Firefox users: Testing out live bookmarking system for SAU

[funkymonkey]

Hi, I've just added some live bookmarking functionality to SAU.

what you need to do is...

Select Bookmarks, then Manage Bookmarks...

In the bookmark manager, in the File Menu, select New Live Bookmark...

Fill out the details needed, the URL for the live bookmark is up to you, see below for further info on how to get the URL to get what you need.

This is what you should get once you're done...

This doesn't auto refresh though, and if you want to get an updated list of threads, then right-click on the bookmark (not the threads) and select Refresh Live Bookmark.

Now onto the URL to use for the live bookmark...

the base of the RSS2 feed is

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=0

This will return the lastest threads to be created on the forum

To specify the number of threads you want to have in your live list, use the qty property... like so...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=0&qty=20

This will return the 20 newest threads to be created on the forum

To specify you want a list of active threads, (ie threads with new posts, not by thread creation date)

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=0&items=active

Turn BBCode and HTML on and off is done by using the following

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=0&bbcode=no&html=no

BBCode and HTML are useless when it comes to making live bookmarks so best to turn em off

You can also combine them like so...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=0&bbcode=no&html=no&items=active&qty=20

To get the last 20 threads to have posts made in them. (What I use)

I will be expanding the feature, in the coming weeks to include listing PM's and also threads in specific sections.

I'd appreciate some feedback and any ideas you guys might have about this feature.

[predator]

neato..

got it setup now and works pretty well.. another useful firefox feature! good work..

[funkymonkey]

oh and if you put forumods=,,

it'll restrict the threads to those forums only...

eg:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&postlen=0&items=new&qty=30&html=no&bbcode=no&forumids=100

will give you the 20 newest threads in the VIC section

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&postlen=0&items=new&qty=30&html=no&bbcode=no&forumids=100,102

will give you the 20 newest threads in the VIC section AND the VIC events section

[wynode]

oh and if you put forumods=,,

it'll restrict the threads to those forums only...

eg:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&postlen=0&items=new&qty=30&html=no&bbcode=no&forumids=100

will give you the 20 newest threads in the VIC section

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&postlen=0&items=new&qty=30&html=no&bbcode=no&forumids=100,102

will give you the 20 newest threads in the VIC section AND the VIC events section

Using firefox now eh Shan.....like it?

Good idea..... might look into this for OH

[funkymonkey]

hehe i can't believe its not butter!

yeah using firefox, you've converted me. Moreso I hated that IE took up so many resources... now if I can only find a way of making MSN messenger not open ie, and make windows update work with firefox.

Firefox still has a few brain farts when using vbulletin tho... but I love the extensions.

[ferni]

Will using these book marks log you in/make a hit to the server with your account? so that next time i log in and look it will have 'last visited' time at when i refreshed the live bookmark?

[andy25]

hey funky If you do work out how to get MSN to use firefox plz let us know hey. IE shite itself altogether on my comp so i cant view profiles or easily open hotmail which can get rather irritating

[funkymonkey]

ferni... no, it uses an anonymous listing (so its not really "new posts since last visit" its just "new posts") if you get what I mean. Which means you can't list posts in member only sections etc.

This does raise the probelm though if I go ahead n code the script to check PM's as well, because that'll have to log you in to get your PM's.

andy, have you tried using "Registry Search & Replace" to replace all instances of iexplore with firefox?

[ferni]

funky: cool....i'd prefer it not to use our account because that means next time i log in i can't do 'new posts' from last time i was actually on the page

[SKY031]

I don't know if it's related to what you've done but all the drop down menus are now disabled in Mozilla.

I am unable to moderate, unable to send PM's, unable to access any of my account details.

[wynode]

This is for Mr. Site admin

Put this in your headerinclude template to get the little RSS icon in the bottom of the firefox window (you can then click it to get live bookmarks for either the whole site or for a specific forum by just clicking on the icon).

<if condition="$vboptions[externalrss]">

<link href="$vboptions[bburl]/external.php?type=rss2" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] - Latest Posts" />

<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid] != ''">

<link href="$vboptions[bburl]/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$foruminfo[forumid]" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] - Latest Posts in $foruminfo[title]" />

</if>

</if>

[wynode]

I don't know if it's related to what you've done but all the drop down menus are now disabled in Mozilla.

I am unable to moderate, unable to send PM's, unable to access any of my account details.

Seems fine to me

[someonestolecc]

I don't know if it's related to what you've done but all the drop down menus are now disabled in Mozilla.

I am unable to moderate, unable to send PM's, unable to access any of my account details.

Try logging back in?

Good work Funky - I'll add it to sage

[Abo Bob]

I know what you mean about missing new posts Ferni.

Maybe this should go in the suggestions thread but maybe the new posts function could be modified to say 'new posts since : '

Personally I hate when I get a pm I want to see and/or reply to but I don't have time to read all the new posts.

I know it's sad but I'm not the only one who would die without SAU.

[funkymonkey]

skylinegeoff's constantly on my back about bringing back the "New Posts for today" function in addition to the "New Posts since last visit"

[Fro-Daddy]

i got mozilla at home an i cant even go into the forums properly...any help?