[bookport] Re: Getting the most out of Spider
- From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 14:37:45 -0400
Hi Vince,
Let's hope that others on this list come to my rescue and give you a better
explanation then I am about to do. I've only used Spider a few times and
just beginning to scratch the surface of what it can do and how to make it
do it.
But in a nutshell...Spider lets you capture a web page to download it to
your BookPort. I cannot explain at this time how this differs from saving a
web page and transferring that to your BookPort. But when Spider is
installed on your computer, and you have a web page opened, you can Right
click (Application key) and select spider from the menu. You can now mark a
beginning and ending point on that page for the information you want to send
to your bookPort through Spider.
I'm pretty sure that Spider has much more to offer, and that is what I'm
hoping to learn.
I hope this gives you enough information to go and check out Spider.
Annette
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Vince
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 2:20 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting the most out of Spider
Hello, I am just getting started with my book port. Can you please explain
what spider is and how it works?
Vince
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "BookPort" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:11 AM
Subject: [bookport] Getting the most out of Spider
> Hello All,
>
> I've only been with the list a short while. I'm very pleased with the
> amount and quality of knowledge shared here. So, I am now going to get
> around to why I joined in the first place.
>
> I would like to get a better understanding of Spider. I've used it to
> download a single web page or a portion of a single web page. Can it do
> more then this? Can it be automated so that every morning I just walk
> over
> to my computer and plug in my BookPort and the newspaper is downloaded? I
> keep coming across references to RSS feeds. Do I need to learn more about
> them to use Spider?
>
> I apologize if my questions are not clear, or if I am heading down a path
> that does not exist. I'm sure that as those knowledgeable on this list
> start posting information I will have a better understanding of what I
> need
> to ask.
>
> It just occurred to me that I am probably the only one not attending the
> Convention. I always have a conflict with the Convention schedule and my
> teaching schedule at the University. So if I don't get responses to this
> post, I will repost it sometime the week after the convention.
>
> Thanks,
> Annette
>
>
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