WebWhacker

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

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

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Lesson 1Whacking a Site
In order to browse Web pages off line, you first
need to Whack, or download, them. WebWhacker
allows you to whack just one URL at a time, or
all URLs located in a storage unit. In order
for URLs to be whacked, they must first be added,
or subscribed to. If you know the complete URL
for a site, you can type it into WebWhacker
without having to access your browser. If you
want to use the browser to add the URL to
WebWhacker use the Grab URL function.
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To Whack an Individual URL
Before you begin Make sure that you have an
active onnection to the Internet.1. Select the
individual URL you want to whack in WebWhacker
Explorer.2. Initiate the whack. Click the
Whack button on the Toolbar
OR Select URL, Whack from the menu
bar.3. WebWhacker begins the whack.
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The Output Window displays the progress of the
whack. A dialog box appears to inform you when
the whack is complete. Click OK.The URL has been
whacked.To Whack the Contents of a
FolderBefore you begin Make sure that you
have an active connection to the
Internet.1. Select the folder you want to whack
in WebWhacker Explorer.2. Initiate the
whack. Click the Whack button on the
ToolbarOR Select URL, Whack from the menu
bar.3. The following dialog box appears to
confirm that you want to whack the contents of
the folder, and to inform you of the levels to be
whacked.Click OK to continue the whack.The
Output Window displays the progress of the whack.
A dialog box appears to inform you when the whack
is complete. Click OK.The contents of the folder
have been whacked.
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Lesson 2Using the WebWhacker Explorer

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

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Lesson 3Adding and Grabbing URLs
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• The real usefulness (and fun!) of using
  WebWhacker starts when you create your own
  collection of subscribed URLs. If you constantly
  refer back to the same sitesfor information or
  enjoymentwhy not save them to your own hard
  drive and eliminate connection charges? You can
  also assign your favorite URL sites to folders,
  making it even easier to find the information you
  want.
• If you have memorized the URLs of your favorite
  Web sites, you can add these sites simply by
  typing them in an edit box. Or you can grab sites
  as you find them. Either way, you will have the
  opportunity to categorize the URLs and to define
  how often they will be updated using MS
  Scheduler.
• 1. First, we'll add a site with a known URL.
• On the WebWhacker desktop.
• From the URL menu, select Add. This starts the
  URL Subscription Wizard.
• Click in the URL to Add text box and type the
  URL for the Library of Congress
• WWW.LOC.GOV
• Type "Library of Congress" in the Notes text
  box.
• Click Next.
• Leave all settings as they are on page 2 of the
  URL Subscription Wizard. Since the Library of
  Congress maintains a huge site, going more than
  one level deep could decimate your free hard
  drive space. It is a public site, so no user name
  or password is necessary.

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Lesson 4Managing Subscribed URLs
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• As your list of subscribed URLs begins to grow,
  you may need help keeping it organized. When you
  added and grabbed URL sites in the last lesson,
  you assigned them to specific folders in the Tree
  window. WebWhacker folders and sub-folders give
  you an easy way to organize your URLs.
• 1. Customize your folders.
• You can create any folders you like to suit your
  needs. For example, in the previous lesson we
  assigned the Library of Congress site to the
  Education folder it could also fit into a
  sub-folder called Libraries. And you probably
  added the Blue Squirrel home page to the Computer
  folder but it could also fit into one called
  Software. We can add new folders and sub-folders,
  and move our sites between folders.
• On the WebWhacker desktop
• From File menu and select New Folder.
• WebWhacker adds a new folder labeled New
  Folder, and leaves the cursor on the folder name.
  
• Type the word "Software" or any other desired
  name for the folder.
• Click on the existing folder Education and
  repeat the steps above to add a sub-folder called
  "Libraries".
• 2. Now let's move pages into the new folders.
• Click on the icon next to the Blue Squirrel URL.
  Keeping the mouse button depressed, drag the URL
  to the Software folder. Release the mouse button.
  
• Click on the Education folder. If necessary,
  click on the plus sign () next to the folder to
  display its Libraries sub-folder. Click on the
  icon next to the Library of Congress URL. Keeping
  the mouse button depressed, drag the site to the
  Libraries sub-folder. Release the mouse button.

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Lesson 5Using the Link Checker
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• With link checker you can avoid wasting time
  following broken or out of date links. The Check
  Links command checks all of the links on a
  subscribed URL, and reports any broken links.
• Before you begin You will need an active
  connection to the Internet in order to perform
  the Check Links command.
• To use WebWhacker's link checker
• 1. Subscribe to the URL.
• Follow the steps for subscribing to a new URL
  (see How to Add a New URL).
• On step four of the URL Subscription Wizard
  locate the Action to Perform section. Select the
  Schedule this Action check box to enable the
  action radio buttons.
• Select the Check Links radio button.
• Click OK to close the URL Subscription Wizard
  and complete the URL's subscription.
• 2. Select the URL(s) to link check.

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Lesson 6Pausing and Resuming a Whack
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• With WebWhacker 2000's Resume command you don't
  need to worry about having a big download
  interrupted. Instead you can pause a big download
  and pick up where you left off at a later time.
• Before you begin You must have a whack in
  progress.
• 1. Stop the current whack.
• On the Toolbar click the Stop button,
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• Select URL, Stop from the Menu bar.
• 2. Launch WebWhacker if it is not already active.
• 3. Locate and select the folder containing the
  paused whack.
• 4. Resume the whack.