Salon.com and cookies

[Arnaud]

hey guys,

i would like to read regularly Salon.com on my PDA ... without subscribing (for the moment)

ok there's a "pda-friendly" page :
either this one : http://www.salon.com/premium/downloads/current.html
(obviously the same name but a different content every day, so perfect for scheduling iSilo)
or this one : http://www.salon.com/premium/downloads/Salon_20040623.html
(obviously a different address every day)

if you try to reach them, be sure first to ask for a "day-pass", otherwise you won't get anything
once you have it, you can access everything "premium", hence these pages

of course i could do this :
first go through the"day-pass" process, access the page, save it on my desktop, drag it to iSilo THEN convert it
bummer

how could i "automatize" this ?

to be able to use the day-pass / the cookies in iSilo, would already be fine ; i know it's possible (there's a setting to do so) but how ?

can i get the cookies from Safari and "send it" to iSilo ?
what's the how-to ?
:)
does someone know ?


thanks in advance :)

[Arnaud]

hey guys,

i would like to read regularly Salon.com on my PDA ... without subscribing (for the moment)

ok there's a "pda-friendly" page :
either this one : http://www.salon.com/premium/downloads/current.html

...

to be able to use the day-pass / the cookies in iSilo, would already be fine ; i know it's possible (there's a setting to do so) but how ?

can i get the cookies from Safari and "send it" to iSilo ?
what's the how-to ?
:)
does someone know ?



found the answer in the mobileread forums
http://www.mobileread.com/index.php?
that i absolutely didn't know about, and are a marvel ! :)

here http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71&page=2&pp=15&highlight=salon

and here
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=258

there's a complete how-to
(a bit old, but works fine)

1° you go through Salon's day-pass with Safari
2° you open the cookies.plist file (in your ~/Library/cookies) with TextEdit
3° you search for a cookie wich Name is SALON_PREMIUM
4° in iSilo you click the Salon address previously entered, and go to the Cookies Menu : you add one
5° you name it
6° you enter the Domain .salon.com
7° you enter the Value : get it from your cookies file still open in TextEdit
8° you're good with this one
9° you do the same with the other cookie needed :Name = RMID
10° you name it, value it ... same drill
11° you're all set and good to go : Convert
and it works fine


PS : the thing i don't know yet is if it's ony good for one day
or if you have to enter both Values each day
(i think the later)