SiteSpider Overview
Trellian SiteSpider is a powerful, yet simple to use program which is loaded with sophisticated search, web crawling and site mapping functions.
What does SiteSpider do?
SiteSpider can be used simply as a web browser, which works cooperatively with Internet Explorer to allow importing and utilization of your favorites directory.
Trellian SiteSpider can help you to extract valuable data from any website. The data is then cleanly organized into an easy to navigate panel, which can also be conveniently exported into folders and lists, depending upon file types.
What can SiteSpider find?
While using SiteSpider in just the same way as a web browser, you can also search for and list photos, movies, email addresses, applications, documents, music and more.
SiteSpider will also list every HTML document that it has crawled.
Features
- Intuitive interface developed with ease of use in mind.
- The Default Spider will scan a complete web site and index all the URL's that the site contains
- The Gallery Page Spider is designed to extract the content from compiled gallery pages.
- The Engine Spider is designed to extract the content from engine page results
- The Keyword Spider is an automated engine page spider
- All your bookmarks from Internet Explorer are available from within Trellian SiteSpider.
Registration
To register and upgrade your Software, you will first need to obtain a serial number from our web site by using the following URL in your web browser: http://www.trellian.com/order.htm. Alternatively you may purchase this information from an authorized Trellian Software reseller if this is easier for you.
Once you have all of your details ready, choose the Register Software option from the Help menu of SiteSpider.
Enter your Email address and Serial Number into the corresponding fields as shown in the example, then click the OK button. Make sure you type your registration details exactly as we supplied them to you, (this includes upper AND lower case letters).
Step 1. - Select Register Software from the Help menu.
Step 2. - Enter your registration details exactly as they were sent to you.
Step 3. - Click the Unlock Software button to register SiteSpider.
Field: Description: Email Address This is where the email address that you used to register with is entered Serial Number This is where you enter the serial number number that is sent to you upon registration Button: Description: Unlock Software: Click this button to unlock the software when you have entered your registration details. OK Click this button to complete the registration process Home Page Click this button to visit the Trellian website
System Requirements
Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me
Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP
Internet Browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x
Netscape Navigator 5.x/6.x
CPU/Processors:
Intel Pentium I, II, III, IV, AMD or compatible
RAM/Memory:
16Mb or greater (64Mb recommended)
Upgrading
To keep SiteSpider current, upgrades should be installed from time to time. These upgrades are free to all registered users.
To download the latest upgrade, select the Upgrade option from the File menu. LiveUpgrade will contact the upgrade server to check if there are any upgrades available.
All available components will be displayed in the selection list. All items that can be upgraded will be selected, and marked with a red clock icon. To upgrade these items, tick the checkbox next to the program and/or component name and click the Upgrade button.
Items marked by a grey dot have not been installed.
Items marked with a green tick are current and no update is required.
Support
FREE email support is offered to all registered users of SiteSpider.
If you are experiencing problems, or are requiring answers to a technical question, please write us an email detailing the issue, or issues that you are experiencing and send it along with any other related information to our Support Department.
You may contact this department by sending an email to support@trellian.com.
Support Hours:
Open Mon - Fri, 9:00am - 5:00pm (Melbourne, Australia - Eastern Standard Time)
Please include your registration key, and some basic information about your computer and the Operating System you are running..
Using SiteSpider
This chapter explains how to use SiteSpider
Spidering a website
- Enter the URL of a website or webpage to check in the Address bar. The URL should be in the form of http://www.trellian.com
To spider a website from your hard drive, select Open from the File menu. Browse for the HTML file and click OK. File names can also be entered in the address bar eg. C:\filetocheck.htm
- Select a spider type from the spider drop down menu.
Site Spider
The Site Spider will scan a complete web site and index all the URL's that the site contains. This spider will not spider behind the root domain. You can select a URL from the spider results and restart the spider from that point.
Gallery Page Spider
The gallery page spider is designed to extract the content from compiled gallery pages. Commonly called "Link Lists", these pages usually contain no content of there own, but do include many links to pages that do contain.
The first page of all the links that exit the root domain are included in the spider results. This kind of spider often yields the biggest return per spider.
Engine Page Spider
The engine page spider is very similar to the gallery page spider. The root page is the only page included at the root domain. This spider is designed to extract the content from engine page results.
You can then select the domain with the content that matches your requirements and continue searching using the default spider.
Keyword Spider
The keyword spider is an automated engine page spider.Trellian SiteSpider will automatically extract the search engine results before beginning a standard engine page spider. This spider is useful if you want to do a quick spider, but sometimes the results don't have the quality of a manually triggered spider. Simply enter keywords and select a search engine from the list.
- The selected spider will start spidering the website. SiteSpider's status is shown in the bottom left corner of the window.
- To stop the spider click the Stop button.
To resume the spider click the Spider button then click the Yes button when prompted to resume. The unspidered files are shown in the Pending Files tab.
Results
When finished spidering a website SiteSpider's status bar will show "Done".
The site is broken down into the categories displayed in the sitemap window pane. Right click any of the files to display tools to work with the file type.
Category Description SiteMap Displays all the web pages found on the website in a sitemap format Photos Displays the photos ( jpg files) found on the website Images Displays the images(gif, png files) found on the website Movies Displays all the move files found on the website Addresses Displays all the email addresses found on the website Applications Displays all the application files found on the website Documents Displays the documents (pdf, doc, xls files) found on the website Music Displays all the music files found on the website Archives Displays all the archive files (zip, rar files) found on the website HTML Displays all the HTML pages found on the website Other Displays any other items found on the website that do not fall under any of the other categories
Using SiteSpider
This chapter explains the SiteSpider interface
Menu Options
File Open Opens a HTML file Save As Saves changes a HTML file using a different file name Page Setup Displays the page setup for printing Prints the current webpage Print Preview Displays a preview before printing Page Properties Displays the file properties of the current page Internet Options Displays the Internet Explorer Internet Options Upgrade Connects to the Trellian server then checks for the availability of automated Software Upgrades/Updates Exit Exits the program
Edit Cut Cuts the currently selected item to the clipboard Copy Copies the currently selected item to the clipboard Paste Pastes the item from the clipboard Select All Selects all items Find (on This Page) Searches for text on the webpage
Export Go To Navigates the website Stop Stops the spider Refresh Refreshes the webpage Text Size Changes the webpage text size Source Displays the HTML source code in NotePad Web Browser Toggles display of the web browser panel Site Explorer Toggles display of the Site Explorer panel
Help About Shows information about the program Register Software From here you may enter your registration details in order to register the program Trellian Software Browses the Trellian Software website Trellian Services Browses the Trellian Services website
