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imeridian · Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Posts: 191

the bookmarklet function would be perfect if there were the ability (perhaps I'm missing it) to forward along authentication information with the url. Yes, I do realize this is a security risk, but it's required to post using avantgo offline (and avantgo can encrypt the information if the destination supports it).

(Avantgo is an internet-esque sort of service which allows users of Palm powered devices to download specific internet pages, any forms submitted are cached within the device and then later uploaded).

To make use of this feature, to download the actual posting page of the bookmarket.php one needs to authenticate in the URL itself, as there is no client/server interaction available after the initial page download.

Another solution, I suppose, would be to create a page with author information built in and then protected via .htaccess, as htaccess can be authenticated via URL.

Any thoughts on this, even if just in a "hack" sort of way?

(I suppose this could better be a feature req, but it seems as though the core is already available, just need a way to access it in this way).

imeridian · Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Posts: 191

I thought figured it out...

http://yourdomain.com/b2bookmarklet.php?log=USERNAME&pwd=PASSWORD&Submit2

but it yields the "Error: wrong login or password" but when you click the "ok" button with the prefilled fields it logs in...

this is an important function for me, so if anyone has any ideas that might help they'd be appreciated greatly.

gidget · Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Posts: 21 Location: chicago

would that work with just wireless palms or would it work with regular palms too?

imeridian · Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Posts: 191

it would work with both, you just would need to have an avantgo.com account and their browser ( which is free ) .

On non-wireless palms (such as mine) you'd go to the posting page through the avantgo browser (which is stored in memory from the last sync) , make your post, and then click submit. It would then stay in memory until you'd sync the palm again, when you sync it would then be added to the database/your site.

Michel said he'd be looking into having an avantgo client using xmlrpc which is good news. ;)

If you have a palm and don't have an avantgo account I'd recommend going to http://www.avantgo.com and getting one, it's very useful to take webpages with you when you're away from the computer.

gidget · Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Posts: 21 Location: chicago

thx
I'm checking it out now
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Slide · Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

I "hacked" up a little form to make this easier. Instead of hacking around b2bookmarklet.php or doing something nasty to the general structure of b2, I just ripped some code from b2verifauth.php and b2edit.php, called a couple functions from b2functions.php, made a few tweaks, and a simple form (works well on the Palm's tiny screen), and made it just load into the database.

It's *not* secure, use at your own risk. I'd advise creating a seperate account on your b2 system for a palm user, and leave it at level 1, just for posting from your AvantGo account.

The file is at http://lorien.optera.net/b2avantgo.zip . Then, just make a custom AvantGo page that uses a URL like:
http://yourdomain.com/b2avantgo.php?uname=youruser&pass=yourpass

It's VERY basic, and does pretty much no checking of content or anything (it does make a couple calls to things from b2-include/b2functions.php, but nothing beyond that). Consider it public domain.. :)

Cheers!

imeridian · Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Posts: 191

I get a page cannot be displayed error on your file.

Slide · Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

imeridian: Soory, my bad...my webserver has been down off and on today...try it again sometime.. :)

imeridian · Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Posts: 191

thanks for this... it appears to be working perfectly.

Slide · Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

I've coded up a little interface between b2 and the handX webLog tool at http://www.handx.net/. It works pretty well, and doesn't require the overhead of having AvantGo installed. It's not as nicely integrated, but it works for my purposes...

The interface is at http://lorien.optera.net/b2handX-1.0.tar.gz. Requires Perl, DBI and DBD::mysql, and has some pretty basic/arcane install. I've only tested it under Linux with MySQL, but it should work with pretty much any database DBI supports, and on any of the various *nix flavors that Perl and DBI will run on.

The nice thing about the handX setup is that handX's program actually uses ftp or scp to move data to a text file on your webserver, and when using scp, is probably a lot more secure than my b2avantgo interface mentioned above.

Cheers!

chibidave · Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

has anyone come up with a reliable bookmarklet for ie? on just a regular computer?
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Aubrey · Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 6

I'm checking out handx, but I don't see how it posts the entry to b2. How do you go about doing that?
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shaun · Joined: 04 Mar 2003 Posts: 2 Location: BC, Canada

Well, I installed handX (again) today and got it working. It doesn't seem to like uploading files (with pscp, at least) when the names start with a slash (/home/shaun/www/...) so instead, just start off from your home directory and go from there (www/...).

In addition it didn't like it when I tried to add ".txt" to the filename. Don't play with the settings too much and it works fine.