Awasu 2.2.4.alpha1
IMPORTANT: This is an alpha release (what's this?).
Some features are not complete and you will find bugs!
You must be already running 2.2.3.
To install:
- Read the release notes below first!
- Backup your Awasu installation directory and keep it, even if
the alpha appears to work correctly.
- Unpack one (!) of the following zips on top of your existing installation:
- Run the new admin.exe program (in the Awasu installation directory).
This will set up the new awasu: protocol handler.
- If you like to be tidy, delete ArchiveMaintenance.exe in the Awasu installation directory
(this has been replaced by the new admin.exe tool) and ExportOpml.template
in the Resources/Report Templates sub-directory (Awasu now has a built-in
OPML export feature).
Import from OPML
The OPML import feature has been completely rewritten. It now handles folders
as well as adding a lot of new functionality.
To import channels from an OPML file, choose File|Synchronization|Import from.
Enter the file path or URL of the OPML file and click OK.
Awasu will parse the OPML file and show you the channels it contains.
Choose which channels you want to subscribe to and either click on Subscribe
to start the Channel Wizard for each one, or Quick subscribe to quickly
create subscriptions for each one using the default settings.
Click on the options button beneath the list of channels to see the options
available.
- You can choose which folder you want new channels to be created under.
This is useful if you want to monitor channels from several different OPML files since
it lets you keep them separate in your My Channels folder tree.
- If Ignore folder structure is checked, Awasu will ignore any folder structure
given in the OPML file and always places new channels directly in the specified folder.
Export to OPML
Exporting your channels to OPML was previously done via Awasu's reporting feature.
This is no longer necessary since Awasu now has a built-in export feature.
Choose File|Synchronization|Export to and choose which channels you want
to export.
Note that Awasu lets you create special types of channels (e.g. plugin channels,
search channels, etc.) that other feed readers do not support. These channels
are not included by default, although you can override this if you really want to.
Click on the options button beneath the list of channels to see the options
available.
- You can choose to include special channels that are normally excluded,
as well as set the title of the OPML file.
- Because the OPML specification is so, um, flexible, Awasu also lets you control
the format of the XML output. The Folder XML and Channel XML parameters
specify the templates that are used to generate folder and channel nodes
in the XML output. The default values are:
- Folder XML: <outline text="{%FOLDER-NAME% encode=sgml chars=<&"}">
- Channel XML: <outline text="{%CHANNEL-NAME% encode=sgml chars=<&"}" xmlUrl="{%FEED-URL% encode=sgml chars=<&"}" htmlUrl="{%HOME-URL% encode=sgml chars=<&"}" type="rss" />
Enhanced IE security
This is stage 1 of hardening Awasu against malicious content. If you have Windows XP SP2,
turn this feature on from the Display tab of the Program Options dialog.
It enables all the (non-IE7) security features described here,
in particular, the popup blocker and the yellow IE security bar that shows
at the top of the browser window when a page tries to show blocked content.
Awasu can be configured to enable only some of the listed features (or even
enable new ones) so if you need to fine-tune this feature, please post in the forums
for the necessary incantations.
Other changes and bug fixes
To import channels from an OPML file, choose File|Synchronization|Import from.
Choose which channels you want to subscribe to and either click on Subscribe
to start the Channel Wizard for each one, or Quick subscribe to quickly
create subscriptions for each one using the default settings.
Click on the options button beneath the list of channels to see the options
available.
Choose File|Synchronization|Export to and choose which channels you want
to export.
Click on the options button beneath the list of channels to see the options
available.
This is stage 1 of hardening Awasu against malicious content. If you have Windows XP SP2,
turn this feature on from the Display tab of the Program Options dialog.
It enables all the (non-IE7) security features described here,
in particular, the popup blocker and the yellow IE security bar that shows
at the top of the browser window when a page tries to show blocked content.