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rfresa · 10-16-2009, 04:42 AM

Thank you so much for this great little tool. Now I can simply connect my iPod touch to WiFi, go to the online catalog in Stanza, enter a story ID, and download the whole thing. I can read at work where there is no WiFi! I appreciate how streamlined and smooth the process is. Are there any similar tools I could use to download from other story sites? Previous to finding this, I had made a little apple script to try to accomplish the same thing, so I know a bit about what's needed. Perhaps a little form where you could enter the URL, and then select the part of it that indicates the chapter number? Then input the number of chapters and the program could figure out how to do it. It would be messy, of course, because there wouldn't be any way to get rid of the header/footer and other extra stuff without knowing how that specific site works, but it would be better than nothing. Anyway, those are just my thoughts on the subject.

Thanks so much for making FLAG!

10-16-2009, 04:42 AM	#155
rfresa Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: iPod Touch Stanza	Thank you so much for this great little tool. Now I can simply connect my iPod touch to WiFi, go to the online catalog in Stanza, enter a story ID, and download the whole thing. I can read at work where there is no WiFi! I appreciate how streamlined and smooth the process is. Are there any similar tools I could use to download from other story sites? Previous to finding this, I had made a little apple script to try to accomplish the same thing, so I know a bit about what's needed. Perhaps a little form where you could enter the URL, and then select the part of it that indicates the chapter number? Then input the number of chapters and the program could figure out how to do it. It would be messy, of course, because there wouldn't be any way to get rid of the header/footer and other extra stuff without knowing how that specific site works, but it would be better than nothing. Anyway, those are just my thoughts on the subject. Thanks so much for making FLAG!