Installing the Evernote web clipper on iPhone and iPad

Installing the Evernote web clipper on the iPhone

  • First be sure you’ve had a look at the install steps for Instapaper via the link above so you are comfortable with the steps.

The remaining steps will be completed via the iPhone only but keep it open on your computer browser so you can continue to follow the steps.

  1. From your iPhone, go to Settings. Choose Safari > Advanced > JavaScript  and turn Javascript “On”
  2. Now, go back and select Block Cookies and set it to “Allow from Websites I Visit.”
  3. Next, launch this page via Safari on your iPhone –> (Open infoden.edublogs.com on your iPhone and search for the title of this post)
  4. Now copy the code below (press and hold on the code and then release; then adjust the blue overlay so it coves the entire code, and tap “Copy.”
javascript:(function()%7BEN_CLIP_HOST%3D%27http://www.evernote.com%27%3Btry%7Bvar%20x%3Ddocument.createElement(%27SCRIPT%27)%3Bx.type%3D%27text/javascript%27%3Bx.src%3DEN_CLIP_HOST%2B%27/public/bookmarkClipper.js%3F%27%2B(new%20Date().getTime()/100000)%3Bdocument.getElementsByTagName(%27head%27)%5B0%5D.appendChild(x)%3B%7Dcatch(e)%7Blocation.href%3DEN_CLIP_HOST%2B%27/clip.action%3Furl%3D%27%2BencodeURIComponent(location.href)%2B%27%26title%3D%27%2BencodeURIComponent(document.title)%3B%7D%7D)()%3B

  1. Next, click on the share icon (square with a right arrow) at the bottom of your Safari page and click “Add Bookmark.” Without making any changes, hit “Save.”
  2. Now click on the bookmark icon (open book) to pull up your bookmarks. Click “Edit” in the bottom corner of your window.
  3. Select the bookmark that you just created. Change the name from Untitled to something of your choice–perhaps ‘Evernote’ or ‘Clip to Evernote.’ Next delete the URL shown and paste the new code that you copied in step 2 and hit “Done” located in the bottom right corner.  Click “Done” located in the bottom left corner. Click “Done” located in the top right corner.

Those are all the steps! You’ve now installed the Evernote web clipper on your iPhone.

To clip a portion of a page: Highlight a section of the page that you want to clip and then hit the bookmarks button and choose your Evernote bookmark.

To clip an entire page: Hit the bookmarks button and choose your Evernote bookmark.

Note: the first time the Evernote web clipper is used, it will ask you to log in. Also, on the iPhone, the clipper appears slightly too large but it is still usable by rotating the device.

Installing the Evernote web clipper on the iPad

  • First be sure you’ve had a look at the install steps for Instapaper via the link above so you are comfortable with the steps.

The remaining steps will be completed via the iPad only but keep it open on your computer browser so you can continue to follow the steps.

  1. From your iPad, go to  Settings > Safari > Advanced > JavaScript  and turn Javascript “On”
  2. Go back on step and ensure Show Favourites Bar is set to “ON.”
  3. Go back again and make sure Block Cookies is set to “Allow from Websites I Visit.”
  4. Next, launch this page via Safari on your iPhone –> (Open infoden.edublogs.com on your iPhone and search for the title of this post)
  5. Now copy the code below (press and hold on the code and then release; then adjust the blue overlay so it coves the entire code, and tap “Copy.”
javascript:(function()%7BEN_CLIP_HOST%3D%27http://www.evernote.com%27%3Btry%7Bvar%20x%3Ddocument.createElement(%27SCRIPT%27)%3Bx.type%3D%27text/javascript%27%3Bx.src%3DEN_CLIP_HOST%2B%27/public/bookmarkClipper.js%3F%27%2B(new%20Date().getTime()/100000)%3Bdocument.getElementsByTagName(%27head%27)%5B0%5D.appendChild(x)%3B%7Dcatch(e)%7Blocation.href%3DEN_CLIP_HOST%2B%27/clip.action%3Furl%3D%27%2BencodeURIComponent(location.href)%2B%27%26title%3D%27%2BencodeURIComponent(document.title)%3B%7D%7D)()%3B

  1. Next, click on the share icon (square with a right arrow) at the top of your Safari page and click “Add Bookmark.” Ensure that it will be saving to the “Bookmarks Bar” and then hit “Save.”
  2. Now click on the bookmark icon (open book) to pull up your bookmarks. Click on the “Bookmarks Bar” folder. Then click “Edit” in the top corner of your window.
  3. Select the bookmark that you just created. Change the name to something of your choice–perhaps ‘Evernote’ or ‘Clip to Evernote’ Next delete the URL shown and paste the new code that you copied in step 2 (press and hold, then release, then tap “Paste.” Hit “Bookmarks Bar” located in the bottom top left corner to go back.  Click “Done” located in the top right corner. Click the bookmark icon to make it disappear.

Those are all the steps! You’ve now installed the Evernote web clipper on your iPad.

To clip a portion of a page: Highlight a section of the page that you want to clip and then hit your Evernote bookmark.

To clip an entire page: Hit your Evernote bookmark.

Note: the first time the Evernote web clipper is used, it will ask you to log in.