SpbInsight Help

Spb Insight Help

Concepts
Adding a New Channel
Channel List
Article List
Viewing an article

Options and Settings
Options: General
Options: Content
Options: Network
Default Channel Options: Update
Default Channel Options: Cleaning

Today plugin
Spb Insight Today plugin
Today Plugin Settings: Channels
Today Plugin Settings: View Style
Today Plugin Settings: Font

Channel List

The Channel list contains all your channels. If there are unread articles in a channel, the channel name will be shown in bold with a number on the right. The number is a counter that shows the number of unread articles in that channel.

If a channel is marked to be updated it will be indicated with a yellow round circle. When being updated, a channel is marked with a white arrow in a green circle (it may blink while downloading pictures). If the update is successful, the channel is marked with a little green check mark. (There is no special mark when the connection is closed.)

Even during the update process you can add new channels and read articles that have already been downloaded.

To open a channel’s content just tap on the channel name, then the list of its articles will be shown. Tapping on a channel icon starts or stops the update process for a channel.

You can use the navigation hardware keys of your Pocket PC to navigate through the channels list. Use the Action key to enter a channel.

Tap-and-hold on a channel to perform the following actions from the context menu:

- Update: Select this command to update channel content. The program will connect and search for new articles for this channel.
- Mark as Read: If you select this command all channel articles will be marked as read.
- Clear: If you select this command all downloaded articles for this channel will be deleted from your Pocket PC and will not be downloaded again.
- Delete: If you select this command the channel will be deleted, along with all its content.
- Properties: Select this command to customize channel properties like name, assigned URL, update and cleaning rules.

You can use the navigation hardware keys of your Pocket PC as follows:

- Up and Down: to navigate through the channels list.
- Action: to open the list of articles for the current channel.
- Action-and-hold: to emulate a tap-and-hold action (e. g. for opening the context menu).

Context menu. Properties Tap-and-holding on a channel name allows you to change the following channel properties:
Channel Properties: General
Channel Properties: Updating
Channel Properties: Cleaning

Enter the menu to perform the following:

- Update All: Select this command to update all channels. The program will connect and search for new articles in all channels.
- Mark All As Read: If you select this command articles in all channels will be marked as read.
- Options...: Choose this command to open the program options dialogs.

To add a new channel tap on New and follow the instructions.

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Article List

Article list contains all articles in either one or all of the channels. All unread article titles are shown in bold.

The current channel can be seen or changed from the drop-down menu at the top left corner. Here you can select All Channels to view articles of all channels.

If a channel is marked to be updated it is indicated with a yellow round circle. When being updated, the channel is marked with a white arrow in a green circle (it may blink when downloading pictures). If the update is successful the channel is marked with a little green check mark. When the connection is closed there is no special mark.

Even during the update process you can read articles downloaded before.

You can use the navigation hardware keys of your Pocket PC to navigate the articles list as follows:

- Up and Down: to navigate the current channel.
- Left and Right: to change channels.
- Action: to open the selected article.
- Action-and-hold: to emulate a tap-and-hold action (e.g. for opening the context menu).

To open an article content just tap on its title.

Tap-and-hold on an article title to perform the following actions from the context menu:

- Redownload: Select this command to re-download the article from its source.
- Mark as Unread: If you select this command this article will be marked as unread.
- Delete: If you select this command the article will be deleted from the channel.

Enter the menu to perform the following actions:

- Update Channel: Select this command to begin updating the channel you are currently in. If you are viewing articles in all channels all of them will be updated.
- Finish Download: If you select this command all unfinished articles will be marked for downloading.
- Mark All As Read: If you select this command all articles in the current channel will be marked as read. If you are viewing articles in all channels all of them will be marked as read.
- Options...: Select this command to open the program options dialog box.

To return to the Channel View tap on Channels.

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Viewing an article

Viewing an article

When viewing an entire article you can do the following:

Use the navigation hardware keys on your Pocket PC to:

- Up and Down: scroll the current article one screen at a time.
- Up (At the very top of the article): move to the previous article in the list. Down (At the very end of the article): move to the next article in the list.
- Left and Right: jump to the previous or next article in the list.
- Action: open list of articles in the current channel.

Enter the View menu to get to the following options:

- Location: If this command is selected you'll see the header, where the channel name and the article counter are shown. If you want to save more screen space for article content you may want to unselect this item in order to hide the header.
- Integral pages: When this option is set, blank lines are appended to an article so that it occupies an integral number of pages (which is more convenient when using hardware keys for navigation).
- Texts Size: Select the size of the article text here.

To return to the Article View tap on Articles.

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Article List

Channel Properties: General

- Name: The channel name. You can change it to a custom one if you like.
- URL: The URL that feeds this channel.
- The size shown below is the size of the data being currently downloaded for this channel.

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Channel List
Channel Properties: Cleaning
Channel Properties: Updating

Channel Properties: Updating

- Use default channel properties: If this command is selected, the common channel properties as configured in program options will determine the channel update behavior. If you want to configure individual properties for this channel, de-select this check box and customize the following:
- Manual articles update: If you select this check box only articles headers will be downloaded. You will still be able to download the full text of either several or all articles later.
- Do not download images: If you select this check box no images will be downloaded along with the articles within this channel.
  These last two points are recommended if you want to decrease the amount of information you transfer over your internet connection.

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Channel List
Channel Properties: General
Channel Properties: Cleaning

Channel Properties: Cleaning

- Use default channel properties: If this command is selected, the common channel properties as configured in program options will determine the channel cleaning behavior. If you want to configure individual properties for this channel de-select this check box and customize the following:
- Automatically delete articles older than ... days: If you want to clean the old content automatically keep this check box selected. Also, specify the cleaning time interval.
- Limit the number of articles in the channel to: If you don't want to overload the channel keep this check box selected and provide the maximum number of articles for this channel.

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Channel List
Channel Properties: General
Channel Properties: Updating

Options: General

- Left/right buttons move to previous/next item: If this command is selected then using the Left and Right hardware keys will allow you to open the previous and next article when viewing an article without returning to the articles list.
- Tapping on a channel or an article icon starts updating: If this command is selected then a channel or an article will be updated when you tap on the icon next to it.
- Update newly added channels: If this command is selected a new channel will be updated automatically after adding.

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Options: Content
Options: Network

Options: Content

- Choose a content location: Here you can choose where to save the data downloaded by Spb Insight.
- Size: This parameter shows you the storage space needed to save data from all channels.
- Default Channel Properties...: Tap on this button to customize some common channel properties, such as update and cleaning rules.

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Options: General
Options: Network
Default Channel Options: Update
Default Channel Options: Cleaning

Options: Network

- Use only free of charge internet connections (Desktop, Wi-Fi): If you keep this check box selected then the data will be updated only when your PDA is connected to the internet via a free connection, thus preventing you from unexpected high-cost downloads via GPRS. You can de-select this check box if you want to update your channels via any kind of internet connection (even a fee-based GPRS connection).
- Automatically update all channels when cradled: If this command is selected the channels will be automatically updated every time you connect your Pocket PC device to the desktop.
- Anonymous Spb Insight channel rating (recommended): If you keep this check box selected then Spb Software House will gather statistical information about the channels you choose for viewing. These statistics are gathered from a large number of Spb Insight users and allow you to track the most visited channels, automatically updating the channel rating, which in turn improves the usability of the online channel catalog.

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Options: General
Options: Content

Default Channel Options: Update

- Manual articles update: If you select this check box only article headers will be downloaded. Then you can select the articles you want to download fully.
- Do not download images: If you select this check box no images will be downloaded along with the articles in any channel.

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Default Channel Options: Cleaning

Default Channel Options: Cleaning

- Automatically delete articles older than ... days: If you want to automatically clean the old content of all channels keep this check box selected and provide an appropriate time interval.
- Limit the number of articles in a channel to: If you don't want to overload your channels keep this check box selected and provide the maximum number of articles for every channel.

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Default Channel Options: Update

Adding a New Channel

Adding a new channel can be accomplished several ways. First, select a channel source and then follow the instructions. Before adding a new channel make sure your device is connected.

- Online catalog: If you choose this option you will be asked to select a channel from the catalog that is downloaded from the Spb Insight website. Please mark as many channels as you wish by category.
- RSS/Atom feed URL: Select this option to add a new channel based on the RSS or Atom format stream.
- OPML: Select this option to add a new channel based on the OPML outline format.
- Search: If you select this option the program will search for a proper channel according to your search request.
- Local templates: Select this option to create channels out of templates you have created or out of third party templates.

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Adding New Channel: Online Catalog
Adding New Channel: RSS/Atom feed URL
Adding New Channel: OPML
Adding New Channel: Search
Adding New Channel: Local Templates

Adding New Channel: Online Catalog

In this dialog you can see the most up-to-date version of the online channel catalog provided by Spb Software House. All channels are divided into several groups.

- What's the difference between channels marked with blue and red icons?
  - Red icons show channels in RSS format. These channels usually appear as a short article overview with a link to the whole article.
  - Blue icons show channels ruled by xml templates. These channels are usually configured to show full text articles.
- When navigating the catalog please select as many channels as you wish and then tap Finish. The newly added channels will be updated immediately if your device is connected to the desktop.

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Adding a New Channel

Adding New Channel: RSS/Atom feed URL

In this dialog you can choose a channel by providing its URL.

- Channel URL: Provide the URL to the channel.
- Channel name. You can set the channel name manually in this field. Further, if you tap on the Check and Get Name button the real channel name will be downloaded from the address you have specified. You can also use this button to check whether or not you have set the URL correctly.
- Tap Finish. The newly added channel will begin to update if your device is connected to the desktop.

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Adding a New Channel

Adding New Channel: OPML

In this dialog you can import RSS channels from an OPML file. Provide the file source and tap on Finish. The newly added channels will start updating immediately if your device is connected.

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Adding a New Channel

Adding New Channel: Search

In this dialog you can try to search for channels by key words. The search will be performed throughout the whole online catalog of channel templates that are provided by Spb Software House and RSS catalog provided by Syndic8. (http://syndic8.com/ ) All channels matching the search criteria will be shown (please remember that the search is case sensitive and the full phrase should match). Check the proper channels and tap on Finish. The newly added channels will be updated immediately if your device is connected.

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Adding a New Channel

Adding New Channel: Local Templates

If you wish you can create your own templates for websites you like or you can use third-party ones. The channel template file format can be found at the Spb Insight website (http://www.spbinsight.com/ ). Please store your template files in the \Program Files\Spb Insight\templates folder. When you try to add a new channel using the Local Templates option, the program will search for the template files in this folder. Please select the desired channels and tap on Finish. The newly added channels will start updating immediately if your device is connected.

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Adding a New Channel

Spb Insight Today plugin

Spb Insight provides Today plugin to show fresh article headers right on your Today screen, so that you didn't miss something important. Overall view style of Today plugin can be changed, as well as the list of channels shown. Today plugin can also be added to Spb Pocket Plus, Spb Mobile Shell or Spb Diary.

To change plugin settings, tap-n-hold on it and choose "Settings". You can run Spb Insight from the same menu.

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Spb Insight Help
Today Plugin Settings: Channels
Today Plugin Settings: View Style
Today Plugin Settings: Font

Today Plugin Settings: Channels

On this tab you can choose which channel's unread articles will be shown on Today screen.

Use Menu to select all or select no channels.

Automatically show new channels checkbox controls whether the newly-added channels are shown on Today screen.

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Spb Insight Help
Spb Insight Today plugin

Today Plugin Settings: View Style

Spb Insight provides two variants of article representation on Today screen. You can choose appropriate view using View style combo box.

- Single article view represents article headers one-by-one, switching to the following with given speed. You can specify whether to show article thumbnail, article time or channel name.
  Using Auto scrolling setting you can change the speed of article scrolling. Number of lines shown on Today screen can be changed using Lines setting.
- List view shows all unread article headers at the same time in a scrollable list. You can set whether to show article icon and article time in this list. Also you can change the number of visible rows in the list.

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Spb Insight Today plugin

Today Plugin Settings: Font

By default Spb Insight Today plugin uses standard Today items font to show article headers. By disabling this checkbox you can choose other Font and Font size to use in Today plugin.

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Spb Insight Today plugin