WebSearches Script for Big Cat

I just finished my first (of what I'm sure will be many) script for the freeware Big Cat contextual menu plugin. Big Cat allows you to write scripts to handle files or highlighted text in any application that supports system-wide contextual menus.

WebSearches allows you to search for your highlighted text on one of several web sites. The part I love the most, though, is that the user can ADD their own searches to it, simply by running a search on the site they want and looking at the URL of the results page. Most searches use the GET method, and thus you can see the whole search right in the URL. Once you have that, you can add your search to WebSearches' list. Check it out.

http://danshockley.com/bigcat.php

Updated site

I've made some changes to my site, including a link to other pages I've written here. I posted a page that has useful AppleScript handler code-bits, and added a Page List link in the MENU on my weblog main page. I also framed each page to make navigation easier.

Daniel A. Shockley - POSTing web forms

I like to write, and I like to help people. I post to a bunch of message-boards, but most frequently to the MacScripter.net AppleScript BBS. I contributed to a thread recently on taking input in FileMaker Pro, doing a search on a web engine using that input, and returning the results to FileMaker. I summarized my explanation here on my own site at Form POSTing.

I also updated my index page slightly to actually show the few pages I've put up here, including a link to this WebLog. So, I may just start actually having visitors, right? :-)

That's it for now. I hope to do more updates as I get the time.