Each entry consists of a url that will be monitored, a descriptive title and the choice of monitoring a website for any changes or for specific keyword appearances. Some sources that can be monitored can only be monitored by keywords. If keywords are selected it is possible to set the free website monitor to monitor the website for single keyword appearances or only if all keywords are found. The frequency can be set to seconds, minutes, hours or days with the default being 15 minutes.

The monitoring software will display alerts if changes are detected on any of the selected websites. Alerts can either be sounds, popups or both simultaneously. It will also add all alerts to the list of alerts which comes in handy if changes have been found during absence.

Websites are opened directly in a popup window with the keywords or changed parts highlighted for easier discovery.

The website monitor will run on most Microsoft operating systems. It ran fine on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 test system.

Related posts

• ZoneScreen Finally Gets 64-bit Update (7)
• Website Monitor (5)
• Split Monitor (7)
• Multi-Monitor Taskbar (4)
• Maxto Divides The Computer Monitor (9)

The last step in the configuration configures the capturing depths which can be set to first page, first page plus links or whole site. The same menu contains options to allow popups and to set the scanning to be careful which deactivates certain scripts and other potentially malicious contents. The download will start immediately after the last step. The program will display the download progress of all objects on the website.

Experienced users can define objects that should not be downloaded. Among them files like videos, cookies or scripts. Once the website or page has been downloaded it can be browsed in the program interface up to the level it was downloaded from the server.

The website downloader will display all pages that have been downloaded in the sidebar sorted by project name. A download will be initiated for every link pointing to a page that has not been downloaded before. The download speed depends on several factors including the connection speed of the computer system the application runs on.

Different view modes are available that differ from the default html view mode. It is possible to take a look at the contents, attached files (e.g. videos or images) or information (modification date, allowed objects, site and so on). Properties can be accessed for each downloaded website differently or combined for a project. They make it possible to set very specific rules for downloading contents including the number of page revisions to keep or the contents that should be downloaded.

Wysigot is not only a website downloader but also a website monitor. It can be set to monitor websites for changes and notify the user about those changes. Change verifications can be automatic, periodical or manual depending on the user’s choice. Alarms can be set to notify the user if a website has been updated.

The website monitor and downloader uses the rendering engine of Internet Explorer to display the website’s contents. It contains options to import Internet Explorer favorites which is convenient if several of those should be downloaded.

An alternative is the excellent Httrack which runs on Windows, Linux and OSX

Related posts

• Website Downloader (0)
• Rip Websites with HTTrack Website Copier (6)
• Create A Cached Website Copy (4)
• Youtube File Hack Tool For Internet Explorer (8)
• You better stop using Internet Explorer for now (18)

No one can manually check his websites 24 hours 7 days a week which means that some service is needed that monitors the websites automatically. In addition programs that are run on a local computer can be used to check the websites periodically to make sure they are still up and running. That’s the only convenient way to check if you own more than a few websites.

The tool hpObserver is one of those programs that can monitor the status of a website. You can configure it to run in intervals of 1, 5 and 10 minutes or manually. Four methods are available that check the website, they are: ICPM (ping), TCP / IP, Imitate Browser, XML HTTP.

The method defines largely which data can be collected from the website. An ICPM cannot for instance return the size of the website while the Imitate Browser method can.

The application has some shortcomings though. The feature it is lacking the most is in my opinion a way to notify the user if he is not near his computer. At the moment the application is only useful if run constantly and if a user is present to take a look at the results regularly.

Another thing that I really missed was a help file or documentation. There is none whatsoever and it is kinda hard to figure out what the settings and different methods do and how you can take advantage of them in the best way. Lastly you can only select one method which will be used to check all websites. It is not possible to configure individual settings for each website.

Related posts

• Resolution Changer (4)
• Quick Resolution Changer (5)
• Monitor Calibration Wizard (1)
• Zip Repair (3)
• Zen Key An All Purpose Application Manager (3)

Mr. Uptime is a Firefox Extension that steps in and removes the burden from the user who wants to connect to a website that is down at the moment. You can add a website that is currently unavailable to the extension which then checks periodically if it is up again.

The checks are not done by the extension or your computer but by a website monitoring service. Websites can be added by right-clicking on that website and selecting Mr. Uptime from the menu or by displaying the toolbar which is only displayed for the currently active website and not all Firefox tabs.

It is possible to monitor status changes using http status codes (404 for not found for instance) or keywords that the website should or should not contain.

The default period to monitor websites is set to 168 hours which should be enough in most cases. If the website is still down after that time it will be automatically removed from the watch list.

Read More:

Mr. Uptime Download

Related posts

• Tab Mix Plus Firefox Extension (3)
• Zoom In on Images in Firefox (6)
• YubNub a social internet command line (2)
• Wordpress one click installation of plugins and themes (4)
• Wolfram Alpha Gets Its First Core Update After Launch (3)