The online search feature for Home Power wasn't as good as we would have liked, though it was adequate for some uses.
But now you can download ALL the back issues to your computers (at no cost). Then if you have the paid version of Acrobat (Acrobat Pro), it can completely catalog every word in every issue, and use some very advanced search features.
I have Acrobat Pro and do this and find it very useful. You could do the same thing with SolarPro. Here are the download addresses:
www.homepower.com
www.solarprofessional.com
For those of you without the full Acrobat version, I would consider doing the catalog indexing and making all available, with indexes usable in free Acrobat Reader. It would be fairly time-consuming and require a lot of bandwidth for downloading (and uploading for me), but if enough of you want it it would be worthwhile.
Again, please give me your thoughts and desires off list.
Corey Shalanski wrote at 03:57 PM 4/17/2020:
Related question: I always considered the Home Power and SolarPro article search features to be really valuable parts of their websites, but neither of these appear to be still available. I believe the HP article archive DVD supports keyword searches (via Acrobat or other PDF viewer), but I am looking for more of an online-based option. Is anyone aware of any other efforts to catalog the articles and/or develop a searchable keyword database?
-Corey
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:28 PM Corey Shalanski <coreso...@gmail.com>Â wrote:_______________________________________________
- Wrenches,
- Like myself, I imagine many folks on this list were avid readers of "Home Power" and "SolarPro" magazines. I know some of you were even active contributors to these two wonderful publications.
- Is anyone aware of any similar resources - geared toward system designers/installers/technicians (or just general enthusiasts)? Besides this list, where are Wrenches turning to nowadays for relevant discussion of current industry topics?
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- Corey Shalanski
- Jah Light Solar
- Portland, Jamaica
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