Solving Problems

If you're having trouble using SiteSucker, look below for a solution.

Can I change the number of simultaneous connections?

The New Window Connections sub-menu in the SiteSucker menu lets you set the number of simultaneous Internet connections for new SiteSucker windows.

How do I browse a site offline?

Here is the preferred way to downloaded sites so that you can view them locally.

Under the Options tab in the SiteSucker settings, set the "HTML Processing" option to Localize. With this setting, SiteSucker modifies the downloaded HTML documents by replacing every link to a file on a web server with the corresponding link to the local file. This provides the best results when browsing files offline.

After SiteSucker has downloaded your site, click the "View File" button in the SiteSucker toolbar to display the downloaded site in your default Web browser (Safari, for example).

Why won't SiteSucker download rollover images?

Rollover images are images that appear when your mouse moves over a link on a web page. SiteSucker doesn't download rollover images because they are displayed using JavaScript. SiteSucker is a relatively simple program and it totally ignores JavaScript.

Why do downloads always end up on my desktop?

You can choose where SiteSucker downloads files with the "Download Folder" control under the Options tab in the Download Settings dialog. By default, the Download Folder is the desktop.

SiteSucker will also end up downloading to the desktop if the Download Folder that you've chosen cannot be found or is read-only.

Can I download JPEG files without downloading HTML files?

Even though you may only want to download JPEG files, you still have to download the HTML files, since SiteSucker needs the hypertext links in order to find all the JPEGs.

However, you can have SiteSucker delete HTML files after they are downloaded and analyzed by checking the "Delete HTML Files After They Are Analyzed" box under the File Types tab in the Download Settings dialog.