Sunrise XP Link Rewriting for Webcomic

Schmickers · 04-30-2006, 06:23 AM

I have a question about link rewriting.

I want to download an RSS feed for a webcomic, Ctrl+Alt+Del. The RSS feed links to both news items and comic pages. The comic page links, from the XML page of the RSS feed, are in the format:

http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=2006-04-29

When the actual link is follow, though, it appears as:

http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20060429

...in the location bar of the browser.

On each of these pages, the comic is a JPG image, with the link:

http://cad-comic.com/comics/20060429.jpg

What I want to do is re-write the RSS feed links to point directly to the jpg images, rather than the entire page, which contains a heap of formatting and graphics and has no printable/PDA version. I've tried...

(.*)/comic\.php?d=(.*)-(.*)-(.*)

...rewritten into...

$1/comics/$2$3$4.jpg

And also...

(.*)/comic\.php?d=(.*)

...rewritten into...

$1/comics/$2.jpg

...and neither seem to work. They still link to the full pages. Any suggestions? Does Sunrise XP support rewriting URL links to direct image links?

I am using Sunrise XP Beta 9f.

Laurens · 04-30-2006, 06:44 AM

You need to escape the question mark as well:

(.*)/comic\.php\?d=(.*)-(.*)-(.*)

Schmickers · 04-30-2006, 10:32 AM

Ah - awesome. Thanks for the prompt reply, Laurens. This is an awesome piece of software you have here - as far as I'm concerned, it is the most essential piece of software I have on my PDA. And that includes Calendar! *grin*

04-30-2006, 06:23 AM	#1
Schmickers Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: Tungsten E	Sunrise XP Link Rewriting for Webcomic I have a question about link rewriting. I want to download an RSS feed for a webcomic, Ctrl+Alt+Del. The RSS feed links to both news items and comic pages. The comic page links, from the XML page of the RSS feed, are in the format: http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=2006-04-29 When the actual link is follow, though, it appears as: http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20060429 ...in the location bar of the browser. On each of these pages, the comic is a JPG image, with the link: http://cad-comic.com/comics/20060429.jpg What I want to do is re-write the RSS feed links to point directly to the jpg images, rather than the entire page, which contains a heap of formatting and graphics and has no printable/PDA version. I've tried... (.)/comic\.php?d=(.)-(.)-(.) ...rewritten into... $1/comics/$2$3$4.jpg And also... (.)/comic\.php?d=(.) ...rewritten into... $1/comics/$2.jpg ...and neither seem to work. They still link to the full pages. Any suggestions? Does Sunrise XP support rewriting URL links to direct image links? I am using Sunrise XP Beta 9f.

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04-30-2006, 06:44 AM	#2
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	You need to escape the question mark as well: (.)/comic\.php\?d=(.)-(.)-(.)

04-30-2006, 10:32 AM	#3
Schmickers Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: Tungsten E	Ah - awesome. Thanks for the prompt reply, Laurens. This is an awesome piece of software you have here - as far as I'm concerned, it is the most essential piece of software I have on my PDA. And that includes Calendar! grin

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