[bookport] Re: Need help with Web Spider
- From: "Jeff - The Ultra Guy" <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:12:45 -0700
I'd also like to add my vote of encouragement to putting the web
spider at the highest possible priority on the development list. If
the spider worked reliably, it would be a very valuable tool.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reed Poynter" <Reed.Poynter@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:00 AM
Larry,
When I was considering obtaining a BP, I saw the Spider as one of its
best
selling points. I've been really disappointed with the fact that
Spider
doesn't work very well at all. I've given up on it. So, I'd really
like to
see it running as advertised; sooner than later.
Reed
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
Sent: 2006/04/28 04:52
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Need help with Web Spider
Hi Kathy.
The way it is supposed to work is to let you mark a range of links,
and the
software downloads the contents (or targets) of those links and sends
them
to the Book Port, but there are a lot of sites that trip it up. I
would
hold off on even wasting any time on it. We have plans for a more
robust
re-write, but I'm not sure about the schedule on that yet.
>>> kblackbn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:07:43 PM >>>
Larry explained that for audio files, the best procedure to get them
into
the Book Port is to save them on the computer's hard drive using "Save
Target as" in the Internet Explorer context menu and then connect the
Book
port and run Book Port Transfer.
Fine. I'm still puzzled, though, in regard to Web Spider. I have
tried
going to our newspaper's website and putting my cursor on a link. Do
I hit
return to bring up the article I want and then bring up Web Spider, or
use
the IE context menu and choose Web spider from the first screen? I've
seen
the buttons on the Web Spider screen, and I've read the manual, but I
still
can't figure out how to gather the articles I want and get them queued
for
transmission to the Book Port. Will I still be hearing all those
unnecessary links on the page once the articles are in the Book Port?
Kathy Blackburn
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