WebCipher

That’s right, WebCipher 2009 Beta 2 has arrived! Feel free to download it from the download page and submit any feedback you may have, either here, on the forum, or on the Neowin Forums.

Changelog:

FIXED: Improved exception handling for documents being opened that are currently in use by another process
FIXED: Magic Template Builder inherits editor font family and size
NEW: The last closed tab, regardless of whether its content was saved, can be reopened using the corresponding menu item or Ctrl + Shift + T
NEW: Special Characters dialog, where characters are inserted as HTML entities
NEW: HTML Entity encoding and decoding
NEW: Open Tabs dialog
NEW: New Window menu item
NEW: Snippet from selected text
UPDATED: When checking if a document to be opened is already open, WebCipher no longer unnecessarily changes between available tabs
UPDATED: Add/Edit Snippet dialog now uses a syntax highlighted control instead of a standard text box
UPDATED: Magic Template variables that are referenced but undeclared are now alerted during the build phase
UPDATED: Fixed PHP syntax definition to resolve conflicts when using <? and ?> tags inside PHP strings
UPDATED: Improved exception handling for magic templates
UPDATED: Icons for expand and collapse all in Code Folding menu
UPDATED: Added support for missing elements in CSS syntax definition file
FIXED: WebCipher may crash unexpectedly when an OpenFileDialog is opened
NEW: WebCipher can list functions found in a particular document for insertion into other documents
UPDATED: Improved Help and Support
FIXED: Active project would still remain active even if deleted
FIXED: Syntax highlighting updates based on file extension when a ‘Save As’ operation is successful
FIXED: When an attempt is made to open a file in the Projects Panel that no longer exists, a error message is now displayed
UPDATED: Added the ability to insert a magic template at the cursor position (applies to individual template instances)
UPDATED: Added icons for selected file types in the FTP browser
NEW: Text completion can be temporarily enabled or disabled by pressing Ctrl + Shift + A
NEW: Shortcuts Panel, allowing you to view chosen pages (e.g. phpMyAdmin) within WebCipher itself
UPDATED: Added ability to disable Shortcuts panel initialisation at startup
UPDATED: Existing magic templates can now be loaded in the Build Magic Template dialog
UPDATED: Close button to up-to-date and unsuccessful update attempt screens within WebCipher Update
NEW: Magic Templates library, where frequently accessed templates can be added to your template library
UPDATED: Syntax highlighting for files edited in WebCipher using Server Edit Mode is now automatically detected
UPDATED: The size of the editor area and the size of the side panel is remembered on program exit
FIXED: WebCipher previously failed to remember the panels you had visible and hidden between sessions
UPDATED: Added whitespace to the top and bottom of the FTP listing grid on the FTP panel

Thanks in advance for any feedback posted!

Steven

Thank you to everyone who has posted feedback, submitted feature suggestions, and everyone who has tried WebCipher at all! It is greatly appreciated, and your feedback and suggestions mean a lot.

Beta 2 is currently in the works and on its way. This is a blog post to inform of some of the updates made to the WebCipher website, as well as some exciting changes coming in Beta 2.

WebCipher License Agreements are now available online for viewing. This means that if you want to refer to a license agreement you accepted during setup, you no longer have to re-run the setup application. You can simply go to webcipher.org/license and click on the relevant release.

WebCipher’s Functions Panel is a new feature coming in Beta 2. This new panel automatically gets a list of all functions in the active document, so you can easily double-click on them later for use in another document. You can have the editor automatically update the function list every 10 seconds, or you can manually update it yourself by clicking on a designated button. This is a feature that some other IDE’s appear to have had for quite some time, and I am pleased to say that it is coming in Beta 2. More about this feature can be found in this support article.

WebCipher Help and Support has had a revamp in-product - you can now access the WebCipher Support site within WebCipher itself, in a specially designed format that makes for easy reading. This is also coming in Beta 2.

Plus heaps of bug fixes, and new HTML specific features. I won’t give away too much more, so stick around for the release of Beta 2!

Steven

That’s right, WebCipher 2009 Beta 1 has arrived! Check out the details over at the forum, and download it now from the download page.

Steven

That’s right, WebCipher 2009 Alpha 1, which is a complete rewrite of WebCipher 2008, is now available for download! Feel free to download it, try it out, and submit your feedback.

Steven

Well, it’s been one heck of a development rollercoaster!

After discovering that I completely ruined the source code for WebCipher 2008, I set out on a big mission - to re-develop WebCipher from the ground up to create WebCipher 2009. After a lot of sweat and tears, I am proud to announce that WebCipher 2009 Alpha 1 will be available this Thursday. The timing hasn’t been set yet, but it will be available sometime during Thursday 5th February 2009.

If you’ve been following the development of WebCipher and/or use WebCipher in any way (even if you are just trying it out), please leave a comment here - it would be greatly appreciated!

I hope you enjoy using WebCipher 2009! Don’t worry, I’ve made a solid backup of the WebCipher development files this time around so that if anything goes wrong, it won’t be a massive dilemma!

That’s the forum post I just made over at the WebCipher Forums regarding a very exciting release - WebCipher 2009 Alpha 1! That’s right, the release will occur on 5 February 2009, with a brand-new version of WebCipher that has been built from scratch!

After trying it out, I would appreciate any and all comments regarding your experience with it - whether it was absolutely amazing, or terrible, feel free to either post a comment here, or reply to the forum post.

A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to WebCipher’s development thus far!