PageThing 2.x Release Notes


Changes in 2.1.1:

- Now writes default encoding information into pages (META HTTP-EQUIV tag, using the Western ISO-8859-1 encoding). Thanks to Gary Coyne for suggesting this.
- Modified META GENERATOR tags and comments.
- Fixed the icon in the Progress dialog (it didn't display in version 2.1).
- Added checking for spaces in the Filename field. If spaces are found in the chosen filename, PageThing won't let you make pages. Thanks to Gary Coyne for pointing out that PageThing didn't check for this problem previously.


Changes in 2.1:

- Now PowerPC native (requires a PowerPC Mac).

- PageThing now generates pages which are compliant with the W3C HTML 4.0 Transitional specification. Verified by various checkers, including BBEdit 5.1. Actual changes to PageThing's generated code:
		- Addition of the HTML 4.0 Transitional "!DOCTYPE" tag to all generated pages (required).
		- No longer using CENTER tags for alignment.
		- Now using nested DIV tags with the ALIGN=CENTER parameter (removes redundant code).
		- Now correctly nesting P tags within DIVs (fixes 'implicit P close' warnings).

- Removed "Save settings when quitting" checkbox. Now, PageThing will always use original default settings when it's launched. You can load/save settings files as you choose.

- Added Open and Save buttons. These open and save settings files from anywhere on your computer.

- PageThing now loads settings files if you just double-click the settings files in the Finder.

- You can drag folders into the main PageThing window, and onto the Choose buttons for either the folder of images or the destination folder. You can also drag a folder onto PageThing's icon in the Finder or in the Application Switcher in Mac OS 8.5 and later. If you drag a folder onto PageThing's icon, that folder will be used as the folder of images.

- You can drag images (GIF, JPEG or PNG) into PageThing's windows and dialogs to specify the background image or any of the link images (previous, next, first or last). You can also drag an image onto PageThing's icon in the Finder or in the Application Switcher in Mac OS 8.5 and later. If you drag an image onto PageThing's icon, that image will be used as the background image for the gallery pages.

- Started adding basic AppleScript support. Doesn't do anything useful yet - just plays sounds or shows the About dialog. PageThing will eventually support several AppleScript commands for generating pages.

- Added ZoomRects to the PageThing button and the "Help with web colors" button.

- Added DropZoomRects to menu commands for About PageThing, Beta Testers, and PageThing Web Color Help.

- Resized the 'About' dialog slightly.

- Added an Easter Egg somewhere.  ;-)

- Modified the PageThing 2 button to conform with OE5/Palm Desktop buttons.

- About a zillion internal code-changes and optimizations. Mostly abstracting values from the main PageThing window, in preparation for the new interface later.

- Fixed focus/tab-order in the main window. Now, when you launch PageThing, the first field (Gallery Name) has the focus.

- Updated the GoLive page-icon for GoLive 5.


Changes in 2.0.2:

- New option in main window: "Images are Links". If the checkbox is enabled, the button will be active. When the button is clicked, you'll see the new Image Links dialog. You have the option of either linking the images on each page to the next page, or to the image files themselves. If you choose to have each image linked to the next page, you'll have the additional option of whether to link the image on the last page to the first page. If you choose not to use this option, then the image on the last page will not be linked. Thanks to Emiel Efdee for the suggestion of linking the images to the next page in the gallery.

- Updated some aspects of the interface: the 'pointing hand' cursor is now the Mac OS 8.x-style one found in the Finder, Outlook Express 5, Palm Desktop and other applications. Also, the PageThing 2 dynamic button in the main window is visually less bevelled; it's now much more like the buttons in Microsoft Office applications.

- The sounds are quieter now. Both the 'click' sound (when you click one of the Snap To Web-Safe icons) and the 'finished' sound (when PageThing finishes making pages) are quieter now; they were far too loud before. Thanks to Jim Bissett for telling me how to use Quicktime Player to reduce the volume of the sounds.


Changes in 2.0.1:

- You can now select PNG (.png) images for the background image, "First" link image, "Last" link image, "Previous" link image and "Next" link image. PageThing will also recognize PNG files in the chosen folder of images.

- Filenames are now generated with leading zeros when necessary. For example, if there are 100 pages being made, the filenames will be like "page007.html" instead of "page7.html". This means that files will now display in proper order when viewed in alphabetical order, such as in Finder windows set to List view. Thanks to Hunter Hicks and Ira Altschiller for this suggestion.

- PageThing no longer limits the length of the filename you type in the Filename field, but you won't be allowed to make pages if the total length of any filename exceeds 31 characters. This is because Mac OS won't allow filenames which are longer than 31 characters. Note: total filename length is a combination of what you type into the Filename field, then the number which PageThing adds (for example: 008), then the extension (.html or .htm).