Webinator Release 1.2 coming soon

[Thunderstone]

I have a particular interest in indexing PDF documents. Could you tell
me more about the Acrobat / PDF plug-in?


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Subject: Webinator Release 1.2 coming soon
Author: webinator@thunderstone.com at Internet_Mail
Date: 5/3/96 10:10 AM



It took a little longer than we expected , but the next release
should be available on Monday.

Here's the new feature list:

* URL Prefix restriction. This forces gw to stay within a specified directory.

* Plug-in filter support allows you to declare a program to pre-filter
documents by mime-type before they're passed to the index program.

* Acrobat / PDF Plug-in filter.

* Framed document support. Webinator will now parse an HTML framed document
as if it were one document. ( This makes it easier for the user to
find the correct URL entry point.)

* Increased table intelligence. The HTML parser now filters table data
with more brains and tolerance. ( Like missing </td>'s and </tr>'s )

* Increased filename extension tolerance. Uses mime + suffix data
to resolve types.

* Multiple option file support . ( Used to be only one )

* User set-able index expressions. Allows you to re-define what constitutes
a searchable "word" .

Also of worthy note:

The NT and Macintosh versions are on the bench right now, and will be
released to beta _very_ soon. The NT version is currently operational
with the Netscape HTTPD and others with compatible CGI interface layers.

Thanks,

Bart Richards
Thunderstone

[Thunderstone]

Hi,
The enhancements to an already fine product sound great. One thing, I
must say that I was a little confused when I got my first note from the
Webinator list. Like someone else, I thought that it was someone talking
about my particular implimentation, not the general product. Perhaps the
listproc or listserv software could be used to add a code to the subject
line? (I use majordomo here, and I can put the list name in the subject
line) It helps to separate out things in my overflowing mail box.

If it isn't easy to do, no problem. I can train my self or switch over
to some mail package that filters.

Thanks again for making this product available.

Erich

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[Thunderstone]

It took a little longer than we expected , but the next release
should be available on Monday.

Here's the new feature list:

* URL Prefix restriction. This forces gw to stay within a specified directory.

* Plug-in filter support allows you to declare a program to pre-filter
documents by mime-type before they're passed to the index program.

* Acrobat / PDF Plug-in filter.

* Framed document support. Webinator will now parse an HTML framed document
as if it were one document. ( This makes it easier for the user to
find the correct URL entry point.)

* Increased table intelligence. The HTML parser now filters table data
with more brains and tolerance. ( Like missing </td>'s and </tr>'s )

* Increased filename extension tolerance. Uses mime + suffix data
to resolve types.

* Multiple option file support . ( Used to be only one )

* User set-able index expressions. Allows you to re-define what constitutes
a searchable "word" .

Also of worthy note:

The NT and Macintosh versions are on the bench right now, and will be
released to beta _very_ soon. The NT version is currently operational
with the Netscape HTTPD and others with compatible CGI interface layers.

Thanks,

Bart Richards
Thunderstone