New in PageSpinner 5
PageSpinner 5.1 is a Universal Binary and runs natively on both Intel and PowerPC based Macs. System requirements for PageSpinner 5.1: Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5.
By registering or upgrading to PageSpinner 5.1 you are also entitled to free registrations of:
Changes in version 5.1:
- Added option to auto-check HTML and PHP syntax every time a page is saved. Auto-checking can be enabled/disabled in the Check Page Options panel available in the Edit menu. (See the Documentation for more details.)
- Added commands for viewing the local site folder and changing web site preferences in the application's Dock menu.
- New toolbar appearance in 10.5 Leopard.
- Increased page margins in printed pages.
- Dropping a .m4v, .mp4, or .3gp movie file onto the PageSpinner icon in the Dock will now open the Embedded Object topic in HTML Assistant. Movie files with these extensions and appropriate encoding are supported by Safari on iPhone.
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The PageViewer live preview window will now remember the last screen position and the size between sessions.
- Added an option in Preferences : Default Filing Options to always open text files created by other applications (or in Windows) as ISO 8859-1 files.
- Updated the Web Tools menu.
- The folder last selected when picking a PageSpinner include file in the Paste Include dialog will now be remembered.
- A warning will be displayed in the Paste Include dialog if the selected file doesn't have .incl as the file name extension.
- Some minor appearance fixes for 10.5 Leopard.
- A new empty HTML page will no longer be created if a page saved to disk is opened at startup.
- The dialog asking if you want to view an external web site in the browser, e.g. when selecting menu items in the Help menu, will not be displayed if the Option key is pressed.
- Added an option to select the User-Agent (web browser) information that is sent to the server when using HTTP file downloads in the Open Special : Download from Web command. Also fixed a bug in this command for Intel-based Macs running 10.5.
- Command-clicking the window title bar will now move the window when in the background, and not display the file path as a pop-up menu.
- Bug fix of the built-in FTP Save to server command for Intel-based Macs running 10.5. This might require that some existing paths to servers (that use redirect with symbolic links when logging in) may need to be changed in the Preferences : Web Site dialog.
- Fixed a bug when using the ISO 8859-1 file format and the built-in SSI preview.
- Bug fix of code generation in HTML Assistant's Frame topic.
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Also included: SpinPHP™, a tutorial with a collection of useful PHP examples that helps you to learn and master PHP with PageSpinner on your Mac. You will find the SpinPHP package inside the Goodies folder in the PageSpinner application folder.
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Changes in version 5.0:
New Windows Preferences added:
- Added option to customize size and placement of new and existing editor windows.
- A document's window size and position can be remembered between sessions.
- Four optional methods for hiding/fading HTML Assistant, HTML Examples and the Notebook.
- Active helper windows (HTML Assistant, etc.) can be remembered between sessions.
- Pressing the Option key when closing a window can now (optionally) close all windows or all editor windows.
Updated interface of toolbars and status bars in the editor windows.
Added an option in the General Preferences to automatically open documents from last session at startup of the application.
PHP syntax checking when using the Check Page command for pages in PHP edit mode.
Added option to split paragraphs by pressing Command-Option-Return.
Added a Lookup at W3C command in the Find button pulldown menu in the toolbar. The command will look up the selected word at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) web site that hosts the official specifications of HTML, XHTML and CSS markup.
Updated interface of the HTML Examples window.
PageViewer, the web page live preview helper, is now a Universal Binary.
The command line tool psedit for use in Mac OS X Terminal is is also a Universal Binary.
Improved reliability of the hot keys used in OS X for switching between PageSpinner and the main browser (Command-Ctrl-B and Command-Ctrl-Y). Enable/disable these in Preferences : General.
Fix of a bug when editing files on a server with some FTP clients supporting the External Editor Protocol (e.g. Cyberduck) and PageSpinner.
Added work around for a problem for users that have a @ character as part of the user name when using FTP. This character can now be entered as a * character in the Web Sites dialog. The * character will be converted into a @ character when connecting to a server.
Windows positioned on a second monitor during a previous session will now be placed on the main monitor if the second monitor isn't attached.
The application and the support files are now located in a folder named "PageSpinner 5". Place this folder in the Applications folder when installing.
The special template file (named default.html) that can be used to customize the contents of a new empty HTML/XHTML page should now be placed in the PageSpinner User Data folder.
The AppleScript file (named StartupScript.scpt or StartupScript) that can be used to perform actions on startup of the application should now be placed in the PageSpinner User Data folder. Select if you want to use a startup script in Preferences : General.
The Go to Line dialog is now displayed as a sheet.
After performing a Replace All or a character conversion command, the contents of the file will no longer become selected.
HTML Assistant will now recognize an editor window that is selected using Exposé when HTML Assistant is the active window.
Sample databases and scripts for PageSpinner's Database Publishing and FAQ-Spinner in the Goodies folder have been updated to work with FileMaker Pro 7 and higher.
Increased window width for displaying the results after using the Check Page command.
Fixed issues in the "HTML Assistant : Image" topic, including a warning for a missing Alt attribute.
Fixed bugs with XHTML tags generation in "HTML Assistant : JavaScript : Open New Window" topic and in the New Page Assistant.
Other enhancements and bug fixes.
Upgrades
Version 5.1 of PageSpinner is a free upgrade for all users that have purchased a license or upgrade for PageSpinner after January 15, 2003 (60 days before the release of version 4.5). New registration info for version 5 have been sent via email to qualified users.
All registered users of earlier versions are qualified for a discounted upgrade. The upgrade will also include free registrations of MapSpinner and CamSpinner. Information about the upgrade is available here.
Download links for PageSpinner 5.1
Release Notes for the previous version
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