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We're striving to improve WebStripper all the
time and whenever a problem comes to light we'll do our best to solve
it. If you're having problems we recommend you to download the latest
version first - if somebody else has reported the problem since
your version was released it may well have been fixed already. Have you got the right settings? The default settings for a site make WebStripper
look in the folder you specify and any subfolders. It wont look
for html files in different parts of the folder tree unless you
tell it. This means you can strip just a small section of a large
site with ease, but some sites don't use such a sensible structure
and store index files in a subdirectory. With these sites you either
have to uncheck the option 'Sub-pages only' (Range page of Add Site
or Site Properties windows) or find a start page which is in a better
location. Another thing to check if graphics are missing from the page is whether the graphics are stored on another server. If they are you'll need to check 'Fetch graphics from other servers', again on the Range page. What webstripper can and can't download WebStripper does a very good job of downloading standard html web pages but there are some special types of html which it can't download and some types of links it can't follow. Support for all these types of links will
be added to future versions of WebStripper. Please be patient. If
you want to get the latest information sign up to the wbs-announce
mailing list. Some password protected sites WebStripper can handle username/password
protected sites which use the http standard - the ones where you
get a pop up box from your browser. It can't handle sites where
you have to log in via a form. Secure pages WebStripper can't download secure HTML pages (ie those starting with https://).
Links Some javascript. WebStripper tries to do it's best to extract links from javascript, but it's hard for it to know what is a link and what is an ordinary string. Java. WebStripper is unable to parse Java files. Links in flash animations. WebStripper can download the animations but is anable to get the links within them. If the animation is only on the entry page to the site you can usually get around this by starting the download inside the site. Cookies Some sites store data on your machine in 'cookies'. These cookies are then retrieved by other pages on the site. WebStripper V2.68 and later contain cookie support. Most material on the internet is copyrighted.
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