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What’s new:

  • [New] Greatly optimized the speed of Blog Editor when loading and saving articles with many pictures. Cool
  • [New] Now WebStory will extract @ mentions inside blog post or long tweet and place it in the header section before publishing to Twitter, as shown below:

  • [Change] Publishing long tweets to Twitter with large photo attachment will cause the text message difficult to read with the default image size.
  • [Change] Publishing blog post to Twitter will be using post title as excerpt by default.
  • [Solved] Table border will still be seen as dotted line when publishing blog post with table without border to Twitter.
  • [Solved] After setting up a Picasa Web Album, the photo thumbnails are not downloaded properly.

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What’s new:

  • [New] Added support for posting blog post to Twitter directly, WITHOUT reformatting! Isn’t it cool? Cool
  • [New] Added database Backup, Restore and Compact support. This feature is accessible via Login window as shown below:
    Database Backup and Restore Menu
  • [New] Added support to purge Microblog Archive messages.
  • [New] Added support to watch YouTube video directly in the Twitter Message Browser.
  • [New] Added support for batch comment management, such as batch comment deletion.
  • [New] Added “Not yet Published” and “To be Synchronized” nodes in the Blog view.
  • [New] Enhanced WordPress Page node to show articles intended to be posted as WordPress Page.
  • [New] Article set as WordPress Page will automatically select the right Blog upon publishing.
  • [Change] Tag view and Category view are merged to become Article view.
  • [Change] Removed the comment status nodes under all Comments nodes.
    A Simplified Blog View
  • [Solved] Exiting WebStory after publishing post with Ping enabled would cause an error.
  • [Solved] Under very rare cases adding a photo into Album may cause an error.
  • [Solved] Photos backed up from Picasa are not of original sizes.
  • [Solved] Unable to enter Twitter custom AppKey when reconfiguring Twitter account.
  • [Solved] Sometimes WordPress secondary categories may become parent categories after blog backup.
  • [Solved] Sometimes “To be Synchronized” node may show wrong articles.
  • [Solved] Unable to back up blog post with empty content.
  • [Solved] Photos backed up from Picasa albums are not of original sizes.
  • [Solved] Pasting content that contains Read-More Tag repeatedly will cause an error when switching to HTML Source view.
  • [Solved] Under certain situations, pasting onto a Bullet item would cause the entire line to be shown as HTML source.
  • [Solved] After entering Verification code and pressing enter in the main window may cause Blog Editor to be opened.
  • [Solved] Pressing Enter key in the Microblog Timeline message list will cause an error.

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What’s new:

  • [New] Now pictures from TwitPic, Instagram and YFrog could be viewed directly in the Twitter Message Browser.
  • [New] Added option to disable automated comment backup.
  • [New] Improved Twitter message browsing experience with the new message template.
  • [New] Added support for scheduled publishing interval between blogs.
  • [New] Added a Follow button to Twitter Message Browser toolbar.
  • [New] Added a splitter to adjust Twitter Message Browser width.
  • [New] Added WebStory signature without icon.
  • [New] Added support to copy Twitter Message Browser content by CTRL+C.
  • [Change] The Twitter Message Browser will automatically scroll back to the top after navigating to new message.
  • [Change] Greatly improved some network related tasks, in some cases backup may show more than 100% improvement in speed.
  • [Change] Improved Twitter Message Browser navigability.
  • [Change] Cancelled Microblog Excerpt View.
  • [Solved] WebStory may block the system from shutting down properly.
  • [Solved] Certain situations may prevent WebStory from exiting properly.
  • [Solved] There will be an error after starting WebStory, if the main window is showing Task List View while a scheduled job starts.
  • [Solved] Occassionally WebStory is unable to access Twitter messages.
  • [Solved] Specifying custom message source for Twitter may cause some Twitter related functions to fail.
  • [Solved] Some Twitter messages are not retrieved properly.
  • [Solved] Scrolling with mouse wheel through the bottom of Twitter Message Browser will navigate to the next message unexpected.
  • [Solved] The Latest message nodes are not highlighted when switching from Microblog Tag View to Microblog View with new messages.
  • [Solved] When there is new incoming Twitter message, it will cause the focus to change to root node in the Microblog Tag view.
  • [Solved] Twitter Timeline message count may sometimes show wrong figure.
  • [Solved] Adding a new picture in Microblog Editor without selecting any Tag will cause an error.
  • [Solved] When a photo has already been inserted into an article, it is unable to add the same photo into Album again.
  • [Solved] Exiting WebStory when there are other windows being shown will cause an error.
  • [Solved] After editing an article via the most Recent Article list in Blog Editor and click at the list again will cause an error.
  • [Solved] Unable to browse articles not visible in the article list via Article Browser’s navigation buttons.
  • [Solved] After publishing Twitter message, the Microblog Editor content should be cleared.
  • [Solved] After saving a new article, the filter hint in All Articles tag will disappear.
  • [Solved] Break lines in a note will be lost after the note being inserted into Blog Editor.
  • [Solved] Trying to resume failed tasks may cause WebStory to stop responding.
  • [Solved] The Replace All function may get into infinite loop if the words to be replaced also appears in the replacing words.
  • [Solved] Newly added photo to a tag that is currently being displayed is not visible immediately.
  • [Solved] If a blog comment operation fails, it is not visible in the Task List.
  • [Solved] Repeat the same blog operation quickly may cause error.
  • [Solved] WordPress Slug with non-English characters is not showing properly after backup.
  • [Solved] Pressing ESC key during blog backup may cause error.
  • [Solved] Right clicking in a Table cell will cause the cell content to be aligned to bottom right.
  • [Solved] Deleting Notes failed to delete published Twitter messages.

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Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

Chrysanth WebStory What’s your WebStory today?

What’s new:

  • [New] Added scheduled publishing for Twitter messages.
  • [New] Added automatic backup feature before upgrading database.
  • [New] An alert message will be prompted upon successful scheduling of post or message.
  • [New] Added word count indicator in Microblog editor.
  • [New] Now Blog Editor allows picture attachment to be added.
  • [Change] Removed the 500-character limit in Microblog editor.
  • [Solved] Unable to publish or update post/ page with image.
  • [Solved] When setting the schedule for single post, should not show the Post Interval setting page.
  • [Solved] Switching to other message types in Timeline view will cause an error.
  • [Solved] Content highlighted in Blog Editor is deviated when switching to HTML Source Editor.

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What’s new:

  • [New] Added Facebook blog support.
  • [New] Added the ability to reorganize Article, Note and Photo tag by drag and drop.
  • [New] Added the ability to align vertically within a table cell.
  • [New] Now WebStory will automatically convert messages longer than Twitter text limit to image. Click to see the example.
  • [New] Added image upload support for Twitter.
  • [Solved] WebStory may sometimes take up very high CPU usage for a long time.
  • [Solved] Sometimes WebStory may not exit application successfully.
  • [Solved] WebStory may seem like not responsive when trying to back up blogs with many posts.
  • [Solved] Trying to publish existing WordPress Post as Page (after deleting the Post) will not succeed until WebStory is restarted.
  • [Solved] Deleting a published WordPress Page in the Blog Archive of Blog Editor would cause error.
  • [Solved] Clicking at the WebStory icon in the system Tray during application exit would cause error.
  • [Solved] Some files that contain empty space in the URL are not downloaded when retrieving blog templates.
  • [Solved] Trying to resume a delete post task in Task List would cause error.
  • [Solved] Some HTML files are not imported successfully.
  • [Solved] Under certain circumstances, when picture of a post fails to upload, it may cause WebStory to get stuck at the process.
  • [Solved] Deleting an article should remove relevant task from Task List.
  • [Solved] Publishing post with Ping enabled would cause error.
  • [Solved] After Posts published with Ping enabled completed, restarting WebStory does not remove the completed tasks.
  • [Solved] Clicking at the Focus button in the Latest or Archive messages will cause WebStory to be irresponsive.
  • [Solved] The Action button in Refresh Blog Template does not function properly.
  • [Solved] There would be an error if the password entered during database creation does not match.
  • [Solved] Switching focus at Timeline’s Latest message has no effect.

You may also follow us on our Twitter at http://twitter.com/webstory for updates on WebStory development.

Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

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What’s new:

  • [New] Now Twitter users can set custom message source for new tweets, which is ideal for microblog marketing.
  • [New] Added watermark effect to photo plugin.
  • [New] Added Select All menu item when right clicking at the Blog Editor or HTML Source Editor.
  • [New] Added the option to remember default username and password for blog account setup.
  • [Change] Redesigned the flow for Captcha verification, now all Captcha code could be entered in the same verification window.
  • [Solved] Unable to retrieve self own Twitter Retweets.
  • [Solved] Under certain conditions, scheduled publishing or resuming failed tasks may fail.
  • [Solved] When “Close editor window upon successful publishing” is set, all Blog Editors will be closed wrongly.
  • [Solved] Adding Flickr web album or sharing photos to Flickr will cause an error.
  • [Solved] Clicking at the dropdown button at the bottom of Microblog Timeline would cause an error.
  • [Solved] When Picasa has got a web album with the same name as Blogger’s, pictures would be uploaded to the Picasa album instead of Blogger’s.
  • [Solved] When importing HTML files, pictures with relative path are not imported properly.
  • [Solved] There would be an error when saved password is not retrievable.
  • [Solved] Double clicking at photos uploaded to default web album does not launch web browser to visit the photo page.
  • [Solved] Occasionally publishing blog post or microblog message may get stuck forever.
  • [Solved] When Blogger account’s registered email is not verified, wrong message would be prompted.
  • [Solved] WebStory should not show Retweet button for self own Twitter messages.
  • [Solved] Deleting a twit under Miroblog Timeline does not show the twit to be deleted immediately until next login.
  • [Solved] When a username appears more than once in a Twitter message, the user hyperlink may be parsed wrongly.

You may also follow us on our Twitter at http://twitter.com/webstory for updates on WebStory development.

Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

Chrysanth WebStory Published by WebStory

What’s new:

  • [New] A completely revamped microblog management user interface.
  • [New] Added capability to send microblog private message.
  • [New] Added microblog retweet function.
  • [New] Added new microblog message count notification to the latest message node.
  • [New] Added function to insert video clips directly.
  • [New] Added support to set multiple blog schedule at once.
  • [New] Added options to control the message alerts for new microblog message and blog comment.
  • [New] Article Browser now shows the tree structure of WordPress pages.
  • [Change] When resuming all tasks in the Task List, scheduled tasks will not be executed now.
  • [Change] Changed the behavior of filling color inside a table cell.
  • [Change] Now other people’s messages are no longer editable.
  • [Solved] The No Fill and Transparent color option for highlight and fill color are not visible in the UI.
  • [Solved] Random WebStory signature becomes empty after publishing post.
  • [Solved] Inserted table column does not follow existing TH tag attributes.
  • [Solved] Sometimes performing a search in the Search window may encounter an error.
  • [Solved] Changing tag options in Note Editor does not enable the Save button.
  • [Solved] <> symbols are not properly decoded when retrieving Twitter messages.
  • [Solved] New microblog message hints will keep showing even after dismissed.
  • [Solved] Sometimes opening new Blog Editor while publishing blog posts may cause error.
  • [Solved] Sometimes publishing posts to multiple blogs may cause error.
  • [Solved] Double clicking at an article after performing back up would cause an error.
  • [Solved] After setting up new microblog account, the summary counts in the latest message node are not shown.
  • [Solved] After clicking at the latest microblog message notification, the summary count went wrong.
  • [Solved] Setting up a WordPress blog account that has not yet enabled the XMLRPC interface will prompt the correct message now.
  • [Solved] After restarting WebStory, the tasks in the Task List showed wrong Start Time.

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Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

Chrysanth WebStory Published by WebStory

What’s new:

  • [New] Brand new microblog user interface and functionalities.
  • [New] Added support for Blogspot Jump Break (a.k.a. Read More link).
  • [New] Added support for HTML 5 tags.
  • [New] Now you may create free blogs at Self.my via WebStory.
  • [New] Added a scheduler function to publish post on specified time.
  • [New] Added batch import support for TXT and HTML files.
  • [New] Added a function to import and export from Blog Editor as HTML or TXT file.
  • [New] Added the ability to Tag photos locally or when photo is shared to Web Album.
  • [New] Web Album will now show the relevant site’s icon for easy idenfitication.
  • [New] Now you may use arrow keys to navigate in the Search Result, Preview and Browse window.
  • [New] Added Copy function to Browse window.
  • [New] Added Browse function to article Search window, now double clicking at articles found will default to browsing.
  • [New] Added the function to insert notes from microblog or tag.
  • [New] Added a CTRL+F shortcut key to the Search function in the main window.
  • [New] Inserting Notes into bullet context will automatically start each new note with a new bullet.
  • [New] Added Cancel Scheduled Task, Cancel Selected Task, Cancel Task In Progress and Cancel All Task function.
  • [New] New options for when main form is being closed.
  • [New] Page list will be shown in their proper hierarchy in the Browser window.
  • [Change] The feature of Insert Note from Microblog has been discarded.
  • [Change] When setting up a blog account that supports picture upload, Assign Online Storage step will be skipped by default.
  • [Change] Test blog at Self.my is no longer added by default.
  • [Change] New Blogger.com accounts will be using Picasa Web Album as default picture storage.
  • [Change] Local Album view has been redesigned as Tag view.
  • [Change] Clicking at Web Album account node will now show all albums for the account.
  • [Change] Clicking at the root node of Web Album should show all Web Albums in the grid.
  • [Change] Some microblog system tags have been removed.
  • [Change] Blog’s and Microblog’s Status and Tag view are now combined into a single Tag view.
  • [Change] Improved the speed of loading some module data.
  • [Change] Improved the speed of pasting HTML content into the Blog Editor.
  • [Change] Read-More Tag is now implemented as <!– more –> comment in the HTML source.
  • [Change] Double clicking at the Page list will default to browsing the page locally.
  • [Change] Blog Editor’s source code proposal window will pop out faster when “<” key is pressed.
  • [Solved] Setting up Web Album account that contains long album name will cause an error.
  • [Solved] After inserting Notes into bullet context it’s unable to press Enter to create new line.
  • [Solved] When the option to replace emoticon automatically is checked, deleting a selected image with Backspace would cause error.
  • [Solved] Find and Replace function does not work properly in HTML Source editor.
  • [Solved] When trying to share a photo not yet downloaded from Web Album, users should be alerted.
  • [Solved] The “Insert Photo From Web Album” window should indicate photos that are not downloaded with a shortcut icon.
  • [Solved] When article title is cleared, users should be prompted to save article before Blog Editor is closed.
  • [Solved] Wrong message is shown when Google Captcha verification fails.
  • [Solved] There will be an error when pasting an illegal email address into Blog Editor.
  • [Solved] Simultaneously publishing multiple articles that contain pictures via main window would fail.
  • [Solved] At Blog view’s root node, the grid should show blog accounts according to selected Blog Group.
  • [Solved] “<?” tag inserted into HTML Source editor is not properly escaped.
  • [Solved] Toggling article’s Lock status in the main window has no effect.
  • [Solved] After publishing an article, if the category returned by blog server does not exist, blog archive will not be displayed.
  • [Solved] After publishing microblog status, the Tag panel should be enabled.
  • [Solved] Adding a category to selected blog which does not have any existing category would cause an error.
  • [Solved] In Web Album view, deleting FTP account that is set as Web Album would cause the FTP account to be deleted.
  • [Solved] Refreshing blog account info should remove duplicate category items.
  • [Solved] Refreshing blog account info should not reset assigned online storage for each blog.
  • [Solved] Creating new Web Album account will throw an error when the Web Album name is too long.
  • [Solved] Sometimes articles in the Not-Yet-Published tag are not listed according to the Date filter.
  • [Solved] Backing up WordPress blogs might cause secondary categories to duplicate.
  • [Solved] Blog account node should display blogs according to Blog Group in the grid.
  • [Solved] Trying to back up photos when adding new Web Album account would cause an error.
  • [Solved] Inserting a new row above or below a table should not add empty Background attribute.
  • [Solved] Inserting a new row by pressing Tab key should always use the same Width attribute as the last row.
  • [Solved] When Read-More Tag is set to hidden, flipping from Blog Editor to HTML Source and back to editor should still hide the tag.
  • [Solved] Backing up Blogger blogs would retain the Jump Break (a.k.a. Read More link).
  • [Solved] Browsing any page in the Blog view should browse the selected page instead of first page.
  • [Solved] Refreshing Microblog account will cause original account activation to fail.
  • [Solved] Refreshing Microblog account should retrieve all user information including user avatar.
  • [Solved] Aborting blog back up will show incorrect statistical result.
  • [Solved] Unable to select new category created under Category By Blog.
  • [Solved] Newly created category could not be saved as selected category when article is saved.

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Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

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What’s new:

  • [New] Added a new article browsing window, you no longer have to go online in order to read all your articles now.
  • [New] Now the last selected category view in Article Editor would be remembered. By default it will show Category By Blog.
  • [New] Added support for WordPress multi-level category.
  • [New] Added support for copying content with images from MS Word.
  • [New] Added copy and paste right click menu to HTML source editor.
  • [New] Added blog account info in the Target field for Task List.
  • [Change] Greatly simplifies the main window’s UI. By default My Note and My Photo are not enabled.
  • [Change] Now double clicking at any article will default to browsing instead of editing.
  • [Change] Now spell check will always start from the beginning of an article.
  • [Change] Now the caret position in HTML source editor is limited to the last character or space users type in.
  • [Change] Blog account node will now show a summary of all blogs under the account instead of all posts.
  • [Change] Newly added category under individual blog in the Article Editor will be selected by default.
  • [Change] After publishing microblog status, clicking at the status alert window will browse the message permalink page.
  • [Solved] An error will be encountered upon deleting comment failure.
  • [Solved] After publishing a post as draft, trying to publish from Blog Archive again may cause error.
  • [Solved] Publishing post to WordPress with publication time set may result in unexpected time due to time zone setting.
  • [Solved] “Not yet published” article count may be wrong under certain filter conditions.
  • [Solved] Publishing post as draft for article with categories set may cause the post to be published publicly.
  • [Solved] Setting an article to Draft status in the Article Editor does not save the Draft status when the editor is closed.
  • [Solved] Publishing an article marked as Draft in the main window does not automatically check the “Publish as draft” option.
  • [Solved] Sometimes when flipping to HTML source editor, copy and cut menu may not be enabled accordingly.
  • [Solved] After clicking at the Comments node, then clicking at the root node for Blog View will still show comment related view.

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Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

Chrysanth WebStory Published by WebStory

What’s new:

  • [New] Now new users can sign up a WebStory account directly.
  • [New] Added Page Order field in Pages list view.
  • [Change] Now emoticons are showing more user friendly hints.
  • [Solved] Break lines enclosed in PRE tags will be missing after publishing.
  • [Solved] There will be a preview error when there is a HREF attribute inside certain HTML elements.

You may also follow us on our Twitter at http://twitter.com/webstory for updates on WebStory development.

Grab your latest version here: http://download.webstory.my/webstory.zip

Chrysanth WebStory This is WebStory!