By default, WebSite-Watcher replaces all images on a page with local gray boxes. This is the fastest way to check and open Bookmarks.

As an alternative to the gray boxes, you can download and display the original images of a page. The image configuration can be changed globally in the program configuration or individually for each Bookmark.

Options to download images

WebSite-Watcher supports the following options to download and display images:

1. Display gray boxes instead of images (fastest)
   If this option is enabled, all images are replaced with a local gray image. This is the fastest way to check and open Bookmarks. No images are downloaded or displayed.
   
   
2. Do not display images
   Replaces all images with a transparent image, so no image is shown on the page. Use this option if images overlap other areas of the page. It is as fast as option 1.
   
   
3. Display online images
   If this option is enabled, all image addresses are converted to absolute addresses. No images are downloaded during a check. When you open a Bookmark, the images are downloaded from the server and displayed in your browser.
   
   
4. Download images
   If this option is enabled, WebSite-Watcher downloads images as soon as an update is detected. All images are saved to your hard disk.

More options:

• Re-download already saved images
  If this option is enabled, WebSite-Watcher always downloads all images instead of only new images. Enable this option if a web page always uses the same file name for changed images.
  
  
• Show embedded videos
  WebSite-Watcher can optionally display certain types of embedded videos if the option for absolute image addresses or downloading images is enabled. This only works if the technology used to display embedded videos is supported by WebSite-Watcher.
  
  
• Don't show images within filtered content
  If enabled, WebSite-Watcher does not download or display images within filtered content. This option only works in combination with Ignore filters, not with Watch filters.

Global image configuration

Steps:
1.  Click Options in the main menu.
2.  Open "Program configuration".
3.  Select the "Bookmarks" tab.
4.  Click the "Download/Display Images..." button.
5.  Enter the image configuration.

Individual image configuration per Bookmark

Steps:
1.  Open the Bookmark properties.
2.  Select the "Advanced" tab.
3.  Select "Images" on the left side.
4.  Enter the image configuration.