Web Link Validator
Copyright (c) 2002 REL Software
Version 2.3


What's new in Web Link Validator 2.3?

   - Added ability to create three kinds of reports:

       1) Broken links sorted by link
       2) Broken links sorted by page
       3) Bad bookmarks

   - Added an ability to add duplicate links on the list (Link List mode)
     (Options -> Link List)

   - Optimized links addition (in WSV mode) to save RAM and speed-up
     verification (links like http://www.relsoftware.com/wlv and
     http://www.relsoftware.com/wlv/ are now considered to be identical)

   - Added progress bars to reflect the program's work during complex
     calculations (to eliminate the impression of the program being frozen)

   - Fixed a bug that emerged during processing of HTML pages with large
     number of links (over 10000 per page)

   - Verification engine improvements


Version 2.2

   - Added new groups of filters: 'Pages with broken links', 'Slow pages', 'Deep pages'
   - Added new link information: Download size
   - Added new command: 'Delete all broken links from IE Favorites'
   - Added auxiliary list of links pane settings ("Grid -> Adjust width" and "Highlighting -> Custom colors")
   - Added support of the Opera 6 bookmarks
   - Added ability to export the visible data to txt, htm, rtf, xls and csv formats
   - Ability to export all data to CSV format
   - Added special profile settings to help optimize processing of the large sites
   - Added filtering by the jsp, doc and pdf extensions
   - Verification engine improvements


Version 2.1

   - Ability to check the local copy of your web site (file:///path/to/base/index.html)
   - Added new groups of filters: 'Directory tree', 'File extension', 'File groups'
   - Ability to import links from HTML files
   - Optimized link properties request speed (5-10 times as fast as before)
   - Improved HTML parsing: new tags added, bugs fixed.
   - The Limits option is added to the profile
   - Automatic link correction in Quick Start window
   - Added hot keys
   - Revised documentation


Version 2.0

   - Absolutely new network code and interface
   - Ability to check Netscape Navigator/Communicator Bookmarks and Opera Hotlist
   - Ability to check password protected pages
   - Added filters for the list of extracted links
   - Ability to save all information on the checked site
   - Ability to extract links https, mailto, news, etc. links
   - Ability to check https links
   - Ability to extract and check Anchors/Bookmarks (<a name="anchor">text</a>, <a href="#bookmark">text</a>)
   - Ability to save individual settings for each site (profile)
   - Added ability to monitor in an individual window the process of extraction and verification of links from a web site
   - Fixed the bug with large number of links in the list
   - ...and more


Version 1.5

   - Added "Link Properties" window (see "Retrieve URLs from a web site")
   - Added "Enhanced Validation Mode" window
   - Ability to add/edit comments to links
   - Retrieve links together with comments (<TITLE>Comment</TITLE>, <A>Comment</A>, <IMG ALT="Comment">, <INPUT ALT="Comment">)
   - Retry validation in case of network errors
   - Quick validation of all links in Internet Explorer Favorites
     (File -> Import -> Internet Explorer Favorites)
   - Associating .wlv files with the program
   - Support for multiple installation languages
   - New interface languages: Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified)


Version 1.1

   - Number of links information
   - Links highlighting in Retrieve URLs window
   - Progress bar indicating the process of copying links from Retrieve URLs window to the main window
   - New agent and reference identity
       User-Agent: "Web Link Validator 1.1"
       Reference:  "http://www.relsoftware.com/"
   - Changed appearance of highlighted and selected records
   - Links from Retrieve URLs to the main window are now copied together with error messages (if any) and current status
   - Save directory for saving project files
   - Example in Save\Example.wlv
   - Reopen function in File menu
   - Hints for toolbar buttons
   - New interface language: Chinese (Traditional)

 Bugs fixed:

   - Anchor links bug
   - Locking Save, Save As and Monitor Clipboard buttons bug


Version 1.01

   - Two new interface languages are added: German, Turkish
   - Fixed some bugs


Version 1.0

   - First public release


Version 0.9 beta

    - First public beta
