[bookport] Re: Getting the most out of Spider
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:33:23 -0400
Sandy is right, APH plans to redesign spider at some time so While it's fine
to experiment with it, I don't think they're promoting it's use much. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 2:37 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting the most out of Spider
> 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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