NoteBook Discussion Forums: Using Circus Ponies NoteBook - NoteBook on the Web

Public or not (by brizzer)

brizzer — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:52:57 +0000

As a newbie, this may be a really dumb question but I have to ask.

If I publish a notebook to my mobile me account I’m assuming that the notebook will only be availalable to someone if I give them a password to my public folder.

Thanks for your patience.

Stephen

Notebook Data Online (commented by ptram)

ptram — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:18:16 +0000

Thank you Mojen. I have never felt the need for your type of immediate syncronization, because I admit that (1) I prefer to pass through a revision phase of all the notes and appointments I take when out of my office, and (2) most of the notes I take out of the office are long meeting or lesson sessions, that require revising in any case.

But I understand that you are doing a massive amount of on-field data collection, that would make my type of use very time consuming. Syncing/merging between notebooks would actually be a time saver for you.

Paolo

Notebook Data Online (commented by mojen)

mojen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:08:10 +0000

Paolo,

I use my notebooks to store client data that I reference when I am at a client’s location. Sometimes I’m onsite and need to change something in a particular notebook. As I can’t edit it, I have to write the update in another application, update the notebook when I get home, and then re-export the notebook to a website again.

This process is too cumbersome and prone to error (i.e., forgetting to type in an update or forgetting to export the website again after a change is made ).

I don’t expect that any application can cater to everyone’s specific usage habits. I was just wondering if anyone else encountered this problem with Notebook and how they worked around it.

Notebook Data Online (commented by ptram)

ptram — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:19:44 +0000

Mojen,

When I need a NoteBook archive, I export (as you suggest) as a web site. Since I don’t need to update my NB files while on the go, I’ve not yet felt a need for syncronization.

Notes on the go are taken in another app, for example a text editor called LightNotepad on the Nokia, and then copied in NoteBook and resorted; or with the usual paper notebooks. Entering notes in NB later is in any case a necessary step of revision.

Since the request for syncronization appears often, can I ask how other works with their notebooks, and how syncing would be useful?

Paolo

Notebook Data Online (commented by mojen)

mojen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:31:08 +0000

Thanks for your reply, Fred. I know your pain – I’ve tried to open the application on multiple computers on numerous occasions.

I use the Dropbox method as well. But lately I’m on the go mostly without my laptop. I carry my iPod Touch and a Nokia E71 which is my mobile Wifi hotspot.

I use Omnifocus to keep me organized and Notebook as my permanent storage repository. Dropbox and Omnifocus have iPhone apps which suit me perfectly but Notebook and iPhone don’t seem to be a mtach that’s going to happen.

So I’m stuck – I have all of my reference data perfectly organized in a desktop application that I really like but I have to keep making websites or exporting PDFs in order to take it with me unless I have my laptop.

I am just now exploring Evernote, but of course the first thing I didn’t like was the user interface because it says it is a notebook but it doesn’t look like a notebook. I want my three-ring binder back. ;-) Sigh. It’s the simple things, really.

So if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to post. All thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Notebook Data Online (commented by Fred B First)

Fred B First — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:43:36 +0000

I’ve been using a notebook file (my main notebook) on the laptop or desktop by setting the file up in Dropbox so I can access that file from home or on the road. I know this isn’t the same as checking your notebook from a coffeehouse computer.

The other possibility is to set up Evernote notebooks for those topics you need web-accessible, then link to them (save the EN file name in spotlight) from within the CP NOtebook file. It’s a compromise.

And with the first method, I have to remember to CLOSE CPNB at home so I can access the notebook from the laptop, as only one copy can be run at a time.

Had to call my wife and try (and fail) to talk her through shutting down CPNP from the road last week. It wasn’t pretty.

Export as a Website & links... (by leejo)

leejo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:29:17 +0000

Are the link stickers exported to a website supposed to work for links to other notebooks which have been saved as websites? I have two notebooks which reference each other. When I export the notebooks to the web and then look at them there, the link stickers are present but not functioning. Both the link and the snap-back are working in the original notebooks, but neither works on the website exported versions. If this is not supported, is there a workaround? Thanks for the help.

Notebook Data Online (by mojen)

mojen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:38:53 +0000

I’m a long-time user of Notebook but it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me not to be able to update my data online.

Does anyone have any other solutions for exporting Notebook data into something that can actually be edited online?

Thanks in advance,

Can't view NoteBook webpage (3.6v368) (commented by mojen)

mojen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:34:46 +0000

Hello Paula,

Try putting in the following:

www.website.xxx/notebook/name

(without the index.html)

www.website.xxx/notebook/name/pages/1.html

Can't view NoteBook webpage (3.6v368) (by Paula)

Paula — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:14:08 +0000

I’ve created a test notebook and have uploaded it to my server using NoteBook’s ftp feature. All looks fine, as I can see the files on the server. But when I type the path (www.website.xxx/notebook/name/index.html) in the browser I get a 404 error.

What am I missing? I would appreciate a nudge in the right direction, thank you :)

A web site made with Notebook, no sidebar (commented by TakeNote)

TakeNote — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:13:10 +0000

Joshua, Your website looks great. It’s exciting that you made it with Circus Ponies – it shows what creativity armed with the right software can accomplish.

I have been using Circus Ponies for sometime (albeit with a few technical difficulties) and believe myself to be beyond novice, but not an expert either.

However when it comes to html, coding, and, well basically making a website, I am pre-novice! Do I understand that each page on your website is a Cornell Note Page, with links to each other and jpegs pasted within cells?

It’s apparent that you’re quite busy, but if you could spare a moment to offer a few clues/tips, it would be greatly appreciated. I’d like to attempt something like this.

Thanks. – Misty Mouse

web export bug? (commented by TakeNote)

TakeNote — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:51:20 +0000

1. Do you mean the cover exports with text or other cells but without the Image?

2. Was the image placed in the background using the “add label image” feature of the Page Inspector OR was the image added via pasting it into a new cell on the cover?

3. Have you checked the box “Include this page with HTML export” on the export tab of the Actions Inspector?

(Some of these options are only available in the Inspector when the cover page has been opened for editing.)

If you have already fixed this problem, please share your solution.

Links to external URLs - cannot modify (commented by leifsmith@gmail.com)

leifsmith@gmail.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:34:16 +0000

Yesterday I changed a lot of links, by deleting and recreating, so that they are modifiable. Today a control-click on those links shows that they have suddenly again become un-modifiable. The “Modify” choice is gray and non-functional.

I find that I’m deleting and recreating links a lot and it’s becoming frustrating!

web export bug? (by danb)

danb — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:33:59 +0000

I am running snow leopard and just downloaded latest version, 3 v368. I have a simple book, I have an custom image as the cover, but other then that it is 5 pages or so. I can’t get it to export with the cover. It is a blank page and I can’t get that page to do anything. Other pages work fine, if I open them off disk. Any help out here?

Notebook - Web - Blackberry? (by oschultz)

oschultz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:09:29 +0000

Has anyone successfully uploaded a notebook to the web and been able to properly view/manipulate it using a Blackberry? I have tried both the BlackBerry Browser and the third party Bolt browser with no luck. Both seem to have a very hard time reading the pages properly. Am considering trying to convert the pages with iSilo.

Thanks,

Owen

Export to MobileMe Questions (commented by oschultz)

oschultz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:56:26 +0000

1. Open up your inspector
2. Select the next to last tab (Actions Inspector – Looks like a gear)
3. Click on the “Export” button
4. On the selection just below the Export button, set it to read “Notebook-wide”
5. The last check box is “Include a side bar”

Export to MobileMe Questions (by John Hirsh)

John Hirsh — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:45:33 +0000

I am a NewB and just exported to MobileMe my notebook.
A couple of questions. I would like to export with the sidebar.
I could not find the “Create a Sidebar” option in the inspector. The instructions say the Notebook section of the Export pane of the Actions Inspector is where you find the selection. I cannot find where this is.

I find the inspector and the Notebook tab. But it isn’t there. Can someone direct me to the right place???

Thanks.

another way to set up a website (but buggy) (commented by Eric)

Eric — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:21:13 +0000

The functionality in NoteBook for tables is that which is built into OS X. You’ll see the same functionality in TextEdit for example. It is not the most robust technology and is somewhat buggy.

We are working on implementing a more advance table format for NoteBook. This will appear in a future update.

You’ve done some nice work with NoteBook… quite clever!

A web site made with Notebook, no sidebar (commented by petert)

petert — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:41:47 +0000

Nice work Joshua,

very clean and pleasant to browse – ‘elegant simplicity’, just like NoteBook itself.

A web site made with Notebook, no sidebar (by joshcello)

joshcello — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:22:37 +0000

Here is my new web site, made with Notebook, but without exporting to the normal Notebook sidebar. I made use of the Cornell Note pages and also inline tables (ex. a blank column with spaces and return to separate the text columns). I did use Smultron to add the flash player code, and there are some tweaks yet to be done. But I am impressed with this software’s capabilities for web site making! I did find it easier to export the web site to disk and use Fugu for uploading rather than the built-in SFTP.

joshuagordoncello.com