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PaulMac78



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:46 am    Post subject: Watching a single link Reply with quote

Hi,

I am trying to follow the link that says "Visa Application Forms" on the page:
http://www.iranembassy.org.au/english_AU/council/touristvisa.aspx

I have tried ignoring all other text besides that of the link, but WSW keeps picking up that a picture in the header contains a constantly changing link.

Does anyone know how to watch only a single link on a webpage?

Thanks
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Martin Aignesberger
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I am trying to follow the link that says "Visa Application Forms" on the page:
http://www.iranembassy.org.au/english_AU/council/touristvisa.aspx

I have tried ignoring all other text besides that of the link, but WSW keeps picking up that a picture in the header contains a constantly changing link.

Does anyone know how to watch only a single link on a webpage?


I'm not sure if I understand your questions or better what you want to achieve with that. Do you want to get an update notification when the text "Visa Application Forms" of that link is changed???
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Martin,

yes I want to be notified if the address that the "Visa Form" link points to changes. Everything else on the page is irrelevant.

However the picture at the top left of the page is continually changing, as is the link attached to the picture, so every time I attempt to check any changes in the "Visa Application Forms" link, I get a notification that the link at the top of the page has changed.

I was hoping there was some way I can ignore the change in the picture link while still be notified of a change in the visa link.

Thanks for your help.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yes I want to be notified if the address that the "Visa Form" link points to changes. Everything else on the page is irrelevant.


By default, WSW only monitors the text, not the link address. If you want to monitor that address, you have to work on HTML source basis.

1. Open bookmark properties
2. Open the Filter-Assistant
3. Select the "Special filter" tab
4. Uncheck the filter "[ ] Ignore all HTML tags"
5. Select the tab "Manual text filter"
6. Enter the following Watch filter (bottom field):
Code:
Fill in two*Attach two


Then you can click the button "Test filter" to see what WSW will use to monitor that page.

Alternatively you could also use the following filter that monitors only the link that uses the link text "visa application forms":
Code:
<a*>visa application forms</a>

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Martin,

I have implemented both your recommendations and they both seem to be working.

I have not selected "Watch all changes in Link addresses" in the "Special Filter" tab, so just want to confirm that it will still pick up a change in the link address www.iranembassy.org.au/form/visa.pdf.I am assuming that it will still pick up the changes because it is now watching all the code and not just the page text.

Once again thankyou for your help with this.

Paul
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I have not selected "Watch all changes in Link addresses" in the "Special Filter" tab, so just want to confirm that it will still pick up a change in the link address www.iranembassy.org.au/form/visa.pdf.I am assuming that it will still pick up the changes because it is now watching all the code and not just the page text.


You should only get an update notification if that link address is changed. All other content should be ignored and not cause an update notification.
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