


                      - CATALOG WIZARD 2.0 -



1. OVERVIEW

	Catalog Wizard 2.0 expands directories containing image
	files to full thumbnailed Web galleries thus enabling fast 
	and adjustable publishing of images. Page layout, the look 
	and the feel of image galleries are fully customizable 
	allowing integration to any custom Web design or existing 
	Web sites. Innovative and easy user interface turns Web 
	page coding and publishing into a simple procedure without 
	loss in areas of quality or compatibility.


2. MAIN FEATURES

	* Catalog Wizard creates thumbnailed versions of original 
	  image files to a catalog page. This decreases size and 
	  loading time of HTML pages and allows browsing of image 
	  catalogs over the Internet, even with modem connection. 

	* Clicking a thumbnail in a catalog page opens the original 
	  image file embedded into a new HTML page. Structures and 
	  hypertext links allowing moving to previous and next images 
	  is also generated.

	* Catalog Wizard offers support for multiple catalog files. 
	  To avoid generating too big HTML pages you may set the 
	  number of thumbnail rows on each page. When this option is 
	  selected, the hypertext links between pages is generated 
	  automatically. 

	* Custom text maybe inserted into Web pages containing image 
	  originals. Easy user interface in the Image Description 
	  Editor lists all files in the source image folder and shows 
	  the thumbnail of the selected file. When an image file is 
	  selected from the list the text can be entered via general 
	  text editor. The text may even contain HTML tags if so 
	  desired. All the entered descriptions are saved into local 
	  harddisk and can be edited, changed or removed later. 

	* Catalog Wizard allows you to create an automated Web 
	  slideshow. The showing time is defined first, after which 
	  the image files are loaded into browser. After the last 
	  image is shown a new cycle will start. This provides 
	  infinite sliding of images in Web without reloading of 
	  pages.

	* Adjustable horizontal and vertical size of thumbnails in 
	  pixels. 

	* Thumbnails in catalogs can be sorted by image name, size, 
	  date. Sorting order may be ascending or descending. 

	* Possibility to select which file details are shown in an 
	  image catalog page. The details are file name, file extension, 
	  date and size. 

	* Adjustable number of thumbnails per row. 

	* Adjustable text colors and font sizes. 

	* Adjustable HTML page background. 

	* Support for background sounds on HTML page. 

	* Support for JPEG, PNG and BMP images. 

	* Etc..


3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

	* Windows 95/98/NT/2000
	* 16 MB free RAM
	* 5 MB free harddisk space
	* Microsoft Internet Explorer / Netscape Navigator 4.0 or 
          later 


4. INSTALLATION

        Unzip files to temporary directory and run setup.exe.


5. DISTRIBUTION POLICY

	Catalog Wizard is shareware and it may be distributed 
	freely under following conditions:

	* No money is charged to the person/company receiving the 
	  software beyond reasonable cost of packaging.

	* You may not modify, delete or add any files in the 
	  distribution archive.

	* You may not distribute a registered version of Catalog 
	  Wizard.

	* You made not include Catalog Wizard in any commercial 
	  product or make Catalog Wizard part of other product.

	For more information about distribution policy contact the 
	author.


6. DISCLAIMER

	IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY:

	THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" 
	AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY 
	OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE 
	ENTIRE RISK  AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE 
	IS BORNE BY YOU. 

	BECAUSE OF VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIROMENT INTO WHICH 
	CATALOG WIZARD MAY BE INSTALLED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A 
	PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.

	THE GOOD DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY SOFTWARE 
	IS FULLY TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA IN NON-CRITICAL ENVIROMENT 
	BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF 
	USING THE SOFTWARE.


7. VERSION HISTORY

2.0     130301
	* PNG (Portable Network Graphic) support added.
	* All graphic algorithms improved.
	* Lanczos-3 filtering algorithm is now used when thumbnailing
          images.

2.0     120301
	* GIF support removed. 

2.0     090301
	* Helvetica added to default font list.

2.0     010301
        * Some minor changes to on-line help.

2.0	010227
	* Installation registry key renamed.

2.0	010226
	* About Box added into Advanced Settings dialog.
	* Default directory set as application directory when 
          selecting default image and background image and
          background sound.   
	* Network paths are now supported.
	* Some minor changes to on-line help.

2.0     010225
	* Windows standard 'Browse for Folder' dialog is now used.
        * 'Select folder' button added to Image Desciption Editor.
	* 'Browse for folder' dialog does not open anymore, when 
          Image Description Editor is launched.
	* Some minor changes to Catalog Wizard.
	* Some minor changes to Image Description Editor.
	* Some minor changes to on-line help.

2.0     010223
	* Some minor changes to Install Shield scripts.

2.0	010222
	* Removed Image Description Editor Button from user Interface.
	* Some minor modifications

2.0	010219
	* Added option to add standard footer text below of each 
	  generated HTML page.
	* In case of multiple catalog files, generated file names
	  do not contain spaces or special characters any more.
	* Selectable thumbnail background color
	* Selectable font in generated catalog pages.
        * New improved file handling algorithms and data structures.
	* Sorting thumbnails ascending or descending by file name, 
          date or size.
        * Selectable file details to be shown in catalog pages.
        * Automated Web slide show option added. Catalog Wizard can
          create cycling slide shows with selectable slide delay.
	* Hyperlink text "Catalog" is replaced with text "Index" in 
          generated image HTML pages.
	* Image Description Editor allows adding custom text into
	  generated HTML pages.
	* Navigation texts are now editable.
	* URL encoding is used in case of non-alphanum characters.

1.0.5	000511

	* Corrected white thumbnail problem when processing really 
          large image.
        * Thumbnailing algorithm was also improved to achieve better 
          image quality.

1.0.4	000508
        * Memory freeing problem after loading failure fixed.
	* Problem when parsing HTML file path fixed.
	* When lauched from explorer or command line and target
          directory does not contain supported image files, no
          message is shown anymore.
        * In catalog title and header input fields value [date]
          now expands to current date in generated catalogs.


8. KNOWN LIMITATIONS

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8. LATEST VERSION

        Is downloadable from URL http://www.iki.fi/osq/catalog/

        Comments about software, future development ideas, feature 
        requests, possible bug reports, etc: send e-mail direct to 
        me at oskari.vuori@iki.fi. 


        Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Oskari Vuori 
        All Rights Reserved
