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Changes for 2020 (20.1) - 2020 (20.3)

  • [-] Fixes some problems that were caused by Windows update KB4535996
  • v2020 (20.2) - 23-Mar-2020
  • [x] Improved Facebook RSS feed conversion: More date formats supported
  • [x] WSW button works with the latest version of MS Edge
  • [x] Smaller improvements related to Chromium/Browser checks
  • [-] A Chromium helper window could falsely be displayed on certain systems
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for 2019 (19.6) - 2020 (20.1)

  • [x] Chromium check technology improved
  • [x] The WebSite-Watcher Eye button is displayed larger on high DPI resolutions
  • [x] Improved compatibility when checking Twitter pages via RSS (could be broken in prev version)
  • [-] Monitoring PDF files with the check technology Chromium/Browser did not work correctly
  • [-] Pre-define bookmark properties: It was not possible to pre-define a delay or a scroll-down value when the Chromium technology was selected
  • [-] It was not possible to use Chromium related features when working with multiples instances of WebSite-Watcher
  • [-] Improvements using the Download Manager when working with multiples instances of WebSite-Watcher
  • [-] External browser tabs could crash under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v2019 (19.5) - 2019 (19.6)

  • [x] Update on keyword feature improved for RSS feeds
  • [-] Update on keyword did not work correctly for Facebook and Twitter feeds
  • [x] Add to phone bookmarks: Improved detection if a bookmark file is too outdated
  • [x] Follow-Links: better handling of several edge cases, including when the URL of child bookmarks contains date variables
  • [-] PDF documents could not be detected correctly when the server added an additional header to the documents
  • [x] Drag&Drop folders: Pre-defined bookmark properties are applied when folder inheritance is enabled
  • [-] Certain bookmarks were not displayed correctly
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations



Changes for v2019 (19.4) - v2019 (19.5)

  • [+] External browser configuration (via browser toolbar): New parameters {new} and {old}. This makes it possible and easy to open external comparision tools to highlight changes
  • [x] Follow Links: Detecting duplicates in child bookmarks improved
  • [-] Sending PDF files by e-mail did not show images when the option "Use absolute image addresses" was turned on
  • [-] Clicking into the URL field of the internal browser selects the whole URL (was broken in v19.4)
  • Smaller stability improvements



Changes for v2019 (19.3) - v2019 (19.4)

  • [+] External Browser Tabs: displays same toolbar buttons as the first browser tab, this makes it more comfortable to work with.
  • [x] Performance improvements when opening multiple Chromium tabs
  • [x] Performance improvements when checking bookmarks with the check technology "Chromium / Browser" simultaneously
  • [+] External browser tabs use the statusbar of the main window instead of an own statusbar
  • [-] Send e-mails: If a page is monitored with the screenshot method and the option "Use absolute image URLs in HTML mails" was turned on, then images were not sent
  • [x] Browser integration improved
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • [+] The two alternative PDF plugins "pdftotext" support Unicode characters and conversions
  • [x] Checking Facebook pages improved (compatible with latest Facebook changes)
  • [-] Internet Explorer browser integration was broken in v19.3
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations



Changes for v2019 (19.2) - v2019 (19.3)

  • [+] Ransomware Detection: If WebSite-Watcher detects Ransomware on your PC, it will stop running WSW tasks, lock and protect as many important WSW files as possible, and you will get notified via user interface, by e-mail or via Pushover. This feature is disabled by default and can be turned on in the program configuration (Advanced + Ransomware Detection).
  • [+] Send status messages via Pushover, for example when e-mails could not be sent. If you use WebSite-Watcher 24/7 on a server and if you're a Pushover user, then this is a very quick way to get notified on your phone when a problem occurs.
  • [+] Browser integration via WSW eye button: WebSite-Watcher can grab URLs from all main browsers without installing an extra browser extension (if you have used the browser extension previously, you can remove it from your Internet Browser). This new method works with Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, IE and Edge.
  • [+] Send e-mail: New option "Use absolute image URLs in HTML mails" (program configuration). If this option is enabled, WebSite-Watcher will use absolute URLs for images in HTML mails, independently if you download images to your hard disk when checking bookmarks. This option is enabled by default and can dramatically reduce the size of HTML mails. Also Facebook/Twitter/Instagram bookmarks will benefit from that option.
  • [+] Send e-mail: New subject variable {counter}. This counter increments by 1 with every e-mail sent. In your mailbox you can then see at a glance if a message did not come through because of a missing number.
  • [+] Twitter RSS feeds improved: WSW also tries to monitor the content of embedded objects
  • [+] Send e-mails: Improved handling of WebP images
  • [+] Internal Browser: Opening a page with highlighted changes in the Text tab automatically jumps to the first change
  • [x] External Chromium Browser Tabs: Optimizations when downloading exe/zip files directly from the checked page
  • [x] Download Manager improvements to work around conflicts with Virus Scanners
  • [+] Download Manager: Clicking "Abort active downloads" will pause the Download Manager until you click the Continue button
  • [+] New option "Extract TITLE parameter from HTML tags" (Bookmark properties + Advanced + HTML). Extracts the text content from the ALT and TITLE parameters (from any HTML tag) and inserts it into the page. This makes it easy to monitor the contents of these parameters.
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • [x] Improved handling of image lazy loading
  • [-] Follow-Links: Regular expressions to avoid duplicates didn't work correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] Phone bookmarks: Smaller fixes and improvements
  • [-] WSW Eye is no longer displayed when Thunderbird is the active application
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2019 (19.1) - v2019 (19.2)

  • [+] The check technology "Chromium/Browser" uses the entered WSW proxy configuration
  • [+] External Browser Tabs with Chromim as browser engine use the entered WSW proxy configuration
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros improved: More types of links supported
  • [x] Send RSS feeds by e-mail: The "full" and "headlines" buttons are no longer displayed
  • [x] Twitter: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Chromium: Persist sessions cookies between checks (makes it easier to remember logins or confirmed cookie messages)
  • [x] Improvements to avoid conflicts with Virus Scanner for Chromium related modules
  • [x] Smaller improvements when checking PDF files with the technology "Chromium / Browser"
  • [-] Certain RSS feeds could display the status that no articles are available (the feeds were however monitored correctly)
  • [-] Minor optical fixes when using Windows with classic theme
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2019 (19.0) - 2019 (19.1)

  • [+] External Browser Tabs
  • [+] Use Chromium as browser engine when opening web pages (via External Browser Tabs)
  • [+] AutoWatch: New option "Automatic check interval"
  • [x] Facebook: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Check technology "Chromium/Browser" improved
  • [-] The bookmark action "Export page" was broken when the bookmark was checked by screenshot
  • [x] Send e-mails in HTML format with disabled CSS definitions improved
  • [x] Internal browser: Opening page in the TEXT tab improved (certain pages could cause problems or crashes under rare circumstances)
  • [-] Filter Assistant: WSW could crash under rare circumstances when the page was opened in the TEXT tab
  • [x] Phone Mode: Smaller improvements
  • [x] Improvements when running multiple instances
  • [+] New program tweak: ConvertRssTitleLength=NNN (Length of the article titles when WebSite-Watcher converts Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages to RSS feeds. Can be a number between 30 and 200, default value is 40.)
  • [x] Chromium updated to version 72
  • [x] Dutch translation updated
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2018 (18.3) - 2019 (19.0)

  • [+] New check technology: Chromium/Browser - This technology opens a hidden Chromium based browser window to check a bookmark. If the other check technologies fail, chances are high that the page can be checked with this new method. (Please note that this new technique requires Windows 7 64 bit or higher. It is not available on Windows XP or 32 bit systems).
  • [+] Check-by-Screenshot: Area can be selected interactively with the mouse. This makes it super easy to select the area you want to monitor.
  • [x] Check-by-Screenshot method improved
  • [+] Facebook Groups can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [x] Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Huge performance improvements when monitoring and processing larger web pages. This improvement also affect smaller pages but is less noticeable.
  • [x] Performance when creating Dropbox cache files for the WebSite-Watcher App significantly improved
  • [+] New option "Prompt before stopping AutoWatch". This option is disabled by default and can be enabled in "Program configuration + Advanced + Messages".
  • [x] Improved detection of IFRAMES when using the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [x] Improved handling of IFRAMES
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting: New option to extract link URLs
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting: New option to extract image URLs
  • [x] Bookmark properties + Convert to simple HTML version: WebSite-Watcher tries to keep tables
  • [x] Improved support for images which are loaded dynamically when opening a page
  • [x] If PDF files could not be accessed with the default checking method, chances are high that they work with the Chromium method
  • [x] Bookmarks which are checked with the screenshot method are sent correctly to the Website-Watcher App
  • [x] Internal improvements when sending e-mails
  • [--] AutoWatch: the option "Automatic time configuration" has been removed. If you have used this option, then you probably you have to re-define the check interval.
  • [--] Manual check time settings: the option "Automatic time configuration" has been removed.
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for 2018 (18.2) - 2018 (18.3)

  • [+] Facebook pages can be checked via RSS feeds. This option is turned on for all new facebook pages. To monitor the real page, open the bookmark properties and turn off the option "Convert page to RSS".
  • [+] Twitter pages can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [+] Instagram pages can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [+] New bookmark action: Send page to the WebSite-Watcher App
  • [+] Update on Keywords - New option "Save page even if no keywords found": This new option replaces the global program tweak "SavePageWhenNoKeywordsFound" and can now be configured per bookmark. Detailed description see help file. That option is turned off by default, if you have used the tweak "SavePageWhenNoKeywordsFound" then you have to enable that option individually as needed.
  • [+] Record Internet Explorer Macros - New option "Ignore document CSS definitions": You can try that option if certain steps cannot be recorded properly, for example selecting a line in a drop-down-box
  • [+] Action Send e-mail: New subject line variable {changes50a} - same as {changes50} but removes the text "NEW ITEMS(n):" from RSS feeds
  • [+] Action Send e-mail: New subject line variable {changes50b} - same as {changes50} but removes the text "NEW ITEMS" from RSS feeds while keeping the number of new items
  • [x] RSS feeds: Enhanced detection of the author field
  • [+] CSS based filters work in combination with the "section" tag
  • [x] Improved handling of errors in RSS/Atom feeds
  • [x] Send e-mails: Improved error detection and reporting when e-mails cannot be sent
  • [x] "Internet Explorer/Browser": Option to scroll pages down improved
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher App: The Phone-Mode is no longer required to get notifications on your smartphone
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher App: WebSite-Watcher reports error messages (eg. E-Mails could not be sent) to the WebSite-Watcher App
  • [+] New program tweak: BookmarkPropertiesDefaultButton=check - Sets the "Check Now" button in the bookmark properties as default button. This is the button that is used when closing the bookmark properties with the Enter key.
  • [+] The bookmark action "Export page" works in combination with the check-by-screenshot method (a png image will be exported)
  • [+] Report/Export: Export fields are correctly encoded if the target file is a JSON file
  • [+] Advanced connection rules: Table can be sorted by column
  • [-] View + Statistics: The number of checks was reset to zero when a check reported an error
  • Many smaller improvements and optimizations



Changes for 2018 (18.0) - 2018 (18.2)

  • [-] Checking text files was broken in the 64bit version of WebSite-Watcher 18.1
  • Version 2018 (18.1) - 22-May-2018
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting + Extract DATA parameter from HTML tags: Works generically for all data-* parameters
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting: New option "Extract image title"
  • [+] Bookmark pre-definitions: It's possible to pre-define the "Open bookmark" configurations
  • [+] Plugins: New built-in functions for string comparison: StrCmp and StrICmp
  • [+] Keywords window: New function to find keywords
  • [+] sitemap.xml files supported, can also be used in combination with Follow-Links. (Read more at https://www.sitemaps.org/)
  • [x] Advanced connection rules could cause problems on some Windows Server systems
  • [+] CSS based filters work in combination with the "article" tag
  • [x] Bookmark checks: Improved detection and handling of redirections
  • [+] Bookmark action "Export page": Exporting to text format will include bookmark name and URL
  • [+] Export bookmarks to Excel: New fields {last_change_date} and {last_check_date}
  • [-] Root folder properties were not saved correctly under certain circumstances
  • [+] Phone bookmarks: It's possible to edit 5 bookmark lists (requires the WSW App 2018.2)
  • [x] Plugins: Function "GetComparisonInfo" improved
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations



Changes for 2017 (17.2) - 2018 (18.0)

  • [+] "Phone Mode" - Read changed bookmarks on your Smartphone with our new WebSite-Watcher app. All features that are required to read the bookmarks on your phone are also available in the Freeware Version of the app.
  • [+] PDF plugins: pdftotext.exe is now deployed with WebSite-Watcher and must no longer be installed separately. So all PDF plugins can now be used without further configurations.
  • [x] PDF plugins are now compatible with the latest version of pdftotext.exe
  • [x] Repair database rewritten, is more robust against errors now.
  • [x] Program tweak HighlightChangesExactHigh=1 improved, works more precisely now.
  • [+] Add URL from Firefox: New technique to grab URL from opened page. Works also with Firefox 57+ and 32/64bit versions.
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting + Extract DATA param from HTML tags: Extracts the text content from various HTML tag parameters and inserts it into the page. For example text content from ALT, TITLE or DATA-CONTENT parameters. This lets you monitor content that you typically see after moving the mouse over certain elements.
  • [x] Special filter "Sort words" improved
  • [x] Add URL from browser improved when WSW is not running.
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved, supports more type of logins
  • [x] CSS filters improved
  • [x] WSW checks if a database is read-only to avoid database problems
  • [x] Improved detection if another tool blocks the WebSite-Watcher bookmark database
  • [x] Advanced connection rules: Max time between connection rules increased to 600 seconds
  • [x] Improved: decoding certain characters
  • [x] Improved conversion of Excel files
  • [x] Improved RSS feed filtering
  • [x] Improved handling of dual monitor setups
  • [-] Advanced connection rules could consume high CPU under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2017 (17.1) - 2017 (17.2)

  • [+] Troubleshooting: Convert to simple HTML version (This option converts the page into a very simple version. You can use that option if the checked page cannot be displayed or if opening the bookmark causes a crash).
  • [x] Various performance improvements
  • [x] Performance boost when checking very large pages
  • [+] Filter Assistant: Find function (Ctrl+F) works for Ignore and Watch filters
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Advanced / Open page: New options "Tile vertically" and "Tile horizontally"
  • [+] Custom colums: New variable to display entered BCC e-mails
  • [+] .xlsm files can be checked via Excel plugin
  • [+] Bookmark properties: If the option "Delay after page has loaded" is activated, WebSite-Watcher automatically suggests 10 seconds
  • [+] Plugins: New function AddSlash
  • [+] Plugins: Bookmark_GetProperties supports 4 new fields: "ignore_filter", "watch_filter", "ignore_filter_unused" and "watch_filter_unused"
  • [+] Restore previous version also restores old change date
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved: More types of buttons supported
  • [x] When recording a new macro, WebSite-Watcher automatically pre-selects the option "Internet Explorer Macro"
  • [x] Improved support of links with anchors
  • [+] Report/Export works with Virtual Folders when the Folder View is selected
  • [+] New program tweak: HighlightChangesExactHigh=1 - Improves accuracy of the highlight method "Excact". This tweak uses a more exact algorithm to highlight different words in similar paragraphs. This method requires more resources and might work a bit slower. Use it only if the default behavior of the "Excact" method is not accurate enough.
  • [-] .xlsx files could not be converted under rare circumstances
  • [-] Running AutoBackup could cause a crash under certain circumstances
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when using the program tweak ActionsSendMailAttachAsZip=1
  • [-] Report/Export: Links in extracted changes could be broken under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2016 (16.3) - 2017 (17.1)

  • [x] RSS/Atom feeds: More date formates supported
  • [+] RSS feeds: Black/Whitelist also searches in author field
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could display an error message for databases larger than 2GB under certain circumstances
  • [x] Improved detection of errors when downloading invalid CSS files (WSW could hang under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Checks with technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher works now with the recent layout changes of LinkedIn pages
  • [x] Improved results when a page is checked with the technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" and the pagetype "text"
  • [x] Send e-mail in text format + attach files: Reverted back to attach files in HTML format to be more compatible with web mailers. If you want to send attachments in ZIP format, you can use the program tweak ActionsSendMailAttachAsZip=1
  • [+] New plugin to monitor XenForo Topic Lists
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when displaying the tray icon under rare circumstances
  • [-] Abort button didn't work correctly under certain circumstances
  • [x] Improved high dpi support
  • [x] Automatically fix possible conflicts after changing monitor resolutions
  • [x] Improved support for SVG files
  • Smaller improvements and reported bugs fixed
  • Version 2017 (17.0) - 17-Feb-2017
  • [+] Abitlity to run multiple instances of WebSite-Watcher on the same PC. To run a second instance of WebSite-Watcher, you have to install a second copy of WebSite-Watcher as portable edition into a separate folder which can then be started and executed simultaneously to the first installation.
  • [+] Cloud Sync: New feature to synchronize a bookmark database via the Cloud or a local/network drive. For example if you use WebSite-Watcher on your PC and on your notebook, you can easily synchronize your bookmark database via the Cloud. All data stored in the Cloud is encrypted with AES-256. This feature replaces the old Synchronize feature that was available in WebSite-Watcher 2016 and prior.
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced + Open page: Option to always open the checked bookmark in your external browser. You can use that option if opening a bookmark crashes the internal browser.
  • [+] The bookmark actions "Send e-mail" and "Open bookmark" no longer need the action "Mark as read" when the bookmarks aren't opened within WebSite-Watcher. This work flow is now detected and handled automatically by WebSite-Watcher. A missing "Mark as read" action was often the culprit of a wrong behavior when sending out e-mails. To disable that new automatism, you can use the program tweak: ActionsAutomaticallyMarkAsRead=0
  • [+] Send e-mail in text format + attach files: WSW now creates a ZIP file with related CSS/image files and attaches the ZIP (instead of just the HTML files without CSS/image files). The old behavior to send just HTML files without CSS/images can be enabled with the program tweak: ActionsSendMailAttachAsZip=0
  • [+] New option "Don't display images" (in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Images). Use that option if images overlap other areas in the page.
  • [+] Script: New command CloudSync to synchronize bookmarks via Cloud
  • [+] Performance improvement on certain PCs when checking bookmarks, especially on PCs without SSD
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher supports images that are embedded in the source web pages or RSS feeds
  • [+] RSS/Atom feeds - Black/Whitelist: Button "Test selected line"
  • [x] RSS/Atom feeds: Improved detection and auto-correction of errors in RSS feeds
  • [+] Bookmark properties / user defined User Agent: Easy way to set Chrome or Firefox as User Agent. This will insert the vairables {chrome} or {firefox} which will then be replaced by the correct user agent when the bookmark are checked.
  • [+] Tools + Test server: Ping and Trace Route commands to test the availability of a server
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Test server (drop down menu on the right side of the URL field): Ping and Trace Route commands to test the availability of a server
  • [+] LinkedIn pages automatically use the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [+] Sending e-mails: process can be aborted
  • [x] Executing scripts: Script errors are displayed in the WebSite-Watcher main window, for example when a defined target folder does not exist
  • [x] Opening the bookmark properties with Alt+Enter no longer causes a sound
  • [x] CSS filters improved (did not work in combination with certain HTML tags)
  • [+] Download Manager: Shortcut "Del" to delete selected items
  • [+] Plugins: New function "StringList_RemoveDuplicates"
  • [-] WSW could crash when checking pages with changed SVG images
  • [-] Keywords feature in Virtual Folders did not work for locally saved files and FTP files
  • [+] MiniBrowser: Executing check macros can be aborted
  • [+] If the internal browser is maximized, the password manager KeePass can be used to insert user/password into web pages (page title and URL are placed in the window title bar with is required for the KeePass autofill mechanism)
  • [x] Absolute links are now correctly created for links GoogleGroups
  • [x] Improved caclulation of absolute link addresses
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation optimized. If WebSite-Watcher checks a single bookmark every second, it could happen that the countown was 2 seconds. Now it should always be 1 second.
  • [-] RSS feed postings could have the wrong character encoding under certain circumstances
  • [-] Export statistics to Excel: First row was not exported
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved. Website-Watcher can follow more kind of links
  • [x] Default shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+0 changed to Ctrl+9 (since Ctrl+Shift+0 can be used as global shortcut by Windows)
  • [x] Highlighting keywords in the Analyze tab improved
  • [x] Filter system: hellip character correctly supported
  • [x] Improved compatibility with Win10/IE11
  • [-] Sending e-mails: Underscore character was stripped from e-mail subjects
  • Smaller improvements and optimizations



Changes for 2016 (16.2) - 2016 (16.3)

  • [+] WebSite-Watcher works correctly with High DPI displays that are using scaling
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros and IE/Browser: Filtering of scripts and comments significantely improved
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros and IE/Browser: Improved support for Windows 10
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: Internal timeout handling improved. This can bring a small performance improvement for certain Internet Explorer Macros.
  • [x] RSS feeds: Improved detection and handling if a feed only contains removed articles
  • [+] Internal browser / Statusbar: Possibility to set the default zoom level
  • [x] Internal browser: Max zoom level is now 500 (instead of 200)
  • [x] RSS/Atom feeds: Improved sorting behavior when multiple posts have no or a similiar pub date
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: improved form filling and more types of non-standard buttons supported
  • [-] Changes side bar didn't work correctly when the browser zoom level wasn't 100%
  • [-] Program configuration: Custom folder line height didn't work correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] Checking local HTML files with the checking method "Internet Explorer/Browser" didn't correctly handle link addresses
  • [-] Follow-Links: Ignore parts of an URL to avoid duplicates didn't work under certain circumstances
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v15.5 - 2016 (16.0)

  • [+] Highlight keywords: Multiple keyword colors supported. Just add #colorname on the right side of a keyword definition to use an alternative color. Supported color names are: red, green, olive, lime, teal, blue, aqua, magenta, orange. You can also use the Keywords dialog to add/remove the colors.
  • [+] Performance improvement: Bookmarks that use the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" or Internet Explorer Macros can be checked with multiple connections. The limit of one check at a time is no longer required and the checks work similar to the Standard checking method. Only Internet Explorer Macros per top level domain are limited to one check at a time. So if you have many bookmarks which use "Internet Explorer/Browser", you might see a huge performance improvement!
  • [+] Performance improvement: HTTPS bookmarks from the same domain can be checked with simultaneous connections. So if you have many HTTPS bookmarks from the same domain (eg. facebook.com), you might see a huge performance improvement! Default value: 3 connections per domain.
  • [+] Black/Whitelist for RSS feeds to include/exclude certain articles
  • [+] New option to ignore RSS feed article bodies
  • [+] Multiple Proxies. It's possible to define multiple proxies which can be used on a per-bookmark level. So it's possible to monitor different bookmarks with different proxies. This will work with bookmarks that use the http or https protocol.
  • [+] Internal Browser: Goto previous change
  • [+] Browser integration: It's possible to drag/drop the URL of a web browser over the browser eye to add bookmarks (that way it's possible to open the currently opened page from Chrome to WSW)
  • [+] SVG images supported (will be displayed within checked web pages)
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Actions: Add log file to Local Website Archive
  • [+] Browser integration: It's possible to drag/drop a link from a web page over the browser eye to add it as new bookmark
  • [+] Bookmark properties have a Tweaks section that will be used for certain configurations or enhancements.
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Tweak: HttpAcceptLanguage=... to define the accept-language header per bookmark
  • [+] Plugins: New function "DecodeHtmlChars" to decode all encoded characters (eg. or ú)
  • [+] Virtual folders / Advanced rules: New variable {is_changed}. Can be 0 or 1, dependent if a bookmark is marked as changed (red/bold).
  • [+] Virtual folders / Advanced rules: New variables {flag_any}, {flag_red}, {flag_green}, {flag_blue}, {flag_yellow} to display bookmarks with flags. Values can be 0 or 1.
  • [+] Filter Assistant: New shortcuts "Ctrl+N" for "Create new filter" and "Ctrl+T" for "Test filter".
  • [+] Report/Export: New variable {wsw_url_domain} for the top level domain, eg. aignes.com
  • [+] Report/Export: New variable {wsw_sort_url} to sort the report by URLs (default is sorting by name)
  • [+] Report/Export: New variable {wsw_sort_domain} to sort the report by domain name (default is sorting by name)
  • [+] Auto-Filter: It's possible to delete single Auto-Filter lines
  • [x] Creating Auto-Filters improved
  • [+] RSS feeds with various non-standard syntax formats supported
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: Macros with "I'm not a robot" captchas supported (the captcha can now be entered correctly)
  • [+] Program configuration / E-Mail / Max e-mail size: If you send e-mails in HTML format with embedded images, you can limit the max size of the e-mails. WebSite-Watcher will remove images from the e-mail as long as the size larger than the configured max value. This option is enabled by default with a max. size of 10 MB per e-mail.
  • [+] Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+R (to restore the previous version) also works when the internal browser is focused
  • [+] Export to/Import from Excel: New field "autowatch_check_every_time" for the configuration "check every X days"
  • [x] Import URLs from Excel spreadsheets: Automatically remove leading/trailing slashes from URLs which caused an error message when checked
  • [x] Main window: Mouse wheel no longer changes the opened page when the mouse is over the URL field
  • [x] Recalculating AutoWatch countdown after checking single bookmarks improved
  • [x] Export/Report: Extracting highlighting changes improved
  • [x] Checking bookmarks: WSW is now identified as IE11 instead of IE10
  • [x] Detecting and displaying removed content at the bottom of the page improved
  • [-] Update Ticker didn't remember the last position on multi monitor setups under certain circumstances



Changes for v15.4 - v15.5

  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [x] Auto correction of HTML errors in web pages improved
  • [x] Performance improvements when checking pages with lots of meta tags (WSW could nearly hang under certain circumstances)



Changes for v15.3 - v15.4

  • [x] Internet Explorer Check-Macros improved (especially for pages with frames)
  • [-] Create Ignore/Watch filters with start/end text didn't work correctly
  • [x] Download-Manager: Internal timeout value increased



Changes for 2015 v15.2 - v15.3

  • [+] Windows 10 officially supported
  • [+] Improved support for Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11
  • [x] Browser Eye doesn't overlap with the minimize button of Windows 10
  • [+] If AutoWatch or a check script is running, WSW will no longer show a window about dead AutoBackup files (so that the current check process won't be interrupted)
  • [-] Follow-Links didn't work correctly with .com.au addresses
  • [-] Download-Manager could crash for certain URLs
  • [-] Bookmark action "Export page": Filename wasn't saved correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] Dialup reimplemented (did not work in the 64bit version of WSW)
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for 2015 v15.1 - 2015 v15.2

  • Sending a test e-mail could fail under certain circumstances
  • Scripting language: Sending an e-mail could fail under certain circumstances
  • Program configuration / Pre-defined bookmark properties: Troubleshooting properties didn't work
  • Internal browser: Improved handling of spaces in URLs
  • Date variables: negative offset could cause wrong results
  • Smaller tweaks and fixes



Changes for 2015 v15.0 - 2015 v15.1

  • Report/Export: New variable {wsw_url_checkurl} that is replaced with the URL that was used for checking a bookmark (incl. resolved date variables, server relocations, etc).
  • Improved handling of character sets if web pages have errors in the HTML source code
  • WebSite-Watcher could hang when working with e-mail templates
  • Private Plugins didn't work if the same database was used with the 32bit and 64bit version of WSW alternately
  • Plugins / event function "Wsw_MergePages": parameter sNewPostData didn't automatically start the POST command (GET was used instead)
  • Creating folders with single quotation marks caused a crash
  • RSS/Atom feeds: Items were not detected if only a link URL (without item title or item description) was available
  • Minor bugs fixed



Changes for 2015 v15.0 Beta 3 - 2015 v15.0

  • 64-bit version of WebSite-Watcher
  • (combined setup for 32/64 bit version. The setup will automatically install the 64bit version on 64bit systems)
  • The About box shows if the 32/64bit version is installed.
  • CSS based watch filters
  • Bookmark action "Send mail": Customized E-Mail templates. Can for example be used to send e-mails with alternative sender e-mail address or an alternative e-mail body
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_removed_content(MAXLEN)} to show removed content
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_readstatus} shows if a bookmark has been read. ("read" or "unread")
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_update_on_keywords_table} shows found keywords of the Update-On-Keywords feature (similar to the table in the Analysis tab of the internal browser). This variable returns a HTML table, so this variable is designed to be used in HTML based reports.
  • Report window / context menu: "Check selected bookmarks" and "Uncheck selected bookmarks"
  • Follow-Links: New option "Don't follow links inside filtered parts of a page". With that option, the Follow-Links feature uses defined Ignore filters to exclude links from filtered areas of a page. This option only works with Ignore filters, not with Watch filters.
  • Follow-Links: New option "Name Prefix". This option will assign the entered text as prefix to the bookmark name of automatically inserted bookmarks.
  • Follow-Links: FTP protocol supported
  • Follow-Links: IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) supported
  • Bookmark context menu / New entry "Select Master Bookmark" (if a child bookmark is selected). Useful when there are multiple master bookmarks within the same folder.
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: New option to set "Last check date"
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: New option to set "Last changed date"
  • Download/Display images in a page: New option "Don't show images within filtered content"
  • Script / CreateReport: New option to create a report for the currently selected bookmarks. This will make it for example possible to create and send a report by e-mail for the currently opened bookmark. (CreateReport /bookmarks=selected /...)
  • Script / new predefined variables: {windowsdir} and {winprogramsdir}
  • New program tweak: HandleWarningWholeContentFilteredAsError=1 - If a check reports the message "Warning: whole content filtered (please verify your filter settings)", then this is handled as warning by default. If you enable that tweak, this status message is handled as error (listed in Error folder, the bookmark option "Alert/Actions-on-Error" is performed, etc).
  • Update similar bookmarks: Window can be resized and WebSite-Watcher remembers window size
  • Update similar bookmarks: WebSite-Watcher remembers column widths and sorting
  • Virtual Folders: New options "Actions on Initialization" and "Actions on Update"
  • Download-Manager: FTP protocol supported
  • Download Manager: Remember column widths
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks / Export page: it's possible to assign the export file
  • Export/Import bookmarks to/from Excel: Fields for bookmark action "Export" supported
  • Backups and AutoBackups can be aborted via a Cancel button
  • Internet Explorer Macros: New option to use a customized User Agent
  • MiniBrowser: New option to use a customized User Agent
  • Internal browser / Page button: New command "Save page as". Lets you save pages HTML, MHT and TEXT format
  • Filter-Assistant / New option "Always start Filter Assistant with TEXT tab" (can be changed in the Options menu of the Filter Assistant)
  • Test Filter window shows the date when the new/old version was changed
  • Shortcut can be assigned to function "Disable check"
  • Plugins: function "Bookmark_GetProperty" can read the check status. Useful when you want to write the check status to a log file. Example script see help file.
  • Help file / new Plugin example: Write status of last check to log file
  • Help file / new Plugin example: Extract and show PDF links
  • Startup: WSW automatically detects if the configuration file is corrupted and can automatically restore a backup file
  • AutoBackup: Max number of days to run AutoBackups is now 99 (instead of 9)
  • Check method "Internet Explorer/Browser": Checks with option "Disable optimizations" significantly improved
  • Checking FTP pages improved
  • Repair database: Performance boost when repairing a database
  • RSS feeds with IFRAME tags in postings were not displayed correctly
  • Fixed a bug when sending e-mails without authentication (when username/password were entered)
  • Virtual Folders: Action "Mark as read" didn't work correctly
  • Virtual Folders: The action list didn't show check marks when an action is enabled
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2015 v15.0 Beta 2 - 2015 v15.0 Beta 3

  • [-] Some pages could not be checked/displayed correctly (beta-2 issue)
  • [+] Startup: WSW automatically detects if the configuration file is corrupted and can automatically restore a backup file
  • Several language files updated



Changes for 2015 v15.0 Beta 1 - 2015 v15.0 Beta 2

  • Virtual Folders: New options "Actions on Initialization" and "Actions on Update"
  • Improved support of conditional defines in page source code
  • RSS feeds with IFRAME tags in postings were not displayed correctly
  • Fixed a bug when sending e-mails without authentication (when username/password were entered)
  • Virtual Folders: Action "Mark as read" didn't work correctly
  • Virtual Folders: The action list didn't show check marks when an action is enabled
  • Smaller improvements and reported bugs fixed
  • Language files for translators updated



Changes for 2014 v14.3 - 2015 v15.0 Beta 1

  • 64-bit version of WebSite-Watcher
  • (combined setup for 32/64 bit version. The setup will automatically install the 64bit version on 64bit systems)
  • The About box shows if the 32/64bit version is installed.
  • CSS based watch filters
  • Bookmark action "Send mail": Customized E-Mail templates. Can for example be used to send e-mails with alternative sender e-mail address or an alternative e-mail body
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_removed_content(MAXLEN)} to show removed content
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_readstatus} shows if a bookmark has been read. ("read" or "unread")
  • Report: New variable {wsw_url_update_on_keywords_table} shows found keywords of the Update-On-Keywords feature (similar to the table in the Analysis tab of the internal browser). This variable returns a HTML table, so this variable is designed to be used in HTML based reports.
  • Report window / context menu: "Check selected bookmarks" and "Uncheck selected bookmarks"
  • Follow-Links: New option "Don't follow links inside filtered parts of a page". With that option, the Follow-Links feature uses defined Ignore filters to exclude links from filtered areas of a page. This option only works with Ignore filters, not with Watch filters.
  • Follow-Links: New option "Name Prefix". This option will assign the entered text as prefix to the bookmark name of automatically inserted bookmarks.
  • Follow-Links: FTP protocol supported
  • Follow-Links: IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) supported
  • Bookmark context menu / New entry "Select Master Bookmark" (if a child bookmark is selected). Useful when there are multiple master bookmarks within the same folder.
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: New option to set "Last check date"
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: New option to set "Last changed date"
  • Download/Display images in a page: New option "Don't show images within filtered content"
  • Script / CreateReport: New option to create a report for the currently selected bookmarks. This will make it for example possible to create and send a report by e-mail for the currently opened bookmark. (CreateReport /bookmarks=selected /...)
  • Script / new predefined variables: {windowsdir} and {winprogramsdir}
  • New program tweak: HandleWarningWholeContentFilteredAsError=1 - If a check reports the message "Warning: whole content filtered (please verify your filter settings)", then this is handled as warning by default. If you enable that tweak, this status message is handled as error (listed in Error folder, the bookmark option "Alert/Actions-on-Error" is performed, etc).
  • Update similar bookmarks: Window can be resized and WebSite-Watcher remembers window size
  • Update similar bookmarks: WebSite-Watcher remembers column widths and sorting
  • Download-Manager: FTP protocol supported
  • Download Manager: Remember column widths
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks / Export page: it's possible to assign the export file
  • Export/Import bookmarks to/from Excel: Fields for bookmark action "Export" supported
  • Backups and AutoBackups can be aborted via a Cancel button
  • Internet Explorer Macros: New option to use a customized User Agent
  • MiniBrowser: New option to use a customized User Agent
  • Internal browser / Page button: New command "Save page as". Lets you save pages HTML, MHT and TEXT format
  • Filter-Assistant / New option "Always start Filter Assistant with TEXT tab" (can be changed in the Options menu of the Filter Assistant)
  • Test Filter window shows the date when the new/old version was changed
  • Shortcut can be assigned to function "Disable check"
  • Plugins: function "Bookmark_GetProperty" can read the check status. Useful when you want to write the check status to a log file. Example script see help file.
  • Help file / new Plugin example: Write status of last check to log file
  • Help file / new Plugin example: Extract and show PDF links
  • AutoBackup: Max number of days to run AutoBackups is now 99 (instead of 9)
  • Check method "Internet Explorer/Browser": Checks with option "Disable optimizations" significantly improved
  • Checking FTP pages improved
  • Repair database: Performance boost when repairing a database



Changes for 2014 v14.3 Beta - 2014 v14.3

  • Atom feeds: enclosures supported
  • Performance of AutoBackup/Backup improved
  • AutoBackup could hang on certain systems
  • Some FTP pages could not be checked in v14.2
  • RSS/Atom feeds: images were not be displayed in rare cases
  • Minor fixes and tweaks



Changes for 2014 v14.2 - 2014 v14.3 Beta

  • Atom feeds: enclosures supported
  • Performance of AutoBackup/Backup improved
  • AutoBackup could hang on certain systems
  • Some FTP pages could not be checked in v14.2
  • RSS/Atom feeds: images were not be displayed in rare cases
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for 2014 v14.2 Beta 3 - 2014 v14.2

  • Scripting language: new function "GetLastCheckUpdatedBookmarkCount"
  • Send e-mails: Header "X-Mailer" is no longer used in e-mails sent by WebSite-Watcher
  • Bookmark properties / RSS feed analysis: Link URL is displayed
  • Atom feeds: GUID is now used (this will cause a false positive when Atom feeds are checked the first time with the new version)
  • Bookmark properties / RSS / Keep the most recent X articles: Option did not work correctly for Atom feeds (only for RSS feeds)
  • View + Log file + Deleted filter: Filters were displayed in a single line, new filters are now added again in new lines
  • Bookmark properties + Convert Unicode URLs: Some conversion fixes/improvements
  • Fix a bug where defined CSS filters were deleted falsely



Changes for 2014 v14.2 Beta 2 - 2014 v14.2 Beta 3

  • Navigation in bookmark list and report window didn't work correctly
  • Minor bugs fixed



Changes for 2014 v14.2 Beta 1 - 2014 v14.2 Beta 2

  • Send mail: Option AutoSSL didn't work for certain servers
  • FTP didn't work correctly for certain addresses



Changes for 2014 v14.1 - 2014 v14.2 Beta 1

  • New option to optionally disable toolbar tooltips
  • Plugins: "Bookmark_Setproperty" can read/write the bookmark note
  • Plugins: "Bookmark_Setproperty" can write the bookmark name
  • Checking PDF files with Internet Explorer Macros
  • Bookmark pre-definitions: It's possible to predefine the option "Suppress frameset warning"
  • Bookmark pre-definitions: It's possible to predefine the option "Ignore message: whole content filtered"
  • Bookmark pre-definitions: It's possible to predefine the options "Checking method", "file type" and "character set"
  • Improved detection if bookmarks with check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" have an error 404/page not found
  • Improved detection if entered regular expressions are correct, WebSite-Watcher also show a warning when regular expressions will exceed internal memory limits due to massive backtracking
  • Special filter / minimum number of changes: Max value increased from 99 to 999
  • Re-creating database from cache folder improved
  • Improved detection of database problems and corrupted databases
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Tweak "PerformCheckOnlyIfUrlExists" improved - http://website-watcher.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3535
  • Improved: stopping AutoWatch while a check is running (could take a long time in previous versions)
  • json files are automatically handled as text files
  • internal: sending e-mails rewritten
  • internal: checking FTP files rewritten
  • internal: checking newsgroup rewritten
  • internal: backup system rewritten
  • Problems with yahoo smtp servers fixed



Changes for 2014 v14.0 - 2014 v14.1

  • [+] Automatically fix several invalid bookmark configurations after importing bookmarks from Excel
  • [-] CSS based ignore filters didn't work correctly in version 14.0
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2013 v13.2 - 2014 v14.0

  • New program option "Always open links in external browser": If enabled, WebSite-Watcher will always open online URLs in your external default browser. Only checked bookmarks (locally saved pages) will then be opened within WebSite-Watcher. Currently, the latest version of Internet Explorer 11 has some bugs that can freeze applications. If you run into that problem, you can use that option to work around that bug.
  • Learning AutoFilter didn't work in previous beta versions
  • smaller improvements
  • Import bookmarks from Chrome
  • Assign bookmark properties: Min. number of word changes can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Assign bookmark properties: More options in the "Highlight Changes" configuration (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Silent uninstall (more information see chapter "Silent Install/Uninstall" in the help file)
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller bugs fixed
  • Improved compatibility with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 (Starting with version 11, an embedded Internet Explorer is identified as IE9 with an uncommon user agent string. This could cause problems with various web pages. WebSite-Watcher 2014 changes that user agent string so that IE11 is correctly identified as IE11).
  • New ignore filter: Filter content via CSS class names
  • New special filter: Minimum number of new/changed words (that are required to detect an update)
  • New special filter: Sort page content by sentences
  • Pre-define bookmark properties / Ignore and Watch filter: New option "Add to existing configuration"
  • Pre-define bookmark properties / Keywords: New option "Add to existing configuration"
  • Keywords and Ignore/Watch filters: New function regexcmp(regex,operator,number) - this functions searches for the defined regular expression, extracts all digits from the match and compares them with the pre-defined number. This function can for example be used to extract a price and accept it only if it is larger than 1000. Example: regexcmp(Price:\s*\d+\.\d\d;,; >1000)
  • Keywords: It's possible to call the "Test regex" window to directly test regular expressions or keywords
  • Global bookmark pre-definitions: New option "Continue processing with other pre-definitions". This makes it possible to pre-define multiple pre-definitions per bookmark
  • Performance: Much better handling of the checking queue to avoid bottlenecks when many bookmarks with the same domain are queued or when checks are limited via advanced connection rules
  • Performance: User interface should be more responsive during bookmark checks
  • WebSite-Watcher can check pages and files which are encoded in UTF-16 format
  • Bookmark properties: Advanced Internet Explorer check settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: IFRAMES settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Action "Export page" can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Action "Run program" can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Troubleshooting settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Check selected bookmarks (extended): New option "Check before other bookmarks". If enabled, bookmarks will be inserted and checked before already queued bookmarks.
  • Bookmark properties / RSS feeds: It's possible to define how new RSS feed postings should be detected. Optional, by default WebSite-Watcher uses an automatic system that can fail under certain circumstances, for example when an RSS feed regularly changes the GUID (=Globally Unique Identifier) of existing postings.
  • Filter-Assistant converts all links to text (optional). This makes it easier to make a selection within a link text.
  • Statistics: Export statistic to Excel spreadsheet
  • Statistics: Reset statistics
  • The plugin "Auto-Download with Download-Manager" now also works with initialized bookmarks (if configured in the bookmark properties)
  • Customizable pre-definitions for the user agent string. The user agent can then be selected from the pre-defined list (eg. to get the mobile layout of a page if available)
  • File+Reopen now remembers the last 9 used files (instead of 4)
  • New Tweak: HandleIgnoreUpdateAsError=0 (If a bookmark has the Ignore updates feature configured and a black listed text is found in the page, then (1) WebSite-Watcher will list this bookmark in the error folder and (2) alert an update after the configured number of errors in a row. With that tweak, WebSite-Watcher will ignore the update but not list the bookmark in the error folder nor alert an update after X errors in a row)
  • Bookmark properties: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Assign bookmark properties window: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Checking method "Internet Explorer/Browser": It's possible to use a custom User Agent (bookmark properties + Advanced + Check options (2))
  • Download Manager: New option "Move to system tray when WebSite-Watcher starts a download"
  • Download Manager: New option "Show info window when a download has completed"
  • Send RSS feeds via the bookmark action "Send mail": If the option "Alert/Actions on initialization" is enabled, WebSite-Watcher sent an empty feed for initialized feeds (because by default, only new or changed articles are sent by e-mail). On initialization, WebSite-Watcher will send the whole feed now.
  • Internet Check Macros improved
  • Several performance improvements while a check is running
  • Improved filtering of HTML tags when a tag contains problematic characters or tags (eg. HTML tags in the title parameter)
  • Enhanced handling of certain encoded characters
  • Performance improvements when comparing pages (could take a very long time for certain pages)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2014 v14.0 Beta 1 - 2014 v14.0 Beta 2

  • Import bookmarks from Chrome
  • Assign bookmark properties: Min. number of word changes can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Assign bookmark properties: More options in the "Highlight Changes" configuration (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Silent uninstall (more information see chapter "Silent Install/Uninstall" in the help file)
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2013 v13.2 - 2014 v14.0 Beta 1

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 (Starting with version 11, an embedded Internet Explorer is identified as IE9 with an uncommon user agent string. This could cause problems with various web pages. WebSite-Watcher 2014 changes that user agent string so that IE11 is correctly identified as IE11).
  • New ignore filter: Filter content via CSS class names
  • New special filter: Minimum number of new/changed words (that are required to detect an update)
  • New special filter: Sort page content by sentences
  • Pre-define bookmark properties / Ignore and Watch filter: New option "Add to existing configuration"
  • Pre-define bookmark properties / Keywords: New option "Add to existing configuration"
  • Keywords and Ignore/Watch filters: New function regexcmp(regex,operator,number) - this functions searches for the defined regular expression, extracts all digits from the match and compares them with the pre-defined number. This function can for example be used to extract a price and accept it only if it is larger than 1000. Example: regexcmp(Price:\s*\d+\.\d\d;,; >1000)
  • Keywords: It's possible to call the "Test regex" window to directly test regular expressions or keywords
  • Global bookmark pre-definitions: New option "Continue processing with other pre-definitions". This makes it possible to pre-define multiple pre-definitions per bookmark
  • Performance: Much better handling of the checking queue to avoid bottlenecks when many bookmarks with the same domain are queued or when checks are limited via advanced connection rules
  • Performance: User interface should be more responsive during bookmark checks
  • WebSite-Watcher can check pages and files which are encoded in UTF-16 format
  • Bookmark properties: Advanced Internet Explorer check settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: IFRAMES settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Action "Export page" can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Action "Run program" can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Bookmark properties: Troubleshooting settings can be pre-configured (folder properties and global bookmark pre-definitions)
  • Check selected bookmarks (extended): New option "Check before other bookmarks". If enabled, bookmarks will be inserted and checked before already queued bookmarks.
  • Bookmark properties / RSS feeds: It's possible to define how new RSS feed postings should be detected. Optional, by default WebSite-Watcher uses an automatic system that can fail under certain circumstances, for example when an RSS feed regularly changes the GUID (=Globally Unique Identifier) of existing postings.
  • Filter-Assistant converts all links to text (optional). This makes it easier to make a selection within a link text.
  • Statistics: Export statistic to Excel spreadsheet
  • Statistics: Reset statistics
  • The plugin "Auto-Download with Download-Manager" now also works with initialized bookmarks (if configured in the bookmark properties)
  • Customizable pre-definitions for the user agent string. The user agent can then be selected from the pre-defined list (eg. to get the mobile layout of a page if available)
  • File+Reopen now remembers the last 9 used files (instead of 4)
  • New Tweak: HandleIgnoreUpdateAsError=0 (If a bookmark has the Ignore updates feature configured and a black listed text is found in the page, then (1) WebSite-Watcher will list this bookmark in the error folder and (2) alert an update after the configured number of errors in a row. With that tweak, WebSite-Watcher will ignore the update but not list the bookmark in the error folder nor alert an update after X errors in a row)
  • Bookmark properties: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Assign bookmark properties window: WebSite-Watcher automatically checks entered regular expressions for syntax errors
  • Checking method "Internet Explorer/Browser": It's possible to use a custom User Agent (bookmark properties + Advanced + Check options (2))
  • Download Manager: New option "Move to system tray when WebSite-Watcher starts a download"
  • Download Manager: New option "Show info window when a download has completed"
  • Send RSS feeds via the bookmark action "Send mail": If the option "Alert/Actions on initialization" is enabled, WebSite-Watcher sent an empty feed for initialized feeds (because by default, only new or changed articles are sent by e-mail). On initialization, WebSite-Watcher will send the whole feed now.
  • Internet Check Macros improved
  • Several performance improvements while a check is running
  • Improved filtering of HTML tags when a tag contains problematic characters or tags (eg. HTML tags in the title parameter)
  • Enhanced handling of certain encoded characters
  • Performance improvements when comparing pages (could take a very long time for certain pages)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2013 v13.1 - 2013 v13.2

  • Export to Excel: If an export fails, then WebSite-Watcher shows the bookmark that caused an error
  • [-] RSS/Atom feeds: WSW used a wrong title ("NEWS") when a feed with no articles was initialized
  • [-] Renaming folders between upper/lowercase characters didn't work properly
  • Smaller tweaks and fixes



Changes for 2013 v13.1 Beta 1 - 2013 v13.1

  • Improved handling of external CSS files
  • XML files are now automatically handled as TEXT files
  • Improved extraction of RSS feed titles
  • Improved detection and handling if the # character is an anchor or part of the URL
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2013 v13.0 - 2013 v13.1 Beta 1

  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros / new option when recording new macros: Disable optimizations. You can try that option if an Internet Explorer Macro cannot be executed correctly (certain pages could not be monitored with the internal optimizations which are enabled by default).
  • [+] Plugins / new function: DownloadPageToString
  • [+] Plugins / Built in function Bookmark_GetProperty has a new parameter "check_log" to get the log file of the current check
  • [x] Improved keywords detection
  • [x] If the configured AutoBackup folder doesn't exist, WebSite-Watcher will no longer fall back to the default AutoBackup folder. An error message will be displayed instead.
  • [x] Performance boost: Certain bookmarks could take a very long time to open in the internal browser
  • [-] Some pages could be displayed without CSS (although the CSS files were available).
  • [-] Follow-Links: WSW could "assimilate" bookmarks with the same domain as the master bookmark when they were stored in the same folder
  • Many smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2012 v12.3 - 2013 v13.0

  • [+] Options + Global bookmark pre-definitions: Assign pre-defined bookark properties to new/existing bookmarks with certain URL specifications. For example to automatically check all bookmarks with domain "aignes.com" with the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [+] Monitoring files on local network drives supported, eg. \\server\folder\filename.ext
  • [+] Browser integration: If the browser integration is enabled, then the WebSite-Watcher Browser Eye can also be displayed when WebSite-Watcher is not running. So you can easily add bookmarks from your browser without having to start WebSite-Watcher manually. Optional, disabled by default.
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: Possibility to pre-define all special filters
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: It's possible to pre-define watch filters
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: It's possible to pre-define shared plugins. In that case a shared plugin is already used when a bookmark is initialized.
  • [+] Internal browser / TEXT tab: filtered content is now also striked out in the TEXT tab
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send mail: New option to ignore CSS definitions (can be used when your e-mail client has problems to display HTML mails from WebSite-Watcher)
  • [+] Send mails: The e-mail template (program configuration) is now also used in HTML e-mails. This makes it possible to display bookmark name and URL within the HTML e-mail.
  • [+] Bookmark action / Export page: New option to export the new version or the version with highlighted changes
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [x] PDF Plugin significantly improved (extraction and performance)
  • [+] Tweak "PerformCheckOnlyIfUrlExists": If a "+" is added in front of the URL, then the check will be performed with each check run (optional)
  • [+] New tweak to no longer delete outdated filter definitions automatically. See helpfile for more information.
  • [+] When the divider between bookmark list and internal browser is moved, WebSite-Watcher ensures that the focussed bookmark stays in view.
  • [x] Improved keyword searching in Atom feeds
  • [x] Improved detection if RSS/Atom feeds have just removed items
  • [x] Checking local files improved
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically deletes successfully sent e-mails from the error log after e-mails could not be sent temporarily
  • [+] New plugin: MS Excel (unformatted numbers) - The default Excel plugin shows formatted numbers while this plugin shows all numbers as they are stored in the sheet (no rounded numbers, no formatted decimal values, etc).
  • [+] New plugin: Monitor all OPTION tags - This plugin extracts all OPTION tags (eg. all entries from a drop down box) from the checked page and converts them into a new page.
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_MergePages": This event function is called to merge multiple pages, eg. when monitoring a forum thread.
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_AfterCheck": This event function is called after a bookmark has been checked.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "main_url" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Replaces the main URL in the bookmark properties. Typical example is when you monitor a fourm thread and change the page URL if further sub pages are available. Typical example see help file.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "ignore_filter" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Defines an ignore filter that is used temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "watch_filter" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Defines a watch filter that is used temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "filter_ignore_removed_content" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Enables the special filter "Ignore removed elements" temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugin IDE: Source tab has an "Apply filter" button. This can be useful when you want to evaluate regular expressions for the Bookmark_SetProperty settings "ignore_filter" and "watch_filter".
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Alert if keywords are NOT found
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Merge search result pages
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Merge pages in forum thread
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Calculate the time of a check and write the number of seconds to a log file
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Alert only if there is more than 1 change
  • [-] Import from CSV file didn't work when the fields in the first line were placed in quotes



Changes for 2013 v13.0 Beta 1 - 2013 v13.0 Beta 2

  • Reported bugs fixed
  • Language files for translators updated



Changes for 2012 v12.3 - 2013 v13.0 Beta 1

  • [+] Options + Global bookmark pre-definitions: Assign pre-defined bookark properties to new/existing bookmarks with certain URL specifications. For example to automatically check all bookmarks with domain "aignes.com" with the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [+] Monitoring files on local network drives supported, eg. \\server\folder\filename.ext
  • [+] Browser integration: If the browser integration is enabled, then the WebSite-Watcher Browser Eye is also displayed when WebSite-Watcher is not running. So you can easily add bookmarks from your browser without having to start WebSite-Watcher manually.
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: Possibility to pre-define all special filters
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: It's possible to pre-define watch filters
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: It's possible to pre-define shared plugins. In that case a shared plugin is already used when a bookmark is initialized.
  • [+] Internal browser / TEXT tab: filtered content is now also striked out in the TEXT tab
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send mail: New option to ignore CSS definitions (can be used when your e-mail client has problems to display HTML mails from WebSite-Watcher)
  • [+] Send mails: The e-mail template (program configuration) is now also used in HTML e-mails. This makes it possible to display bookmark name and URL within the HTML e-mail.
  • [+] Bookmark action / Export page: New option to export the new version or the version with highlighted changes
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [x] PDF Plugin significantly improved (extraction and performance)
  • [+] Tweak "PerformCheckOnlyIfUrlExists": If a "+" is added in front of the URL, then the check will be performed with each check run (optional)
  • [+] When the divider between bookmark list and internal browser is moved, WebSite-Watcher ensures that the focussed bookmark stays in view.
  • [x] Improved keyword searching in Atom feeds
  • [x] Improved detection if RSS/Atom feeds have just removed items
  • [x] Checking local files improved
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically deletes successfully sent e-mails from the error log after e-mails could not be sent temporarily
  • [+] New plugin: MS Excel (unformatted numbers) - The default Excel plugin shows formatted numbers while this plugin shows all numbers as they are stored in the sheet (no rounded numbers, no formatted decimal values, etc).
  • [+] New plugin: Monitor all OPTION tags - This plugin extracts all OPTION tags (eg. all entries from a drop down box) from the checked page and converts them into a new page.
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_MergePages": This event function is called to merge multiple pages, eg. when monitoring a forum thread.
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_AfterCheck": This event function is called after a bookmark has been checked.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "main_url" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Replaces the main URL in the bookmark properties. Typical example is when you monitor a fourm thread and change the page URL if further sub pages are available. Typical example see help file.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "ignore_filter" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Defines an ignore filter that is used temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "watch_filter" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Defines a watch filter that is used temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugins / new parameter "filter_ignore_removed_content" in function Bookmark_SetProperty: Enables the special filter "Ignore removed elements" temporarily for the check.
  • [+] Plugin IDE: Source tab has an "Apply filter" button. This can be useful when you want to evaluate regular expressions for the Bookmark_SetProperty settings "ignore_filter" and "watch_filter".
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Alert if keywords are NOT found
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Merge search result pages
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Merge pages in forum thread
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Calculate the time of a check and write the number of seconds to a log file
  • [+] Plugins / Help: New example in help file: Alert only if there is more than 1 change
  • [-] Import from CSV file didn't work when the fields in the first line were placed in quotes



Changes for 2012 v12.3 Beta 1 - 2012 v12.3

  • New Plugin: Monitor file by checksum (use this plugin if a binary file cannot be checked with other check settings or plugins)
  • Update-Ticker: It's now optional to hide the Update-Ticker while another program is in full screen mode (Program configuration + Advanced)
  • Extended Search: Show progress bar in toolbar instead of separate status window
  • Folder properties: If settings are inherited from a parent folder, then a related message is displayed instead of disabled properties
  • Internal browser: If default zoom is not equal to 100%, then the back button could reset to 100%
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved: The logout didn't work correctly under certain circumstances
  • When recording a new Check-Macro, WebSite-Watcher could suggest a wrong starting URL under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Bookmark action "Open page": Option to open in TEXT/ANALYSIS tab didn't work correctly
  • Update-Ticker was not displayed after leaving full screen mode under certain circumstances
  • Download Manager could not download files under certain circumstances
  • Portable Edition: WebSite-Watcher could report AutoBackup files as dead under certain circumstances



Changes for 2012 v12.2 - 2012 v12.3 Beta 1

  • [+] New Plugin: Monitor file by checksum (use this plugin if a binary file cannot be checked with other check settings or plugins)
  • [+] Update-Ticker: It's now optional to hide the Update-Ticker while another program is in full screen mode (Program configuration + Advanced)
  • [+] Extended Search: Show progress bar in toolbar instead of separate status window
  • [+] Folder properties: If settings are inherited from a parent folder, then a related message is displayed instead of disabled properties
  • [-] When recording a new Check-Macro, WebSite-Watcher could suggest a wrong starting URL under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [-] Bookmark action "Open page": Option to open in TEXT/ANALYSIS tab didn't work correctly
  • [-] Update-Ticker was not displayed after leaving full screen mode under certain circumstances
  • [-] Download Manager could not download files under certain circumstances



Changes for 2012 v12.2 Beta 1 - 2012 v12.2

  • Bookmark action "Export to file" didn't work correctly in version 12.1
  • Update-Ticker (InfoWin) was not restored correctly after another program was in full screen mode
  • Links didn't work correctly when a bookmark was sent by e-mail under certain circumstances
  • Update-Ticker: Improved detection if another Window is in full screen mode
  • Improved AutoWatch countdown calculation



Changes for 2012 v12.1 - 2012 v12.2 Beta 1

  • Bookmark action "Export to file" didn't work correctly in version 12.1
  • Update-Ticker (InfoWin) was not restored correctly after another program was in full screen mode
  • Links didn't work correctly when a bookmark was sent by e-mail under certain circumstances
  • Improved AutoWatch countdown calculation



Changes for 2012 v12.1 Beta 2 - 2012 v12.1

  • WebSite-Watcher no longer shows the Browser-Eye or pops up the Update Ticker when another window is in full screen mode
  • Excel Import/Export: All AutoWatch options can now be imported/exported
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser": New option "Disable optimizations" - This option disables various performance and bandwidth optimizations during a check. Only turn this option on if a check does not work correctly without that option.
  • Bookmark properties / Advanced / Misc: New property to add a filename prefix when downloading files via the download manager (either via RSS feed enclosures or via plugins)
  • Bookmark properties / Send e-mail: Alternative BCC
  • Virtual folders / Send e-mail: Alternative BCC
  • Virtual folders / Send e-mail: e-mails can be inserted via user interface from a list
  • Bookmark actions / Export page: New variables {infofield1}, {infofield2} and {infofield3}
  • Bookmark actions / Run program: New variables for parameter: {infofield1}, {infofield2} and {infofield3}
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser": New option to scroll a page down automatically. Use this option if a page loads content dynamically when you scroll down a page.
  • Record Internet Explorer Macro: New command to insert a delay in seconds, for example to give a page more time to load
  • Record Internet Explorer Macro: New command to scroll a page down via macro. Use this command if a page loads content dynamically when you scroll down a page.
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • New Tweak: SendMailRemoveWswTags=0 (by default, WebSite-Watcher removes help tags for highlighting changes from the e-mails to keep e-mail sizes as small as possible. With that tweak, no tags are removed. This can be useful if you want to post process e-mails and extract changes via these tags, for example wswchange1, wswchange2, etc.).
  • Browser integration for the latest verison of Google Chrome (19.x)
  • More precise search of keywords in new/changed content. Sometimes WSW could alert an update when keywords only were in removed content, this keyword detection algorithm works now smoother.
  • Improved detection and auto-correction of problems with folder structure, eg. after database damages (was: bookmarks could not be moved correctly to other folders)
  • AutoWatch countdown calculation could end in an endless loop under certain circumstances
  • Minor improvements and reported bugs fixed
  • Language files updated



Changes for 2012 v12.1 Beta 1 - 2012 v12.1 Beta 2

  • Minor bugs fixed



Changes for 2012 v12.0 - 2012 v12.1 Beta 1

  • WebSite-Watcher no longer shows the Browser-Eye or pops up the Update Ticker when another window is in full screen mode
  • Excel Import/Export: All AutoWatch options can now be imported/exported
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser": New option "Disable optimizations" - This option disables various performance and bandwidth optimizations during a check. Only turn this option on if a check does not work correctly without that option.
  • Bookmark properties / Advanced / Misc: New property to add a filename prefix when downloading files via the download manager (either via RSS feed enclosures or via plugins)
  • Bookmark properties / Send e-mail: Alternative BCC
  • Virtual folders / Send e-mail: Alternative BCC
  • Virtual folders / Send e-mail: e-mails can be inserted via user interface from a list
  • Bookmark actions / Export page: New variables {infofield1}, {infofield2} and {infofield3}
  • Bookmark actions / Run program: New variables for parameter: {infofield1}, {infofield2} and {infofield3}
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser": New option to scroll a page down automatically. Use this option if a page loads content dynamically when you scroll down a page.
  • Record Internet Explorer Macro: New command to insert a delay in seconds, for example to give a page more time to load
  • Record Internet Explorer Macro: New command to scroll a page down via macro. Use this command if a page loads content dynamically when you scroll down a page.
  • New Tweak: SendMailRemoveWswTags=0 (by default, WebSite-Watcher removes help tags for highlighting changes from the e-mails to keep e-mail sizes as small as possible. With that tweak, no tags are removed. This can be useful if you want to post process e-mails and extract changes via these tags, for example wswchange1, wswchange2, etc.).
  • Browser integration for the latest verison of Google Chrome (19.x)
  • More precise search of keywords in new/changed content. Sometimes WSW could alert an update when keywords only were in removed content, this keyword detection algorithm works now smoother.
  • Improved detection and auto-correction of problems with folder structure, eg. after database damages (was: bookmarks could not be moved correctly to other folders)
  • AutoWatch countdown calculation could end in an endless loop under certain circumstances
  • Minor improvements and reported bugs fixed
  • Language files updated



Changes for 2011 v11.5 - 2012 v12.0

  • Bookmark properties / Merge pages: It's possible to merge the first x pages from search results (or the last few pages with new content from forum topics) to a single page. This works for URLs that have a parameter that defines the page, eg. http://www.domain.com/search.php?text=abc&page=13
  • Bookmark properties / Send e-mail: E-Mail addresses can be selected from a pre-defined list
  • Bookmark properties / Options: Bookmarks can optionally be opened in the "Text" tab or in the "Analysis" tab of the internal browser
  • Bookmark properties / Actions/Alert on error: New option "Alert after X errors in a row"
  • Check FTP folders: The directory listing is converted in a new format and the sub folders and files are sorted. This makes monitoring FTP folders much easier.
  • Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: New option "Apply settings to subfolders"
  • Export/Import from Excel: New field wswid that is written when exporting bookmarks. This makes it now possible to export bookmarks, change the URL and re-import bookmarks. Before that change, the URL was used to identify a bookmark. If the field wswid is available, then this field is used to identify a bookmark.
  • Export/Import from Excel: New fields, amongst other things fields to ignore updates via black/whitelist
  • Send e-mails: Advanced rules for sending (optional, can be used as alternative to send e-mails after each check run)
  • Send e-mails: Global black list to suppress e-mail sending. If a page contains a defined entry of the global black list, then an e-mail is not sent. For example if a page contains the text "could not connect to database".
  • Send e-mails: New option "Send before other e-mails". With that option enabled, e-mails will be queued and sent before other e-mails.
  • Send e-mails: BCC (can be entered in program configuration)
  • Send e-mails: HTML e-mails optimized and size reduced
  • Send e-mails: size reduction when sending e-mails in text format and changes attached
  • Virtual folders: New variables {added_age_hours} and {added_age_days}. These variables can be used to create for example a virtual folder "Recently created" that shows all new bookmarks that were inserted within the last 5 hours.
  • Scripts: New built-in function "FileExists"
  • Internal Browser / Open with external program: Optional command line parameters can be specified
  • Internal Browser / "Text" tab: The "Text" tab can now also show the new or old version of the checked page when they were opened in the "Page" tab before clicking the "Text" tab.
  • Initialize PDF/Word/Excel files: Automatically use the filename as the bookmark name
  • PDF plugin: WebSite-Watcher can extract text from more PDF files
  • Filter system: FirstRegex(...) to ignore or monitor only the first occurrence of a regular expression
  • Custom columns: Increased custom columns from 3 to 5
  • New plugin: Monitor image URLs
  • Plugins: Function "HtmlExtract" has a new parameter to extract image URLs from the checked web page
  • Plugins / new built-in function: GetComparisonInfo (see help file for detailed description)
  • If an AutoWatch countdown is active while the system turns into hibernation, WebSite-Watcher will wait at least 15 seconds before the next AutoWatch check is started after the system returns from hibernation. This gives Windows some time to re-establish network connections before the next AutoWatch check run is started after hibernation. The default value of 15 seconds can be customized via the program tweak "MinAutoWatchSecondsAfterHibernation".
  • program configuration / new tweak "ReopenTabsAfterCrash=0": If WebSite-Watcher crashes, then the next start will show a dialog to re-open the last opened browser tabs. This tweak suppresses that dialog and don't re-open browser tabs.
  • Bookmark properties / RSS / Ignore articles older than: The minimum number of days is now 1 (30 in previous versions)
  • Some conflicts with "Open in external browser" (Shortcuts Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+Shift+F11) fixed. By default, Ctrl+Shift+F11 is now Ctrl+Shift+0, if you have customized your shortcuts, then this change doesn't affect your shortcut configuration.
  • WebSite-Watcher could (in rare cases) falsely report the error "incorrect file size" when checking web pages
  • Some special Unicode characters were not decoded correctly
  • Smaller fixes, improvements and optimizations



Changes for 2012 v12.0 Beta 2 - 2012 v12.0 Beta 3

  • Initialize PDF/Word/Excel files: Automatically use the filename as the bookmark name
  • Changed text was not highlighted correctly in some e-mail clients (WSW 2012 beta issue)
  • Minor bugs fixed



Changes for 2012 v12.0 Beta 1 - 2012 v12.0 Beta 2

  • New plugin: Monitor image URLs
  • Plugins: Function "HtmlExtract" has a new parameter to extract image URLs from the checked web page
  • Changes were not highlighted when reading the changes in GMail
  • Error count was not reseted correctly in combination with the Send-Mail feature - Thread
  • Open page in external browser didn't work correctly - Thread
  • Some special Unicode characters were not decoded correctly
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.5 - 2012 v12.0 Beta 1

  • [+] Bookmark properties / Merge pages: It's possible to merge the first x pages from search results (or the last few pages with new content from forum topics) to a single page. This works for URLs that have a parameter that defines the page, eg. http://www.domain.com/search.php?text=abc&page=13
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Send e-mail: E-Mail addresses can be selected from a pre-defined list
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Options: Bookmarks can optionally be opened in the "Text" tab or in the "Analysis" tab of the internal browser
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Actions/Alert on error: New option "Alert after X errors in a row"
  • [+] Check FTP folders: The directory listing is converted in a new format and the sub folders and files are sorted. This makes monitoring FTP folders much easier.
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: New option "Apply settings to subfolders"
  • [+] Export/Import from Excel: New field wswid that is written when exporting bookmarks. This makes it now possible to export bookmarks, change the URL and re-import bookmarks. Before that change, the URL was used to identify a bookmark. If the field wswid is available, then this field is used to identify a bookmark.
  • [+] Export/Import from Excel: New fields, amongst other things fields to ignore updates via black/whitelist
  • [+] Send e-mails: Advanced rules for sending (optional, can be used as alternative to send e-mails after each check run)
  • [+] Send e-mails: Global black list to suppress e-mail sending. If a page contains a defined entry of the global black list, then an e-mail is not sent. For example if a page contains the text "could not connect to database".
  • [+] Send e-mails: New option "Send before other e-mails". With that option enabled, e-mails will be queued and sent before other e-mails.
  • [+] Send e-mails: BCC (can be entered in program configuration)
  • [+] Send e-mails: HTML e-mails optimized and size reduced
  • [+] Send e-mails: size reduction when sending e-mails in text format and changes attached
  • [+] Virtual folders: New variables {added_age_hours} and {added_age_days}. These variables can be used to create for example a virtual folder "Recently created" that shows all new bookmarks that were inserted within the last 5 hours.
  • [+] Scripts: New built-in function "FileExists"
  • [+] Internal Browser / Open with external program: Optional command line parameters can be specified
  • [+] Internal Browser / "Text" tab: The "Text" tab can now also show the new or old version of the checked page when they were opened in the "Page" tab before clicking the "Text" tab.
  • [+] PDF plugin: WebSite-Watcher can extract text from more PDF files
  • [+] Filter system: FirstRegex(...) to ignore or monitor only the first occurrence of a regular expression
  • [+] Custom columns: Increased custom columns from 3 to 5
  • [+] Plugins / new built-in function: GetComparisonInfo (see help file for detailed description)
  • [+] If an AutoWatch countdown is active while the system turns into hibernation, WebSite-Watcher will wait at least 15 seconds before the next AutoWatch check is started after the system returns from hibernation. This gives Windows some time to re-establish network connections before the next AutoWatch check run is started after hibernation. The default value of 15 seconds can be customized via the program tweak "MinAutoWatchSecondsAfterHibernation".
  • [+] program configuration / new tweak "ReopenTabsAfterCrash=0": If WebSite-Watcher crashes, then the next start will show a dialog to re-open the last opened browser tabs. This tweak suppresses that dialog and don't re-open browser tabs.
  • [x] Bookmark properties / RSS / Ignore articles older than: The minimum number of days is now 1 (30 in previous versions)
  • [-] Some conflicts with "Open in external browser" (Shortcuts Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+Shift+F11) fixed. By default, Ctrl+Shift+F11 is now Ctrl+Shift+0, if you have customized your shortcuts, then this change doesn't affect your shortcut configuration.
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could (in rare cases) falsely report the error "incorrect file size" when checking web pages
  • Smaller fixes, improvements and optimizations



Changes for 2011 v11.5 Beta 2 - 2011 v11.5

  • Internal browser: WebSite-Watcher uses now IE9 (or IE8) instead of the compatibility mode (IE7). This should also fix the malformed display of various web pages, eg. Google search pages. If IE6 or IE7 is installed, then these versions are used automatically.
  • RSS/Atom feeds: New option "Ignore articles older than X days". This helps to keep huge RSS/Atom feeds small and fast.
  • Bookmarks + Search + Replace: It's possible to replace passwords in "Internet Explorer Macros"
  • Extended Search: Extraction of found words improved search results, especially when searching for exact phrases
  • Forum Plugins: WebSite-Watcher no longer alerts an update when only threads were deleted
  • Add to bookmarks via WSW eye: If a bookmark already exists, then WebSite-Watcher displays a different menu icon
  • Script: The command "CheckFolder" can check special folders such as "Errors", "HotSites", etc.
  • Script: Command "MarkAsVisited" didn't work correctly if a folder with subfolders was specified.
  • Plugins: Function "GetFirstWildcardMatch" returned all matches
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • PAD files and RSS feeds can be checked/viewed by source code if the file type "text" is selected (bookmark options + Advanced + check options).
  • Improved detection when pages cannot be opened via the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" or "Internet Explorer Macros" to prevent false positives
  • Stability improvements when running WebSite-Watcher 24/7
  • Smaller improvements to the changes side bar
  • Internal browser: cursor keys didn't work for some pages
  • Import from CSV files didn't work correctly
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.5 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.5 Beta 2

  • IE Macros improved
  • Internal browser: cursor keys didn't work for some pages
  • Beta-1 could show an error message that WebSite-Watcher is frozen
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for 2011 v11.4 - 2011 v11.5 Beta 1

  • Internal browser: WebSite-Watcher uses now IE9 (or IE8) instead of the compatibility mode (IE7). This should also fix the malformed display of various web pages, eg. Google search pages.
  • RSS/Atom feeds: New option "Ignore articles older than X days". This helps to keep huge RSS/Atom feeds small and fast.
  • Bookmarks + Search + Replace: It's possible to replace passwords in "Internet Explorer Macros"
  • Extended Search: Extraction of found words improved search results, especially when searching for exact phrases
  • Forum Plugins: WebSite-Watcher no longer alerts an update when only threads were deleted
  • Add to bookmarks via WSW eye: If a bookmark already exists, then WebSite-Watcher displays a different menu icon
  • Script: The command "CheckFolder" can check special folders such as "Errors", "HotSites", etc.
  • Script: Command "MarkAsVisited" didn't work correctly if a folder with subfolders was specified.
  • Plugins: Function "GetFirstWildcardMatch" returned all matches
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • PAD files and RSS feeds can be checked/viewed by source code if the file type "text" is selected (bookmark options + Advanced + check options).
  • Improved detection when pages cannot be opened via the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" or "Internet Explorer Macros" to prevent false positives
  • Stability improvements when running WebSite-Watcher 24/7
  • Smaller improvements to the changes side bar
  • Import from CSV files didn't work correctly
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.3 - 2011 v11.4

  • WebSite-Watcher automatically checks if the IE cache configuration is set to "Never" and offers a way to automatically change this setting. With the option "Never" it was possible that WebSite-Watcher checked old pages (especially bookmarks with the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" and "Internet Explorer Macros").
  • Send e-mails: Additional info fields can be used in e-mail subject and body
  • New command line parameter /NODB to start WebSite-Watcher without a database (by default, WebSite-Watcher always opens the last database automatically)
  • Script menu: New submenu to edit special scripts
  • Scripts / new special script: Execute after each AutoWatch check run
  • Scripts / new special script: Execute after each manual check run
  • Plugins: The function Bookmark_GetProperty can return values of the last check and the last change (variables "last_check_date" and "last_change_date")
  • Test filter / compare sources: New option to show character values (can be helpful to detect invisible characters)
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • "Internet Explorer Macros" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Sending Amazon pages by e-mails didn't work (junk could be displayed at the beginning of the e-mails due to errors in Amazon CSS files)
  • Follow-Links: WebSite-Watcher could insert duplicate URLs under certain circumstances
  • Changes side bar could disappear under certain circumstances
  • Fixed a bug that could happen during Backup/AutoBackup under certain circumstances
  • Several toolbar icons replaced and improved
  • Script command "CheckBookmarks" didn't work when no folder was selected
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.4 Beta 2 - 2011 v11.4 Beta 3

  • Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • "Internet Explorer Macros" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • Test filter / compare sources: New option to show character values (can be helpful to detect invisible characters)
  • Fixed a bug that could happen during Backup/AutoBackup under certain circumstances
  • Smaller improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.4 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.4 Beta 2

  • WebSite-Watcher automatically checks if the IE cache configuration is set to "Never" and offers a way to automatically change this setting. With the option "Never" it was possible that WebSite-Watcher checked old pages (especially bookmarks with the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" and "Internet Explorer Macros").
  • Script menu: New submenu to edit special scripts
  • Scripts / new special script: Execute after each AutoWatch check run
  • Scripts / new special script: Execute after each manual check run
  • Follow-Links: WebSite-Watcher could insert duplicate URLs under certain circumstances
  • Changes side bar could disappear under certain circumstances
  • Several toolbar icons replaced and improved
  • Smaller fixes
  • 2011 (11.4) Beta-1



Changes for 2011 v11.3 - 2011 v11.4 Beta 1

  • Send e-mails: Additional info fields can be used in e-mail subject and body
  • New command line parameter /NODB to start WebSite-Watcher without a database (by default, WebSite-Watcher always opens the last database automatically)
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Sending Amazon pages by e-mails didn't work (junk could be displayed at the beginning of the e-mails due to errors in Amazon CSS files)
  • Script command "CheckBookmarks" didn't work when no folder was selected
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.2 - 2011 v11.3

  • Bookmark properties + Advanced: New section "Forum"
  • Forum-Wizard re-implemented
  • Forum-Templates: Footer selection can optionally have changing numbers
  • Reopen last browser tab: WebSite-Watcher has now an internal history of closed browser tabs (previous versions could only reopen the last closed browser tab).
  • Automatically select the correct checking method for Yahoo Groups
  • FTP-Proxy - new option: FTP-over-HTTP for proxies that do not support the FTP protocol. Using that option lets you for example check FTP URLs with the proxy Squid. A detailed description, disadvantages and limitations of that method can be found in the help file
  • FTP Proxy configuration: Different proxy login types to be compatible with certain proxies. The correct login type can be determined automatically in the proxy configuration.
  • Browser toolbar: New button to close the internal browser (disabled by default, can be enabled via toolbar customization)
  • Improved detection of new/changed RSS feed postings
  • Better compatibility with certain SMTP servers
  • Internal Browser + Analysis: The "Keywords" analysis has been enhanced for virtual folders
  • Import/Export from/to Excel: troubleshooting variables added
  • Import/Export from/to Excel: Several improvements and fixes
  • Script: The command "CheckFolder" can check virtual folders
  • PDF-Plugin: Future versions of WebSite-Watcher will no longer produce false update notifications after improving/changing the text extraction of PDF files.
  • PDF plugin: Improved text extraction from certain PDF files
  • Word plugin: WebSite-Watcher is now able to extract Unicode text from Word files
  • Removed: Alternative PDF text extraction when using the PDF plugin (The alternative text extraction was done via the IFILTER system and was removed because updating the PDF reader could cause false positives. For example, a PDF IFILTER is no longer delivered and installed automatically with Acrobat Reader 10 while it was available in Acrobat Reader 9). The PDF plugin works now independently from the installed PDF reader.
  • Download-Manager: Improved detection of filename and file extension after relocations
  • Checked facebook pages displayed a horizontal scrollbar, WSW now fixes a bad CSS definition in facebook pages automatically.
  • Checking method "IE/Browser" and "IE Macros" improved
  • Some features didn't work correctly when the option "Recheck bookmark when an error occurred" was disabled
  • Text extraction from certain Excel files did not work
  • Vertical scrollbar was not always displayed properly in various list boxes
  • Fixed a false positive when checking certain Excel files (could only happen if the previous check reported an error)
  • WebSite-Watcher could freeze under certain circumstances
  • Indonesian user interface added
  • Many smaller optimizations, improvements and fixes



Changes for 2011 v11.3 Beta 4 - 2011 v11.3 Beta 5

  • [+] PDF-Plugin: Future versions of WebSite-Watcher will no longer produce false update notifications after improving/changing the text extraction of PDF files.
  • [+] Internal Browser + Analysis: The "Keywords" analysis has been enhanced for virtual folders
  • [x] Checked facebook pages displayed a horizontal scrollbar, WSW now fixes a bad CSS definition in facebook pages automatically.
  • [x] The new "jump-to-next-change" behavior (introduced in 11.3 Beta-4) has been removed since it didn't work as expected with several web pages.
  • Minor bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.3 Beta 3 - 2011 v11.3 Beta 4

  • [+] Jump to next change: WebSite-Watcher uses now the current scroll position as reference (instead of the previous jump position)
  • [+] FTP-Proxy - new option: FTP-over-HTTP for proxies that do not support the FTP protocol. Using that option lets you for example check FTP URLs with the proxy Squid. A detailed description, disadvantages and limitations of that method can be found in the help file
  • [+] Reopen last browser tab: WebSite-Watcher has now an internal history of closed browser tabs (previous versions could only reopen the last closed browser tab).
  • [+] Browser toolbar: New button to close the internal browser (disabled by default, can be enabled via toolbar customization)
  • [+] Word plugin: WebSite-Watcher is now able to extract Unicode text from Word files
  • [x] PDF plugin: Improved text extraction from certain PDF files
  • [x] Removed: Alternative PDF text extraction when using the PDF plugin (The alternative text extraction was done via the IFILTER system and was removed because updating the PDF reader could cause false positives. For example, a PDF IFILTER is no longer delivered and installed automatically with Acrobat Reader 10 while it was available in Acrobat Reader 9). The PDF plugin works now independently from the installed PDF reader.
  • [x] Download-Manager: Improved detection of filename and file extension after relocations
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could freeze under certain circumstances
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.3 Beta 2 - 2011 v11.3 Beta 3

  • [+] Automatically select the correct checking method for Yahoo Groups
  • [+] FTP Proxy configuration: Different proxy login types to be compatible with certain proxies. The correct login type can be determined automatically in the proxy configuration.
  • [x] Text extraction from PDF files improved
  • [-] Text extraction from certain Excel files did not work
  • [-] Drag&Drop the first browser tab to a folder to insert it as new bookmark was broken in 11.3 Beta-1 and 2
  • Indonesian user interface added
  • Minor optimizations and tweaks



Changes for 2011 v11.3 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.3 Beta 2

  • [x] Better compatibility with certain SMTP servers
  • [-] Fixed a false positive when checking certain Excel files (could only happen if the previous check reported an error)
  • [x] Several performance improvements
  • [x] Internal optimizations and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.2 - 2011 v11.3 Beta 1

  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced: New section "Forum"
  • [+] Forum-Wizard re-implemented
  • [+] Forum-Templates: Footer selection can optionally have changing numbers
  • [x] Improved detection of new/changed RSS feed postings
  • [x] Several user interface improvements
  • [-] Vertical scrollbar was not always displayed properly in various list boxes
  • Internal improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.2 Beta 3 - 2011 v11.2

  • Internet Explorer Macros: Filling form fields improved
  • Internet Explorer Macros: Execution of Internet Macros improved
  • Improved user interface when no bookmark file is opened
  • Smaller improvements/fixes
  • 2011 (11.2) Beta-3



Changes for 2011 v11.2 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.2 Beta 2

  • Automatically select the correct checking method for Facebook pages
  • Automatically select the correct checking method for Twitter pages
  • Automatically fix a problem in Facebook CSS definitions that broke the scrollbar in Internet Explorer
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.1 - 2011 v11.2 Beta 1

  • Plugins: Performance significantly improved
  • Improved detection of new RSS feed postings
  • RSS feeds: More date formats for sorting supported
  • RSS feed postings are only sorted by date if all postings have a valid posting date
  • RSS enclosures could not be downloaded under certain circumstances
  • Download-Manager: Copy-To generates a new file name if the target file already exists
  • Bugfix with checking method "Internet Explorer/Browser" and nested framesets fixed
  • Installing WebSite-Watcher could fail under certain circumstances
  • Import from Excel files: Crash if the columns "check_macro" or "postdata" were not available
  • Minor fixes and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.1 Beta 4 - 2011 v11.1

  • Internet Explorer Macros: New option to automatically delete cookies of the checked domain before executing the macro (This can be required if certain steps (eg. a login) are suppressed or skipped as soon as a cookie is available. Deleting the cookies for the checked domain will "reset" the page and you will always start from scratch when checking the bookmark).
  • New Shared Plugin: Auto-Download binary files. If you monitor binary files directly, you can download them automatically via the WebSite-Watcher Download Manager when a change is detected. This plugin is not suggested automatically via the browser information bar and must be assigned manually in bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin. Supported file extensions are EXE,ZIP,RAR,7Z,MP3
  • New Shared Plugin: Monitor all link addresses. This plugin extracts all links (URLs) from a web page and converts them into a new html page. Then all link addresses (instead of the page content) are checked for updates and changes.
  • Virtual folders: New variable {last_change_age_hours} to display bookmarks that were changed within the specified number of hours (eg: {last_change_age_hours} less than "24")
  • Virtual folders: New variable {last_change_age_days} to display bookmarks that were changed within the specified number of days (eg: {last_change_age_days} less than "1")
  • Virtual folders: New variable {last_check_age_hours} to display bookmarks that were checked within the specified number of hours (eg: {last_check_age_hours} less than "5")
  • Virtual folders: New variable {last_check_age_days} to display bookmarks that were checked within the specified number of days (eg: {last_check_age_days} less than "3")
  • Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support date variables
  • Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support regular expressions with function regex(...)
  • Follow-Links: Automatically removing no longer linked pages can be canceled (status dialog has a Cancel button)
  • RSS feed postings are sorted by posting date/time
  • Forum-Wizard works with forums which are based on LI tags, eg. phpBB3 or vBulletin4 (until now only table based forums were supported).
  • Temporarily disable bookmark checking, eg. for a specified number of minutes (right click bookmark + Extra + Disable check)
  • Browser integration: Firefox 4 supported
  • Download Manager: New column "Bookmark Name"
  • Download-Manager: the automatic Copy-To feature could fail under certain circumstances
  • Download Manager: Improved detection and generation of file names
  • Shared Plugins: New identification option to identify a shared plugin by file extension (of the checked file)
  • Pdf/Word/Excel files from FTP servers can be checked via Pdf/Word/Excel Plugins
  • Plugins: Support for password protected PDF files (the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: Support for password protected Excel files (the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: Support for password protected Word files (Conversion via MS Office only, the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: New built-in function "HtmlExtract" to extract all URLs from a web page
  • Plugin: Built in function Bookmark_SetProperty has a new parameter "dont_check_minutes" to temporarily disable bookmark checking for the specified number of minutes. Further details see help file.
  • Word/Excel plugins didn't work correctly after untypical server redirections
  • Plugin function "DownloadFile": Parameter "Handle" added (if you have used that function in plugins, please update your plugin scripts to get them working again)
  • Internet Explorer Macros for pages with frames improved
  • Import from Excel / Export to Excel: New variable "postdata"
  • Import from Excel / Export to Excel: Various improvements and fixes
  • Improved detection if a bookmark already exists in combination with check macros and post data
  • Text extraction from PDF files improved
  • Download Manager could crash with certain URLs
  • Bookmark configuration could be lost under certain circumstances when the Follow-Links feature was enabled
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.1 Beta 3 - 2011 v11.1 Beta 4

  • [+] Virtual folders: New variable {last_change_age_days} to display bookmarks that were changed within the specified number of days (eg: {last_change_age_days} less than "1")
  • [+] Virtual folders: New variable {last_check_age_days} to display bookmarks that were checked within the specified number of days (eg: {last_check_age_days} less than "3")
  • [+] Download Manager: New column "Bookmark Name"
  • [x] Download Manager: Improved detection and generation of file names
  • [x] Plugin function "DownloadFile": Parameter "Handle" added (if you have used that function in plugins, please update your plugin scripts to get them working again)
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros for pages with frames improved
  • Smaller bugfixes



Changes for 2011 v11.1 Beta 2 - 2011 v11.1 Beta 3

  • [+] Virtual folders: New variable {last_change_age_hours} to display bookmarks that were changed within the specified number of hours (eg: {last_change_age_hours} less than "24")
  • [+] Virtual folders: New variable {last_check_age_hours} to display bookmarks that were checked within the specified number of hours (eg: {last_check_age_hours} less than "5")
  • [+] Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support date variables
  • [+] Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support regular expressions with function regex(...)
  • [+] RSS feed postings are sorted by posting date/time
  • [x] Shared Plugin "Auto-Download binary file": works now with all file extensions and was renamed to "Auto-Download with Download-Manager"
  • [-] Bookmark configuration could be lost under certain circumstances when the Follow-Links feature was enabled
  • [-] Download-Manager: the automatic Copy-To feature could fail under certain circumstances
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.1 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.1 Beta 2

  • Internet Explorer Macros: New option to automatically delete cookies of the checked domain before executing the macro (This can be required if certain steps (eg. a login) are suppressed or skipped as soon as a cookie is available. Deleting the cookies for the checked domain will "reset" the page and you will always start from scratch when checking the bookmark).
  • Follow-Links: Automatically removing no longer linked pages can be canceled (status dialog has a Cancel button)
  • New Shared Plugin: Auto-Download binary files. If you monitor binary files directly, you can download them automatically via the WebSite-Watcher Download Manager when a change is detected. This plugin is not suggested automatically via the browser information bar and must be assigned manually in bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin. Supported file extensions are EXE,ZIP,RAR,7Z,MP3
  • New Shared Plugin: Monitor all link addresses. This plugin extracts all links (URLs) from a web page and converts them into a new html page. Then all link addresses (instead of the page content) are checked for updates and changes.
  • Shared Plugins: New identification option to identify a shared plugin by file extension (of the checked file)
  • Pdf/Word/Excel files from FTP servers can be checked via Pdf/Word/Excel Plugins
  • Plugins: Support for password protected PDF files (the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: Support for password protected Excel files (the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: Support for password protected Word files (Conversion via MS Office only, the password can be entered in: Bookmark properties + Advanced + Plugin)
  • Plugins: New built-in function "HtmlExtract" to extract all URLs from a web page
  • Word/Excel plugins didn't work correctly after untypical server redirections
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.0 - 2011 v11.1 Beta 1

  • [+] Temporarily disable bookmark checking, eg. for a specified number of minutes (right click bookmark + Extra + Disable check)
  • [+] Forum-Wizard works with forums which are based on LI tags, eg. phpBB3 or vBulletin4 (until now only table based forums were supported).
  • [+] Plugin: Built in function Bookmark_SetProperty has a new parameter "dont_check_minutes" to temporarily disable bookmark checking for the specified number of minutes. Further details see help file.
  • [+] Browser integration: Firefox 4 supported
  • [+] Import from Excel / Export to Excel: New variable "postdata"
  • [x] Import from Excel / Export to Excel: Various improvements and fixes
  • [x] Improved detection if a bookmark already exists in combination with check macros and post data
  • [-] Download Manager could crash with certain URLs
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.0 Beta 5 - 2011 v11.0

  • Internet Explorer Macros with CAPTCHAs supported. If a page contains a CAPTCHA, WebSite-Watcher interrupts the macro execution and shows the browser window to enter the confirmation code. After that, the macro execution is continued.
  • Reported bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.0 Beta 4 - 2011 v11.0 Beta 5

  • New special filter: Ignore entries in dropdown and list boxes (this filter is enabled by default to have the same behavior as in previous WebSite-Watcher versions)
  • Plugin: Built in function Bookmark_SetProperty has a new parameter "MarkAsRead" to mark a bookmark as visited. Further details see help file.
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Various bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.0 Beta 3 - 2011 v11.0 Beta 4

  • Export bookmarks with certain properties to Excel (This makes it for example possible to export bookmarks to Excel, change them there and re-import them into WebSite-Watcher)
  • Excel-Plugin: Conversion for Excel-2007/2010 format rewritten. Supports now also cell formats, cell merging, etc.
  • Import bookmarks from Excel: Import from Excel-2007/2010 format supported
  • PDF-Plugin: The PDF plugin uses now an alternative text extraction in addition to the internal PDF file conversion. Should the internal conversion fail, there's still a good chance that the text can be extracted with the alternative solution. This makes checking PDF files more reliable for problematic PDF files. (The alternative text extraction is based on the installed PDF Reader and the IFilter system).
  • Internet Explorer Macros: More login types supported
  • Bookmark check: truncated downloads are detected and handled automatically (truncated downloads will no longer cause false positives)
  • Improved IFRAME handling
  • Improved codepage detection for some Russian web pages
  • Improved detection of PDF/Word/Excel files after redirections
  • Reported bugs fixed



Changes for 2011 v11.0 Beta 2 - 2011 v11.0 Beta 3

  • [+] Import bookmarks (with pre-defined properties) from Excel (XLS) or CSV file (supported properties see help file)
  • [+] Script command "ImportBookmarks" can import bookmarks from Excel (XLS) and CSV files
  • [+] PDF/Word/Excel files can be checked via Internet Explorer Macros
  • [+] Excel Plugin rewritten: Conversion is now ultra fast + Support for protected excel files
  • [x] Jump to first/next keyword: Performance improvements
  • [x] Show removed elements at the bottom of the page: Performance improvements (also fixed a bottleneck that could freeze WebSite-Watcher in rare cases)
  • [-] Fixed a bottleneck in the changes side bar that could freeze WSW
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2011 v11.0 Beta 1 - 2011 v11.0 Beta 2

  • Changes bar is now optional via View menu
  • Internal browser/URL field: If you enter a search term Instead of an URL, then a Google search is performed
  • Mouse scrolling could fail on some systems
  • Smaller fixes and tweaks



Changes for v10.5 - 2011 v11.0 Beta 1

  • Virtual folders
  • Internal browser: Changes bar
  • Bookmark properties - New option "Offset before first change": Scroll back the configured number of pixels when jumping to the first highlighted change (this can make it more comfortable to read the first highlighted change)
  • Bookmark properties - Ignore Updates: This feature now supports a Blacklist/Whitelist mode
  • Download Manager to automatically download RSS feed enclosures
  • RSS: WebSite-Watcher supports multiple enclosures in RSS feed postings
  • RSS: New option "Keep the most recent X articles"
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: "Follow-Links" options can be applied to selected bookmarks
  • Assign bookmark properties (program configuration or per folder): Pre-define ignore filters
  • Assign bookmark properties (program configuration or per folder): Pre-define some special filters
  • Assign bookmark properties (program configuration or per folder): Pre-define check technology
  • Bookmark action "Export page": New format "Webpage, complete" to also export related CSS and image files (these files are exported into a folder with extension ".files". If the export filename is "test.htm", then exported CSS/image files are stored in "test.files")
  • Internet Explorer Macros: Pure Javascript hyperlinks supported
  • Internet Explorer Macros: Comboboxes with Javascript actions supported
  • Pdf/Word/Excel plugins are now assigned automatically when a pdf/word/excel file is loaded after a redirection from a html page (in previous version it was only possible to automatically assign a plugin when the URL contained the correct file extension).
  • Plugin IDE has now a sensitive help. When the cursor is placed on a function, event function or a statement, then F1 jumps directly to the related help topic.
  • Plugin IDE / Code completion via Ctrl+Space: Several new features and sensitive help added.
  • Plugins / New functions to maintain stringlists, eg. functions to insert, change or delete specific items. All functions related to stringslists start with "StringList_". More information and an enhanced example can be found in the help file.
  • Plugins / New function: DownloadFile (adds an URL to the included download manager)
  • Plugins / New function: ReplaceWildcard
  • Plugins / New function: DeleteAllWildcardMatches
  • Plugins / New function: AddStringToFile
  • Plugins / New function: Sleep
  • Plugins: The built-in function "Bookmark_GetProperty" supports the parameter "name" to read the bookmark name.
  • Plugins: The built-in function "Bookmark_SetProperty" can write the additional 3 info fields of a bookmark
  • Database Repair Tool (dbtool.exe) that can be used to repair a database. Can be used if it's no longer possible to start WebSite-Watcher or to open a database due to database corruptions and crashes.
  • Scrolling with the mouse wheel works when the cursor is over the control (folder tree, bookmark list, web browser), it's no longer required to click the control before
  • Image configuration: WebSite-Watcher can now optionally show embedded flash videos if absolute image addresses or image downloading is enabled (in previous versions, embedded flash videos were always displayed but this could slow down opening certain bookmarks).
  • Newsgroups: Get parent postings (which can be much faster than the function "Reconstruct Thread" when you're only interested in (very) old parent postings)
  • Script IDE: Code completion via Ctrl+Space added
  • Script IDE has now a sensitive help. When the cursor is placed on a command, then F1 jumps directly to the related help topic of that command.
  • Follow-Links runs more smoothly and no longer blocks the main application
  • New Tweak: "CreateHighlightedChangesInBackground=1": By default, WebSite-Watcher calculates and generates the file with highlighted changes as soon as you open a bookmark. If this option is enabled, then WebSite-Watcher creates the files with highlighted changes immediately while bookmarks are checked. This will speed up opening changed bookmarks, but the check run will consume more memory and resources. It's not recommended to use this tweak if you often re-check changed/unread bookmarks without opening them after each check.
  • New Tweak "SavePageWhenNoKeywordsFound=1": By default, WebSite-Watcher doesn't save a page to your hard disk when keywords are entered in Update-on-keywords but no keyword is found within new/changed content. With that tweak, a page is also saved to your hard disk when none of the entered keywords is found.
  • New Tweak "UseStaticTrayIconHint=1": Shows the static text "WebSite-Watcher" as trayicon tooltip instead of dynamically generated information about check/update status.
  • Report/Export: New field {wsw_url_date_created}
  • The old-looking floating InfoWin has been re-designed and shows more information now. It has also been renamed to "Update-Ticker".
  • Internet Explorer browser integration improved (certain pages could not be added via the context menu due to an IE problem)
  • Checking Excel files: Performance highly improved
  • Pdf/Word/Excel files could not be checked via Check-Macros containing logouts
  • Tons of smaller improvements and optimizations



Changes for v10.5 Beta 1 - v10.5

  • [x] vBulletin 4 Plugin improved to support more modified v4 forums
  • [x] Keyword highlighting improved
  • [x] Report with highlighted changes: When calculating the total length of highlighted changes, WebSite-Watcher included the HTML tags for hyperlinks. Now only the length of the readable text is used.
  • [x] Update-on-keywords feature improved (more sensitive detection of new/changed content)
  • [-] Bookmark action "Play sound" was not executed when the bookmark action "Mark as read" was also enabled
  • [-] Excel-Plugin: Hyperlinks were not converted correctly when using MS-Office to convert Excel files into HTML pages
  • [-] Check-by-screenshot: Highlighting changes could crash under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.4) - v10.5 Beta 1

  • [x] vBulletin 4 Plugin improved to support more modified v4 forums
  • [x] Keyword highlighting improved
  • [x] Report with highlighted changes: When calculating the total length of highlighted changes, WebSite-Watcher included the HTML tags for hyperlinks. Now only the length of the readable text is used.
  • [-] Bookmark action "Play sound" was not executed when the bookmark action "Mark as read" was also enabled
  • [-] Excel-Plugin: Hyperlinks were not converted correctly when using MS-Office to convert Excel files into HTML pages
  • [-] Check-by-screenshot: Highlighting changes could crash under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.4) Beta-2 - 2010 (10.4)

  • [+] Creating Ignore/Watch/Auto Filters: Detection of changing numbers is now more intelligent and automatically recognizes thousands separators and commas
  • [x] If the "Ignore updates" feature is configured in the bookmark properties and an entered text was found in the page, then WebSite-Watcher will re-check the bookmark (if the option "re-check bookmark when an error occurred" is enabled in the program configuration)
  • [x] Checking method "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved (especially for pages that require a minimum width to be displayed correctly)
  • [-] If "View+Always on top" was active, then sub windows were displayed behind the main window and WebSite-Watcher was no longer responsive
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash after moving bookmarks to another bookmark database



Changes for 2010 (10.4) Beta-1 - 2010 (10.4) Beta-2

  • [+] Browser-Integration: WebSite-Watcher Eye in the browser title bar works with Google Chrome
  • [-] Pages with compressed source code were not decompressed correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] Highlighting changes could fail under certain circumstances when certain cache files were missing
  • [+] Automatic detection and correction of damaged cache files
  • [x] Several PDF Plugin improvements
  • Norwegian user interface updated
  • Smaller improvements and optimizations



Changes for 2010 (10.3) - 2010 (10.4) Beta-1

  • Performance improvements (especially when working with large web pages)
  • Changes were not highlighted correctly when viewed in Microsoft Outlook
  • Optimizations when sending RSS feeds via the Send-Mail bookmark action (especially improved compatibility when sending to gmail addresses)
  • WebSite-Watcher could not jump to the first/next change when running under WINE and using Gecko instead of Internet Explorer
  • Setup: Installing the portable version could fail (v10.3 issue)
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for 2010 (10.3) Beta 1 - 2010 (10.3)

  • Browser-Integration: Opera 10.60 supported
  • Improved performance when jumping to the first/next highlighted change
  • Improved Javascript filtering
  • Setup: It's no longer possible to install the portable edition over the desktop edition or vice versa
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.2) - 2010 (10.3) Beta 1

  • [+] Browser-Integration: Opera 10.60 supported
  • [x] Improved performance when jumping to the first/next highlighted change
  • [x] Improved Javascript filtering
  • [x] Setup: It's no longer possible to install the portable edition over the desktop edition or vice versa
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.2) Beta 5 - 2010 (10.2)

  • New function "Re-Create database from cache folder". If a database has physical damages and you don't have a working backup file and the function "Repair database" fails, you can now fully re-create a database from files that are stored in the cache folder.
  • "Repair database" improved (WebSite-Watcher can now repair more data from damaged databases)
  • Improved database stability
  • Detection and auto correction of certain database errors
  • If a bookmark was checked with "Check-by-screenshot" or the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser", then it was possible that an embedded sound was played during the check. These checks work now completely silent. This works only under Windows Vista and 7.
  • Improved AutoWatch countdown calculation
  • Highlighting keywords significantly improved (you should no longer see the message "could not highlight all keywords") - Thread
  • Extended Search: Save settings as default ("Options" button)
  • Extended Search: "Display in Main Window" didn't remember the bookmarks after a WebSite-Watcher restart - Thread
  • Plugins: New built in function "ReplaceRegex"
  • Analysis tab: Analysis for Update-On-Keywords improved
  • Report/Export: The pre-defined template to export to CSV files now uses a semicolon as separator (instead of a comma), so the exported files can be opened directly in Excel.
  • Report: New fields {wsw_url_id} and {wsw_url_follow_master_id}
  • Bookmark action "Send e-mail": New variable {date_changed}
  • Bookmark action "Send e-mail": New variable {check_url} that displays the finally checked URL and also takes account of changes to the URL via the Plugin system or redirections
  • The "Send e-mail" variable {url} automatically expands date variables
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved (more rare login types supported)
  • Jump to the first highlighted change improved
  • Improved detection and filtering of embedded scripts
  • New program tweak: QuickInsertFromWebBrowserContextMenu=1 to quickly insert a page via the webbrowser context menu without displaying a window, bookmarks are always inserted into the root folder in that case
  • If a plugin is no longer compatible with a page and a new plugin was found (eg. after a forum version update), then it's possible to assign the new plugin via the browser information bar
  • If a plugin is no longer compatible with a page (eg. after a forum version update), it's possible to easily delete the assigned plugin via the browser information bar
  • vBulletin 3.x Plugin improved (improved detection of new postings)
  • Several PDF Plugin improvements
  • Scripts / SendMail command: User defined variables can be used in the mail subject
  • Improved handling of images with wrong extensions
  • WebSite-Watcher could not highlight changes under rare circumstances (due to conflicts with CSS definitions)
  • Keywords were not highlighted in the pre-defined color under rare circumstances (due to conflicts with CSS definitions)
  • Alert/Actions on error: Bookmark action "Send e-mail" didn't work when an error was detected.
  • WebSite-Watcher could perform AutoWatch checks endlessly without a countdown under certain circumstances. This should fix the behavior that was described in that thread
  • AutoWatch: Resetting automatic time frequency after an update could fail under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.2) Beta 4 - 2010 (10.2) Beta 5

  • WebSite-Watcher could perform AutoWatch checks endlessly without a countdown under certain circumstances. This should fix the behavior that was described in that thread
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved (more rare login types supported)
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.2) Beta 3 - 2010 (10.2) Beta 4

  • Alert/Actions on error: Bookmark action "Send e-mail" didn't work when an error was detected.
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for 2010 (10.2) Beta 2 - 2010 (10.2) Beta 3

  • Internet Explorer Macros improved (more rare login types supported)
  • Jump to the first highlighted change improved
  • Improved detection and filtering of embedded scripts
  • Detection and auto correction of certain database errors
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • New program tweak: QuickInsertFromWebBrowserContextMenu=1 to quickly insert a page via the webbrowser context menu without displaying a window, bookmarks are always inserted into the root folder in that case
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.2) Beta 1 - 2010 (10.2) Beta 2

  • Highlighting keywords significantly improved (you should no longer see the message "could not highlight all keywords")
  • WebSite-Watcher could not highlight changes under rare circumstances (due to conflicts with CSS definitions)
  • Keywords were not highlighted in the pre-defined color under rare circumstances (due to conflicts with CSS definitions)
  • Bookmark action "Send e-mail": New variable {check_url} that displays the finally checked URL and also takes account of changes to the URL via the Plugin system or redirections
  • The "Send e-mail" variable {url} automatically expands date variables
  • Windows were not placed correctly on dual monitor systems (Beta-1 issue)
  • Smaller fixes and tweaks



Changes for 2010 (10.1) - 2010 (10.2) Beta 1

  • New function "Re-Create database from cache folder". If a database has physical damages and you don't have a working backup file and the function "Repair database" fails, you can now fully re-create a database from files that are stored in the cache folder.
  • "Repair database" improved (WebSite-Watcher can now repair more data from damaged databases)
  • Improved database stability
  • If a bookmark was checked with "Check-by-screenshot" or the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser", then it was possible that an embedded sound was played during the check. These checks work now completely silent. This works only under Windows Vista and 7.
  • Improved AutoWatch countdown calculation
  • Extended Search: Save settings as default ("Options" button)
  • Extended Search: "Display in Main Window" didn't remember the bookmarks after a WebSite-Watcher restart - Thread
  • Bookmark action "Send e-mail": New variable date_changed}
  • Plugins: New built in function "ReplaceRegex"
  • [x] Analysis tab: Analysis for Update-On-Keywords improved
  • Report/Export: The pre-defined template to export to CSV files now uses a semicolon as separator (instead of a comma), so the exported files can be opened directly in Excel.
  • Report: New fields {wsw_url_id} and {wsw_url_follow_master_id}
  • If a plugin is no longer compatible with a page and a new plugin was found (eg. after a forum version update), then it's possible to assign the new plugin via the browser information bar
  • If a plugin is no longer compatible with a page (eg. after a forum version update), it's possible to easily delete the assigned plugin via the browser information bar
  • Several PDF Plugin improvements
  • Scripts / SendMail command: User defined variables can be used in the mail subject
  • Resetting automatic time value could fails under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.0) - 2010 (10.1)

  • New bookmark column: Creation date. (Options + Columns)
  • Three new customizable bookmark columns. These columns can be used to display specific bookmark configurations, for example to show if the bookmark action "Send Mail" is enabled. (Options + Columns)
  • WebSite-Watcher uses the correct AutoWatch countdown value after a computer was in hibernation
  • Show removed elements at the end of the page: WebSite-Watcher no longer shows elements that were ignored by defined filters.
  • New Plugin: IFilter Text Extraction
  • Automatically assign PDF/Word/Excel plugin: New option "Don't assign plugin" (Program configuration + Bookmarks + Assign Plugins). If this option is selected, new PDF/Word/Excel files will be checked by file date.
  • Import bookmarks from Firefox 3.x
  • Bookmark list: Reset error status (available when you right click bookmarks in the error folder)
  • Bookmarks that were checked with the technology "IE/Browser" (or with Internet Explorer Macros) could steal the focus under certain circumstances, this should no longer happen.
  • Many improvements and optimizations for large window fonts
  • Checking binary files improved
  • New program tweak: SendMailOnlyNewRssArticles=0 (by default, the bookmark action "Send Mail" sends only new articles of an RSS feed. If this tweak is set, then all articles of an RSS feed will be included in the e-mails).
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Mail Outbox: Show queued mails in the outbox (can help to find problems when WSW cannot send all mails)
  • Update similar bookmarks feature improved
  • Update-On-Keywords: Improved keyword detection
  • Improved IFRAME filtering
  • More precise detection of first change
  • Automatic deletion of unused ignore filters improved
  • Internal browser: the default zoom value was only applied to the main browser tab. Now all browser tabs uses the default zoom value that is defined in the program configuration. The default zoom value is also used for all other embedded browsers (eg. Filter Assistant, MiniBrowser, Extended Search, etc.)
  • Internal Browser: Tab flickering fixed
  • Filters were not saved when the Filter-Assistant was called in the Page menu of the internal browser
  • Automatically repair folder structure after repairing a corrupted database (was not possible under certain circumstances)
  • Last change marker could be displayed at a wrong position
  • Bugfix in CSS handling that could lead to malformed pages.
  • Downloading images could fail if an image didn't have a file extension or if a wrong file extension was used
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.1 Beta-2) - 2010 (10.0)

  • Filter-Assistant: The filter assistant can be called within the internal browser, either by holding the Alt key pressed while selecting a text or via the menu entry "Create new filter..." in the "Page" sub menu
  • Filter-Assistant: New wizard to classify the type of the filter and the selected text
  • Bookmark statistics ("View" menu)
  • Keywords: Enhanced editor with sorting and spelling check
  • WebSite-Watcher no longer reports an error if an RSS/Atom feed has no postings
  • Follow-Links: Automatically delete no longer linked files
  • Internal browser / tiled view: synchronized scrolling
  • Internal Browser: Close button is now placed within the tabs
  • Internal Browser + Page menu: "Copy URL to Clipboard" (if a local bookmark cache file is opened, WebSite-Watcher will copy the online URL to the clipboard)
  • Automatic codepage detection if neither the web page page nor the server provide a charset definition (this is a self learning system based on pages with valid charset definitions)
  • Windows 7: WebSite-Watcher shows the check progress in the taskbar icon
  • New/advanced toolbar configuration, eg. order of buttons can be changed
  • New toolbar button: Delete
  • Extended Search: browser toolbar can be customized (context menu)
  • New option: Reset toolbars to their defaults
  • Add RSS feeds from the internal browser (RSS button in status bar): Preview of RSS feed
  • Improved date detection in Atom Feed postings
  • Plugins: IPBoard 3.x Plugins added
  • Plugins: WoltLab Burning Board 3.x Plugins added
  • Plugins: vBulletin 4.x Plugins added
  • Plugins: vBulletin 3.x Plugins improved
  • Plugins: Excel plugin improved
  • Plugins: Bookmark can have a Private Plugin AND a Shared Plugin. If both plugins have a same event function implemented, then the event function of the Shared Plugin is executed before the event function of the Private Plugin.
  • Plugins: New event function "WSW_ActionsOnUpdate" is performed when an update is detected
  • Plugins: New function Bookmark_LoadCacheFile to get the content of new/old/changed files (this function can typically be used in WSW_ActionsOnUpdate)
  • Word/Excel Plugins: Separate Plugins for the internal conversion and the the conversion via MS Office 2003+
  • PDF/Word/Excel Plugins: Default plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be configured in the program configuration (Bookmarks tab)
  • PDF Plugin: Unicode partially supported
  • Plugin identification: Server log can be used to identify a file type
  • Selection of shared plugins improved
  • Send mails: new variables {folder} and {foldername}
  • New Script command "SendBookmarks"
  • Help + Check for new version (beside the (optional) automatic update check you can now also call it manually via the Help menu)
  • When the update check finds a new WebSite-Watcher version, you can let WebSite-Watcher download and install the new version automatically
  • Check-By-Screenshot improved
  • Open-with feature in the browser toolbar could be blocked several seconds by anti virus software
  • The embedded Internet Explorer could slow down or freeze under certain circumstances
  • Fixed a stack overflow that could happen under rare circumstances
  • Many help file improvements
  • Romanian user interface added
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for 2010 (10.1 Beta-1) - 2010 (10.1 Beta-2)

  • [+] New Plugin: IFilter Text Extraction
  • [+] Import bookmarks from Firefox 3.x
  • [+] Bookmark list: Reset error status (available when you right click bookmarks in the error folder)
  • [x] Improved IFRAME filtering
  • [-] Internal browser: the default zoom value was only applied to the main browser tab. Now all browser tabs uses the default zoom value that is defined in the program configuration. The default zoom value is also used for all other embedded browsers (eg. Filter Assistant, MiniBrowser, Extended Search, etc.)
  • [-] Internal Browser: Tab flickering fixed
  • [x] Bookmarks that were checked with the technology "IE/Browser" (or with Internet Explorer Macros) could steal the focus under certain circumstances, this should no longer happen.
  • [-] Filters were not saved when the Filter-Assistant was called in the Page menu of the internal browser
  • [x] Automatically repair folder structure after repairing a corrupted database (was not possible under certain circumstances)
  • Smaller improvements and fixes.



Changes for v2010 (v10.0) - 2010 (10.1 Beta-1)

  • New bookmark column: Creation date. (Options + Columns)
  • Three new customizable bookmark columns. These columns can be used to display specific bookmark configurations, for example to show if the bookmark action "Send Mail" is enabled. (Options + Columns)
  • WebSite-Watcher uses the correct AutoWatch countdown value after a computer was in hibernation
  • Show removed elements at the end of the page: WebSite-Watcher no longer shows elements that were ignored by defined filters.
  • Automatically assign PDF/Word/Excel plugin: New option "Don't assign plugin" (Program configuration + Bookmarks + Assign Plugins). If this option is selected, new PDF/Word/Excel files will be checked by file date.
  • Many improvements and optimizations for large window fonts
  • Checking binary files improved
  • New program tweak: SendMailOnlyNewRssArticles=0 (by default, the bookmark action "Send Mail" sends only new articles of an RSS feed. If this tweak is set, then all articles of an RSS feed will be included in the e-mails).
  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Mail Outbox: Show queued mails in the outbox (can help to find problems when WSW cannot send all mails)
  • Update similar bookmarks feature improved
  • Update-On-Keywords: Improved keyword detection
  • Bugfix in CSS handling that could lead to malformed pages.
  • Downloading images could fail if an image didn't have a file extension or if a wrong file extension was used
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements



Changes for v5.1.7 - v2010 (v10.0)

  • [+] Filter-Assistant: The filter assistant can be called within the internal browser, either by holding the Alt key pressed while selecting a text or via the menu entry "Create new filter..." in the "Page" sub menu
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: New wizard to classify the type of the filter and the selected text
  • [+] Bookmark statistics ("View" menu)
  • [+] Keywords: Enhanced editor with sorting and spelling check
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer reports an error if an RSS/Atom feed has no postings
  • [+] Follow-Links: Automatically delete no longer linked files
  • [+] Internal browser / tiled view: synchronized scrolling
  • [+] Internal Browser: Close button is now placed within the tabs
  • [+] Internal Browser + Page menu: "Copy URL to Clipboard" (if a local bookmark cache file is opened, WebSite-Watcher will copy the online URL to the clipboard)
  • [+] Automatic codepage detection if neither the web page page nor the server provide a charset definition (this is a self learning system based on pages with valid charset definitions)
  • [+] Windows 7: WebSite-Watcher shows the check progress in the taskbar icon
  • [+] New/advanced toolbar configuration, eg. order of buttons can be changed
  • [+] New toolbar button: Delete
  • [+] Extended Search: browser toolbar can be customized (context menu)
  • [+] New option: Reset toolbars to their defaults
  • [+] Add RSS feeds from the internal browser (RSS button in status bar): Preview of RSS feed
  • [x] Improved date detection in Atom Feed postings
  • [+] Plugins: IPBoard 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: WoltLab Burning Board 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: vBulletin 4.x Plugins added
  • [x] Plugins: vBulletin 3.x Plugins improved
  • [x] Plugins: Excel plugin improved
  • [+] Plugins: Bookmark can have a Private Plugin AND a Shared Plugin. If both plugins have a same event function implemented, then the event function of the Shared Plugin is executed before the event function of the Private Plugin.
  • [+] Plugins: New event function "WSW_ActionsOnUpdate" is performed when an update is detected
  • [+] Plugins: New function Bookmark_LoadCacheFile to get the content of new/old/changed files (this function can typically be used in WSW_ActionsOnUpdate)
  • [+] Word/Excel Plugins: Separate Plugins for the internal conversion and the the conversion via MS Office 2003+
  • [+] PDF/Word/Excel Plugins: Default plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be configured in the program configuration (Bookmarks tab)
  • [+] PDF Plugin: Unicode partially supported
  • [+] Plugin identification: Server log can be used to identify a file type - Thread
  • [x] Selection of shared plugins improved
  • [+] Send mails: new variables {folder} and {foldername} - Thread
  • [+] New Script command "SendBookmarks" - Thread
  • [+] Help + Check for new version (beside the (optional) automatic update check you can now also call it manually via the Help menu)
  • [+] When the update check finds a new WebSite-Watcher version, you can let WebSite-Watcher download and install the new version automatically
  • [x] Check-By-Screenshot improved
  • [x] Open-with feature in the browser toolbar could be blocked several seconds by anti virus software
  • [-] The embedded Internet Explorer could slow down or freeze under certain circumstances
  • [-] Fixed a stack overflow that could happen under rare circumstances
  • Many help file improvements
  • Romanian user interface added
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for 2010 (10.0 Beta-5) - v2010 (10.0 Beta-6)

  • Add RSS feeds from the internal browser (RSS button in status bar): Preview of RSS feed
  • Improved date detection in Atom Feed postings
  • Open-with feature in the browser toolbar could be blocked several seconds by anti virus software
  • Bug in vBulletin 4.x Plugin fixed: WebSite-Watcher could highlight a wrong line
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for 2010 (10.0 Beta-4) - 2010 (10.0 Beta-5)

  • [+] New/advanced toolbar configuration, eg. order of buttons can be changed
  • [+] New toolbar button: Delete
  • [+] Extended Search: browser toolbar can be customized (context menu)
  • [+] New option: Reset toolbars to their defaults
  • [x] Excel plugin improved
  • Language files for translators updated (some additional text since Beta-4)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.0 Beta-3) - 2010 (10.0 Beta-4)

  • [+] IPBoard 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] WoltLab Burning Board 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] vBulletin 4.x Plugins added
  • [x] vBulletin 3.x Plugins improved
  • [+] Help + Check for new version (beside the (optional) automatic update check you can now also call it manually via the Help menu)
  • [+] When the update check finds a new WebSite-Watcher version, you can let WebSite-Watcher download and install the new version automatically
  • [x] Check-By-Screenshot improved
  • [+] Internal Browser + Page menu: "Copy URL to Clipboard" (if a local bookmark cache file is opened, WebSite-Watcher will copy the online URL to the clipboard)
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.0 Beta-2) - 2010 (10.0 Beta-3)

  • Internal Browser: Close button is now placed within the tabs
  • Internal Browser: Double click onto a tab maximizes/restores the browser
  • Fixed a stack overflow that could happen under rare circumstances
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for 2010 (10.0 Beta-1) - 2010 (10.0 Beta-2)

  • [+] Filter-Assistant: last step has a preview window to verify all filter settings before applying the new filter
  • [+] Windows 7: WebSite-Watcher shows the check progress in the taskbar icon
  • [+] New Script command "SendBookmarks" - Thread
  • [+] Send mails: new variables {folder} and {foldername} - Thread
  • Smaller optimizations and fixes



Changes for v5.1.6 - 2010 (10.0 Beta-1)

  • [+] Filter-Assistant: The filter assistant can be called within the internal browser, either by holding the Alt key pressed while selecting a text or via the menu entry "Create new filter..." in the "Page" sub menu
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: New wizard to classify the type of the filter and the selected text
  • [+] Bookmark statistics ("View" menu)
  • [+] Keywords: Enhanced editor with sorting and spelling check
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer reports an error if an RSS/Atom feed has no postings
  • [+] Follow-Links: Automatically delete no longer linked files
  • [+] Internal browser / tiled view: synchronized scrolling
  • [+] Automatic codepage detection if neither the web page page nor the server provide a charset definition (this is a self learning system based on pages with valid charset definitions)
  • [+] Plugins: Bookmark can have a Private Plugin AND a Shared Plugin. If both plugins have a same event function implemented, then the event function of the Shared Plugin is executed before the event function of the Private Plugin.
  • [+] Plugins: New event function "WSW_ActionsOnUpdate" is performed when an update is detected
  • [+] Plugins: New function Bookmark_LoadCacheFile to get the content of new/old/changed files (this function can typically be used in WSW_ActionsOnUpdate)
  • [+] Word/Excel Plugins: Separate Plugins for the internal conversion and the the conversion via MS Office 2003+
  • [+] PDF/Word/Excel Plugins: Default plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be configured in the program configuration (Bookmarks tab)
  • [+] PDF Plugin: Unicode partially supported
  • [+] Plugin identification: Server log can be used to identify a file type - Thread
  • [x] Selection of shared plugins improved
  • [-] The embedded Internet Explorer could slow down or freeze under certain circumstances
  • Many help file improvements
  • Romanian user interface added
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v5.1.6 - v5.1.7

  • [-] Aborting a check didn't work correctly
  • Smaller optimizations and fixes
  • Romanian user interface added



Changes for v5.1.5 - v5.1.6

  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash under Windows 2000
  • [x] vBulletin plugin improved - Thread
  • [x] Fixed a problem with HTTPs pages and invalid certificates (on systems with IE8) - Thread
  • Czech translation updated



Changes for v5.1.4 - v5.1.5

  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: Date variables can be used in the whole macro script - Thread
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: several internal improvements and enhancements (WebSite-Watcher could not record macros for various pages)
  • [x] Internet Explorer integration under Windows 7 improved
  • [x] Some stability improvements (WebSite-Watcher could crash under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Improved codepage detection
  • [x] Plugin for phpBB3 forums improved
  • [-] Checking very large local PDF files didn't work correctly
  • [-] Incorrect Unicode handling for some Japanese web pages
  • [-] Word/Excel Plugin could be falsely assigned under certain circumstances
  • Hebrew and Finnish language files updated
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.1.5 Beta 1 - v5.1.5 Beta 2

  • Internet Explorer Macros: Date variables can be used in the whole macro script
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.1.4 - v5.1.5 Beta 1

  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: several internal improvements and enhancements (WebSite-Watcher could not record macros for various pages)
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: it's possible to use the date variable in the URL line - Thread
  • [x] Some stability improvements (WebSite-Watcher could crash under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Improved codepage detection
  • [x] Plugin for phpBB3 forums improved
  • [-] Checking very large local PDF files didn't work correctly
  • [-] Incorrect Unicode handling for some Japanese web pages
  • [-] Word/Excel Plugin could be falsely assigned under certain circumstances
  • Hebrew and Finnish language files updated
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v5.1.3 - v5.1.4

  • WebSite-Watcher 5.1.3 could extremely slow down and the user interface could get unresponsive on some PCs. If you haven't noticed this problem, then this version might work at least a bit smoother.
  • Program configuration: Default zoom value for the internal browser (IE8 didn't work properly with 120 DPI and a fixed default zoom value of 100%)
  • Detection and better handling of problematic postings in RSS/Atom feeds
  • Selecting Shared Plugins improved
  • Changed default settings for simultaneous connections
  • Some stability issues fixed
  • AutoWatch: "Check every X days, Time: Y:Y" didn't work correctly in combination with the "Check only on days" option
  • Folder configuration "Delete X days after last update" didn't work correctly for unchecked bookmarks
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v5.1.4 Beta 1 - v5.1.4 Beta 2

  • Program configuration: Default zoom value for the internal browser (IE8 didn't work properly with 120 DPI and a fixed default zoom value of 100%)
  • Changed default settings for simultaneous connections
  • Some stability issues fixed
  • AutoWatch: "Check every X days, Time: Y:Y" didn't work correctly in combination with the "Check only on days" option
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v5.1.3 - v5.1.4 Beta 1

  • WebSite-Watcher 5.1.3 could extremely slow down and the user interface could get unresponsive on some PCs. If you haven't noticed this problem, then this version might work at least a bit smoother.
  • Selecting Shared Plugins improved
  • Folder configuration "Delete X days after last update" didn't work correctly for unchanged bookmarks
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v5.1.2 - v5.1.3

  • [x] If a bookmark is opened in the internal browser, then the bookmark name will be displayed in the browser tab (instead of the document title)
  • [x] Several stability improvements (this should also fix a problem as described in that Thread)
  • [x] PDF Plugin significantly improved (layout should be preserved much better now)
  • [x] Excel Plugin: Automatically delete empty rows/columns at the bottom/right of a grid what can dramatically improve speed for grids with tons of empty rows/columns.
  • [x] Improved decoding of newsgroup messages
  • [x] Improvements when checking html pages with file type "text"
  • [x] If a server sends an empty page, then WebSite-Watcher displays now a more informative error message (instead of "Whole content filtered, please verify your filter settings")
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could not extract entries from RSS/Atom feeds under certain circumstances
  • [-] Internal Excel converter could fail under Windows 7
  • [-] Fixed a crash when WebSite-Watcher was closed without a bookmark list opened
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v5.1.3 Beta 1 - v5.1.3 Beta 2

  • If a bookmark is opened in the internal browser, then the bookmark name will be displayed in the browser tab (instead of the document title)
  • Several stability improvements (this should also fix a problem as described in that Thread)
  • PDF Plugins improved
  • PDF/Word/Excel Plugins are automatically assigned to old bookmarks which are still checked by file date or file size
  • WebSite-Watcher could not extract entries from RSS/Atom feeds under certain circumstances
  • Internal Excel converter could fail under Windows 7
  • Smaller improvements/fixes



Changes for v5.1.2 - v5.1.3 Beta 1

  • Improvements when checking html pages with file type "text"
  • If a server sends an empty page, then WebSite-Watcher displays now a more informative error message (instead of "Whole content filtered, please verify your filter settings")
  • PDF Plugin significantly improved (layout should be preserved much better now)
  • Excel Plugin: Automatically delete empty rows/columns at the bottom/right of a grid what can dramatically improve speed for grids with tons of empty rows/columns.
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v5.1.1 Beta 6 - v5.1.2

  • A check optimization was broken in v5.1.1. As a side effect, a change was probably alerted with some delay. This bug was unfortunately introduced between the last beta and final of v5.1.1.



Changes for v5.1.1 Beta 5 - v5.1.1 Beta 6

  • Checking Word/Excel files: WebSite-Watcher will now use the internal conversion routines for Word/Excel files by default. Microsoft Office can be used alternatively via an option in the program configuration ("Bookmarks" tab). Microsoft Office 2003 or higher is required in order to enable this option.
  • Plugins for Word/Excel/Pdf files are now always assigned automatically to new bookmarks (the option to do that is no longer required and was removed)
  • PDF Plugin improved
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.1.1 Beta 4 - v5.1.1 Beta 5

  • Microsoft Office must no longer be installed in order to convert Word/Excel files into web pages, WebSite-Watcher has now a built-in conversion routine. If Microsoft Office is installed, it will however still be used to convert these files into HTML pages.
  • Sorting by alternative URLs did not recognize check macros.
  • Performance of reports with folder structure improved
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v5.1.1 Beta 2 - v5.1.1 Beta 4

  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.1.1 Beta 1 - v5.1.1 Beta 2

  • Jump to first/next change improved (WebSite-Watcher could "deface" the page layout when performing a jump).
  • More internal Unicode improvements
  • Windows were not placed correctly on dual monitor systems (Beta-1 issue)
  • Minor fixes



Changes for v5.1.0 - v5.1.1 Beta 1

  • [x] Many internal Unicode improvements (WebSite-Watcher didn't for example work correctly on an English Windows with Japanese codepage)
  • [x] Improved handling of large PDF files
  • [x] Improved detection if all keywords could be highlighted
  • [x] Improved handling of *.txt files
  • [-] Sending messages with Outlook Express (via MAPI) could fail
  • [-] Encrypting new database files could delete some bookmark properties
  • Smaller improvements and bugfixes



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 11 - v5.1.0

  • Smaller tweaks



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 10 - v5.1.0 Beta 11

  • Improved integration of Local Website Archive (requires LWA 3.1.0 Beta-3 or higher)
  • Updated language files: Norwegian
  • Smaller tweaks



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 9 - v5.1.0 Beta 10

  • [x] Plugin IDE: Script editor has been replaced with another one (the old editor was too buggy and caused too many problems)
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash during a check run in rare circumstances
  • Updated language files: Arabic, Italian, Russian
  • Smaller changes/fixes



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 8 - v5.1.0 Beta 9

  • Plugins / new Event function: Wsw_CheckKeywords
  • Plugins / new built-in function: Bookmark_ApplyFilter
  • Plugins / new built-in function: Execute
  • Reports: Improved text extraction from RSS feeds
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Smaller improvements / fixes



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 7 - v5.1.0 Beta 8

  • Improved detection and autocorrection of outdated cache files
  • New command line parameter "BatchMode" to suppress specific user input messages, for example to automatically check for new versions.
  • PDF Plugin improved
  • Large PDF files could crash WSW
  • "Last check date" was not always correctly saved (Beta-7 issue)



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 6 - v5.1.0 Beta 7

  • New PDF plugin with built-in solution to convert PDF files into web pages, an external converter is no longer required (the addon xpdf is no longer needed, but still supported)
  • New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Word document into web page (Microsoft Office 2003 or higher must be installed)
  • New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Excel document into web page (Microsoft Office 2003 or higher must be installed)
  • Plugins for PDF/Word/Excel files can be automatically assigned to new bookmarks (enabled by default, can be disabled in the program configuration)
  • PDF-files: The Pdf-Plugin is now suggested in the Browser-Info-Bar
  • If the "Plugin Selection" dialog is called from the Browser Information Bar, a "Check Now" button is displayed in that dialog to quickly re-check the bookmark
  • PDF-Plugin: Performance improvement.
  • Improved detection if the PDF-Plugin based on pdftotext.exe (XPDF) produces an empty page
  • New function "Repair Cache Folder" (in File+Database). Call this feature if WSW displays outdated or wrong files when opening a bookmark.
  • Many smaller optimizations



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 5 - v5.1.0 Beta 6

  • New Plugin to monitor keyword definitions of a page - Blog
  • Several fixes and improvements when monitoring pages by screenshot
  • Bugfixes



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 4 - v5.1.0 Beta 5

  • New checking method: Check by screenshot - Blog
  • WebSite-Watcher can highlight changes in GIF/JPG/PNG images if you monitor a graphic file directly (address of the image file must be entered into the URL field)
  • Smaller improvements/tweaks



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 3 - v5.1.0 Beta 4

  • Internal Browser: Send page by e-mail (via "Page" button in browser toolbar)
  • Action "Send E-Mail": Old postings in RSS feeds are no longer included in e-mails what can dramatically reduce the e-mail size
  • Some codepage problems fixed (especially for Russian and Japanese pages)
  • Improved MSAA support
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 2 - v5.1.0 Beta 3

  • WebSite-Watcher always performs an AutoBackup before updating the database to a newer version. This helps restoring the latest database version if the update conversion fails.
  • Support of web pages which are compressed via HttpCompress
  • Improved codepage detection for pages with buggy HTML code
  • Internal browser: Open link in new window didn't work correctly under Vista
  • Unicode URLs: bug in IDN encoding fixed
  • Checking local folders didn't show Umlauts or Unicode characters correctly
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for v5.1.0 Beta 1 - v5.1.0 Beta 2

  • Report/Export: New option "Select changed bookmarks" (select all changed bookmarks that are displayed in red/bold)
  • Script: New parameter for command CreateReport: /bookmarks=changedall (select all changed bookmarks that are displayed in red/bold)
  • Improved file selection when restoring an AutoBackup file
  • WebSite-Watcher could crash under certain circumstances when converting bookmark files from previous versions



Changes for v5.0.3 - v5.1.0 Beta 1

  • [+] Full Unicode support due to moving to a new compiler version
  • [+] Optimized and reduced memory usage, especially if you have lots of bookmarks with keywords or filter definitions
  • [+] Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing Plugins
  • [+] Embedded videos are shown within web pages and blogs (image download or absolute image addresses must be enabled)
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher no longer plays the "click" sound when opening a page in the internal browser
  • [+] Automatic codepage detection if a web page doesn't have a charset definition
  • [+] Regular expressions: (?-i) for case sensitive regular expressions, for example: regex((?-i)\d+ Comments)
  • [+] Extended Search: Search result shows the bookmark folder if "View simple list" is selected
  • [-] If a changed, unread bookmark was rechecked with an error, then the error page instead of the unread content was displayed. WebSite-Watcher now ensures that you always see the unread content in such a case.



Changes for v5.0.5 - v5.0.6

  • Improved database stability
  • Some virus tools could alert a virus in version 5.0.5
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.0.3 - v5.0.4

  • Reports with extracted changes: Links were not extracted correctly
  • RSS feed were not displayed correctly under rare circumstances
  • WebSite-Watcher could crash when synchronizing bookmarks
  • WebSite-Watcher could crash during a check run under rare circumstances
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.0.3 Beta 1 - v5.0.3

  • More resistant against virus scanners (virus scanner could block some WSW files)
  • Improved extraction of changes when sending e-mails in text format
  • Changes in RSS feeds were not extracted correctly on reports
  • Plugin for vBulletin forums improved
  • Norwegian user interface added
  • Italian user interface added
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.0.2 - v5.0.3 Beta 1

  • More resistant against virus scanners (virus scanner could block some WSW files)
  • Improved extraction of changes when sending e-mails in text format
  • Changes in RSS feeds were not extracted correctly on reports
  • Plugin for vBulletin forums improved
  • Norwegian user interface added
  • Smaller fixes/improvements



Changes for v5.0.1 - v5.0.2

  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [-] AutoWatch countdown was reset after a bookmark was checked manually
  • [-] Helper program wswie.exe was not removed from memory under certain circumstances
  • [-] "Alert/Actions on Error" didn't work correctly
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher automatically renames images with wrong file extensions (was: internal browser could not display downloaded images with wrong file extensions)
  • [-] Time configuration "Check only on [DAYS]" could fail under certain circumstances
  • Danish translation added
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v5.0.2 Beta 2 - v5.0.2 Beta 3

  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v5.0.2 Beta 1 - v5.0.2 Beta 2

  • [-] Time configuration "Check only on [DAYS]" could fail under certain circumstances
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • Smaller improvements



Changes for v5.0.1 - v5.0.2 Beta 1

  • [-] AutoWatch countdown was reset after a bookmark was checked manually
  • [-] Helper program wswie.exe was not removed from memory under certain circumstances
  • [-] "Alert/Actions on Error" didn't work correctly
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher automatically renames images with wrong file extensions (was: internal browser could not display downloaded images with wrong file extensions)
  • Danish translation added
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for v5.0 - v5.0.1

  • New PDF-Plugin that converts the content of a PDF file into a text file by trying to keep the layout
  • Extended Search: Option "Search in bookmarks/page content" reintroduced
  • Performance of AutoBackup feature improved
  • AutoWatch countdown calculation optimized
  • Command line parameter /R was broken in version 5.0
  • Bookmark files with UNC path could not be opened
  • Bugfixes and smaller improvements



Changes for v5.0.1 Beta 1 - v5.0.1 Beta 2

  • Performance of AutoBackup feature improved
  • Command line parameter /R was broken in version 5.0
  • Bugfixes and smaller improvements



Changes for v5.0 - v5.0.1 Beta 1

  • New PDF-Plugin that converts the content of a PDF file into a text file by trying to keep the layout
  • Extended Search: Option "Search in bookmarks/page content" reintroduced
  • Bookmark files with UNC path could not be opened
  • Minor tweaks/improvements



Changes for v5.0 Beta 9 - v5.0

  • Completely new file format (introduces many possibilities for planned 5.x features and brings tons of other advantages, for example: everything is stored in a centralized database, up to 50% less disk usage, no reorganization after a crash, and much much more)
  • Plugin system that allows us more individual programming for specific pages. Custom Plugin creation is currently not available to the public, but it's planned to include the whole Plugin development system in WebSite-Watcher 5.1.
  • Pre-defined Plugins for major forums (phpBB, vBulletin, IPBoard, SMF)
  • Pre-defined Plugin to check the textual content of PDF files similar to normal web pages (this requires an additional tool to convert PDF files into text files)
  • Bookmark properties: Import properties from another bookmark (via "Extra" button)
  • Bookmark properties: Update properties in similar bookmarks
  • IFRAME support
  • Highlighting changes works more precisely
  • Highlight changes: Strike out filtered content works more precisely
  • Highlight keywords: regular expressions supported (format: regex(...))
  • FavIcons are displayed on browser tabs
  • Tabbed browsing: Close all read browser tabs
  • Tabbed browsing: tab hints
  • Internal browser: Zoom functionality in the Statusbar
  • Internal browser: Show if an opened page has RSS feeds with possibility to add these feeds as new bookmarks
  • Integration of Local Website Archive: "Open archived pages (LWA)" if bookmarks are added to Local Website Archive via bookmark actions (requires Local Website Archive 3.0+) - BLOG
  • Bookmark Action / Add to Local Website Archive: New options to automatically delete old bookmarks from Local Website Archive (this works only in combination with Local Website Archive 3.0+ and pages that were archived with WebSite-Watcher 5.0+) - BLOG
  • RSS feeds: New option to ignore changed postings (if enabled, WebSite-Watcher will monitor RSS feeds for new postings only)
  • AutoWatch: improved time configuration and countdown calculation (probably your time settings need some re-configuration due to these changes)
  • Follow Links: "Follow links to external domain" is now a separate option and can be used to monitor a whole domain inclusive all external links
  • Daily Auto-Backup: Backup the opened bookmark files once a day (can be restored via Tools+Backup/Restore)
  • Backup: Check database integrity before backup
  • WebSite-Watcher asks which browser tabs to re-open after a program crash
  • Compose Newsgroups postings: Spelling check
  • Extended Search: New/better presentation of search results
  • Extended Search: Found regular expression matches are highlighted
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Separate setting for e-mails and subjects
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Append to bookmark notes
  • Report - new fields: {wsw_url_foldername} and {wsw_url_folderpath}
  • Bookmark Action / Export: Filename supports variables {id}, {datetime} and date variables with format "<$date$, FORMAT>" (similar to date variables in URLs)
  • New bookmark option: "Prevent horizontal scrolling" if the page width is larger than the browser window (bookmark properties + "Options" tab)
  • Bookmark properties: Remember tab if bookmark properties are re-opened within a short time
  • Check-By-Date:WebSite-Watcher now uses the most recent file date (a check could report false positives if a server swapped between different file dates, eg after redirecting to different servers) - Thread
  • Synchronize: Sync functionality is now based on bookmark id and not on URLs to sync bookmarks
  • Wildcard filter: More atomic match detection - BLOG
  • Various dialogs: Many dialog elements can be accessed via shortcuts
  • Themes of Office XP/2003/2007
  • Tons of smaller changes, improvements and fixes



Changes for v5.0 Beta 8 - v5.0 Beta 9

  • Some display problems fixed
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v5.0 Beta 7 - v5.0 Beta 8

  • Smaller improvements and fixes
  • Language files for translators updated



Changes for v5.0 Beta 6 - v5.0 Beta 7

  • Ignore/Watch filters improved
  • Performance optimizations
  • Improvements and bugfixes



Changes for v5.0 Beta 5 - v5.0 Beta 6

  • Smaller improvements
  • Reported bugs fixed



Changes for v5.0 Beta 4 - v5.0 Beta 5

  • Internal Browser: Text size re-introduced
  • Internal Browser did not work correctly if IE8 was installed (bug introduced in Beta-4)
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v5.0 Beta 3 - v5.0 Beta 4

  • Various dialogs: Many dialog elements can be accessed via shortcuts
  • Internal browser: "Jump to the next change" uses the scrollbar position as reference (and no longer the last viewed change)
  • "Jump to the first change" functionality improved, sometimes pages were not displayed correctly - Thread
  • Zoom feature of internal browser improved
  • Several performance optimizations in combination with complex regular expressions in filter definitions
  • Smaller improvements/fixes



Changes for v5.0 Beta 2 - v5.0 Beta 3

  • New bookmark option: "Prevent horizontal scrolling" if the page width is larger than the browser window (bookmark properties + "Options" tab)
  • Several bugs fixed



Changes for v5.0 Beta 1 - v5.0 Beta 2

  • [+] When jumping to the first/next change or keyword, WebSite-Watcher prevents horizontal scrolling if the page width is larger than the browser window
  • [+] Reintroduced option: Show tab when only one page is opened
  • [+] New Tweak: BrowserTabColorRGB=... to configure the color of browser tabs
  • [-] Check-by-date didn't work under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



Changes for v4.42 - v5.0 Beta 1

  • Completely new file format (introduces many possibilities for planned 5.x features and brings tons of other advantages, for example: everything is stored in a centralized database, up to 50% less disk usage, no reorganization after a crash, and much much more)
  • Plugin system that allows us more individual programming for specific pages. Custom Plugin creation is currently not available to the public, but it's planned to include the whole Plugin development system in WebSite-Watcher 5.1.
  • Pre-defined Plugins for major forums (phpBB, vBulletin, IPBoard, SMF)
  • Pre-defined Plugin to check the textual content of PDF files similar to normal web pages (this requires an additional tool to convert PDF files into text files)
  • Bookmark properties: Import properties from another bookmark (via "Extra" button)
  • Bookmark properties: Update properties in similar bookmarks
  • IFRAME support
  • Highlighting changes works more precisely
  • Highlight changes: Strike out filtered content works more precisely
  • Highlight keywords: regular expressions supported (format: regex(...))
  • FavIcons are displayed on browser tabs
  • Tabbed browsing: Close all read browser tabs
  • Tabbed browsing: tab hints
  • Internal browser: Zoom functionality in the Statusbar
  • Internal browser: Show if an opened page has RSS feeds with possibility to add these feeds as new bookmarks
  • Integration of Local Website Archive: "Open archived pages (LWA)" if bookmarks are added to Local Website Archive via bookmark actions (requires Local Website Archive 3.0+) - BLOG
  • Bookmark Action / Add to Local Website Archive: New options to automatically delete old bookmarks from Local Website Archive (this works only in combination with Local Website Archive 3.0+ and pages that were archived with WebSite-Watcher 5.0+) - BLOG
  • RSS feeds: New option to ignore changed postings (if enabled, WebSite-Watcher will monitor RSS feeds for new postings only)
  • AutoWatch: improved time configuration and countdown calculation (probably your time settings need some re-configuration due to these changes)
  • Follow Links: "Follow links to external domain" is now a separate option and can be used to monitor a whole domain inclusive all external links
  • Daily Auto-Backup: Backup the opened bookmark files once a day (can be restored via Tools+Backup/Restore)
  • Backup: Check database integrity before backup
  • WebSite-Watcher asks which browser tabs to re-open after a program crash
  • Compose Newsgroups postings: Spelling check
  • Extended Search: New/better presentation of search results
  • Extended Search: Found regular expression matches are highlighted
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Separate setting for e-mails and subjects
  • Set properties in all selected bookmarks: Append to bookmark notes
  • Report - new fields: {wsw_url_foldername} and {wsw_url_folderpath}
  • Bookmark Action / Export: Filename supports variables {id}, {datetime} and date variables with format "<$date$, FORMAT>" (similar to date variables in URLs)
  • Bookmark properties: Remember tab if bookmark properties are re-opened within a short time
  • Check-By-Date:WebSite-Watcher now uses the most recent file date (a check could report false positives if a server swapped between different file dates, eg after redirecting to different servers) - Thread
  • Synchronize: Sync functionality is now based on bookmark id and not on URLs to sync bookmarks
  • Wildcard filter: More atomic match detection - BLOG
  • Themes of Office XP/2003/2007
  • Tons of smaller changes, improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.41 - v4.42

  • [+] Pages with gzip format supported
  • [+] Resorting the bookmark list will bring the previous selected bookmark into view - Thread
  • [x] AutoWatch / automatic time configuration: Smaller improvements and fixes
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved
  • [x] Better handling of URLs with "&"
  • [x] Improved handling of imported CSS files (wikipedia pages are now displayed correctly)
  • [-] Some bugs with dialup connection fixed - Thread
  • [-] Browser-Tabs could be re-opened multiple times under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [-] URLs with double slashes didn't work under certain circumstances
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when performing some actions in empty browser tabs
  • [-] Some problems with browser forward/back buttons fixed - Thread
  • Finnish translation updated
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.42 Beta 4 - v4.42 Beta 5

  • Browser-Tabs could be re-opened multiple times under certain circumstances - Thread
  • URLs with double slashes didn't work under certain circumstances
  • WebSite-Watcher could crash when performing some actions in empty browser tabs
  • Some problems with browser forward/back buttons fixed - Thread
  • Finnish translation updated



Changes for v4.42 Beta 3 - v4.42 Beta 4

  • [x] Improved handling of imported CSS files (wikipedia pages are now displayed correctly)
  • Smaller improvements/fixes



Changes for v4.42 Beta 2 - v4.42 Beta 3

  • [+] Resorting the bookmark list will bring the previous selected bookmark into view
  • [x] Better handling of URLs with "&"
  • [-] Some bugs with dialup connection fixed



Changes for v4.42 Beta 1 - v4.42 Beta 2

  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.41 - v4.42 Beta 1

  • Pages with gzip format supported
  • AutoWatch / automatic time configuration: Smaller improvements and fixes
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v4.40 - v4.41

  • [x] Improved handling of complex inline CSS definitions (could cause false positives under certain circumstances if only CSS definitions were changed)
  • [x] Improved detection and usage of system default font (especially under Vista with classic theme)
  • [x] Improved handling of pages with wrong character set definitions
  • [x] Handling of web pages with an invalid certificate improved
  • [-] Hyperlinks weren't extracted correctly from Atom feeds under certain circumstances
  • [-] E-Mail configuration: SMTP server used connection type from POP3 server and vice versa
  • [-] User interface wasn't displayed correctly with large windows fonts
  • [-] Image configuration: Filter images from other domains didn't work correctly
  • [-] Floating info win could disappear after changing dual monitor configurations
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v4.41 Beta 2 - v4.41 Beta 3

  • User interface wasn't displayed correctly with large windows fonts
  • Image configuration: Filter images from other domains didn't work correctly
  • Floating info win could disappear after changing dual monitor configurations
  • Smaller bugs fixed



Changes for v4.41 Beta 1 - v4.41 Beta 2

  • Improved handling of complex inline CSS definitions (could cause false positives under certain circumstances if only CSS definitions were changed)



Changes for v4.40 - v4.41 Beta 1

  • [x] Improved detection and usage of system default font (especially under Vista with classic theme)
  • [x] Improved handling of pages with wrong character set definitions
  • [x] Handling of web pages with an invalid certificate improved
  • [-] Hyperlinks weren't extracted correctly from Atom feeds under certain circumstances
  • [-] E-Mail configuration: SMTP server used connection type from POP3 server and vice versa
  • Smaller fixes



Changes for v4.35 - v4.40

  • [+] Automatic time configuration for AutoWatch and manual checks (based on an idea described in that Thread)
  • [+] Internal browser: each bookmark has a normal view and a text view (can be changed with tabs on bottom)
  • [+] Internal browser: Analysis functionality (can be accessed with tabs on bottom)
  • [+] Import from text file: "Check for duplicates" can now be disabled optionally (better performance)
  • [+] Scripts: If you press the Shift Key while selecting a script from the script menu, the selected script is opened in the editor
  • [+] Script command "Import Bookmarks": New parameter /TextIgnoreDuplicates when importing from text files
  • [+] Update-On-Keywords and ignore filters: WebSite-Watcher no longer searches keywords in ignored content
  • [x] Update-On-Keywords functionality improved
  • [-] Some RSS/Atom feeds didn't work - Thread
  • [-] Files in the root directory of FTP servers couldn't be checked
  • [+] Conditional Comments supported - Thread
  • [-] Opening a saved page in the embedded Internet Explorer could freeze WebSite-Watcher under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [x] Report with highlighted changes: A blank line is printed between RSS postings - Thread
  • [x] Some obsolete features removed
  • [x] Improved detection of new/old postings in RSS feeds
  • [x] Recording of IE-Macros improved
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer deletes outdated Watch filters automatically
  • [x] Improved Javascript filtering
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser" improved - Thread
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.40 Beta 4 - v4.40 Beta 5

  • [x] Improved Javascript filtering
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser" improved - Thread
  • [-] POST command could fail under certain circumstances
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.40 Beta 3 - v4.40 Beta 4

  • Several smaller bugs fixed
  • Language files for translators updated



Changes for v4.40 Beta 2 - v4.40 Beta 3

  • Improved detection of new/old postings in RSS feeds
  • Analyze functionality improved
  • Recording of IE-Macros improved
  • WebSite-Watcher no longer deletes outdated Watch filters automatically
  • Minor improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.40 Beta 1 - v4.40 Beta 2

  • [-] AutoWatch: Some problems with automatic time configuration fixed
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v4.35 - v4.40 Beta 1

  • [+] Automatic time configuration for AutoWatch and manual checks (based on an idea described in that Thread)
  • [+] Internal browser: each bookmark has a normal view and a text view (can be changed with tabs on bottom)
  • [+] Internal browser: Analysis functionality (can be accessed with tabs on bottom)
  • [+] Import from text file: "Check for duplicates" can now be disabled optionally (better performance)
  • [+] Scripts: If you press the Shift Key while selecting a script from the script menu, the selected script is opened in the editor
  • [+] Script command "Import Bookmarks": New parameter /TextIgnoreDuplicates when importing from text files
  • [+] Update-On-Keywords and ignore filters: WebSite-Watcher no longer searches keywords in ignored content
  • [x] Update-On-Keywords functionality improved
  • [-] Some RSS/Atom feeds didn't work - Thread
  • [-] Files in the root directory of FTP servers couldn't be checked
  • [+] Conditional Comments supported - Thread
  • [-] Opening a saved page in the embedded Internet Explorer could freeze WebSite-Watcher under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [x] Report with highlighted changes: A blank line is printed between RSS postings - Thread
  • [x] Some obsolete features removed
  • Smaller improvements and fixes



Changes for v4.35 Beta 3 - v4.35

  • [+] Tabbed browser: Mark tab as unvisited (via tab context menu)
  • [-] FTP directories could not be checked under certain circumstances
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for v4.35 Beta 2 - v4.35 Beta 3

  • [-] FTP addresses could not be checked under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [-] Internet Explorer Macros could display a small version of the page while the macro was executed - Thread
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for v4.35 Beta 1 - v4.35 Beta 2

  • [+] Extended Search: Ctrl+Alt+Click onto a link opens the link in external web browser
  • [-] Follow-Links and "Copy-all-bookmark-properties": sometimes new pages were marked as changed after the first check
  • [-] Ctrl+Tab to switch to the next browser tab didn't work
  • [-] Space to scroll page in internal browser didn't work under certain circumstances
  • [-] A check run with defined "advanced connection rules" could hang under certain circumstances
  • Removed: The "Could not highlight changes" info bar since it didn't work as well as expected



Changes for v4.34 - v4.35 Beta 1

  • [+] Drag-And-Drop browser tabs to a folder for inserting new bookmarks
  • [+] Internal browser: Re-open all tabs
  • [+] Opera browser integration: Context menu entry "Add to WebSite-Watcher" (can be added via WebSite-Watcher program configuration).
  • [+] Extended Search: Ctrl+Alt+Click onto browser toolbar buttons opens page in external browser
  • [-] Main window could get "corrupted" after resizing the window
  • [-] Some Javscript links could not be opened in the internal browser
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for v4.33 - v4.34

  • [+] WebSite-Watcher can be installed in portable mode.
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically detects and deletes outdated ignore and watch filters
  • [+] If WebSite-Watcher cannot highlight (visible) changes in a page, then a special info bar is displayed. A single click onto that info bar opens the "Test filter/Compare versions" window.
  • [+] Deleting bookmarks with Auto-Delete option (folder properties) and deleting bookmarks from Trash are now performed frequently when you run WebSite-Watcher 24x7 (and not only on program exit)
  • [x] Filter-Wizard: TEXT and TEXT(2) tabs have been merged
  • [+] Filter-Wizard: TEXT view keeps highlighted changes
  • [+] Extended Search: Browser toolbar has a "Page" submenu
  • [+] New bookmark option: Advanced + Troubleshooting + Show hidden elements
  • [+] Browser integration - WebSite-Watcher displays in the menu (of the WSW eye icon) if an URL already exists - Thread
  • [+] "Jump to first/next keyword" uses only keywords within highlighted changes - Thread
  • [+] Date variable in URLs enhanced, the offset can now also be defined in hours, minutes or seconds - Thread
  • [+] New report variables: {wsw_url_relpath_filename}, {wsw_url_relpath_filename_chg} and {wsw_url_relpath_filename_chg1}
  • [+] After changing a macro you'll be asked if you want to change the existing URL to the new macro starting URL (if they differ) - Thread
  • [+] Bookmark notes: URLs are automatically highlighted
  • [x] Jump to first change in large .txt files: Performance improvements
  • [x] Highlight keywords in newsgroup bodies and RSS feeds improved
  • [x] If WebSite-Watcher cannot highlight all keywords in a page, then WebSite-Watcher jumps to the warning at the beginning of the page instead of the first highlighted change
  • [x] NTLM proxy authentication improved (wininet technology)
  • [x] Proxy support with user/password authentication improved (wininet technology)
  • [+] Script command "SendMail": user defined variables can be used in mail bodies
  • [x] Performance improvements during a check run
  • [x] Option "Ignore error codes from server" works now also with check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [x] Import bookmarks from Opera and Firefox: Encoded characters (eg. & or :) are decoded correctly
  • [x] Special character • is now decoded correctly
  • [x] Improved Javascript handling (pages with unclosed javascript tags weren't displayed correctly under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Internal browser: Tab handling improved
  • [x] Improved CSS filtering (CSS definitions weren't filtered correctly under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macro functionality improved - Thread
  • [x] Highlighting keywords improved (some short keywords could sometimes not be highlighted)
  • [x] Detect duplicates: bookmarks with macros handled correctly
  • [x] "Restore previous version" no longer deletes the old version - Thread
  • [x] Bookmark properties: if check method is "by content" and file type is "binary", then files are downloaded and saved in original format
  • [x] Simultaneous connections for local files (file:// protocol) has been limited to 1
  • [x] Speed of checking local directories with lots of files significantly improved
  • [x] Restore bookmarks/program configurations improved
  • [-] File+Open didn't use the folder of the currently opened bookmark file (as in previous versions)
  • [-] Links and image addresses were not converted correctly in phpBB3 forums
  • [-] Checking a newsgroup could fail under certain circumstances
  • [-] Some untypical URLs were not converted to absolute addresses correctly
  • [-] Browser tabs weren't displayed correctly under WinXP x64
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when moving bookmarks to other folders while the Ctrl key was pressed
  • [-] Combination of features "Follow Links", "Alert on initialization" and "Update on keywords" didn't work correctly
  • [-] Redirections from HTTPS to HTTP could fail with the internal checking method under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [-] Follow-Links didn't work under certain circumstances
  • [-] Check-Macros: Some URLs with anchors could not be recorded correctly
  • [-] Multiple keywords could not be pre-defined in general program configuration - Thread
  • [-] Umlauts and other special characters weren't displayed correctly in RSS feed tooltips - Thread
  • [-] "Jump to first keyword" didn't work for initialized pages (without highlighted changes) in Beta-1
  • [-] HTML mails could not be sent under certain circumstances
  • [-] Pages with CSS could be broken under certain circumstances
  • Hebrew translation added
  • Tons of internal code improvements



Changes for v4.34 Beta 3 - v4.34 Beta 4

  • [+] Setup can optionally install the desktop or portable version (portable setup now removed from Help menu)
  • [+] After changing a macro you'll be asked if you want to change the existing URL to the new macro starting URL (if they differ) - Thread
  • [+] Bookmark notes: URLs are automatically highlighted
  • [-] Jump to next keyword didn't work in previous betas - Thread
  • [-] Pages with CSS could be broken under certain circumstances
  • Hebrew translation added
  • Language file for translators updated
  • Minor Tweaks



Changes for v4.34 Beta 2 - v4.34 Beta 3

  • [x] Restore bookmarks/program configurations improved
  • [-] Send-Mail: Highlighted changes could not be displayed with some e-mail clients
  • [-] HTML mails could not be sent under certain circumstances
  • [-] Browser-Infobar that no changes could be highlighted could popup falsely under certain circumstances
  • [-] Smaller fixes



Changes for v4.34 Beta 1 - v4.34 Beta 2

  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically detects and deletes outdated ignore and watch filters
  • [+] If WebSite-Watcher cannot highlight (visible) changes in a page, then a special info bar is displayed. A single click onto that info bar opens the "Test filter/Compare versions" window.
  • [+] Deleting bookmarks with Auto-Delete option (folder properties) and deleting bookmarks from Trash are now performed frequently when you run WebSite-Watcher 24x7 (and not only on program exit)
  • [x] Filter-Wizard: TEXT and TEXT(2) tabs have been merged
  • [+] Filter-Wizard: TEXT view keeps highlighted changes
  • [x] Jump to first change in large .txt files: Performance improvements
  • [x] Highlight keywords in newsgroup bodies and RSS feeds improved
  • [x] If WebSite-Watcher cannot highlight all keywords in a page, then WebSite-Watcher jumps to the warning at the beginning of the page instead of the first highlighted change
  • [x] NTLM proxy authentication improved (wininet technology)
  • [x] Proxy support with user/password authentication improved (wininet technology)
  • [+] Script command "SendMail": user defined variables can be used in mail bodies
  • [-] Follow-Links didn't work under certain circumstances
  • [-] Check-Macros: Some URLs with anchors could not be recorded correctly
  • [-] Multiple keywords could not be pre-defined in general program configuration - Thread
  • [-] Umlauts and other special characters weren't displayed correctly in RSS feed tooltips - Thread
  • [-] "Jump to first keyword" didn't work for initialized pages (without highlighted changes) in Beta-1
  • [-] Javascript wasn't filtered correctly in Beta-1
  • Many smaller improvements



Changes for v4.33 - v4.34 Beta 1

  • [+] WebSite-Watcher can be installed in portable mode (menu "Help" + Install on Removable drive).
  • [+] Extended Search: Browser toolbar has a "Page" submenu
  • [+] New bookmark option: Advanced + Troubleshooting + Show hidden elements
  • [+] Browser integration - WebSite-Watcher displays in the menu (of the WSW eye icon) if an URL already exists - Thread
  • [+] "Jump to first/next keyword" uses only keywords within highlighted changes - Thread
  • [+] Date variable in URLs enhanced, the offset can now also be defined in hours, minutes or seconds - Thread
  • [+] New report variables: {wsw_url_relpath_filename}, {wsw_url_relpath_filename_chg} and {wsw_url_relpath_filename_chg1}
  • [x] Performance improvements during a check run
  • [x] Option "Ignore error codes from server" works now also with check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [x] Import bookmarks from Opera and Firefox: Encoded characters (eg. & or :) are decoded correctly
  • [x] Special character • is now decoded correctly
  • [x] Improved Javascript handling (pages with unclosed javascript tags weren't displayed correctly under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Internal browser: Tab handling improved
  • [x] Improved CSS filtering (CSS definitions weren't filtered correctly under certain circumstances)
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macro functionality improved - Thread
  • [x] Highlighting keywords improved (some short keywords could sometimes not be highlighted)
  • [x] Detect duplicates: bookmarks with macros handled correctly
  • [x] "Restore previous version" no longer deletes the old version - Thread
  • [x] Bookmark properties: if check method is "by content" and file type is "binary", then files are downloaded and saved in original format
  • [x] Simultaneous connections for local files (file:// protocol) has been limited to 1
  • [x] Speed of checking local directories with lots of files significantly improved
  • [-] File+Open didn't use the folder of the currently opened bookmark file (as in previous versions)
  • [-] Links and image addresses were not converted correctly in phpBB3 forums
  • [-] Checking a newsgroup could fail under certain circumstances
  • [-] Some untypical URLs were not converted to absolute addresses correctly
  • [-] Browser tabs weren't displayed correctly under WinXP x64
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash when moving bookmarks to other folders while the Ctrl key was pressed
  • [-] Combination of features "Follow Links", "Alert on initialization" and "Update on keywords" didn't work correctly
  • [-] Redirections from HTTPS to HTTP could fail with the internal checking method under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Tons of internal code improvements



Changes for v4.32 - v4.33

  • Browser tabs: Mouse middle click closes tab - Thread
  • Restore functionality improved (a restore could fail if the path of the backed up bookmark file doesn't exist on the target system)
  • Backup system more resistant against conflicts with virus tools or desktop search engines
  • Internet Explorer Macro improved: If a link with changing numbers cannot be found when executing the macro, WebSite-Watcher tries to use regular expressions internally to find the new link (for example for links ala "Inbox(10)" where 10 can change)
  • Extended Search: Newsgroup threads/bodies can be opened within the extended search window
  • Import configurations via "config1.ini" reworked and enhanced (see help file for more information)
  • WebSite-Watcher could steal focus from internal browser -
  • Add-From-Browser: Creating new folders were not possible under certain circumstances
  • Some URLs could not be monitored under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements



Changes for v4.33 Beta 1 - v4.33 Beta 2

  • [+] Browser tabs: Mouse middle click closes tab - Thread
  • Language files for translators updated
  • Minor bugfixes and improvements



Changes for v4.32 - v4.33 Beta 1

  • Restore functionality improved (a restore could fail if the path of the backed up bookmark file doesn't exist on the target system)
  • Backup system more resistant against conflicts with virus tools or desktop search engines
  • Internet Explorer Macro improved: If a link with changing numbers cannot be found when executing the macro, WebSite-Watcher tries to use regular expressions internally to find the new link (for example for links ala "Inbox(10)" where 10 can change)
  • Extended Search: Newsgroup threads/bodies can be opened within the extended search window
  • Import configurations via "config1.ini" reworked and enhanced (see help file for more information)
  • WebSite-Watcher could steal focus from internal browser -
  • Add-From-Browser: Creating new folders were not possible under certain circumstances
  • Some URLs could not be monitored under certain circumstances
  • Minor improvements/fixes



Changes for v4.31 - v4.32

  • Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" in combination with frames improved
  • Bookmark action "Send Mail": Sending bookmarks to multiple addresses was broken under certain circumstances
  • Minor tweaks



Changes for v4.30 - v4.31

  • [+] Validation if invalid e-mail addresses are entered in bookmark properties (SendMail action)
  • [x] Send e-mails: improved error handling and reporting
  • [+] New Report/Export system
  • [+] Report: Extracted changes preserve links
  • [+] Report: new variable {wsw_ansi} to save reports in Ansi format (instead of UTF-8 format)
  • [+] Report: variable {wsw_dateformat(...)} can be placed within a report and must no longer be defined in the report window
  • [x] Predefined report templates reworked
  • [+] Bookmark action "Local Website Archive": Folder can be selected via user interface
  • [+] Find (Ctrl+F or Bookmarks+Search+Find) searches also in text of bookmark actions, for example in e-mail addresses
  • [x] If an RSS feed contains a content field, then use this field instead of the description field - Thread
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Ignore updates: New option "Don't mark as changed if page has less than XX characters"
  • [+] Error log window: bookmark properties can be opened directly within the error log window
  • [+] Error log window: erroneous e-mails can be deleted from the outbox directly within the error log window
  • [+] If locally saved pages are opened in an external browser, then the URL is added to the document title
  • [+] RSS template "Headlines" shows found keywords in a separate line (similar to newsgroups)
  • [x] Extended search can also be started when a check is running and no longer interrupts the AutoWatch countdown
  • [x] Extended Search: Usage of regular expression option should be more clear
  • [x] Internal check handling improved
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser" improved
  • [-] Recording an "Internet Explorer Macro" within the New-Bookmark Wizard didn't work correctly
  • [-] Empty bookmark lists could not be saved into a new .wsw file
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved - Thread
  • [-] Check-Macros failed under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [x] Execution of AutoStart scripts improved
  • [-] Export to Local Website Archive was broken under certain circumstances
  • [-] Vista: Internet Explorer browser integration didn't work in protected mode
  • Finnish month/day names for AutoFilters added
  • Some Windows Vista related improvements
  • Minor fixes



Changes for v4.31 Beta 3 - v4.31 Beta 4

  • [+] Bookmark action "Local Website Archive": Folder can be selected via user interface
  • [x] Execution of AutoStart scripts improved
  • [-] Export to Local Website Archive was broken under certain circumstances
  • Several internal improvements and optimizations



Changes for v4.31 Beta 2 - v4.31 Beta 3

  • Internet Explorer Macros improved - Thread
  • Check-Macros failed under certain circumstances - Thread
  • Language files for translators updated
  • minor fixes



Changes for v4.31 Beta 1 - v4.31 Beta 2

  • [+] New Report/Export system
  • [+] Report: variable {wsw_dateformat(...)} can be placed within a report and must no longer be defined in the report window
  • [x] Predefined report templates reworked
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser" improved
  • [+] Find (Ctrl+F or Bookmarks+Search+Find) searches also in text of bookmark actions, for example in e-mail addresses
  • Smaller fixes + improvements



Changes for v4.30 - v4.31 Beta 1

  • [+] Validation if invalid e-mail addresses are entered in bookmark properties (SendMail action)
  • [x] Send e-mails: improved error handling and reporting
  • [+] Report: Extracted changes preserve links
  • [+] Report: new variable {wsw_ansi} to save reports in Ansi format (instead of UTF-8 format)
  • [x] If an RSS feed contains a content field, then use this field instead of the description field - Thread
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Ignore updates: New option "Don't mark as changed if page has less than XX characters"
  • [+] Error log window: bookmark properties can be opened directly within the error log window
  • [+] Error log window: erroneous e-mails can be deleted from the outbox directly within the error log window
  • [+] If locally saved pages are opened in an external browser, then the URL is added to the document title
  • [+] RSS template "Headlines" shows found keywords in a separate line (similar to newsgroups)
  • [x] Extended search can also be started when a check is running and no longer interrupts the AutoWatch countdown
  • [x] Extended Search: Usage of regular expression option should be more clear
  • [x] Internal check handling improved
  • [-] Recording an "Internet Explorer Macro" within the New-Bookmark Wizard didn't work correctly
  • [-] Empty bookmark lists could not be saved into a new .wsw file
  • Finnish month/day names for AutoFilters added
  • Some Windows Vista related improvements
  • Minor fixes



Changes for v4.22 - v4.30

  • [+] Windows Vista fully supported: Flip 3D, thumbnail preview, use "Segoe UI" as default font, etc.
  • [+] Newsgroups functionality (this feature is only available in the Personal-Edition and in the Business-Edition)
  • [+] New Check-Macro recording method: Internet Explorer Macro (this method goes a completely different way to the already existing methods and can be used especially for Javascript based pages or logins, more infos can be found in the help file).
  • [+] Program configuration + Connections: Definition of advanced connection rules (for example limit simultaneous connections to a specified server/URL and wait x seconds between checks).
  • [+] EMails are queued in an outbox and no longer sent on-the-fly
  • [+] SSL support for sending emails (works now with gmail accounts)
  • [+] Mail server configuration: Multiple mail server configurations can be saved
  • [+] Firefox context menu extension to add the currently opened page to WebSite-Watcher (can be installed in the program configuration window)
  • [+] Program configuration / Check / Connections: The HTTP-Header "Accept-Language" can be configured
  • [+] Error log for failed bookmark actions (for example when WebSite-Watcher could not export a page to Local Website Archive)
  • [+] Bookmark properties: Alert on Initialization/Changes/Errors
  • [+] Report / New global switch: {wsw_encode_html} - use this option if you want to export into XML, RSS or OPML format.
  • [+] Report / New export template: Export to RSS feed
  • [+] Bookmark properties: If the Ctrl key is pressed while clicking the "Check Now" button, then the bookmark is opened automatically.
  • [+] Password protected pages with NTLM authentication fully supported
  • [+] Bookmark / Replace: Additional fields for bookmark actions, Check-Macro and PostData
  • [+] Bookmark / Replace: Option to replace in all/selected bookmarks
  • [+] Internal browser / context menu: "Open in new tab" and "Open in new window" supported (only if Internet Explorer 7 is installed)
  • [+] If WebSite-Watcher cannot check pages due to a wrong proxy configuration (eg. NTLM or username/password), then WebSite-Watcher aborts the check and displays a dialog with further details how to solve this issue
  • [+] Wizard for local files/folders
  • [+] Internal browser toolbar: "Test filter" can directly be called from the toolbar
  • [+] Internal browser toolbar: "Filter Assistant" can directly be called from the toolbar
  • [+] Adding RSS feeds from FireFox by clicking a RSS link works now when you select WebSite-Watcher as default feed reader in Firefox
  • [+] Set properties in all selected bookmarks: "Additional info fields" added
  • [x] Changing the RSS template in the internal browser (by clicking the full/headlines link) changes the bookmark properties, too
  • [+] Improved handling of RSS feeds with unclosed tables (buggy feeds are fixed by WebSite-Watcher automatically)
  • [x] Improved processing of RSS feeds with unclosed HTML tags
  • [x] Internal check technology completely rewritten
  • [x] Internal check technology supports https protocol
  • [x] Send Mails: Better codepage handling
  • [x] Email configuration: "Secure MD5 authentication" must no longer configured explicitly
  • [x] Tweak (custom.ini): Alternative email server configuration had to be dropped due to the outbox functionality
  • [x] PDF files are now always opened in the external browser (instead of embedding them in the internal browser of WSW) to bypass some incompatibilities between the embedded IE and PDF files
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" for pages with frames improved
  • [x] Internal Browser improvements
  • [x] Improved detection if a keyword is within changed content
  • [x] Better performance when checking RSS feeds
  • [x] Automatic page type detection improved when a server doesn't send any information
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer enforces checks until an "unavailable" bookmark is initialized
  • [x] Partial check of binary files improved
  • [x] Tweak "UseProxyIfUrlExists=" improved
  • [x] Some conflicts with virus scanners and desktop search engines fixed (when these kind of tools block files)
  • [x] Some performance improvements when highlighting keywords
  • Many smaller changes/improvements
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could hang when downloading CSS files with abnormal addresses
  • [-] Windows Vista: Registering WebSite-Watcher as default Feedreader could cause a crash
  • [-] Character encoding could be broken in RSS feeds
  • [-] AutoWatch could be deactivated unexpectedly under rare circumstances
  • [-] If the option "Don't prepare anything for offline browsing" is enabled, then images are no longer downloaded (even if configured)
  • [-] Images were not displayed in the internal browser under certain circumstances
  • [-] Some compatibility problems fixed (WSW couldn't be started on certain systems)
  • [+] Uninstall can optionally remove program configuration and/or bookmark lists
  • [x] Uninstall works more precisely
  • Lots of smaller improvements



Changes for v4.30 Beta 11 - v4.30 Beta 12

  • [-] Bookmark action "Send e-mail" produced an error message for text e-mails without "changes" variables
  • [-] Images were not displayed in the internal browser under certain circumstances - Thread
  • [+] Uninstall can optionally remove program configuration and/or bookmark lists
  • [x] Uninstall works more precisely
  • Minor Vista related changes



Changes for v4.30 Beta 10 - v4.30 Beta 11

  • Some conflicts with virus scanners and desktop search engines fixed (when these kind of tools block files)
  • Some performance improvements when highlighting keywords
  • Bookmark action "Send e-mail" improved



Changes for v4.30 Beta 9 - v4.30 Beta 10

  • [x] "IE Macro" technology improved
  • [-] AutoWatch could be deactivated unexpectedly under tricky circumstances
  • [-] Some compatibility problems fixed (WSW couldn't be started on certain systems)



Changes for v4.30 Beta 8 - v4.30 Beta 9

  • [-] Alert-On-Change didn't work correctly - Thread
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could be terminated silently when an FTP address timed out
  • [+] Adding RSS feeds from FireFox by clicking a RSS link works now when you select WebSite-Watcher as default feed reader in Firefox
  • [+] Set properties in all selected bookmarks: "Additional info fields" added
  • [x] Windows Vista: line height of bookmark list increased for better readability
  • [-] If the option "Don't prepare anything for offline browsing" is enabled, then images are no longer downloaded (even if configured)
  • Updated language files: Hungarian, Russian
  • Smaller changes/fixes



Changes for 4.30 Beta 7 - v4.30 Beta 8

  • [+] Windows Vista: Flip 3D, thumbnail preview of minimized application and correct animations supported
  • [-] Windows Vista: Several controls could disappear when the ALT key was pressed
  • [x] Windows Vista: Minor UI tweaks
  • [-] Windows Vista: Progress bar no longer flickers
  • [+] Firefox context menu extension to add the currently opened page to WebSite-Watcher (can be installed in the program configuration window)
  • [+] Newsgroups: "Single/Double click opens URL" can be configured
  • [+] Newsgroups: Color of quotes can be configured
  • [x] Newsgroups: Word wrap is now enabled by default when viewing message bodies
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could hang while downloading CSS files under certain circumstances
  • [-] Customized fonts of the folder tree and bookmark list could not be reverted to default
  • [x] Tweak "UseProxyIfUrlExists=" improved - Thread
  • Many smaller changes/improvements
  • Language files for translators updated



Changes for v4.30 Beta 6 - 4.30 Beta 7

  • [-] Character encoding could be broken in RSS feeds
  • [-] AutoWatch could be deactivated unexpectedly under rare circumstances - Thread
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send as HTML mail: WebSite-Watcher converts internal newsgroup URLs to valid absolute addresses that can be opened with the default newsreader
  • [x] Partial check of binary files improved



Changes for v4.30 Beta 5 - v4.30 Beta 6

  • [+] Internal browser / context menu: "Open in new tab" and "Open in new window" supported (only if Internet Explorer 7 is installed)
  • [+] If WebSite-Watcher cannot check pages due to a wrong proxy configuration (eg. NTLM or username/password), then WebSite-Watcher aborts the check and displays a dialog with further details how to solve this issue
  • [x] Windows Vista: Use "Segoe UI" as default font
  • [x] Windows Vista: Many smaller user interface tweaks for better Vista support
  • [-] Windows Vista: Registering WebSite-Watcher as default Feedreader could cause a crash
  • [+] Wizard for local files/folders
  • [+] Internal browser toolbar: "Test filter" can directly be called from the toolbar
  • [+] Internal browser toolbar: "Filter Assistant" can directly be called from the toolbar
  • [x] Changing the RSS template in the internal browser (by clicking the full/headlines link) changes the bookmark properties, too
  • [+] Improved handling of RSS feeds with unclosed tables (buggy feeds are fixed by WebSite-Watcher automatically) - Thread
  • [x] Improved detection if a keyword is within changed content
  • [x] Better performance when checking RSS feeds
  • [x] Better performance when checking newsgroups
  • [x] Automatic page type detection improved when a server doesn't send any information - Thread
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher no longer enforces checks until an "unavailable" bookmark is initialized - Thread
  • [-] Alert-on-initialization didn't work correctly when Follow-Links was enabled - Thread
  • Smaller fixes and tweaks



Changes for v4.30 Beta 4 - v4.30 Beta 5

  • [+] Program configuration / Check / Connections: The HTTP-Header "Accept-Language" can be configured
  • [x] Macro recording technology "Internet Explorer Macro" improved
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" for pages with frames improved
  • [+] If a bookmark action fails, then a message is also displayed in the status column and written to the bookmark log
  • [-] Bug with FTP addresses fixed
  • Minor improvements/fixes



Changes for 2012 v12.0 - 2012 v12.1

  • Browser integration for the latest verison of Google Chrome (19.x)
  • Changing folders: performance improved
  • Sort document by name: documents with the same name are now sorted by date
  • Configured default zoom value was not applied correctly after starting Local Website Archive
  • Smaller fixes and improvements



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