General

The General tab in the Download Settings dialog provides the following settings:

Suppress Login Dialog

Whenever SiteSucker encounters a page that requires authentication, it first looks for the appropriate credentials in the Keychain. If nothing is found in the Keychain, it displays the Login Dialog.

Check this box to suppress display of the Login Dialog and skip the download of any pages that require authentication. For more information on authentication, see Password-protected Sites.

Ignore Robot Exclusions

Check this box to have SiteSucker ignore robots.txt exclusions and the Robots META tag.

Warning: Ignoring robot exclusions is not recommended. Robot exclusions are usually put in place for a good reason and should be obeyed.

By default, SiteSucker honors robots.txt exclusions and the Robots META tag. The robots.txt file allows the website administrator to define what parts of a site are off-limits to specific robots, like SiteSucker. Web administrators can disallow access to cgi and private and temporary directories, for example, because they do not want pages in those areas downloaded. In addition to server-wide robot control using robots.txt, webpage creators can also use the Robots META tag to specify that the links on a page should not be followed by robots.

Drag Triggers Download

Check this box to have SiteSucker automatically start the download after you drag a URL into the Web URL text field.

File Replacement

Use this control to specify when SiteSucker should replace existing files. You can choose from the following options:

  • Never - SiteSucker never replaces your local files and only downloads those files that haven't already been downloaded.
  • Always - SiteSucker always deletes your local files and replaces them with files downloaded from the Internet.
  • With Newer - SiteSucker only replaces existing files if a newer copy is found on the Internet.

Note: SiteSucker always replaces existing HTML and CSS files regardless of the File Replacement setting.

File Modification

Use this control to specify how SiteSucker should modify files after they are downloaded. You can choose from the following options:

  • None - SiteSucker does not modify files.
  • Localize - SiteSucker will "localize" downloaded files so that you will get the best results when browsing a site offline. This feature modifies the downloaded HTML and CSS documents by replacing every absolute link to a file on a Web server with the corresponding relative link to the local file. If there isn't a local file associated with a link, this setting will ensure that the link points to the file on the Web server.
  • Delete After Analysis - SiteSucker deletes HTML and CSS files after they are downloaded and analyzed.

Path Constraint

Use this control to limit downloaded files to those at a specific site, those within a specific directory, or those containing a specific path. This option works in conjunction with the Paths settings. SiteSucker provides the following download options:

  • None - SiteSucker downloads the file specified in the Web URL text box and every file that it links to and every site that these files link to, etc. Be aware that this option could result in a HUGE download if allowed to continue forever.
  • Host - SiteSucker limits the download to those files on the host of the original file being downloaded. For example, if the Web URL is http://www.example.com/directory/home.html, this setting limits the download to those URLs beginning with http://www.example.com or https://www.example.com.
  • Subdomains - SiteSucker limits the download to those files within the second-level domain and all subdomains of the original file being downloaded. Extending the previous example, this setting will download URLs beginning with http://www.example.com, https://images.example.com, http://guide.example.com, or https://example.com. However, this setting will not work correctly if the URL has a country code second-level domain, such as http://example.co.uk.
  • Directory - SiteSucker only downloads those files that are within the directory of the original file being downloaded. Extending the previous example, this setting limits the download to those URLs beginning with http://www.example.com/directory or https://www.example.com/directory.
  • Paths Settings - SiteSucker downloads the file specified in the Web URL text box and any files referenced which have paths included in the Paths settings.

Download Folder

Use this control to select the local Download Folder where files will be saved. By default, SiteSucker saves files to the Downloads folder in the user's home directory.

To change the Download Folder, do the following:

  1. Select the Set Download Folder... menu item. This displays a dialog box.
  2. Select a folder in the dialog box.
  3. Click the Choose button.

Ask Before Downloading

Check this box to have SiteSucker ask you to choose the Download Folder when you start a download.