Cyotek WebCopy Help
This second tutorial covers the information panels displayed in the lower section of the WebCopy main window. These panels allow you to see the contents and structure of a website, and any errors that were encountered crawling the website.
With the exception of the Results and Cookies panels, which are only populated after a scan or copy operation, the information in all other panels is stored within your project file.
Tip
Whenever this tutorial refers to right clicking, you can also press the Menu key or Shift + F10 to open the context menu.
Opening a remote URL
Applies to: Results, Errors, Sitemap, Skipped, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Open in browser
to open the remote URL in your default browser.
Opening a local file
Applies to: Results, Sitemap, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Open local file
to open the local file in the default registered application.
Opening a local folder
Applies to: Results, Sitemap, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Open local folder
to open an Explorer window at the location of the local file
Editing / previewing a local file
Applies to: Results, Sitemap, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Edit local file
to open the file
Note
Images will be opened in the default registered application. All other files will be opened in an embedded text editor.
Creating a Rule
Applies to: Results, Errors, Sitemap, Skipped, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Add Rule
to open a rule editor defaulted with the selected URL.
Viewing incoming and outgoing links
Applies to: Results, Errors, Sitemap, Skipped, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose Incoming / Outgoing Links
to view the list of URLs pointing to and from the selected URL.
Viewing the properties of a URL
Applies to: Results, Errors, Sitemap, Skipped, Files and Differences.
- Right click an item in the list and choose *Properties
to display the properties of the URL.
Copying the selection
Applies to: Results, Errors, Sitemap, Skipped, Files, Differences and Cookies.
- Right click one or more items in the list and choose Copy
to copy the selection to the Windows Clipboard.
Exporting to CSV
Applies to: Results, Errors, Skipped, Files, Differences and Cookies.
- Right click the list and choose Export
to export the contents of the list to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) document.
The Results Panel
This panel displays the results of the last scan or copy operation. Green icons indicate a successful action, yellow indicate an action that was aborted due to the settings of the project, and red icons indicate errors.
The list displays the URL that was processed, the final status of the URL, how the URL was found and the size of the URLs contents.
The Errors Panel
The errors panel displays a list of errors that were encountered during the last scan or copy. URLs that were skipped (for any reason) do not count as errors and are not listed here.
The Sitemap Panel
This panel displays the structure of the copied website, including files.
The Skipped Panel
This panel displays a list of any URLs which were skipped. A URL can be skipped for several reasons, including:
- A URL which is external, ie not belonging to the domain currently being scanned
- A URL which has been excluded via a rule
- A URL which is above the starting URL of the copy
The Files Panel
This panel displays a list of the files discovered during the crawl. Similar to the Sitemap panel, it is presented as a flat list.
The Differences Panel
This panel displays the differences (such as new or removed URLs) between the current scan, and the previous scan.
The Cookies Panel
This shows any cookies which were stored during the crawl.
Next steps
Ready for more? Tutorial 3 details using rules to exclude portions of a website.