
Advanced HTML Optimizer: README
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Please read this file carefully (especially "Installation"
chapter) before installing the program to your computer.


Contents
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  Program information
  Company information
  Description
  Requirements
  Installation
  Uninstallation
  History
  Registration
  Copyright and license
  Technical support


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
  htmlopt.zip
Program Name:
  Advanced HTML Optimizer
Program Version:
  3.0
Program Release Date:
  November 8, 2000
Program Description:
  An ultimate HTML files optimization tool.
Target OS:
  Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT
Software type:
  Shareware ($24.95)


Company information
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Company Name:
  PCbit Software
Contact E-mail Address:
  support@pcbit.com
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.pcbit.com
Contact Phone/FAX:
  +1 (206) 350-4889

Description
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Advanced HTML Optimizer is intended for HTML documents optimizing, 
resulting in shorter downloading and uploading time. Pages will 
appear in client's Internet browser in exactly the same way, but 
they will be about 20% smaller.

Its main function is to save space on your web pages by removing
unnecessary characters and tags. Though the saving percentage may
seem small, load time savings is much higher as your client's
Internet browser parses the pages more efficient. 

Embedded script code is not ruined by Advanced HTML Optimizer!

It will help you to make site traffic more effective and cheaper
and to lower disk space usage. Also Advanced HTML Optimizer makes
HTML code less readable for users that are going to steal your own
HTML techniques.

Speed up your site by optimizing your HTML files!

A must-have for Webmasters!

Optimization features:

   - Replacement of simple tags (STRONG with B, EM with I, STRIKE
     with S, BLOCKQUOTE with UL and so on) when specified;
   - Removal of unnecessary tag parameters quotation-marks;
   - Removal of all empty strings;
   - Removal of unnecessary double space symbols;
   - Removal of all CR symbols if such symbols exist;
   - Removal of unnecessary LF symbols;
   - Removal of other unnecessary space and tabulation symbols;
   - HTML comments removal;
   - Absolute adresses cutting when specified.

Other features:

   - ColdFusion files support;
   - Active Server Pages files support;
   - XML files support;
   - PHP files support;
   - Backup file operations;
   - Single file mode / Batch mode;
   - Drag-and-Drop and Commandline support; 
   - Single pass optimization;
   - Logging;
   - Directory processing;
   - Does not require installed browser;
   - Life-time support;
   - User-friendly interface;
   - Install / Uninstall Support;
   - ... and much more.


Requirements
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Minimum requirements:

  - IBM PC-compatible computer;
  - Windows 95/98/2000 or Windows NT;
  - 0.4 Mb hard drive space.


Installation
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Important! If you've got Advanced HTML Optimizer not from our web 
page, but from the other source (magazine CD or some software 
library), please visit our home page - you'll probably find the 
later version; usually, we release the updates about once a month.

To install Advanced HTML Optimizer, just run the "setup.exe" and 
follow the instructions.


Uninstallation
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To uninstall Advanced HTML Optimizer from your computer, open 
the Control Panel and double-click on "Add/Remove Programs" 
applet. Then select Advanced HTML Optimizer from the list and 
click the Add/Remove button. Follow the instructions that appear 
on the screen.


History
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See "history.txt" file.


Registration
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See "order.txt" file.


Copyright and license
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See "license.txt" file.


Technical support
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Before you contact us, please do the following:

- Be sure that you're doing everything right. We all make
  mistakes sometimes... Be attentive.
- Look at the Help file: it may already contain an answer to
  your question. A lot of people ask us something like "how
  do I:", though the complete information is there.
- Visit Advanced HTML Optimizer home page in the Internet at
  http://www.pcbit.com/htmlopt/. It's a good chance that you'll
  find the newer version of Advanced HTML Optimizer there. If the 
  serious bug has been found in the program, but the new version 
  is not ready yet, we make the hot fix for it.

But if you still have a problem with Advanced HTML Optimizer and 
noting else helps, please contact technical support at 
support@pcbit.com.

Please inform us about the following:

  - Advanced HTML Optimizer version (from "About" dialog)
  - where did you get Advanced HTML Optimizer (http or ftp site)
  - Windows 95/98/NT version (including service packs and other
    fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
  - computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory
  - description of your problem (as much information as possible
    to retrieve the problem)

Note: you may want to read the "How to Determine the Version of
Windows 95 in Use" article by Microsoft. Use the following URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/2/38.asp

In order to get the complete computer information (working under
Windows 95), open the Control Panel, click on "System" applet and
press "Print" on "Device Manager" tab.

If you have any comments or suggestions for the next releases,
please don't hesitate to post them to us.
