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Using Captures

Capture lets you save things you find on the web into GeoHazardWatch with one click — the page's link, its title, and any text you have highlighted — without leaving the page you're reading.

Captures land on your own daily captures page (for example Captures — yourname — 2026-07-20), where they are searchable, versioned, and listed in Recent Changes like any other page content.

Installing the Capture button

Open /capture/install (you must be logged in).
Drag the 📌 Capture to GeoHazardWatch button onto your browser's bookmarks / favorites bar.
That's it — the button works on any website you visit.

Install the button from the address you normally use to reach GeoHazardWatch — the bookmarklet is built for that address, and your browser must be able to reach it when you click.

Capturing

On any web page, highlight the text you want to keep (optional — you can also capture just the link).
Click the Capture bookmark. A small popup opens with everything pre-filled:
- Save to page — where the capture will go (your daily captures page by default; change it to any page you can edit)
- Source title — the web page's title
- Source URL — the web page's address
- Quote / selection — the text you highlighted, editable before saving
Click Save capture.

Each capture is appended to the target page as its own section — the source link becomes the heading, your highlighted text follows as ordinary prose, and the date closes it off:

## [The Page's Title|https://example.com|target='_blank']

The text you highlighted appears here, as normal page text you can edit like any other.

*(captured 2026-07-20)*

----

## [The Next Thing You Captured|https://example.org|target='_blank']

A second capture, later the same day.

*(captured 2026-07-20)*

A ---- rule is drawn between captures, so a day's page reads as a list of sections rather than a run-on block. The rule goes between entries — the page never ends on one.

If the target page doesn't exist yet, it is created for you.

Things to know

Question	Answer
Where do my captures go?	Your own daily page — one per user per day, so captures are never mixed between users.
Who can see my captures?	Capture pages are created __private__ — only you (and administrators) can see them. Pages you deliberately capture into (like a shared topic page) keep their existing visibility.
Can I send a capture somewhere else?	Yes — edit __Save to page__ in the popup before saving. Any page you're allowed to edit works.
Can I capture without highlighting text?	Yes — the link and title are captured on their own.
Can I trim the quote first?	Yes — the selection is editable in the popup before you save.
Is there a length limit?	Selections are capped at 8,000 characters. Very long selections are trimmed.
Why does the popup ask me to log in?	Captures are saved as you — the popup uses your normal GeoHazardWatch login. Log in once and capture again.

For administrators

Capture is an optional feature, disabled by default. To enable it, set in the instance configuration:

ngdpbase.capture.enabled — true to enable the /capture routes (default false; when disabled they return 404)
ngdpbase.capture.default-page — the default target page pattern, default Captures — {username} — {date}. The {username} and {date} tokens are replaced per capture; point it at a journal day-page pattern to send captures there instead.
ngdpbase.capture.keywords — keywords applied to pages the capture flow creates, default ["capture"].
ngdpbase.capture.private — whether capture-created pages are private, default true. Appending to an existing page never changes that page's privacy.

Saving a capture requires the user to have page-edit (existing target page) or page-create (new target page) permission.