Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Craigslist utility

12 January 2013

Re: [DIY] Craigslist utility

Its over on the right side of the page.
Steve

On 1/11/2013 1:46 PM, Ed wrote:

Guess I've got something wrong, I have no place to de-select anything or to make any changes in my search parameters. Ed

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wilson wrote:
>
> That | is an OR. Deselect "Any term" and the OR goes away. It has a
> major impact on the output of the search. Specially if you have multiple
> words in the search. Its intentional.
> Steve
> On 1/11/2013 12:38 PM, Ed wrote:
> >
> > Testing it further, works great with any single word search, but
> > always puts that divider between any multiple word searches and then
> > gives results that include any of the search words rather than all of
> > them.
> > Does this happen with anyone else? Ed
> >
> > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> > , "Ed" wrote:
> > >
> > > Glitch? Tried it again in firefox and it worked, I must have done
> > something wrong earlier.
> > > I think I found a problem with it tho, go to any state and search
> > > 2003 F150. The program automatically changes that to 2003 | F150 and
> > gives results for all 2003 things that are listed. Am I doing
> > something wrong there? Ed
> > >
> > > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> > , Steve Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Not sure why it didn't work in Firefox for you. I have popup windows
> > > > blocked and it still works. Maybe try running it and click on
> > Tools, Web
> > > > Developer, Error Console. It may give you some idea of what it
> > wrong. I
> > > > don't think there are any errors on the scripting that would stop it
> > > > from running in Firefox. Firefox is what I tested it on.
> > > > It definitely won't work in IE. IE is a non standard browser for HTML
> > > > and Javascript. I looked into working around the differences but it
> > > > didn't seem worth it.
> > > > I just created a new version. Instead of all the states exposed, they
> > > > are hidden. You choose the State from a dropdown list and that
> > state is
> > > > the only one exposed. Its a lot less cluttered.
> > > > I'm surprised at how many platforms it worked on. It seemed it even
> > > > worked on cell phones with Internet access. It even worked on
> > Macs. It
> > > > just uses generic Javascript and HTML.
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > On 1/11/2013 7:54 AM, Ed wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I cut and pasted it, it works fine on Google Chrome, won't work
> > with
> > > > > firefox or internet explorer. Ed
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > > > , Steve Wilson wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did anyone have trouble with being able to download the
> > craigslist.htm
> > > > > > file from the yahoo files section? I hear from one person that
> > it just
> > > > > > ran from the Yahoo files section and didn't download. If
> > anyone would
> > > > > > like a copy, just email me. The email address is part of this
> > email.
> > > > > > Steve
> > > > > >
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