We have just released SPAW Editor v.2.0.6. This is the first simultaneous release of both PHP and .NET editions. Though .NET edition still has RC (release candidate) moniker due to unfinished documentation, not ported themes and plugins and other minor side issues. But generally both editions are now totally equivalent in terms of features and user experience.

Globally this release adds CSS class setting in image properties dialog and quick links in hyperlink dialog. It also fixes a long standing bug when invalid HTML was causing content to multiply under IE each time you resubmit it (or switch to HTML). Lots of smaller bugs were fixed too and several language files were added and updated.

You can get the latest release through our download page.

Here are complete changelogs…

PHP Edition:

1. FEATURE ADDED: Quick links in hyperlink dialog
2. FEATURE ADDED: CSS class in image properties dialog
3. BUGFIX: fixed (hopefully) long-standing bug with content doubling under IE in some invalid HTML cases
4. BUGFIX: calls to getPageHtml were destroying DOM tree
5. BUGFIX: in some cases <br /> was multiplying empty lines in source code under Firefox
6. BUGFIX: html mode textareas where set to zero width when switching between tabs
7. BUGFIX: spaces between tags were completely removed
8. BUGFIX: inputName variable name was mistyped in editor.class.php
9. BUGFIX: SpawFm plugin: fixed uploaded image height checking
10. BUGFIX: SpawFm plugin: fixed failing files listing when current directory has a single quote in it’s nam
11. CHANGE: SpawFm plugin: files/directories list sorting changed from sort() to  natcasesort()
12. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: German (Martina Greiner)
13. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: Bulgarian (Stoyan Dimitrov)
14. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: French
15. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: Czech (Radek Uhlir)
16. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: Finnish (Teemu Joensuu)
17. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATED: Arabic (Mohammed Ahmed)
18. LANGUAGE FILE ADDED: SpawFM: Bulgarian (Stoyan Dimitrov)
19. LANGUAGE FILE ADDED: SpawFM: Arabic (Mohammed Ahmed)
20. LANGUAGE FILE ADDED: Spaw FM: Finish (Teemu Joensuu)

.NET Edition:

1. FEATURE ADDED: CSS class in image properties dialog
2. FEATURE ADDED: added SpawFMConfiguration class to streamline access to File Manager configuration
3. FEATURE ADDED: pages (documents/tabs) could be added through designer/markup
4. BUGFIX: substitute toolbars were not used
5. BUGFIX: there were errors when maintainScrollPositionOnPostback=”true” was set globally in Web.Config file
6. BUGFIX: Floating/shared toolbars didn’t work as expected when several SPAWs were inside naming container (like master pages etc.). They still have to be inside single parent to set controlling toolbar through ToolbarFromID property. ToolbarFrom could be assigned from code to overcome this limitation.
7. BUGFIX: it is now possible to use application root-relative paths (~/) in file manager configuration
8. BUGFIX: it is now possible to use application root-relative paths (~/) to specify stylesheet
9. BUGFIX: .NET framework was trying to apply themes to spaw.js.aspx file and failed in websites using application wide themes
10. FIX: made Text property bindable (can’t find a reason why can’t set bind expression through “Edit Bindings” dialog)
11. BUGFIX: fixed (hopefully) long-standing bug with content doubling under IE in some invalid HTML cases
12. BUGFIX: calls to getPageHtml were destroying DOM tree
13. BUGFIX: in some cases <br /> was multiplying empty lines in source code under Firefox
14. BUGFIX: html mode textareas where set to zero width when switching between tabs
15. BUGFIX: spaces between tags were completely removed
16. BUGFIX: inputName variable name was mistyped in editor.class.php

We have just published a custom dropdown plugin developed by Franck TABARY of eAccelerator team. Basically it’s a dropdown version of custom button plugin which could be customized to insert any content into editing area when item is selected from the dropdown list.

It is available for immediate download through our Extend page.

We are happy to announce availability of SPAW Editor .NET Edition version 2.0.5.1 Release Candidate. This release fixes all the major issues found in the 2.0.5 Beta and now should be stable enough to be used in production sites. You can download it through our download page.

Here’s the change log for 2.0.5.1 RC:

1. FEATURE ADDED: Quick links in hyperlink dialog
2. BUGFIX: Text property wasn’t updated when SPAW was used with MasterPages, etc.
3. BUGFIX: paths were not correctly calculated when SPAW was used in applications residing in web site root directory
4. BUGFIX: it wasn’t possible to use SPAW when session state was stored in State Server or SQL Server (non-serializable data was stored in Session)
5. BUGFIX: on some installations there was “The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% … %>).” exception generated in all dialogs.
6. INTERNAL CHANGE: only “secure” configuration settings are saved in Session now
7. LANGUAGE FILES FIXED: html entities were not defined in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and French language files

Please note that the current price for the Enterprise license will stay until the end of November and then go up. So make sure you reserve your copy this week with the 30% discount.

I’ve written a post in my personal blog about a way to ease ASP.NET control development using Express editions of Visual Studio.

Check it out if you this is something you are interested in. And don’t forget to “kick it” if you like it

It has come to our attention that whenever you use SPAW 2.0.5 .NET Edition Beta on a page with master pages you can’t access submitted content with the Text property of your SpawEditor object.

This is one of the most important and annoying issues in the beta but luckily there’s a workaround. While we are working on the next release you can access the submitted content through Request.Form[”editor_id”]. Obviously this is not an elegant solution and we apologize for the bug, but it works for now.

Thanks to everyone who reported and helped identify the cause of this bug!

We are happy to announce the beta release of SPAW Editor v.2 .NET Edition!

This version is a functional equivalent of PHP Edition v.2.0.5 plus it adds design-time support for Visual Studio 2005 (including Web Developer Express).

SPAW Editor .NET Edition v.2.0.5 beta is available for immediate download through our download page.

Main features of SPAW Editor v.2 .NET Edition are:

- completely redesigned and rewritten modular architecture
- tabbed multi-document interface
- floating/shared toolbars
- resizable editing area
- context menu
- file manager plugin
- support for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape, Opera 9 and Safari 3 browsers
- XHTML rendering
- design time support for Visual Studio 2005
- and many more

This release is marked beta because it hasn’t been tested by wide user base and there are still some things to do in secondary areas but where it matters it is pretty much complete.

Known issues:

- Documentation is incomplete;
- Pages can only be added through code;
- Defaults shown in VS2005 designer are hard-coded and wont match modified spaw2.config settings;
- Modifying of File Manage directories at run-time will be streamlined before the final release;
- Some configuration properties can only be set through config file or accessing Editor.Configuration object directly;
- Plugins and themes not ported, yet.

System requirements:

- ASP .NET version 2.0 or higher;
- Visual Studio 2005/Visual Web Developer 2005 Express edition for design-time support.

We have also created a dedicated forum for .NET Edition v.2

Your feedback is very valuable!

Commercial License Pricing:

Since announcement of development of .NET Edition we were selling Enterprise licenses for only 100 EURO. This is a discount of 60%! This price will stay for one more week only and will go up on Monday, October 8, 2007.

So, if you were planning to purchase a commercial license, don’t miss your chance to do this with the highest discount in SPAW’s history!

Visit our purchase page for details and purchase links.

Finally PayPal stopped discriminating our country (Lithuania) meaning that starting now we can accept donations.

We’ve added a PayPal donation button to our site. So if you’re one of those good people who actually care about future of free software use it to drop us some bone.

Thank you! Your support is highly appreciated!

It’s about time to give you a progress report on development of SPAW Editor v.2 .NET Edition and I’m happy to report that it was rendered via ASP .NET for the first time today:

There are still quite a few important things to do: dialogs (especially File Manager), wrapping it all nicely in .NET control, etc. but the most important core development/porting is complete.

Hopefully we’ll be able to release a usable beta in several weeks. And among other things this also means that you have that much time (couple of weeks) to secure the enterprise license at a ridiculous price of 100 euros (normal price is 250).

We are starting development of SPAW Editor v.2 .NET edition. First public release is expected by the end of summer/early autumn 2007.

In the mean time you can pre-order v.2 with a huge discount of 60% for the enterprise license. You will get unlimited license for v.1 + free upgrade to v.2 when it’s released + free upgrades to all 2.x releases. And finally you will support the development of .NET Edition v.2!

And now some technical information…

v.2 unlike v.1 will be developed as custom control targeted at .NET framework 2.0/3.0. We will make a reasonable effort to make it .NET 1.x compatible, but no promises at this point. Design time support for Visual Studio 2005 will be included.

Functionally .NET Edition will be identical (+/- some platform specific features) to the PHP Edition. Once stable .NET version is released both versions will be developed/updated simultanously. So, if you are wondering what would it be able to do, check out PHP Edition demo.

We’ve started a special thread for all things related to v.2 .NET edition so, in case you have any thoughts on the matter we would really like to hear them.

Your support and feedback are highly appreciated!

We have just released version 2.0.5 of SPAW Editor PHP Edition. This is a “wide” release of version 2.0.5 beta which introduced Safari 3 support a couple of weeks ago.

In addition to new features in 2.0.5 beta this release fixes a bug in dialogs with RTL languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. In case you’re already using v.2.0.5 beta and don’t use RTL languages, there’s no need to upgrade.

v.2.0.5 is availabe for immediate download through our download page.

Here is a complete list of changes in versions 2.0.5 beta and 2.0.5:

• FEATURE ADDED: support for Safari 3 browser on OS X and Windows
• BUGFIX: absolute URLs were not stripped in XHTML module
• BUGFIX: XHTML rendering: only the first instance of & in href and src attributes was converted to &
• BUGFIX: text direction wasn’t set in dialogs when using RTL languages like Hebrew and Arabic