February 1st, 2012· When applying the "Restore Local Web Folder" command from the Transfer menu, parent folder names are now also displayed while downloading files.
· Fixed a bug that could stall the upload process when an 'image' to be uploaded contains 0 bytes.
· The end tags and are no longer removed when "Removing optional end tags" is activated.
January 2nd, 2012· If the JPEG Image Quality Index is set to 100%, PNG images can now still be optimized.
· Fixed an error that could unintentionally set the JPEG Image Quality index to 40%.
December 7th, 2011· Updated some dialog windows.
· Fixed some minor bugs occurring in rare situations.
November 1st, 2011· Fixed a bug that could corrupt certain JavaScript widgets.
October 11th, 2011· The Smart Handling feature - for handling only modified files - has been made user-friendlier by adding Help Tags on the Main Window, updating the Smart Handling tab in Preferences and updating the Manual.
September 6th, 2011· Updated the Manual in the Web Site Maestro folder.
· Made some improvements for a better look under Lion.
August 23rd, 2011· Improved optimizing FluxBB code.
· Corrected the error message when trying to upload a file to a directory without permission.
· Updated some dialog windows.
August 1st, 2011· Added the option to put Google Analytics code just before the tag of each optimized file, for each web folder separately.
· Added to the Transfer tab of Preferences the advanced option to select a secure connection type.
· Renewed the "About iWeb and FTP" window.
· Removed the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Changed "Font Size of Lists, Logs and Manual" under the Extra tab of Preferences to "Font Size of Main Window Logs".
· "File Extensions" under the Filters tab of Preferences is no longer an advanced setting.
June 20th, 2011· Fixed some minor bugs.
June 3rd, 2011· Fixed a bug that corrupted uploading a single file handled by Smart Handling if the same file was handled earlier by Smart Handling during the same session.
May 16th, 2011· Web Site Maestro will now show up in the Spaces Preference Pane with its real name.
· Better feedback to the user when trying to connect to a non-responding or slow-responding server.
May 4th, 2011· Fixed a bug that caused endless resuming uploading to a slow-responding server.
April 28th, 2011· The upload process will now resume from where it left off when a short internet service outage has occurred.
· Improved checking for broken links.
· Removed the "Add..." button from the Filters tab in Preferences.
· Updated the "About iWeb and FTP" window.
· Fixed a bug that could cause in rare cases that a changed original file doesn't overwrite the duplicate file.
· Fixed a bug that disabled FTPS uploading while synchronizing your website.
April 28th, 2011· The upload process will now resume from where it left off when a short internet service outage has occurred.
· Improved checking for broken links.
· Removed the "Add..." button from the Filters tab in Preferences.
· Updated the "About iWeb and FTP" window.
· Fixed a bug that could cause in rare cases that a changed original file doesn't overwrite the duplicate file.
· Fixed a bug that disabled FTPS uploading while synchronizing your website.
· The "Qualify URLs" option no longer corrupts Google Analytics code.
February 21st, 2011· When optimizing only JPEG and PNG images the non-optimized web pages and libraries are now listed with the annotation "(cancelled)".
February 16th, 2011· The "Optimize only JPEG and PNG images" checkbox is now unchecked when opening Web Site Maestro for the first time after having used version 8.3.2 or earlier.
· The "Restore Local Web Folder" command from the Transfer menu is now also available for the WebDAV protocol.
February 9th, 2011· Added a setting to optimize only JPEG and PNG images.
· Improved the "Check (and Complete) Tags" function.
· Improved the "Check for Broken Links" function.
· Added a menu command to the Edit menu to select only JPEGs and PNGs for uploading.
· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Updated the "About iWeb and FTP" window.
January 10th, 2011· Fixed a bug that corrupted WishList Member plugins for Wordpress.
· Fixed a bug that could cause in rare cases that not all remote files are downloaded when restoring a lost web folder.
December 26th, 2010· Improved the Configuration Wizard.
· Updated the Manual.
November 16th, 2010· Improved compatibility with Windows NT servers for uploading files and creating folders.
· Smart Handling in File Size mode now also works the very first time you use this method.
October 22nd, 2010· Fixed a bug that could stall uploading in rare cases.
October 5th, 2010· Fixed a bug that could cause an infinite loop when getting a remote directory listing or when synchronizing your site.
September 14th, 2010· PNGs with a useless mask are much better optimized.
· Changed the minimum JPEG Image Quality Index to 40%.
· The "PNG Compression Level" in Preferences is now a general setting instead of an advanced setting.
August 6th, 2010· Average load and display time of your site after optimizing has been improved, based on new statistics.
· Corrected "The View Page Button" chapter in the Manual.
July 6th, 2010· Square brackets are now allowed in the Google Analytics Code Field and in the Password Field.
June 29th, 2010· Instead of typing all subfolder paths for skipping remote folders or files while synchronizing your website, you now only have to type the name of the main folder.
· The default JPEG Quality Index is now 70 (was 69).
· The default page viewer is now Safari (was the built-in HTML viewer).
· Uploading files In secure WebDAV mode to MobileMe works now correctly if the site folder was not yet created.
· When restoring the directory structure of your web folder after a crash, using your website as reference, long folder names are no longer truncated to 31 characters.
June 16th, 2010· Corrects a displacement of the Help button introduced in version 8.1.2.
June 14th, 2010· Improved reliability when synchronizing your website when it contains folders and/or JPEG images whose name starts with an underscore.
June 8th, 2010· Fixed a bug that caused that your site folder on MobileMe was not created automatically when uploading a whole new website.
· Fixed a bug that could cause in rare cases that synchronizing your website resulted in uploading files which did not need to be uploaded.
May 26th, 2010· The SFTP transfer protocol now also supports downloading files after getting a directory listing.
· Changed the advanced setting 'PNG Compression Level' in Preferences.
· Optimizing PNG images with a mask works noticeably faster with large web folders.
· When uploading to MobileMe, an authentication error while uploading is hidden to the user and the current upload process is resumed automatically.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that the 'Total Size' number of your web folder is not correct, resulting in a too optimistic "Saved" percentage.
· Fixed a bug that - when checking for broken links - prevented the detection of a missing target in a file when the target is specified in a link to that file.
April 13th, 2010· Added the SFTP (SSH) transfer protocol. Available for uploading files and getting remote directory listings.
· Improved optimizing images.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that the "Save Current Optimizer Log..." menu command is not available.
March 11th, 2010· Fixed a bug that could cause a false 'Server is busy' message when connecting to Mobile iDisk.
March 5th, 2010· Better support of iWeb-generated websites.
· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Removing unneeded quotation marks works more reliable.
· Changed some text in the Manual.
· The trial version also shows skipped files in the optimizer log.
January 25th, 2010· Fixed some minor bugs.
January 4th, 2010· Some alert messages have been made user-friendlier and easier to follow up.
December 7th, 2009· iWeb-generated folders whose name includes an extension are no longer rejected.
· Fixed a bug that caused that iWeb-generated picture frames were not displayed.
· Fixed a bug that caused that an iWeb-generated navigation bar could not be repeated at the bottom of the page.
November 24th, 2009· JPEGs with a leading underscore in their name are now permitted, even if the option to skip files whose name starts with an underscore is selected.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that non-optimized files are not uploaded correctly in Smart Handling mode.
November 11th, 2009· The issue of a missing site folder in a site created in iWeb and to be hosted by MobileMe is now handled more gracefully.
October 29th, 2009· Simplified the method to add Google Analytics code to each HTML file.
· Fixed a bug that could cause a false dialog when pressing the Cancel button of Preferences.
October 12th, 2009· Some dialog texts have been rewritten.
September 16th, 2009· Fixed a bug that caused that a missing remote directory could not be created automatically if the Initial Path in Transfer Settings is blank.
September 1st, 2009· Added the option to convert PNGs without masks to JPEGs when optimizing images.
· If you uncheck "Optimize JPEG Images" and/or "Optimize PNG Images", optimized images are now reverted to their original state while optimizing.
August 12th, 2009· The directory structure of the duplicate web folder is automatically monitored and updated, each time you use the program. This makes the program more user-friendly.
· Most windows are now drop-down type windows connected to the Main Window.
· Resolved some minor issues of the "List Non-Optimized Files" window.
· Fixed a bug that, since version 7.5, prevented the "Same Again" button from working.
July 27th, 2009· Fixed a new FTP bug that originated in version 7.5.2.
· Added the option to the "List Non-Optimized Files" window to specify a custom date for the 'Since date' Smart Handling mode.
July 20th, 2009· Added a window "List Non-Optimized Files" that will make it easier for you to use Smart Handling when uploading non-optimized files.
· Fixed a bug that, in very rare cases, disabled FTP uploading while synchronizing your website.
July 10th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could stall the upload process when a file's parent directory was missing on the server.
· Fixed a bug that caused that FTP uploading to a Windows server did not work (most servers are Unix though).
· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
June 24th, 2009· FTP Uploading works much faster. The code has been totally rewritten.
· WebDAV and FTP transfer works now also with non-ASCII characters in file names or folder names.
· File names are shown with their folder name while being uploaded.
· Non-optimized files can be listed and uploaded using Smart Handling.
· The function "Upload Non-Optimized Files" has been removed from the Function drop down menu on the Main Window. It has been replaced by "List Non-Optimized Files for Uploading" in the Transfer menu.
· The settings under the Transfer tab of Preferences have been made easier.
· Added a menu command to the Configure menu to move your web folders in the Web Folder Drop Down menu to another position.
· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Improved feedback to the user while synchronizing a website with the duplicate web folder.
· Fixed a bug that caused that very large websites could not be synchronized.
May 18th, 2009· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Fixed some minor bugs.
May 6th, 2009· The first two commands from the Manage menu and the checkbox "Check Duplicate Web Folder Integrity" in Preferences have been removed. Their actions are now automated.
· Updated the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
· Fixed an FTP timeout issue.
· Fixed a bug that caused a false alert when optimizing certain php code.
· Fixed a new bug that caused that the "Perform Test Run" option for synchronizing your website did not work.
April 16th, 2009· Added the option to put custom Site Analytics code just before the tag of each optimized file, for each web folder separately.
· Improved reliability and speed of FTP and FTPS uploading.
· Fixed a bug that could inadvertently change the Smart Handling mode.
March 29th, 2009· Fixed a bug in the previous version that caused an error when getting the FTP server time offset.
· Substantially decreased the amount of time required to get a directory listing or synchronizing a website in case that the FTP server truncates the output to 2000 matches (or any other number).
· Updated the information on the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
March 27th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could cause FTP upload errors with some servers.
· Improved synchronizing your website on an FTP server.
· Updated the information on the "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window.
March 12th, 2009· Fixed a bug introduced in version 7.2.1 that prevented some files from being uploaded when synchronizing your website with your web folder.
· The "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" window is now resizable and its size and position are remembered.
March 10th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could cause a connection error and/or a transfer error in rare cases.
March 5th, 2009· Improved optimizing web pages.
· Added a Help Window named "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" to be chosen from the Help menu.
· The information is now easier to read.
February 17th, 2009· Better support of iWeb based web folders. For information, choose "About iWeb and MobileMe iDisk" from the Help menu of Web Site Maestro.
February 5th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could cause a sudden drop in optimizing JPEG images.
· Fixed some minor bugs
January 30th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could cause the File menu to disappear.
January 29th, 2009· Smart Handling can now also be used with web folders created in iWeb or any other HTML Editor that updates the modification dates of all files even if only one file was changed. For this purpose the mode "File Size" has been added to the existing three modes.
· The Preferences Window has a new checkbox named "Show Advanced Preferences", to enable you to hide or show advanced controls.
· You can drag your web folder or its sub-folder(s) or its file(s) to the Drop Spot if your web folder is listed in the Web Folder drop down menu.
· Fixed a bug that could cause a wrong style of all your web pages.
· Changed the default JPEG Quality Index to 69.
January 11th, 2009· Further improved optimizing css code.
· Changed the default JPEG Quality Index to 69.
January 5th, 2009· PNG images with a mask are now also optimized.
· Added the option to remove unneeded quotation marks from attributes and hyperlink strings.
· Added a contextual menu to the Log.
· Added a command "List Non-Optimized Files" to the Transfer menu.
· Improved optimizing css code.
· Improved optimizing iWeb code.
· After optimizing your entire site the Log displays the average load time and display time speed up percentage.
· The Log indicates "Cancelled" when either a JPEG or a PNG image has not been optimized because either "Optimize JPEG Images" or Optimize PNG Images" has been turned off in Preferences.
· Simplified the Configuration Wizard for users who upload their stuff to MobileMe iDisk.
· Added a warning for file names with one or more non-ASCII characters.
· Selecting all optimizer log lines from a very large web folder (more than 1000 files) shows no delay any more.
· Fixed some minor bugs.
November 24th, 2008· After optimizing your entire web folder the Log displays "Original Total Bytes", Total Bytes Saved" and "Percentage Saved".
· Simplified the Configuration Wizard for users who upload their stuff to MobileMe iDisk.
· Links of the type can now be checked case sensitive.
· A mirror site can now be synchronized with the parent site's web folder (only valid for the FTP protocol).
· Selecting all optimizer log lines from a very large web folder (more than 1000 files) shows no delay any more, also when optimizing and uploading in one pass.
· Fixed a bug that caused that coded links in JavaScript were reported as broken links.
· Fixed a bug that caused that a mirror site was only synchronized correctly when it was synchronized the second time immediately after the first time (only valid for the FTP protocol).
November 7th, 2008· Improved external link checking.
· Broken external links are now displayed in bold text. If you double-click such a link, the URL is copied to the clipboard.
· Removed "Recount Files for Link Checking" from the Manage menu. It's no longer required.
· If necessary the duplicate web folder directory is automatically updated before optimizing.
October 28th, 2008· Corrected an error in the menu bar of the Preferences Window.
October 27th, 2008· Fixed a bug that caused error messages when using the option "Verify the FTP server time offset before synchronizing". See the Sync tab in Preferences.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that a folder to be skipped when synchronizing your website was still created at your website.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that the optimizer log was not temporarily saved.
· Improved reliability of external link checking.
· Folders whose name starts with a period are now always skipped when synchronizing your website.
· Removed a repetitive "File exists" display when verifying the remote directory structure. This was visible with websites consisting of hundreds of directories.
· The Smart Handling 'Date+Time' or 'Since ' setting is no longer changed to 'Today' after updating or synchronizing your duplicate web folder.
October 20th, 2008· The directory structure of your website is checked before uploading files, and updated if necessary. This will avoid an error message when uploading new files whose remote parent directory does not exist.
· You can now also skip folders when synchronizing. The file/folder field under the Sync tab of Preferences has been improved.
· Added a Quick Start section to the Help menu.
· Fixed odd behavior when dragging transparent PNG images that did not belong to any of your web folders.
· Fixed some minor bugs.
August 28th, 2008· The state last set of Smart Handling is remembered again.
· The 'Select File' button from 'Delete Remote File or Folder' and 'Rename/Move Remote File or Folder' works again.
August 25th, 2008· Added the option to the Main Window to optimize folders recursively, i.e. also handle all of its subfolders in one pass, except when selecting 'Upload Non-Optimized Files'. Note that the entire web folder has always been and still is handled recursively.
· Now you can also exclude files from being handled. The interface has been improved.
· The Convert Special Characters function has been discontinued.
· Added the option to upload files to your iDisk folders, for example your Public folder. Only available if you have a live iDisk account.
· Extended three menu commands from the Transfer menu: Rename/Move... , Delete... and Create... to manage your iDisk folders. Only available if you have a live iDisk account.
· In a directory listing you can now select a file to delete from the server.
· Tip #7 from the Tips window is now available for you to write your own notes about the program.
· Sorting the Size column in a WebDAV directory listing now works correctly.
· Removed a dialog that warned erroneously against certain characters in the name of a web folder.
· Fixed some minor bugs and corrected some errors in the Manual.
· An unregistered copy now optimizes 70% of the total number of files.
July 18th, 2008· For iDisk users only: Improved reliability when synchronizing your iDisk web site.
July 8th, 2008· When synchronizing your web site, names of files being uploaded are shown before the upload is complete.
· Fixed a bug that could cause an error when synchronizing your web site or getting a directory listing (FTP only).
· Fixed a bug that corrupted your login data if the name of your web folder contained a period, slash or tilde.
June 30th, 2008· Fixed an error in the method that warns for leading space characters in file/folder names.
· Corrected a false "Aborted" message after uploading to a WebDAV server.
· Corrected some wrong Help Tags.
June 24th, 2008· You can now upload to a WebDAV server, for example iDisk.
· Both WebDAV (http) and WebDAV Secure (https) are supported.
· You can synchronize your iDisk web site, or any other web site hosted by a WebDAV server, with your local web folder.
· The View Page button now opens a new HTML Viewer.
· Fixed some minor bugs.
March 10th, 2008· Added the option to play the system sound when FTP transfer is complete.
· Fixed some minor bugs.
February 4th, 2008· Added the option to treat all code as XHTML code.
· Fixed a bug that could set the Image Quality slider to 0, causing corrupted images.
January 3rd, 2008· The new Google Analytics Tracking Code is now supported when optimizing script code.
December 11th, 2007· You can now perform a test run before synchronizing your web site with your duplicate web folder.
· Fixed a bug that could cause that synchronizing your web site did not work properly with Linux/Unix servers.
November 7th, 2007· Fixed a bug that could cause that your settings were not saved.
· You can now optimize PNG images which have no mask. Images with a mask (alpha channel) are skipped.
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