Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Craigslist utility

12 January 2013

Re: [DIY] Craigslist utility

Steve, I deleted and re-loaded and it works. I think it's great! Thanks a lot, Ed

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wilson wrote:
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> It's possible you have an older version of browser that doesn't support
> the fixed position parameter for the control box. If in the top left
> hand corner of the page there is a doubled blotch of text, it might be
> around California and Washington, then the problem is your browser. The
> control box is supposed to stay fixed in the top right side of the
> browser. In IE it goes the left top corner, IE doesn't support the fixed
> position either. You can't read the control box very well there but you
> may be able to set the check boxes if you can see them.
> If that is the problem then you might try upgrading your browser to a
> newer version.
> Steve
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> On 1/11/2013 3:35 PM, Ed wrote:
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> > Steve, not on my page, I'll see what I can do. Thanks, Ed
> >
> > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> > , Steve Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > > Its over on the right side of the page.
> > > Steve
> > > On 1/11/2013 1:46 PM, Ed wrote:
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> > > > 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:
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> > > > > 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:
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> > > > > > > > > > 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.
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