Web Notifier Plug-in

The Web notifier is displayed when you choose Web in the Notifier Kind pop-up menu in the Notifier Info pane.

This notifier will get or post to a page on a website. This can be useful, for example, to execute a PHP script on your server to add to a log or perform some other action. The default Web notifier posts to the Simon Wall page, as a simple demo.

URL

Enter the URL of the page or file to check in this field. You can use IP numbers or a domain name. You can skip the http:// or ftp:// protocol; it'll be added automatically. You can also just type the central part of the domain for a standard dot.com domain name like www.dejal.com: just type dejal and it'll fill in the rest automatically when the settings are saved.

Method

Optionally choose the method to fetch the page in this pop-up menu. The options include the two common methods, Get and Post, along with some more esoteric options, including Head, Options, Put and Trace. The default is Get, which is the normal way of browsing pages. Post is like submitting a form (using the parameters as the form data). Head is the same as Get, except only the header is retrieved. Options results in the HTTP methods that the server supports. Put is a variation of Post. Trace echoes the request, to provide more header information. Normally you'd only use Get or Post.

Username

If the URL you are accessing is protected, type the required username in this field. The default is blank.

Password

Similarly, enter the required password here. The password is not shown. The default is blank.

Parameters

This table can include parameters to pass with the request. For a Get request, parameters are passed as part of the URL, while a Post operation submits the form data via parameters. Click the   button to add a line to the table, or the   button to remove the selected line.

Cookies

This table contains cookies to include in the request. The easist way to add them is to enter the URL then click the Preview button at the bottom of the window to view the page, and fill in the form on the page. But you can also add or edit the cookies here. Click the   button to add a line to the table, or the   button to remove the selected line.