Frequently Asked Questions

This section answers several frequently asked questions about SiteSucker.

Why doesn't anything happen when I click the Download button?

You probably have a read-only directory selected as your Download Folder.

You can use the Download Folder pop-up under the Options tab in the SiteSucker preferences to select the local Download Folder where files will be saved. By default, the Download Folder is the folder that contains the SiteSucker application.

To change the Download Folder, click on this control and select the "Set Download Folder..." menu item. This will display a dialog box. Select a folder in the dialog box that you can write to, such as the Sites folder in your home folder, and click the Choose button.

Why won't SiteSucker launch?

The short answer is...I don't know. Several people have reported that they were unable to launch the Mac OS X version of SiteSucker on their computers. I haven't been able to duplicate or remedy this problem. However, the Mac OS 9 version of SiteSucker is Carbonized and will run as a native Mac OS X application. So, if you can't get the Mac OS X version of SiteSucker to launch, try running the Mac OS 9 version.

Why do images show up as broken icons in my downloaded files?

The links to those images need to be modified so that they point to your local files. Here is the preferred way to downloaded sites so that you can view them locally.

In the SiteSucker preferences, check the Localize HTML box under the options tab. This option has SiteSucker modify 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 doesn'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 can't I download JPEG files without downloading HTML files?

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

Included with the latest version of SiteSucker is a folder of Sample Scripts. In this folder is a script named "Get Photo Gallery JPEGs.scpt". This script downloads a photo gallery and then deletes everything that is not a JPEG. You can duplicate this script and tailor it to meet your needs.