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rickdog reported a problem in Lifeblob on December 05, 2009 18:52:

no more feed updates

My lifeblog ends at April 9. I used to get many new items every day from my subsribed feeds.
In my list of feeds, the last update was done 25 Nov 2009 for all feeds, they all except for a very few say 0 posts/0 photos but they do have posts & photos.
What happened?

rickdog replied on December 01, 2009 18:53 to the problem "Can't load template file: /template/layout.thtm" in AirSet:

Yes, they are .html files located in the files directory.

rickdog reported a problem in AirSet on November 30, 2009 20:44:

Can't load template file: /template/layout.thtm

I cannot display my HTML files from the Files directory, an error dialog pops up saying "Can't load template file: /template/layout.thtm"

rickdog shared an idea in Lifeblob on November 04, 2009 18:10:

not centered

My lifeblog control falls off the right side of the page and I only see the left 3/4's. Missing right arrows.

rickdog replied on November 02, 2009 20:25 to the question "script blocks get munged" in Glue:

It works great! You guys did a fantastic job, you were right on it. Your level of attention to user requests and needs is something not seen often in the industry. Thanks much for your help

rickdog replied on October 30, 2009 21:46 to the question "script blocks get munged" in Glue:

<notextile></notextile> almost works, it still converts ampersands to &#38;

A workaround for strings is:

var amp = "&"[0]; // picks off the first character, a single ampersand.
// strings containing ampersands must now be assembled
var url = "http://example.com?one" + amp + "two";

// there is no workaround for logical operators using ampersands

rickdog asked a question in Glue on October 30, 2009 15:55:

script blocks get munged

how can javascript be preserved in a post? right now it get's munged when served, e.g. HTML is put in script and characters are converted to literal.

rickdog asked a question in Soup on October 24, 2009 17:35:

you're munging ampersands in HTML script

Ampersands are munged when added to Description HTML

You convert ampersands to &amp; when added to HTML in the header description.
I have to use javascript to un-mung it:
var amp="&"[0];

and then build my string with it, e.g.
var uri = "http://example.com/?stuff" + amp + "another-argument";

If I write:
var uri="http://example.com/?stuff&another-argument";
you save the script as:
var uri="http://example.com/?stuff&amp;another-argument";

PLEASE STOP!

rickdog reported a problem in Soup on October 24, 2009 17:28:

bookmarking window in background

In your bookmarklet you need to do a window focus via setTimeout to bring the new window to the foreground, like this:

javascript:var es=['body','frameset','head'];var u=document.location.protocol+'//www.soup.io/';var fn='soup_bookmarklet_'+(Math.floor(Math.random()*100000));w=window.open(u+'bookmarklet-loading.html',fn,'toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes,status=1,width=450,height=400');
setTimeout('w.focus()',50);
try{var s=document.createElement('script');s.setAttribute('src',u+'bookmarklet/js/'+fn+'/5');for(var i=0;i<es>);}void(0);

rickdog shared an idea in DotSpots on September 11, 2009 05:17:

add-on required?

Please provide bookmarklet along with add-on.
I generally do not use web services that require a browser extension, if they all did the browser would become overloaded.

rickdog shared an idea in Lifeblob on July 30, 2009 23:54:

Please provide link to original page for RSS feed items.

There's no link to original page for post items created from RSS feeds.

rickdog reported a problem in twitterfeed on July 19, 2009 03:11:

You dropped my openid provider, can't login

I signed up with openid provider myvidoop.com.
I can no longer log in because you don't give myvidoop as a choice. Can you switch my login from rickdog.myvidoop.com to rickaccounts@gmail.com?

rickdog asked a question in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro) on July 08, 2009 20:07:

magnet protocol

Please add magnet: protocol

rickdog reported a problem in Pixelpipe on June 02, 2009 02:49:

You desperately need a FAQ or User Manual

You're light in explanations.

rickdog asked a question in Zootool on May 26, 2009 19:16:

Microsoft .DOC documents never finish capturing

Microsoft DOC pages never finish saving.
Capture a .DOC like this:

http://zootool.com/add/?url=http://ww...

This capture never finishes, it forever shows a spinning icon and the words "Please wait a second!
Your catch will be brought to your Zoo!"

rickdog asked a question in Zootool on May 26, 2009 19:04:

mp3's are saved incorrectly.

Lasso mp3 file http://ahprahran.com/SarahLoves/Talul...

Spaces in the URL are replaced with '+' characters for the saved address.

http://ahprahran.com/SarahLoves/Talul...

The "Open Source" URL is correct but the "Open Website" URL has the erroneous +'s.

It would also be nice to have an MP3 player in Zootools for playing the MP3 directly in Zootools.

rickdog asked a question in Zootool on May 26, 2009 18:44:

please add PDF viewer.

After capturing a PDF document, only the front page of the document is shown in Zootools. You can view the document only by going to the original document page. Please provide a PDF viewer for viewing the document in Zootools.

rickdog asked a question in Zootool on May 26, 2009 18:31:

SWF videos aren't saved correctly

Capture page: http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=...

This is a raw SWF that will play full window in the browser. I captured the video with the lasso bookmarklet. When I click the SWF icon at my page http://zootool.com/watch/iz5op3/, the window http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=... opens instead of the original URL. The original URI parameters at the end, "&video_id=uGNk_zHy4Mg&rel=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//i2.ytimg.com/vi/uGNk_zHy4Mg/hqdefault.jpg&sk=MO5HAsbRJtYpGz5kC7HaOzZI7gJGjr-tC&fs=1&hl=en&cr=US&avg_rating=4.89537712895&length_seconds=273&allow_ratings=1&allow_embed=1&title=CON%20TODA%20PALABRA" were not saved by the bookmarklet, only a partial URL was saved. This saved URL cannot be viewed, it shows the error "An error occured, please try later"

rickdog replied on May 19, 2009 22:15 to the problem "Can't add feed" in chi.mp:

I must be on your side since if you paste the feed URL in a browser address bar it will always display.

rickdog reported a problem in chi.mp on May 19, 2009 20:22:

Can't add feed

I always get the Startrek error page when I try to add this feed:
http://www.feedhub.com/iris/feeds/205...