Images, PDF- and Flash files
Images, PDF- and Macromedia Flash files are handled as binary files. Dependent from the server log file, one or a combination of the following checking methods is used:
- Check the file by file date
- Check the file by file size
- Check parts of the file content
The addresses of these file types can be inserted into the URL field of a bookmark, but it's not possible to highlight differences in PDF files nor to use the filter settings to ignore unwanted content.
Normally no special settings are required for these file types. If WebSite-Watcher cannot identify these files as binary (for example when a script redirects to a binary file), then you have to change the file type from "auto detect" to "binary".