HTML Page Cleaner 2

HTML Page Cleaner is a simple tool for batch cleaning of HTML files.

Environment and Installation

Compatible OS: Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP
HTML Page Cleaner has been proved can be running on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP.(need IE4.0 up installed)
Installation avoid
HTML Page Cleaner doesn't need installation. Just put the exe file some where, double click it to run. If you don't need it anymore, simply delete the exe file. No file will be left in your computer, and no any change to your registry .

Cleaner 2 user interface


New Features

New Features of Cleaner 2

New Source Code Monitor

Instead of the original simple code viewer, the new code monitor will show HTML elements in colors, so that you can monitor the change of the source code more easily and explicitly.

Preview in build-in browser

In version 1.0, you can preview the HTML page in external browser. Now, in this new version, you can preview it inside this program instantly, and you can switch between source code and page view freely.

View source of page in Multi-mode

In last version, we didn't provide a source code viewer together with the file list, now you can have them both.

Compare view Original and Cleaned

Cleaner 2 in compare and preview mode

With this new feature, you can see the original and cleaned file comapratively side by side no matter in source or page.

Support most language

Asian language files can be cleaned safely now.

Details of New Features
Filter

Filters with rep file from Ultra Replacer was integrated, it can clean out all that you want to remove. Now HTML Page Cleaner became a real cleaning master, besides the classical methods of removing elements in HTML, optimization cleaning or tidy in source code, now it can clean contents as your command -- You can write your own rep file to clean out advertisement and all the rubbish information in you HTML pages. Please see details of rep file and rep command at About Replacing Command and experience examples here, those examples also can be used on HTML Page Cleaner, just by copying a rep file into '\ext' subfolder at the location of this program. Then open option-panel and select your rep file. In this released package, there're three example rep files, try it. If you need one for your website, you can write yourself or download from our website here.

Details about Filter

Improvement and Bug fix

Version 2.1 & 2.2
Version 2.0
Version 1.1

Features of Cleaning

Of course, there're many cleaning tools for HTML files, but HTML Page Cleaner would do a more powerful and professional cleaning for you. Please go to examples to see what HTML Page Cleaner could do for you.

Safe cleaning

Original files back up:
To keep the source file safe, the program will back up the files automatically by default. It will take the same size disk space as your original files.
Simulation before Process(Clean but not saved):
HTML Page Cleaner offers you a simulation function. It will simulate the cleaning but without writing, so you would know the effect and result before changing your file. If you doesn't click the clean and save button(the icon with red inside), but the first clean button, that's the simulation.
Preview:
You can use the internal browser or assign an external browser to preview your files. On compare mode you can see the difference between original and cleaned files and you can see if your cleaning is effective and correct.
View Source Code:
If you are familiar with HTML source code, you can also watch the source code in the internal source code viewer or by specifying an external source code viewer. The internal viewer will show source html in elements with different colors.
You should right click any file in the file list to preview or view source code in external program. You can specify previewing browser and source code viewer in Option Panel. If you leave them blank, then the external program will be selected by Windows defaultly.
Restoration(Revert):
At last, you can restore your original files if you are not satisfied with the cleaning result. When you click restore after simulation, all will be reset to the original status. When after cleaned and saved, all will also be restored, but it depends on you didn't remove the back up option.

Illustration of the tool bar

Various Cleaning Method

Basic Cleaning:
The basic cleaning function like most other cleaning tools, by removing some unnecessary spaces or line breaks. The original HTML contents will be kept without any loss, but the cleaning effect is generally modest. This mode is fit for web master optimize their online pages or who want the all the contents of their pages.
Advanced Cleaning:
Actually, there would be many useless contents in your HTML file, such as scripts, forms, even images and links. This mode is fit for those who like to garner web information optimize their downloaded pages and ebook maker to optimize their source files.
In this mode, the original files' content will be altered by classes, useless classes will be removed by your selection. The cleaning will be effective on your manipulation.
Customize Cleaning Options:
You can choose which element to be kept or which to be removed, by entering the option panel. Such as you can remove other elements but line breaks to keep the file source code can be read or edited. Or you can check images and links up to do a extreme cleaning for some special pages.
Please see Cleaning Options for more details.

How to Clean:

Step 1: Select your files.
Specify the folder contains the files you want to clean.
Step 2: Select cleaning method or default
There's three mode you can choose for cleaning:
1 Basic Mode
Mainly for online pages.
2 Advanced Mode
For local pages(downloaded or HTML archives).
3 Customized Mode
Decide what to remove manually, for various special pages. See example.
Step 3: Simulation
Do a simulation before real cleaning is strongly recommended. You could know if your cleaning work well and the result data of your cleaning.
Set 4: Cleaning
After simulation or you feel sure of your cleaning, you can clean them. If you are processing a lot of files, it may take a little time. The time it will cost depends on you files amount,size ,your computer's speed, and the cleaning options you selected.

Yours Sincerely,
Eping Wang
Wonder Studio 2008 - 2009