not been tested very much.
Support added for Apples new QuickTime Movie and QuickTime VR embedded object plug-in.
Support added for the Spellswell Plus clipboard spellchecker. Press the Option key and select Spellswell Plus in the Web Tools menu to get information about how to spellcheck a file.
Information about Spellswell Plus can be found at Working Software, Inc.: <http://www.working.com>
It is now possible to preview changes in a file without saving it to disk. Set this option in the General Prefences dialog.
PageSpinner now handles Paragraph containers <P>...</P> in the Convert Text to HTML dialog and when selection text and inserting the paragraph tag via the Paragraph button and Paragraph menu item. Keyboard shortcut is Command+Shift+Return.
Support added for the Layout tags introduced in Navigator 3.0 beta 5: Multicolumn text and the Spacer tag are available in the Tags menu.
Support added for background colors in tables, currently only displayed in Internet Explorer and the Navigator 3.0 beta 5.
Support added for NetCloak CGI tags. Information about NetCloak can be found at Maxum: <http://www.maxum.com/">.
Option added to convert a page into a Text Only version by replacing the images in the page with links. Use the menu item Convert To Text Only in the menu Edit : Convert.
PageSpinner can now convert tags to lower/upper case when restyling. Tag attributes remains in their original case. Set this option in the General Preferences dialog.
JavaScript button type added to Form Contents in HTML Assistant.
JavaScript Timer and Alert example has been added to the JavaScript Examples.
Support added for mono spaced text with non-color styling, useful when editing source files other than HTML e g Pearl and Java.
When applying the List item tag on several selected lines, every line will now be turned into a list item.
Tab characters are now displayed correctly.
The <P> tag will now be put on the next row when typing return (or Command-return depending upon your preferences).
Keyboard shortcut for Underlined text has been removed. (Only Netscape Navigator version 3.0 beta 5 and later will display underlined text)
Style button in the toolbar has been replaced with a Frame button.
Improvements of the Web Tools menu - see the menu item About Web Tools Menu.
Color of centered text has been changed to brown.
The last line in the file will now be displayed correctly.
Problems with incomplete screen update of the HTML Assistant window under certain specific circumstances should now be gone.
Bugs with lost % characters during Table conversion fixed.
Bugs in pop up menu for Paragraph, Font size and Header fixed.
Errors in Definition list and Form Text box tags fixed.
A section with Tips and Tricks has been added in the preliminary HTML documentation, Spun with PageSpinner icons are availabe for registered users in the Documentation folder.
(Someone seems to have included a file called x-flies.html (sic) in the Documentation folder. Do not read this file unless you have to).
Version: 1.1 May 20, 1996.
Updated to support HTML 3.2: Tags, AppleGuide and HTML version icons updated for the new HTML 3.2 specification.
It is now possible to convert and save files using ISO Latin 1 entities.
JavaScript Random Link example added.
The preliminary documentation in HTML format has been updated.
HTML Assistant's Table topic can now convert tab-delimited text to HTML tables, and also support import of tab-delimited text files.
Search popup menu button added in toolbar, enables quick searching for HTML elements in the text.
More free memory is available for documents.
Can now clean up HTML source downloaded via the browser or from other platforms.
Can now fix and clean up HTML generated with PageMill 1.0.
Status bar added at the bottom of the editor window. Toggle the display by clicking on the bar.
General Preferences added that will allow more customization.
The toolbar now uses larger, standard sized icons. You may optionally select the small icons in the General Preferences.
The button for preformatted text in the Toolbar has been replaced by a customizable Center button.
Bold and Italic button can be set to use Strong and Emphasis tags.
HTML Assistant List Button in the toolbar replaced by a Table button.
Auto styling of tags typed in by hand.
Support added for relative file paths.
Support added for all Netscape List item markings and Image positions (but don't use them).
Applet tags added in Java menu.
Support added for not locking open files, to enable editing of "live" files in use by Web servers. -Only use this feature if you really have to, since it may result in data loss.
A more generic Audio option has replaced Crescendo in the HTML Assistant's Embedded Object topics.
PageSpinner AppleGuide updated with information about file transfer settings, converting text and HTML Converters for MacOS.
Automatic loading of Bookmark file is now optional.
It is now possible to cut and copy text > 32K.
The brightness of the red and green colors in the color menu has been reduced.
Auto styling when pasting HTML Examples.
Example added for Embedded objects and Forms.
Some errors fixed in the source for some HTML Examples.
Pressing Command when selecting a Bookmark in the Bookmark pop up menu will open the page/item with the helper specified in IC Config.
Bug when inserting Shockwave embedded object fixed.
Problem with editing text at the bottom of the window fixed.
The error in the generated HTML for Image attributes HSPACE and VSPACE is fixed.
