We are posting an update to SiteSpinner on the User Forums for anyone who would like to give it a try. There are a few changes, the most major being that this is our official 'Works with Vista' release. We'll be dropping the 'pre-release' designation shortly and posting it on our site. In the meantime if you wish to give it a try you can find it here.

Let us know if you have any feedback.

Derry,

For those of us who have yet to make the jump to Vista (I won't until SP1) is there a reason to make the switch or even test out the new version? Is it even compatible with XP?

Thanks for improving the product!

j razz
www.jrazzcreations.com

Compatible with XP? Of course!!!!

There are a fair number of useful bug fixes and some interesting new features (so I would update). Here's the list of changes from the readme.txt file:

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Changes for SiteSpinner Release 2.70e  	April 17, 2007
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FIXED:	Pasting plain text of a 'page' type link into text editor may cause a crash, when
		opening the link editor, if the linked page doesn't exist in the project. 

CHANGED:Mouse selection of objects will now select the topmost object under the mouse 
		pointer even when a lower object has been selected previously. If an object is 
		completely behind another object's rectangle you can hold the SHIFT key down to 
		select it (as before). To move a SHIFT selected lower object, move it with the 
		mouse before releasing the mouse button or use the keyboard keys. 

FIXED:	Mouseovers FX do not align with objects in IE7 zoomed mode. 

CHANGED:Code object are now sized (vs. scaled) when stretched using the mouse 

CHANGED:Pasting as plain text in text objects now uses the formatting of the text where 
		the insertion occurs. (was using Courier 10pt)

CHANGED:Added online option to registration screens

FIXED:	Installer's 'just me' option does not create startup icons if installing as 
		limited access user in Vista.

FIXED:	Extended characters (umlauts etc.) inside text link's titles in [page] type 
		links are displayed incorrectly

FIXED:	Preview file type association dialog doesn't work in XP SP2 or higher

FIXED:	'Find' command in code view not always scrolling to the found text

CHANGED:Removed horizontal scroll bar from code view (because text is always wrapped)

FIXED:	Splash screen stays visible for a some seconds after program is ready if 
		'tip of the day' is turned off

FIXED:	Pasting text into a code object should remove any rich text formatting

FIXED:	Editing a locked text object, that has been inadvertently scaled, may cause 
		the object to shift by 1 pixel when the text editor is closed.

FIXED:	Selecting all the text in a text object, from the button up with the mouse, 
		displays the 'end of text' font (which is not necessarily the same as the 
		selected font) even though the final selection does no longer includes the 
		'end of text' character. i.e the displayed font may differ from the selected
		font in this case.

FIXED	After pasting plain text in text object and then typing new text, the background
		of the new text may appear in unexpected colors colors until the text object is 
		saved and reopened.

FIXED:	If number of publisher profiles exceeds the maximum of 99, publishing may not work 
		correctly. 

CHANGED:Deleting a profile from the publisher profile list now selects the next profile 
		in list is selected (was selecting the last profile in the list) 

FIXED:	Titles within tables may render parts of the table borders within the title area 

FIXED:	Rtf files don't keep formatting when opened in text objects.

FIXED:	In IE7, a centered page shows a caret (text cursor) in central background area 
		instead of default arrow

EXPERIMENTAL:	
		We have added some command to show or hide some of the outlines that only appear 
		in the workspace (e.g. a selected object's dashed outline). The idea is to give 
		a quick way to see the page without the extra lines that can be distracting when 
		trying to position objects on a page. Hopefully this will mean less previewing 
		of pages while laying out objects.
		 
		There are no menu or toolbar commands right now. For this test the commands are 
		only activated by keyboard sequences.

		Please let us know which commands you think are helpful. In a future release we 
		will add menu and toolbars commands for those commands that are deemed useful. 
		We will remove those that are not.

The keyboard commands are:

ALT+1 - show/hide all the outlines below (if they have not been hidden individually)

ALT+2 - show/hide the dashed outline on objects with outlines of 0px thickness 
(e.g default text/code objects. WebEngine paths)

ALT+3 show/hide the 'selected object' dashed outline 

ALT+4 show/hide the 'selected object' dashed outline and sizing handles.

ALT+5 reset all outlines to visible.

	Remember you will not see the effect of a command unless you have a selected or 0px 
	outlined object on your page. 

If I take a site built in a previous version of SS that uses mouseovers, will the zooming issue in IE7 be fixed merely by opening and saving the project in this newer version? Or, will I have to rebuild everything?

Basically I am asking if these fixes are applied merely by opening/saving/ & publishing your file.

j razz
www.jrazzcreations.com

quote:

Please let us know which commands you think are helpful.

Ctrl+G for grouping
Ctrl+Shift+G for ungrouping

Ctrl+"up arrow" bring the item up one level
Ctrl+"down arrow" take the item down one level
Ctrl+Page up bring the item to top
Ctrl+Page down take the item to bottom

Ctrl+T to bring up the text editor
Ctrl+Alt+P to bring up the page editor
Ctrl+I to bring up the image editor

Ctrl+C+click to horizontally center the selected object to the object clicked on (for example I have a banner up top and I want an object to be centered under that banner, I would highlight the object hold Ctrl and C down and then click the object I want it to be centered on.
Ctrl+L+click same as above except justifies to the left.
Ctrl+R+click same as above except justifies to the right.

Just some commands I would use; thanks for asking Derry as it means a lot when a company seeks input from its userbase.

j razz
www.jrazzcreations.com

I expect you'll just need to republish to get the zoom fixed. I would be most surprised if you had to rebuild anything.

For those of you who have Web Engine 2 as well as Sitespinner ...

After upgrading SS you will need to reasign .ims files to Web Engine as SS has now grabbed them.

Right click on a .ims file
Click Open with
Click Choose program
Select Web Engine 2 from the list and make sure 'always use this programme' is ticked.
Click OK.

As a matter of interest, how many of the fixes above were made in WE2 version 2.00 L? Certainly the 'In IE7, a centered page shows a caret (text cursor) in central background area instead of default arrow' is still a problem in WE2.

As long as I don't have any Actions defined, will loading and saving .ims files into the new Sitespinner still be compatible with Web Engine 2 afterwards?

Is there a fixed WE2 in the offing?

Cheers,

Ray D

Hi Ray,

Yes there is a 2.00M of web engine almost ready to go. It has the same fixes as SS270e plus one that corrects a mouseover aligment on centered pagea with actions.

The ims files are compatible between WE and SS for these versions (and all other 2.7 versions). Having an action or event on the page should not affect that except that of course you will only see the action in WE. (it is always wise to have a backup copy of file you are going to change)

Hi

I am loving the new keyboard shortcuts to show and hide borders and handles etc. They are really easy to use this way.

Best wishes,

Alijazz