Thought I'd start this thread because there are 140 PDFs sitting in my "downloads" area of my iTunes just taunting me with "stopped (err = 404)" !  These are DA and QW pdfs which I would LOVE to have, but, oh the cruelty! They just sit there glaring and tempting me no matter how many times I click "Resume All." Help!

Hi all ~

Anybody else having trouble getting Traditional PDFs w/the RSS feed and iTunes after the website rebuild?

I finally tracked down the download/RSS feed options hidden behind the tiny RSS icon located after "My Lessons" at the bottom of the page (might I suggest placing that link in a few more obvious locations? It's not under "Help," and the links that are there there don't work to customize anything).

However, the checkbox for Traditional PDFs seems to keep unchecking itself. Are they no longer offered? Simplified PDFs come through just fine.

An unrelated issue - I tried removing & re-bookmarking podcasts I'd already downloaded to figure out the PDF issue, but now iTunes refuses to re-dowload the whole lesson. Any help???

Xiexie,

~SJ

For awhile now, I've been wanting to practice writing the characters that are in my ChinesePod vocabulary lists, and have wanted a practice writing grid which I can print out to practice these characters.

I've been working on developing a web tool that takes my ChinesePod exported vocabulary list (an XML file) and then creates a PDF file with a writing grid for those characters.  Here is a screenshot of what the final PDF looks like:

If you're interested in using this tool to create your own vocab writing PDFs, I've put the tool up at:

http://www.miryclay.com/chinesepod/vocab2grid.php

I hope that this tool will be helpful for you!  It has been for me.  If you have any comments or feedback, feel free to let me know.  Enjoy!

wouldn't it be terrific if the pdfs contained measure words to the listed nouns..?? if chinesepod is about spoken mandarin, then there is no way around the damn measure words! sure, users may not be able to absorb them right away (or even know about them), but listing MW in parentheses after the noun would allow users to go back later and learn it... PLEASE?

if not feasible, can you direct us to a good online resource (not general dictionary) where MW can be looked up quickly?

but i really hope this could be implemented.. am sure i'm not alone.

Does anyone know if you can read the pdf file and listen to the lesson simultaneous on Iphone/ipod touch?