{"id":"416","content":"<h1>Creating URL substitution rules<\/h1><ul class=\"border\">\r\n    <li>Creating a URL substitution rule<\/li>\r\n    <li>Removing certain parts of the URL<\/li>\r\n    <li>Relocating parts of the URL<\/li>\r\n    <li>Downloding print version of web pages<\/li>\r\n    <li>Using Macros in URL substitution rules<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The purpose of URL substitution is to replace one or more parts of a URL with new parts. You can create rules to\r\n    replace parts of the URLs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Creatinge a URL substitution rule<\/h3><h4>To create a rule, follow these steps:<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Project Properties<\/b> dialog box, select <b>Parsing<\/b>, and click <b>URL\r\n        Substitutes.<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>URL<\/b> box, type the URL you would like to change.<\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Replace URL<\/b> box, type the part of the URL that you would like to replace.<\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>With<\/b> box, type the new part of URL, and then click <b>Add.<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The rule you created will appear in the URL Substitution box.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>To remove the rule you created, in the list of URL Substitution rules, select the URL, and then\r\n    click <b>Remove<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>To change the rule you created, in the list of URL Substitution rules, select the <b>URL\/Replace\/With<\/b> check\r\n    box, depending on what you would like to change in a rule, type a new value, and then click <b>Ok<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Removing certain parts of the URL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p>To remove Session IDs in the URL <b>http:\/\/www.server.com\/phpBB2\/viewforum.php?f=3&amp;sid=&amp;sid=60265e8804db29c872ffb31eb069f5ba<\/b>,\r\n    we need to remove the<b>&amp;sid=60265e8804db29c872ffb31eb069f5ba<\/b> part and keep only <b>http:\/\/www.server.com\/phpBB2\/viewforum.php?f=3<\/b>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>create the following rule:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Project Properties<\/b> dialog box, select <b>Parsing<\/b>, and click<b> URL\r\n        Substitutes.<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the URL box, type <b>http:\/\/*&amp;sid=*<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the Replace URL box, type <b>&amp;sid=*<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>Leave the <b>With<\/b> box empty, and then click <b>Add.<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>According to this rule, Offline Explorer Pro will remove all Session IDs from all URLs to download.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Relocating parts of the URL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p>To relocate parts of the URL <b>http:\/\/www.srv.com\/file.asp?param1=**;param2=*<\/b>, create the following rule:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Project Properties<\/b> dialog box, select <b>Parsing<\/b>, and click <b>URL\r\n        Substitutes<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>URL<\/b> box, type <b>http:\/\/www.srv.com\/file.asp?<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Replace URL<\/b> box, type <b>\/file.asp?param1=**;param2=*<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>With<\/b> box, type <b>\/**\/*\/file.asp<\/b>, and then click <b>Add<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>According to this rule, the URL <b>http:\/\/www.srv.com\/file.asp?param1=;param2=<\/b> will be changed to <b>http:\/\/www.srv.com\/abc\/def\/file.asp<\/b>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Offline Explorer Pro supports up to three parts of the URL to be relocated: <b>*<\/b>, <b>**<\/b> and <b>***<\/b>.\r\n    Place <b>*<\/b> as the last part. Parts <b>***<\/b> and <b>**<\/b> should be used before <b>*<\/b>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Downloading print versions of web pages<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Example<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>To download the print version of www.washingtonpost.com create the following rule:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Project Properties<\/b> dialog box, select <b>Parsing<\/b>, and click<b> URL\r\n        Substitutes<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the URL box, type <b>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/*.html<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>Replace URL<\/b> box, type <b>.html<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <b>With<\/b> box, type <b>?language=printer<\/b>, and then click <b>Add.<\/b><\/li>\r\n    <li>Click the <b>Apply all matching rules<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>According to this rule, the resulting URL will be:\r\n    http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/wp-dyn\/A8403-2004Feb3?language=printer\", and Offline Explorer Pro will\r\n    download the print version of web pages.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Using Macros in URL substitution rules<\/h3><h4>What are Macros?<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Macros are short pieces of programming code used to automate performing specific tasks. Macros are used to avoid\r\n    repetitive actions when creating URL substitution rules<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For example, you can replace <b>11*.gif<\/b> with <b>{:0day}.gif<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"note\"><b>Note:<\/b> Enumerating Macros, such as <b>{:1..10}, {:server}, {:dir}, {:filename},<\/b>vcannot\r\n    be used for creating URL substitution rules<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The following Macros will use Referrer URL parts <b>{:refserver}, {:refdir}, {:reffilename}<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For example: In URL http:\/\/www.srv.com\/file.asp Replace ? With ?fromserver={:refserver}<\/p><h4>See also:<\/h4><a\r\n        href=\"#list-of-macros\">List of Macros<\/a>\r\n"}