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How to Bookmark and Login
to ScoutPal Live on Your Phone
Summary:
(If you don't know the first thing about operating your
phone's web browser, read the "Go to URL" info
page.)
- The WAP service site works with most ordinary cell phones:
- WAP.scoutpal.com (primary server)
- wap.metapal.com (backup server)
Note the "wap" part in the URLs, instead of the usual "www".
(URL = website address.)
Scroll down to learn about automatic login, and
alternative login options and service sites.
The IE servicelogin that works best for many "smartphones" (iPhone,
Droid, Windows Mobile, etc.) is the "IE" service site:
- IE.scoutpal.com (primary server)
- ie.metapal.com (backup server)
You should try our additional login URL's, and choose the one that
works best on your particular phone. You can also setup your
bookmark for automatic login, see item #5, below.
ScoutPal Has Two Servers -- scoutpal.com and metapal.com
It is important that you bookmark both servers on your phone!
Internet services will occasionally go down, for various reasons.
(ScoutPal does not control the internet, or your cellular carrier's
wireless services.) In order to provide you with 24x7 redundant
and uninterrupted service, ScoutPal maintains two separate, distinct,
and geographically isolated servers, with each server completely
independent of the other, including search history and formats.
- For search history and format settings on the Primary
server, use your desktop computer to login at
http://www.scoutpal.com
(the login is on the right side of the page.)
- For your search history and format settings on the Backup
server, use your desktop computer to login at
http://www.metapal.com
The Primary server has high capacity and bandwidth, and can be
a first choice, but you can use the server that works best on your
phone, wherever you are. In any and all of the URL examples given below,
simply substitute "metapal" for "scoutpal", and it
will be a backup
server bookmark.
Auto Login
The examples below include your ScoutPal ID and password tacked on
the ends of the URL's. If you include them, you won't need to enter them each time you
start to use ScoutPal. Or you can leave them off, and type them in each time you use the bookmark.
- Using the phone browser's "go to" function (it may be labeled "goto",
"goto url", or "enter site") to browse to one of the URL's listed here.
- Bookmark the login page that comes up.
- In all of the URL's given below, "myID" and "myPW"
stand for your ScoutPal ID and password, so type in your
ScoutPal ID and password when you enter the URL.
- There are a multiple ways to accomplish an auto login, depending
on how your phone and cellular carrier processes URL (website address)
requests, so you may have to try more than one of the URL's
forms in order to find
the one that will work consistently with your particular model of cell
phone.
- If you change your ScoutPal ID and/or password, you will need to edit
or recreate the bookmark so that it contains your new ScoutPal
ID/password.
As with your computer browser, phones will usually let you leave off the
"http://" part when typing in a URL
You must use all lowercase
letters after ".com"
There are literally thousands of different cell phone models, all unique,
so you may have to experiment with the service sites and URL formats to find one that works
the best with your phone and on your
phone's network.
The "ie" service site will usually work best with an
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Palm Treo or other advanced PDA/Smart phone.
BoostMobile phones that don't have a bookmark function: Use a Text Messaging bookmark.
If you have tried and tried and you just can't figure any of this out
(yes, it is complex, but try the wap service first)
please call us from a phone other than your cell
phone, and we will help you.
Service Sites and Login URL options:
(Use the one that works best on your phone.
Some may work better for you than others, and some
may not work at all on your particular phone.)
Most Cell Phones, New Or Old: WAP.scoutpal.com
http://wap.scoutpal.com/?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://wap.scoutpal.com/index.cgi?myID-myPW
(Note the "wap" part instead of the usual "www")
Alternative forms of this bookmark are:
http://www.scoutpal.com/wap/?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/wap/index.cgi?myID-myPW
If you then bookmark this page the login will be set. The next time you
are ready to use ScoutPal on your phone, use the phone go-to-bookmark function
to go directly to the page, press or select the LOGIN link, and begin entering
your first ISBN.
Some phone browsers will not allow you to directly bookmark a URL containing
"?" or other such symbols. In that case, bookmark wap.scoutpal.com, then use
the phone's "edit bookmark" function to change the URL to contain the full
login sequence.
The "WAP" service site will work with nearly
all ordinary cell phones, but if you have a Sanyo or Samsung phone on
Sprint, you may need to use an alternate service site as described in
this Service Bulletin.
Newer Cell Phones With Large Displays: WML.scoutpal.com
http://wml.scoutpal.com/?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://wml.scoutpal.com/index.cgi?myID-myPW
(Note the "wml" part instead of the usual "www".)
Alternative forms of this bookmark are:
http://www.scoutpal.com/wml/?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/wml/index.cgi?myID-myPW
The wml service site provides on-screen multi-ISBN entry when
you have specified 2 or more ISBN entry fields in your ScoutPal format.
The wml site is not compatible with older cell phones.
Some Old Phones May Require: WAPG.scoutpal.com
http://wapg.scoutpal.com?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://wapg.scoutpal.com/index.cgi?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/wapg/index.cgi?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/wapg/?myID-myPW
(Note the "wapg" part instead of "wap")
PDA/Cell Phone, iPhone, or any Computer Browser:
IE.scoutpal.com
http://ie.scoutpal.com?myID-myPW
(Note the "ie" part instead of the usual "www")
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/ie?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/ie/index.cgi?myID-myPW
If your browser doesn't have JavaScript, use:
http://www.scoutpal.com/pda/index.cgi?myID-myPW
-- or --
http://www.scoutpal.com/pda/?myID-myPW
Some browsers will need to use a slightly different sequence: Begin the
login from http://www.scoutpal.com/pdag, then bookmark the next
page.
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