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 | How many bookmarks can be saved? | |
| Bookmark lists are stored in files with the extension .wsw whereby always one bookmark file is opened in WebSite-Watcher.
The number of bookmarks per bookmark file is not limited, but the more bookmarks you have in a bookmark file the more reso |
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| The internal browser sometimes displays Javascript errors | |
| This is caused by settings in Internet Explorer.
To turn this off:
1. Start Internet Explorer
2. Open "Internet Options"
3. Select the "Advanced" tab
4. Under the "Browsing" category, check both "Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)" and " |
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| Can I ignore specific parts of a web page? | |
| Yes, you have to create ignore filters to ignore unwanted parts of a web page.
There are several ways:
1. The AutoFilter functionality where WebSite-Watcher tries to create these kind of filters automatically. The AutoFilter functionality wor |
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| How to copy bookmarks and configurations from one PC to another PC | |
| WebSite-Watcher has an internal Backup/Restore functionality which can also be used to copy bookmarks between PCs.
Steps to copy bookmarks and program configurations from PC-1 to PC-2:
On PC-1: Click Tools + Backup/Restore
On PC-1: Se |
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| Do you offer a MAC or Linux version of WebSite-Watcher? | |
| No, there's only a windows version of WebSite-Watcher. Versions for other platforms are currently not planned.
On a MAC or under Linux you have to use a virtual machine to be able to use WebSite-Watcher.
Under Linux you can also use WINE to run WebS |
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| Can I install the full version over the trial version? | |
| When you purchase WebSite-Watcher, you will receive a license key that converts the trial version into a full version, no extra download and installation is required. The setup package for the trial version and the full version is the same.
All configu |
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| Will my bookmarks stay intact after buying the full version of WebSite-Watcher? | |
| When you purchase WebSite-Watcher, you will receive a license key that converts the trial version into a full version, no extra download and installation is required. The setup package for the trial version and the full version is the same.
All configu |
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| Do I need to be an Administrator to use WebSite-Watcher? | |
| You only need administrator privileges to install WebSite-Watcher, but not to work with the installed version.
If you don't have administrator privileges, you will not be able to install WebSite-Watcher.
Once WebSite-Watcher is installed, you can al |
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| Is it possible to store more than 2 versions of a web page? | |
| WebSite-Watcher always stores the latest 2 versions of a web page, it's not possible to keep more than 2 versions.
If you want to store pages permanently, you can do this with the tool Local Website Archive.
http://www.aignes.com/lwa.htm
You can ad |
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| Can I change the default location of my bookmark files? | |
| Yes, bookmark lists can be stored at user defined locations on your hard disk.
1. Open the "File" menu
2. Select "Maintenance + Move bookmark file"
3. Enter the new location
This functionality is only available in the registered version, the trial |
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| Do companies know that I monitor their website? | |
| Yes and no.
As soon as you access a web page on a server, a log entry is written with your IP address, your browser identification, etc. This happens independently of the tool you use to open a page (Web browser, WebSite-Watcher, an RSS feed reader, e |
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| Is it possible to store configurations and bookmarks in the setup directory? | |
| If you want to store configurations and bookmarks in the setup directory instead of the "Documents and Settings" folder, then create the file wswcommon.ini with the following content in the setup directory of WebSite-Watcher:
[General]
Multi |
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| What does the check status 'Warning: whole content filtered (please verify your filter settings)' mean? | |
| If a check has the status message "Warning: whole content filtered (please verify your filter settings)", then there is something wrong with your filter settings and WebSite-Watcher isn't able to detect updates.
Usually WebSite-Watcher compares the fil |
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| A page has been marked as changed, but nothing is highlighted | |
| If you get an update notification and nothing is highlighted, then the modifications are likely in an invisible part of the page or only the order of some content has been changed.
To see the real content changes that caused the update notification,
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| WebSite-Watcher displays grey boxes instead of images? | |
| By default, WebSite-Watcher replaces all images in a page with a local, grey graphic. That's the most efficient way to check and open web pages. Alternatively to these ugly, grey boxes which are displayed instead of the images, you can also download and d |
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| All bookmarks have disappeared | |
| If all bookmarks have disappeared with no apparent reason, then try to re-open your bookmark file with File + Reopen.
If that does not help, then you can try to search your hard disk for *.wsw files and open them in WebSite-Watcher with File |
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| Error viewing help files | |
| Some of our customers reported that they cannot view the help file of WebSite-Watcher or our other tools. While the content tree on the left side was fully available, the content on the right side was inaccessible and an error message was displayed instea |
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