Anansi FAQ

Both setup.exe and anansi.exe won't run

Everytime someone reports this problem it turns out you have downloaded a 32 bit package while you run 16 bit Windows. You need to download a 16 bit package for Windows 3.11.

The Colorbar is empty

Yes, it's supposed to be empty. It's up to you to tell Anansi which colors you want to use, if you want to use colors at all. To add colors rightclick at the colorbar. The standard Windows Color Dialog will appear where you can choose up to 16 colors at once. If you're done selecting colors, press OK and return to the Colorbar. Your colors will show up immediately.

Why aren't the tags all uppercase?

You can have it anyway you want: all uppercase, all lowercase or mixed. Check Options| Editor Settings.

I want to customize the Basic Structure

Why not use templates? Just create a document containing your own basic structure, save it, then insert it everytime you need it with the File| Insert File function. By the way, this function can take you directly to a dedicated directory, as defined in the settings of the Project Manager.

Will Anansi stay freeware?

Yes.

Will there be a shareware version of Anansi?

Perhaps. If there ever will be a shareware version it will be only slightly different from the freeware version, like Eudora compares to Eudora Light and Agent to Free Agent. I'm of course interested in earning a little money, but perhaps I could do that by charging for add-ons like the URL Checker. I haven't decided yet and to be honest I want to take Anansi to the level of a serious yet fast and easy to use wordprocessor before I slap a pricetag on it. I'm also very surprised that such products don't exist already.

I don't understand how to set up a project

I hope you at least understand the benefits of the Project Manager. If you don't then there's a chapter in the Anansi manual about this. If this chapter still leaves questions unanswered, mail me. Here I'll show how to set up a project quickly.

Projects are defined by File| Project Manager. Each project has a name, which can be renamed anytime. The Project Root Directory stands for the starting directory of your homepage. A sample:

Project Name:

Root / E-mail
Project Root Directory:

Default E-mail Address:
All files in c:\windows\homepage and subdirectories are accepted as part of the homepage or website called My own homepage.
In the sample above c:\windows\homepage stands for the rootdirectory of this project. All the files of this homepage are in c:\windows\homepage or in subdirectories of c:\windows\homepage. Definitely impossible for this homepage would be a file in say c:\windows\psp.

As soon as you have started working with your project, you'd better be careful to change the Project Root Directory again. In some cases it will be practically impossible. Consider having files in c:\windows\homepage and then trying to change the Project Root Directory to c:\windows\homepage\welcome. All the info about the directorystructure of your homepage will be worthless. This means Anansi will flush the lists of files in your project and you have to add the files again yourself, either one by one or all at once by dragging them form Windows' filemanager to the File| Open Project File window of Anansi

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