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Force Safari to save sites' autofill-blocked form data
Authored by: cssbz on Jan 12, '05 07:20:08AM

I have the autofill-blocked problem with a few websites (described below), and I suspect that the hints described so far won't work, since these sites don't seem to contain autocomplete=off in their HTML.

1) <https://bishop.34sp.com:8443/login.php3> seems to use two forms, one for username, one for password. Some Javascript combines the information together into one form before submission.

2) <http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/patroninfo> - I don't understand why Safari doesn't offer to save my barcode and PIN...

3) I have a NetGear "Wireless ADSL Firewall Router" (DG834G) which has a configuration interface that is locally accessible at <http://192.168.0.1/>. When I go to that URL, Safari gives a sheet prompting me for username and password, with a check box for "remember this password". (It also tells me that my password will be sent in the clear -- perhaps this is relevant?) However, checking the "remember" box doesn't seem to work -- when I visit that URL again, I have to re-enter the password again. Also, even though I have checked the box, nothing is listed under that URL in Safari Preferences -> AutoFill -> Edit User names and passwords. Could this be because the URL contains a numeric IP address?

I think I understand why Safari does not remember the codes in the first case, but I'd welcome explanations for the last two, and hints for how to get Safari to remember codes for all cases.



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possible solutions
Authored by: ra5ul on Dec 05, '05 08:20:36PM

1. rewrite the code so it only uses one form, or use firefox.
2. rewrite the code fragment "input...type = PASSWORD" with "input...type = text" for one of the two fields.
3. i can't verify this problem on my machine.

i recommend pithHelmet machete scripts for code manipulation.



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possible solutions
Authored by: cssbz on Jan 12, '06 11:16:13AM

Thanks, ra5ul. Following your suggestion, for site no 1, I rewrote the HTML as one simple form. I added a <base href="https://bishop.34sp.com:8443/"> tag in the <head> section and saved it as a local .html file. Now when I view that local file in Safari, I can log in from there, and Safari offers to and successfully saves the password. :)



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