WebBlender 1.2 Release Notes

WebBlender 1.2
Release date: 5/17/2007

1. Vista Support: fixed a bug that could cause the program to fail to launch on Windows Vista.

Release date: 6/21/2006

1. Publish for Blackboard: A new option in the Publish menu and Publish toolbar pull-down list is Publish for Blackboard. This option publishes the site to HTML and the turns the folder into a Zip file. Users can upload this zip file to a Blackboard course. Blackboard will unzip the file and display the contents when it is accessed by a user.
2. Localized to Spanish: The program has been localized for Spanish users. There is a new option in the Preferences dialog to choose a language. Local default will use the user’s OS language setting (either English or Spanish) to decide what language to display the program in. Choosing English will always open the program in English. Choosing Espanol will always open the program in Spanish. After making a selection, the program must be restarted before changes will take effect.
3. iPhoto Integration – OS X Only: It is possible to browse a user’s iPhoto library from the WebBlender Library. Double-click the iPhoto folder at the root level of the Library to begin browsing for images.
4. Dragging Folders from Library: Dragging a folder from the Library and dropping it on the page will create a new page for each of the images in the folder.
5. Library Icon View: A new view has been added for the Library. Under the View menu is the Library View options for List and Icon. Icon view is the new default. In selected Icon view, the Library will display larger icons for the folders and images.
6. Library Insert Image and Open Folder buttons: New buttons have been added to the List and Icon view to open folders and insert images. In List view the buttons are to the right of the item name. In Icon view the button is in the lower right corner of the icon. Clicking a folder and then clicking the Open button will display the contents of the folder. Clicking a file and then clicking the Insert button will insert the file onto the page.
7. Edit Page Titles: It is now possible to double-click the title of a page in the storyboard and edit the title.
8. FTP Publishing File Size: FTP Publishing now supports publishing files larger than 20MB to an FTP server.
9. Contextual Menus: Additional context menus have been added for selected objects.
10. Session Log: The session log now keeps track of multiple WebBlender sessions. New sessions are added at the end of the log.
11. Resample Images on Import: Images larger than 1024x768 are resampled to 1024x768 on import in order to improve program performance.
12. Support https Protocol for URLs: URLs entered into the A Web Page URL field that use the https protocol are supported. In previous versions, http was appended in front of the https.
13. Text to Speech: Text to speech now works on Intel-based Macintosh systems.
14. Text Objects: Text objects are now left aligned by default.
15. Page Margins: Page margin values are now saved with the document.
16. Exported HTML Style Sheets: One style sheet is now being written for the entire exported page. Previously a style sheet was written for every text object.
17. Text Objects: Adding more text than is visible does not auto-scroll the text object but places the new text out of view.
18. Saved Files With Accented characters: Saved files now support imported files with accented characters in the file name.
19. Published Sites with Accented characters: Published html that contains text including accented characters now displays correctly in a browser.