Offline browsing from PPC?

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With the exception of a channel or two of AvantGo, so far I've barely
used my PPC for 'internet' operations. So I'm only now getting around
to doing something that I expect is everyday stuff to many users.

Say I have my PPC in its cradle, and I'm using MSIE6 on my PC to view
a specific web page. What steps (on PC and PPC) do I take to be able
to download the page (and optionally a level of its links) so that I
can find and browse it later on my PPC in PIE please?

Note that I don't have any 'Connections' or 'Network' set up, nor do I
want any at this stage; I just use ActiveSync's Pass Through facility.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK
Using iPAQ 2210 with WM2003.

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You can also do it by building an Avantgo custom page which is my
preference since the stored result is customizable.

For example, I normally use no images, no offsite links and two levels deep.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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login to avantgo on your pc and edit your "channels"

Been a while since I have done it, but, think it's simply select add
custom channel, then you have the ability to set the download parameters
for that site.

Avantgo's not accessable as I write this.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:

>login to avantgo on your pc and edit your "channels"
>
>Been a while since I have done it, but, think it's simply select add
>custom channel, then you have the ability to set the download parameters
>for that site.
>
>Avantgo's not accessable as I write this.
>
>Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Thanks. But so far I can't say I'm having any success with that. In
fact I'm darned if I can make head nor tail of AvantGo's interface!

On my PC I went to AG site and added a couple of 'channels', using Add
Channel. They were reported as updated correctly. I scheduled both for
every day at 11:00 am. That was around 10:50. With apparently nothing
except my existing BBC News still accessible by 11:05, I went to My
Channels, where I see:
"Channel Capacity
Account Utilization: 0 k / 2000 k
Upgrade your account to 8MB today!
Synced Subscriptions
You already have the subscriptions listed below on your device.
BBC News"

Can someone advise how I interpret that please? What is a 'Synced
Subscription' and how does it differ from a 'Channel'?

I have been assuming there could be several channels within my single
(free) subscription, up to a total of 2,000K. But the above seems to
treat 'BBC News' as a 'subscription'. And none of the extra channels
I've just added are mentioned.

If I now go to 'Manage your subscriptions, it reinforces the info
under My Channels with:
"You already have the subscriptions listed below on your device.
Channel Name Size Max
BBC News 224k *
* this channel is not included in account size calculations"

Again, it doesn't describe BBC News as a 'channel', but a
'subscription'. And why isn't it included in the 2000K? Do I get one
free, or what?

As I implied in my original post, I'm sure this will turn out to be
embarrassingly simple, once someone can spell out the exact steps to
follow please.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK
Using iPAQ 2210 with WM2003.

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"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:

>http://avantgo.com
>existing users login
>login
>manage account
>create personal channel
><title it (short)>
>url
>100k
>depth = 2
>images = no
>off site = no
>defaults on rest
>save channel
>logout
>sync
>
Thanks Beverly. That works fine. But did you have any success with a
*scheduled* channel?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK