A. How to use
- How to use - past in a list of website addresses in the href field.
- Click go to load the website addresses into the playlist.
- Click the "next" hyperlink to go to the next website
- Click the "previous" hyperlink to go back to a previous website
- Edit the list (add or delete items) and click go to reload the updated playlist (starting at the 1st website)
- To start a fresh click the "clear" button, paste in the new website addresses, and click go to load the new addresses into the playlist.
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B. Ideas for use
- Google search results: copy the links from the search results into notepad, then paste them into the Website Playlist and click go, you can then browse through each of the websites in turn
- Finding the lowest insurance quote (whether it be travel, home or car insurance, etc) Compile a list of insurance websites, paste into the website playlist and click go, you can then browse each one in turn and find the cheapest quote. If you don't like one of the websites, delete it from the playlist and then when you've finished going through the list click go leaving you with a shortlist of the best ones.
- Work website task list. If you are like me you may view a load of websites on a daily basis. Now if you compile a list in notepad and paste into Website Playlist you can go through e.g your timesheet, personal email, corporate email, news.bbc.co.uk, your corporate news website, a industry news website, a technical training website (do a section a day!) and then a chapter of an electronic book (technical training of course!). Or any other website that you might use.
- Compile a list of favourites such as news websites, blogs, funny story websites, etc and go through each one in turn.
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C. Who can use Website Playlist?
Website Playlist is available for everyone to use free of charge. If you like it please email me and let me know! Or you can donate me some money on Paypal - it will help me make improvements and fund other web development projects.
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D. Can I use the code on my website?
YES! You can have a copy of the code free of charge, it is open source. It is written in html and javascript - nice and simple. If you use the code please can you leave the original source details with my name and contact details attached. Also please can you provide me with a credit or advertising on your website? Prehaps you could give me a small paypal donation also?
If you'd like to change the code and make it better - let me know so I can see what you've done. If you'd like me to make a change to the Website Playlist code to put on your website, let me know, I would like a small donation for this work - or prehaps some advertising or credit on your website - this is negogiable.
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E. Browser Compatibility and bug reporting
I've tested in Internet Explorer 5, Opera and Firefox, if you find it doesn't work then let me know and I will put a fix in to make it work. If you code a fix let me know, I will deploy it on the Website Playlist website, and I will give a credit to you on the update history (I can also put a link to your homepage).
Look at the source code, I used code provided by www.javascriptkit.com (new window) and www.mozilla.org (new window) to enable the javascript to be compatible with the Firefox browser.
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F. Credits
Developed by Gordon's Web Design, and launched on Sunday 29th January 2006. Please email: Gordon's Web Design
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G. Update History
Version 1.1 - Monday 30th January 2006
Allow full substr (don't remove newline) cos substr in some broswers cuts the last character
Version 1.0 - Sunday 29th January 2006
First release of the Website Playlist, hosted under www.kevingordon.org.uk (new window). Tested under Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox.
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