WebWhacker

1. WebWhacker WebWhacker 2000 enables you to save your favorite Web sites, organize them into folders, and use your favorite Web browser to surf the Net offline

2. Installing WebWhacker • Insert Disk • Select START and RUN • Type D:\WW2KOEM.EXE • Select OK • Follow the installation menus through

3. Lesson 1:Whacking a Site In order to browse Web pages off line, you first need to Whack, or download, them. WebWhacker allows you to whack just one URL at a time, or all URLs located in a storage unit. In order for URLs to be whacked, they must first be added, or subscribed to. If you know the complete URL for a site, you can type it into WebWhacker without having to access your browser. If you want to use the browser to add the URL to WebWhacker use the Grab URL function.

4. To Whack an Individual URL: Before you begin: Make sure that you have an active onnection to the Internet.1. Select the individual URL you want to whack in WebWhacker Explorer.2. Initiate the whack. Click the Whack button on the Toolbar OR Select URL, Whack from the menu bar.3. WebWhacker begins the whack.

5. The Output Window displays the progress of the whack. A dialog box appears to inform you when the whack is complete. Click OK.The URL has been whacked.To Whack the Contents of a Folder:Before you begin: Make sure that you have an active connection to the Internet.1. Select the folder you want to whack in WebWhacker Explorer.2. Initiate the whack.· Click the Whack button on the ToolbarOR· Select URL, Whack from the menu bar.3. The following dialog box appears to confirm that you want to whack the contents of the folder, and to inform you of the levels to be whacked.Click OK to continue the whack.The Output Window displays the progress of the whack. A dialog box appears to inform you when the whack is complete. Click OK.The contents of the folder have been whacked.

6. Lesson 2:Using the WebWhacker Explorer • WebWhacker Explorer makes easy work of whacking and tracking URL's. WebWhacker utilizes the familiar Windows Explorer type layout in it's Tree View and Title Windows. • You can begin using WebWhacker with the sample data included with the program. • 1. Open the program. • ¨ Go to the Windows Start menu. • ¨ Choose Programs / Blue Squirrel WebWhacker 2000 / WebWhacker • 2. Examine your screen. • When you open the program, WebWhacker displays storage folders in the Tree View Window (the left pane). Contents of selected folders are listed in the Title Window. • The icon next to each URL alerts you to the status of that particular URL. • 3. View sites locally or on the Web. • You can use the program to surf the Net, either directly or on your own hard drive. WebWhacker uses icons to identify which URL's are local (whacked Web pages) and remote (on the Internet) . • NOTE: If you are having any difficulty viewing these URLs, see the Help File topic on how to Configure your browser to use WebWhacker.

7. Lesson 3:Adding and Grabbing URLs

8. The real usefulness (and fun!) of using WebWhacker starts when you create your own collection of subscribed URLs. If you constantly refer back to the same sites—for information or enjoyment—why not save them to your own hard drive and eliminate connection charges? You can also assign your favorite URL sites to folders, making it even easier to find the information you want. • If you have memorized the URLs of your favorite Web sites, you can add these sites simply by typing them in an edit box. Or you can grab sites as you find them. Either way, you will have the opportunity to categorize the URLs and to define how often they will be updated using MS Scheduler. • 1. First, we'll add a site with a known URL. • On the WebWhacker desktop. • ¨ From the URL menu, select Add. This starts the URL Subscription Wizard. • ¨ Click in the URL to Add text box and type the URL for the Library of Congress: • WWW.LOC.GOV • ¨ Type "Library of Congress" in the Notes text box. • ¨ Click Next. • Leave all settings as they are on page 2 of the URL Subscription Wizard. Since the Library of Congress maintains a huge site, going more than one level deep could decimate your free hard drive space. It is a public site, so no user name or password is necessary. • ¨ Click Next. • Page 3 of the Wizard displays filter options. Leave these settings as they are for now. • ¨ Click Next. • The final page of the URL Subscription Wizard is displayed. In the top section select Later, or as scheduled.. • ¨ Click Finish. • The site has now been marked and enabled for whacking, but it has not yet been copied to your hard drive. Before actually whacking the URL we'll set up another one using the Grab feature. • 2. To grab a site while browsing: • Open your favorite Web browser, or use WebWhacker's integrated browser. • Enter the URL for the site you want to grab and launch your browser to the site. For example: • www.bluesquirrel.com • ¨ Click the Grab button on WebWhacker's toolbar to start the URL Subscription Wizard. • ¨ Follow the same procedure that you used to add a site above. • 3. Finally, perform the whack. • When you add or grab a site, it is added to your list but, as the remote icon shows, it has not yet been saved to your hard drive. • Click the Whack button on WebWhacker's toolbar. This starts the actual whack to the local storage area of your choice. • The Output window at the bottom part of WebWhacker displays the status of the whack. • Now that you have used both the Add and Grab approaches to subscribe to a URL, experiment on other sites with different settings. You can also use the Grab and Whack buttons on the AppBar instead of those on WebWhacker's toolbar.

9. Lesson 4:Managing Subscribed URLs

10. As your list of subscribed URLs begins to grow, you may need help keeping it organized. When you added and grabbed URL sites in the last lesson, you assigned them to specific folders in the Tree window. WebWhacker folders and sub-folders give you an easy way to organize your URLs. • 1. Customize your folders. • You can create any folders you like to suit your needs. For example, in the previous lesson we assigned the Library of Congress site to the Education folder; it could also fit into a sub-folder called Libraries. And you probably added the Blue Squirrel home page to the Computer folder; but it could also fit into one called Software. We can add new folders and sub-folders, and move our sites between folders. • On the WebWhacker desktop: • ¨ From File menu and select New Folder. • ¨ WebWhacker adds a new folder labeled New Folder, and leaves the cursor on the folder name. • ¨ Type the word "Software" or any other desired name for the folder. • ¨ Click on the existing folder Education and repeat the steps above to add a sub-folder called "Libraries". • 2. Now let's move pages into the new folders. • Click on the icon next to the Blue Squirrel URL. Keeping the mouse button depressed, drag the URL to the Software folder. Release the mouse button. • Click on the Education folder. If necessary, click on the plus sign (+) next to the folder to display its Libraries sub-folder. Click on the icon next to the Library of Congress URL. Keeping the mouse button depressed, drag the site to the Libraries sub-folder. Release the mouse button. • Your subscribed URLs are now located in their new folders. • 3. Create new storage. • You can also create custom storage units. You easily move them between different computers (for instance, a desktop machine and a laptop). Each storage is a separate database. For a more detailed explanation of this function see How To… Create New Storage. • In WebWhacker, create the storage by opening the File menu and choosing New Storage. The Select Directory dialog box appears. • Enter the full path to the directory where you want the new storage located • OR • Browse to the directory you want the new storage to be located. • When the Directory text box lists the directory you want, place your cursor at the end of the text fields and type "Lessons" for the name of the new storage. • WebWhacker creates the new storage unit. The previously open storage unit is closed and the new storage unit is displayed. • 4. Add or move subscribed URLs to your new storage unit. • You can Add or Grab new URLs to the storage unit, simply by opening the LESSONS Storage when you begin the adding or grabbing process. • OR • Move URLs from another storage unit by copying them from the old storage unit and then pasting them into the new one.

11. Lesson 5:Using the Link Checker

12. With link checker you can avoid wasting time following broken or out of date links. The Check Links command checks all of the links on a subscribed URL, and reports any broken links. • Before you begin: You will need an active connection to the Internet in order to perform the Check Links command. • To use WebWhacker's link checker: • 1. Subscribe to the URL. • · Follow the steps for subscribing to a new URL (see How to Add a New URL). • · On step four of the URL Subscription Wizard locate the Action to Perform section. Select the Schedule this Action check box to enable the action radio buttons. • · Select the Check Links radio button. • · Click OK to close the URL Subscription Wizard and complete the URL's subscription. • 2. Select the URL(s) to link check. • From your Explorer, select the URL you want checked • OR • Select the folder containing the URL(s) you want checked. • 3. From the URL menu, select Check Links. • WebWhacker checks the links on the specified Web pages. Progress is displayed in the Output window. A dialog box appears to inform you when the link check is complete. • 4. WebWhacker reports broken links. • NOTE: If there are no broken links WebWhacker will not report anything.

13. Lesson 6:Pausing and Resuming a Whack

14. With WebWhacker 2000's Resume command you don't need to worry about having a big download interrupted. Instead you can pause a big download and pick up where you left off at a later time. • Before you begin: You must have a whack in progress. • 1. Stop the current whack. • On the Toolbar click the Stop button, • OR • Select URL, Stop from the Menu bar. • 2. Launch WebWhacker if it is not already active. • 3. Locate and select the folder containing the paused whack. • 4. Resume the whack. • From the URL menu, select Resume. • 5. WebWhacker resumes the whack. • When the Resume command is used, WebWhacker picks up where it left off, downloading any information it did not get during the original whack. It also re-whacks any pages that have changed since the original whack.