Author Archives: TimL

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Steps to make IE behave more like Chrome or Firefox:

Upgrade to version 11 (or 8 if on XP)
Reset IE:
  1. Tools>internet options>advanced>reset>check delete personal settings>reset
  2. close IE (all windows)
Make IE usable on windows server:
  1. Tools>internet options>advanced>uncheck automatically recover from page errors with compatibility view
  2. Tools>internet options>security>select trusted sites>set to low>sites>remove all the current sites and add the Noodle url.
  3. Tools>internet options>security>select trusted sites>set to low>custom level>scroll all the way down and disable "XSS filter"
  4. tools>compatibility view settings> remove and uncheck all.

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For mailto:

  1. Make sure you are on your Google Mail page.
  2. Copy/paste this into the address bar:
    • javascript:navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")
  3. Add the javascript: to the front again if it got automatically trimmed. Then hit enter.

For webcal:

  1. Make sure you are on your Google Calendar page.
  2. Copy/paste this into the address bar:
    • javascript:navigator.registerProtocolHandler("webcal","https://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=%s","Google Calendar")
  3. Add the javascript: to the front again if it got automatically trimmed. Then hit enter.

 

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Noodle SSO can be setup with IWA, JWT, SAML, or for non managed users there are also options to store the password locally.

  • Noodle setup for IWA.
  • Noodle setup for JWT.
  • Noodle setup for SAML.
  • Add a web shortcut to the users startup, homepage, or desktop
    • System Tools > Settings > Security > Permit Login via GET = yes
    • https://$D/HandleLogin.po?user_name=$U&user_password=$P
    • A link can be downloaded from the profile page.
  • Use a cookie
    • Enable  the "Noodle > System Tools > Settings > User Settings > Remember my login information" feature
    • This option will ask for a password if the user ever clicks logout.

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This page is for those who host on their own Windows server and are trying to diagnose the cause of a 404.

  1. If your browser on the server is displaying the page (http://127.0.0.1) properly, it's a networking problem:
    • check server.xml for address binding.
    • Check the Noodle block and allow lists.
    • check port forwarding, routing, firewalls, and dns on the server, client, and every device inbetween.
  2. If your browser on the server is displaying the wrong page or anything other than a timeout, it's a service conflict (logs contains "Address already in use"):
    • Use a different port or stop and disable other services using port 80.
      • Windows - built in:
        • sc config http start= disabled
        • net stop http /y
      • Linux - list what is using the port:
        • netstat -lnp | grep ":80"
  3. If there is no noodle.log it's a .bat or Java problem:
    • run the intranet.bat one line at a time to isolate the problem.
    • reinstall Java and check intranet.bat can find it.
  4. If there is no java.exe in the task manager it's a config problem:
    • look in the log folder for errors.

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If users experience a "Session closed" message there are 2 possibilities:

  1. The user accessed Noodle with more than one IP address.
    • change the setting "System Tools>Settings>General Settings>Session Security Level (IP address matching)" to "0". ("4" being the maximum).
  2. The user accessed Noodle with more than one cookie (or browser/OS)
    • solution: logout on one browser before using another.

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There are prehtml posthtml prejs postjs JavaScript events on select pages.
The prejs and postjs events are for the running of the JS not for the loading of scripts by the browser.
There can me multiple postjs events as it's triggered after any ajax that adds to the page.
Nothing other than custom scripts listen for these events.

Usage example:

function my_method(){alert("hello world");}
top.noodle.cbc.addEventListener(top.document.getElementById('main'), 'postjs', my_method);

or if you are using IE:

function my_method(e){if(e.noodle=="postjs"){alert("hello world");}}
top.noodle.cbc.addEventListener(top.document.getElementById('main'), 'propertychange', my_method);

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Set your clock to 24h for best results.

A simple windows backup example:

echo test once then you can double click to backup
exit -1
net stop Noodle
TASKKILL /T /F /IM java.exe
net stop PostgreSQL-9.1
FOR /F "TOKENS=1 eol=/ DELIMS=-" %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET yyyy=%%A
FOR /F "TOKENS=2 eol=/ DELIMS=-" %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%A
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 eol=/ DELIMS=- " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET dd=%%A
FOR /F "TOKENS=1 eol=/ DELIMS=:" %%A IN ('TIME/T') DO SET hh=%%A
FOR /F "TOKENS=2 eol=/ DELIMS=:" %%A IN ('TIME/T') DO SET mn=%%A
SET timedate=%yyyy%%mm%%dd%_%hh%%mn%
SET FOLDER=D:\PGSQL_data_backup_%timedate%
xcopy /E /C /I /H /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\9.1\data" %FOLDER%
net start PostgreSQL-8.4
net start Noodle
"C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe" a %FOLDER%.7z %FOLDER%
rmdir /S /Q %FOLDER%
echo %FOLDER%.7z

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Noodle verifies redirects it sends to your browser.
If you are accessing Noodle through one IP/domain this will not effect you.
If you use multiple IP/domains via NAT etc you will need one of 3 solutions:

  1. Add the IP/domains to the hosts file
  2. Add the IP/domains to your DNS (as A/CNAME and PTR) pointing to the Noodle server
  3. Add the following to noodle.properties: URLOverride = "https://noodle.domain.tld , or just: URLOverride = "/"

Be sure to update the "URL for Noodle" in the settings so that links in emails will resolve properly.
If you use multiple IPs without a domain name links in emails can not be expected to work reliably.
If you use multiple IPs on the same server you must bind to one of them.

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Safari (GET/POST) requests sometimes block other requests.
In order to keep Noodle responsive we have disabled the instant features of Noodle on Safari.
We don't recommend using Safari; we do recommend Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.