Revision

V1.2.0 Build 021023.6

• added support for two new template types (Dropshadow and Slideshow Templates)
• improved the Delete function in the Selected Files List
• changed some HTML coding in order to achieve better compatibility with Netscape 6xx

V1.2.0 Build 021007.5

• added Build number to the Help&Info window for easier version tracking
• The Colors&Fonts dialog now allows to set all available colors
• Catalog Page: any blanks in the file names are now replaced with "~", for better HTML compatibility
• Improved UNIX server compatibility by consistently generating all standard folder names with lower case characters. All WebGallery templates have been updated accordingly.
• improved the default web colors and fonts in the 3 Presets
• improved the FTP refresher by adding a wider variation of host commands issued by the Site Manager
• changed the way Site Manager deals with file Download/Upload Progress reporting. The Progress window was covering other Windows programs each time a file was transferred. Now the progress is reported using the progress bar in WGM and the status bar in the Site Manager.
• WGM is now crack-protected and there is a new Reminder dialog to enter the registration key right at the start

V1.2.0

• adapted the positions of the Sync! and FTP Profile buttons in Site Manager for better ergonomy
• added protection from selecting Windows systems folders as Destination Folders for WebGalleries
• changed the icon in the EXPress Mode button for better distinction of the EXPress Mode
• Image Comments dialog box now loads with the focus in the text field for faster operation
• corrected naming of HTML files produced by the WebGallery generator such that blanks in the file names are now replaced with a "~" sign for better HTML conformity

V1.2.0 Beta

• Added HTML Help system with context sensitive help and tutorial
  To run Help, Microsoft's Help Viewer is required. This is normally part of the Internet Explorer installation and should work correctly. In the case you can not see the Help pages (after you hit F1, for instance), please consider updating your system. Please visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp
• reworked the user interface to have only 4 Tabs for faster operation
• added a "Show Last" button in the Website Design Tab to allow manual showing of the last generated webGallery
• increased the size and the quality of the WebGallery template graphics, as well as added new templates
• added a "Refresh Catalog" button in the Website Design Tab to allow manual updating of the Catalog
• added full registration key features
• added thumbnail compression quality selector
• ThumbBar: now only loads the visible thumbs for speed. Also only compresses if thumbfile does not already exist. Click in the list or on ThumbBar makes +- 3 pictures around the selected one.
• Added "FillThumbBar" button that manually generates all nonexisting thumbs in one go which are then kept as long as WGM runs
• added further options to various message boxes in order to allow cancelling of multiple messages (upsampling warning, files missing message)
• added F4-F9 keys for direct access to Tabs
• added slideshow with various features
• changed the selected image after "Select Images" to point to the first image of the newly loaded ones i.e. at the beginning of the new part of the list
• Enlarged Image Preview:
  • first a full view is shown, right-click shows full size image
  • the window size and position is now stored and recalled when enlarged preview is  invoked
• added Mscomct2.ocx to the additional package for W95/98 installations
• corrected W98 bug whereby you could not add comments or rotate images
• fixed most issues with different resolutions
• added a million other tweaks and polished stuff up
  

V1.1.1

• A FTP Site Manager was added to Tab 4. A Site Manager is a tool that takes a local source folder with all its files, e.g. a collection of website files and synchronizes it with a given FTP site directory. According to rules you set using the FTP Profile button, it will then upload, delete and otherwise process the remote FTP site files. The result is an automatically updated website or parts of it each time you change or remove local files, i.e. a syncronization process is started each time you hit the Sync! button, with the local folder serving as a reference to synchronize the remote files. WGM automatically takes your Destination Folder as the source for local files. On the FTP site side, it takes the directory specified in the currently loaded FTP Profile. You can change the FTP site directory as required. Obviously, you can add and remove files individually using the Local and Remote
  windows as well.
• added is a further Website template "TopFrame_TopTitle". The Help will describe how you can add as many templates to the selection as required.

Known issues in the current version

V1.2.0

All Builds

• it is possible to start more than one instance of WGM if the executables are in different folders
• the sliders for Width and Height in the Images Tab do not react to Home and End keys properly. PgUp, PgDn and arrow keys work fine. Similar for the ThumbBar slider.
• FTP Site Manager may take a long time to recognize that an FTP connection has been dropped. If WGM is connected to an FTP server and appears to be blocked after a longer inactivity period or during an extremely long upload, this is normal. You only need to wait for 15-20 seconds and an appropriate message will appear telling you what to do.
• if the screen flickers a lot during resizing (which it does with some graphic cards), you can use Desktop / Properties / Effects and switch off the "show window content while dragging" box
• with some W98 systems, thumbnails @ 50 and 80 pixels are not shown
• first FTP connect sometimes makes WGM lose focus on screen
• sometimes shows "Standard Mode - xxx" in the title even if you are in Express Mode
• Slideshow: sometimes the "Start Again " button is not displayed correctly