Re: Linking Methods For Searchbox?

[BrowserUk]

I too would like a quick way of getting to my pad. I've tried to find a way of adding a link to it from my Personal Nodelet, but the best I have come up with a link to the scratch pad viewer. It's quicker than homenode/edit user details, but a way of placing a direct link would be useful.

Update:Ok. Now I've spoken publicly, I worked out that if I check the "modify personal nodelet" checkbox and type "[pad://BrowserUk|My pad]" into the "add" edit box, click "Submit", I get what I wanted.

Update to update: It doesn't work. I swear it did, but now it doesn't. Maybe I am simply dillusional.

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Anyone know of an abbottoire going cheap?

[jdavidboyd]

Hmm, I can't get this to work at all... I've tried it with and without the braces.

Do you have to achieve a certain level before you can use this?

[BrowserUk]

I don't know for sure, but I doubt if it is a "level" related feature. The square brackets [] are a must (if thats what you meant by "braces"), the ""'s are not.

And you are trying this at the bottom of your "Change your user settings." from your home page?

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Anyone know of an abbottoire going cheap?

[jdavidboyd]

Yes, I am putting
[pad://jdavidboyd|My Pad]

which is:
 left bracket
 pad://jdavidboyd
 pipe character
 My Pad
 right bracket

What I am seeing in my personal nodelet is
My Pad]

When I click on it, I get an error that the location can not be found.
I don't see what I am doing wrong, but, of course I don't or else it would work!

[BrowserUk]

Update 3: (Their gonna make a movie of this If I can only reduce the script a bit.)

The only way that I have found to get a convienient link to either my scratchpad edit or view screens on my front page is to send myself a /msg from the CB with the link I want and then dont clear the msg...that way they float at the top of the CB. I do it like this:

/msg BrowserUK [pad://BrowserUK|View pad]
/msg BrowserUK [http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?displaytype=edit&node_id
+=171588|Edit pad]

update 4:Even better. Put both, or even 3 or four such links in one message (and keep the |..] bit short) and it takes less space!

Hookey, but they work!

Of course he, who shall remain nameless, probably know a way to do this using a stern glance and mental telepathy....but I won't bug him cos I know he is very busy.

If anyone else knows a better way than this, please chime in any time now...