iLiad Feedbooks.com iLiad Downloader

[vranghel]

Thanks Blue!

The application seems to work now, except that i get the "Cant conect to FeedBooks.com ..."

Im not sure if i started the ineternet connection the right way: I clicked on the 'Click on me for establishing a connection' file that comes with the Dillo Web Browser. The little icon at the bottom left of the page shows me I am connected.

Any solution for the regular user?

Originally Posted by Blue

Ok I finally found some time to install this app properly. Now I've had issues with getting the program to work like I mentioned before. Now the tip that Narve gave me helped me. After trying to edit the run.sh script (removing the first line or that line with background connection) wich didn't work I've opened the run.sh script with metapad (a text editor) and converted the fileformat to UNIX Text (LF) and saved it again. Then it worked.

Just to make myself clear: I had no idea what exactly it was that I was doing

But for all thoose that don't know how to get it to work I've attached a zip file (zipped on a windows vista 32bit laptop from acer if that matters to anyone). And because I consider myself I've removed the mistake in the manifest file (that type error).

Btw: did I mention it is a great program?

Ow and here are some first suggestions for the program:
* include some margin space, left right and above. It looks weird without it. (not much)
* resize the tap titles (feeds - books - downloads etc) to a smaller size and include margin left and right. The buttons look way to big compared to the rest.

[Blue]

Hey vranghel,

Please guys, don't thank me, I have very little to do with this nice app working But you're welcome anyway!

For the program to connect to feedbooks, you don't need to start a network connection. Just boot your iliad and open the program. When you supply your username/password it should connect to your preffered network by itself. Atleast, that is what's happening here

[templario]

Very nice aplication, finally i tried and its wonderful, thanks. I´m having some problems to download some feeds, some of them doesn´t download eventhough the download section says downloaded, i imagine it is because the software is still in a beta fase.

Thanks again, and i hope you´d keep improving this aplication.

Jose

[JimBob1971]

I'm expecting my first ever Iliad to be delivered tomorrow of Friday! Woohoo! Anyway, is this thread the official place to get the iNewsstand app? The lastest version is back in January if I've read the thread correctly and was posted by Blue.

Any tips on installation would be appreciated.

Cheers,
James

[JimBob1971]

EDIT:EDIT: Great application! HAving a bit of trouble with the BBC rss feeds, but apart from that really working well

[pop_593]

I'm attaching a version that I compiled that does not need any dependencies other than what's built into the iLiad.

Really, this is excellent work. Great job to Stephen and Hadrien.

hi Adam,

I can't get your version to work.
Should I copy the other folders to the same directory?
i.e. the Lib folder?

How can I get the error message?

Thanks for the help.

[Adam B.]

Try the one that Blue posted in this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...6&postcount=78

[pop_593]

Originally Posted by Adam B.

Try the one that Blue posted in this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...6&postcount=78

Thanks!!

It works!! What a killer application.

I'm hving issue that was discussed in thread 6, 7. Is there any issues with feedbooks?

BTW, If I created a wrong newspaper, how can I remove them??
I can't seem to find a delete button or any kind from the feedbooks.com web site.

Please help.

Thanks heaps

[pop_593]

Thanks. It's working now.

However, I'm still hving issues with the Feeds. It seems to download feeds for SlashDots only. none of others works. Was there anything I had done wrong?

[pop_593]

** Nah, I was wrong. I think Feedbooks must had fixed it by itself. **


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[Hadrien]

Originally Posted by pop_593

I think I just fixed this issue myself.

For anyone who is having the same issue, here is how I resolved the problem. (It's kinda stupid, but it works.)

1. Login to iNewsStand
2. Change the "format setting" to Mobipocket/Kindle instead of "iLiad PDF"
3. Sync the Feeds.
4. Vola!!!

SIGH!!!!!!!!!!
I guess it's not quite FIXed.
My Newspapers Button somehow gets mixed with Device Manager.
When I press the News button, it displayes icons from Device Manager.
Why!!

Hmm you had to change the format to download the feeds ? That's pretty strange: the format setting is strictly for books, you set up the format for the feeds at the time where you subscribe on the website.

[pop_593]

Thanks

[gmelin]

I have only had my iLiad for a couple of days. I have been trying to figure it out. I just downloaded this fantastic program and ran it. WOW! This is one step closer to getting real newspapers!

I ran it from a MMC (SD) card. But how do I run it again? Does it install the actual iNewsStand program to the internal memory or do I have to run it each time from my MMC card run.sh?

Also, how do you unsubscribe to RSS feeds on FaceBooks?

thanks,
GM

[pop_593]

Originally Posted by gmelin

I have only had my iLiad for a couple of days. I have been trying to figure it out. I just downloaded this fantastic program and ran it. WOW! This is one step closer to getting real newspapers!

I ran it from a MMC (SD) card. But how do I run it again? Does it install the actual iNewsStand program to the internal memory or do I have to run it each time from my MMC card run.sh?

Also, how do you unsubscribe to RSS feeds on FaceBooks?

thanks,
GM

Answer to your questions.

1. Yes, You will need to run it from your memory cards unless you have the programs in your internal memory.

2. log on to www.feedbooks.com and remove the subscribe from your "newspaper" section.

cheers

[hudson]

I also had to modify the shell script to fix the line endings (with vi on the iLiad itself) and needed to disable the automatic connectionMgr since my iLiad boots up with the ethernet already configured. It gets an IP address, but doesn't bring the wlan0 interface up and is unable to connect.

The other minor problem is that the zip files are in a format that the busybox unzip program doesn't understand. So I must unzip it on my desktop and then re-tar it over to the iliad:

 unzip iNewsStand.zip
 tar -zcf - ./iNewsStand \
   | ssh root@10.0.0.200 tar -C /mnt/free/documents -zxvf -

My only feature request at first would be to be able to sort the downloads in some fashion. I organize my /mnt/free/books directory by author so that there are not a bazillion pages to scroll through.