Rob Kendrick wrote on 16 Apr : > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 > Jim Nagel <nets...@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
>> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a > dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass > this information in the URL; [oi! you mean COLON!] > http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ yes! that does it! thanks, Rob. the website in question is the controlpanel at Neil Spellings' Purleyhosting for one of my domains. i'm pleased that now i can simply doubleclick this URL file and go directly to the relevant page, several levels into the controlpanel. this makes a pain-free method to quickly define a unique email alias at my domain. (i always do this when registering with any online service or mailinglist, so i can abandon the alias if it starts getting spam.) i had always presumed i had to resort to an American browser on the laptop to do the chore, but it's great to have it set up as a mere doubleclick in Netsurf now. -- >>> no need to reply my entire message back to me ;=] Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk Abbey Press 32 Norbins Rd (01458) 83 3603 Glastonbury BA6 9JG pocket 0797 415 3861 >> before emailing large files (>1Mb), please ask me for FTP details
