Comments on: Tech Tip: Convert POST forms into GET to link directly to search results. http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/ ...and trying, and failing, and trying again. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mr. Gunn http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Mr. Gunn Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:48:17 +0000 http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/#comment-39 Thanks, Steve. Thanks, Steve.

]]> By: Steve Chambers http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Steve Chambers Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:40:52 +0000 http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/#comment-38 Here is an online conversion tool that will convert all the GET parameters from a URL into a POST request: www.gettopost.com. It enables URLs requiring POST parameters to be cited or bookmarked e.g. www.gettopost.com/gettopost.html?http://www.urltoconvert.com?postparameter1=value1&postparameter2=value2 There is also a bookmarklet on www.gettopost.com/gettopost.html that can be used to extract URLs for all the forms on a webpage (converting any that use a POST request as described). HTH, Steve Here is an online conversion tool that will convert all the GET parameters from a URL into a POST request: http://www.gettopost.com. It enables URLs requiring POST parameters to be cited or bookmarked e.g. http://www.gettopost.com/gettopost.html?http://www.urltoconvert.com?postparameter1=value1&postparameter2=value2

There is also a bookmarklet on http://www.gettopost.com/gettopost.html that can be used to extract URLs for all the forms on a webpage (converting any that use a POST request as described).

HTH,
Steve

]]> By: Clearing up the confusion around citations of internet sources at Synthesis http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Clearing up the confusion around citations of internet sources at Synthesis Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:14:08 +0000 http://tech.williamgunn.org/2007/10/01/blogging-tip-convert-post-forms-into-get-to-link-directly-to-search-results/#comment-13 [...] When you enter search terms into a form on a page, as for a database search, and the URL for the results page doesn’t show the parameters in the result page URL, you might think there’s no way to cite those results, however, there’s usually a way to put the search parameters in the URL, so that you can link directly to a page of search results or other dynamically generated content. Remember, a permalink is just a special kind of database query, so this shouldn’t sound too strange. Here’s an example of a link to all the clinical trials being conducted on Multiple Myeloma. This post tells you how to make database query parameters show up in the URL. [...] [...] When you enter search terms into a form on a page, as for a database search, and the URL for the results page doesn’t show the parameters in the result page URL, you might think there’s no way to cite those results, however, there’s usually a way to put the search parameters in the URL, so that you can link directly to a page of search results or other dynamically generated content. Remember, a permalink is just a special kind of database query, so this shouldn’t sound too strange. Here’s an example of a link to all the clinical trials being conducted on Multiple Myeloma. This post tells you how to make database query parameters show up in the URL. [...]

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