[RELEASE] GTAForums FireFox Extension

[PatrickW]

I made a firefox extension, based on the well-known BBcode firefox extension. It adds support for (almost) all message-tags to the background menu including the GTAforums specific ones.

 

 

 

(Feb, 17 2011)Version 0.5.4 is Firefox 4.0.x compatible

(May, 25 2009)Version 0.4.2 topic item bugfix, and BBcode available outside gtaforums.com.

(May, 17 2009)Version 0.4.1 fixes a typo.

(May, 17 2009)Version 0.4.0 adds context sensitive menu's when browsing gtaforums.com.

(Mar, 31 2009)Version 0.3.4 adds some BBcodes and enables auto-update.

(Mar, 30 2009)Version 0.3.3 is Firefox 3.0.x compatible

 

 

Install

• Install GTAFcode from HERE

• Restart firefox when prompted.

• You will automatically be notified of updates.

 

From now on you should see a gtaforum code menu entry in the background menu whenever you're in an editwindow.

 

How to use

Most of the entries should be self explaining, the only thing that might need some explanation is the support for the table/tableb tags.

You should just write the content of your table thereby separating horizontal cels with a '|' character, and separating the rows with a newline. To render a cell as a header, you should prefix is with a "*".

When your done typing, select the whole block and choose (bordered) table from the special submenu to convert it to proper tags.

e.g.

*cel1|*cel2

more cels|and yet another|last one

 

wil result in:

 

cel1	cel2
more cels	and yet another	last one

If no text was selected when you issued the table command, you will be prompted for content (use '|' and '*' to separate fields and make headers) and you can stop by entering a empty row.

 

Context menu

Depending on the content of the page your looking at the background menu will provide you with "gtaforums.com links","category menu", "forum menu", "topic menu" and "member menu". e.g. if your looking at a profile it will get the "gtaforums.com links" and the "member menu", but while reading a topic the "gtaforums.com links", the "Forum menu" and the "Topic Menu" will be available.

 

 

Gtaforums.com links	Category Menu	Forum Menu	Topic Menu	Member Men
Board Index	Search...	Search...	Search...	Send PM
View New Posts		Subscribe	Subscribe	View Posts from ...
Mark Board Read		mark as Read	Print/Download	Add to contacts
My Controls			Who Posted?	Report this user
My Inbox				Profile
My Last Posts				Gtagarage Profile
Search
Members
Moderating team
Todays active topics
Todays top 10 posters

Link Menu

When right-clicking on a link, the menu however does does not depend upon what you're currently looking at, but upon the target of the link. (E.g. if you right-click on a link to a profile, you'll get the "Member menu").

 

Selection menu

If you've got a piece of text selected, right-clicking will show you the "Search Menu". Depending on your context, you'll get different options, like "Search as member", "Search Whole Board", "Search topics in Current Forum" and "Search Posts in Current Topic". If you're right-clicking on a forum or topic link, while a piece of text is seledted, you'll even get the option to search for the selected text in the target of the link you're clicking on. (e.g. "Search Topics in This Forum").

The description above might sound a bit complex, but if you work with it, it will feel very intuitive.

 

Technology

This extension (like any firefox extension) is written in RDF (Resource Description Framework), XUL (XML UserInterface Language) and Java-Script. The only tools that are needed are a plain text-editor (even notepad will do) and winzip.

 

 

Edited February 17, 2011 by PatrickW

[PresidentKiller]

This looks really useful. I'll give it a try.

 

EDIT: It IS useful. It's pretty cool actually.

 

 

Edited April 26, 2005 by PresidentKiller

[boobtronic]

 

You

Kick

Ass

Thanks

 

boobtronic what does this do?

 

 

Woot|ok, am i missing something?

Edited April 26, 2005 by boobtronic

[Tsuroki]

 

test

test

test

Edit: I am so f*cking pinning this.

Edited April 26, 2005 by Tsuroki

[Justin]

• Now
• this
• is
• bloody
• useful

Fuzzy Juzzy thanks PatrickW

 

Well done man, this is very, very useful indeed.

[MyMothersMySister]

You are sexy..

 

Thanks Patrick.

[RearEndCollision]

 

A-mazing!

 

Now this is deserving of the 25 karma, or some twinklies.

[parry]

First time ive ever posted i nthis forum but this is a greta extension mate! Nice one!

[Raindancer]

I want it

 

Downloading as soon as i get home from work

[jazz.]

GirlYouRawkMyWorld

LOLOOOOL

[Dalpura]

Patrick you are f*cking awesome. Best thing ever. Very well done and thank you! I just wish I could give you more karma without making you look like a whore. Cheers.

[Johnno]

Nice, nice.

 

Opera 8 was released but days ago... nudge, nudge.

[PatrickW]

Thanks for all the warm words everyone, now hand-over the bug-reports

 

@PresidentKiller: Thanks for the screeny

@Tsuroki: Thanks for the pin

@Dalpura: I don't mind standing out from the crowd

@Johno: feel free to implement the same functionality in opera (I won't since I'm very selfish, and don't use opera)

[Tornado Rex]

I like it

 

One suggestion (if possible). When you add a tag (such as code or quote, etc) is there any way to put the cursor in the middle of the start and end tags? Also, would it be possible (well, I know it's possible, more like would you be willing) to add a lil pop up box thing (like when you click the 'http://' etc buttons) for the quote tag to input who made the quote (the =name part of the opening quote tag).

 

Other than those 2 features I wouldn't mind. A+

 

P.S. I haven't found any bugs yet. Good job

[Waste]

 

Nice, nice.

 

Opera 8 was released but days ago... nudge, nudge.

I posted a solution to that awhile back.

Someone made a "BBCode" extension for 7.54 that was very simple to modify.

Let me dig it up and and I may be able to accomodate you.

 

[edit]

Ok, found it.

I will release the edited version later today.

 

 

Waste is testing this thing

 

[edit=2]

I'm getting permission to release it now.

Edited April 26, 2005 by Waste

[EmSixTeen]

Very nice

[Svip]

Seems like your site is refusing me!

 

You're evil.

[GT-1]

I can't get on there either, I know I've visited there before so there is most probably a problem with the site/bandwith etc.

[Tornado Rex]

Mirrored

 

 

[Svip]

Mirrored

Thanks, testing:

 

 

Hi2u	I love pie.
Are	You a pie?
I hate you	Stupid table.

Word.

 

 

Svip thinks...

 

 

• Hi2u
• I love pie
• But this list is evil
• Are you there?
• How about enabling us to allow to set the type of the list?
• Huh?
• Like i, I, a and 1.

[Stefaan]

Whoow, brilliant Patrick. Good job... erm here's a cookie.

[SWEETSAPRIK]

You sir, are the man!

 

SWEETSAPRIK Tests this b!tch.

 

 

Me likey.

 

This	makes	things	easier	since	it	has
more	tags	than	the	other	extensions.

This is the most useful extension evar!

 

• I
• will
• use
• this
• more
• than
• any
• extension
• I've
• downloaded.

Hey, I think I love you.

 

 

 

If I was female, I'd have your babies.

 

I can't think of anything else to say.

 

Seriously, good work man.

 

Screw pinned, this should be in the announcement section so every one sees it.

Edited April 26, 2005 by SWEETSAPRIK

[PatrickW]

It seems that my site's been down for a few hours, but it should be working now again.

 

 

@tornado rex

•Thanx for mirroring.

•Cursor between the tags if nothing was selected sound like a good idea.... I'll see if I can get it there... it's not that trivial

•popup for the the quote-source is also a good idea

 

@waste

Hope you get it to work....

 

@Svip and GT-1

I did not refuse you for personal reasons.

 

@Svip

Where can I find the BBcode syntax for the various list-types ?

 

@stefaan, Sweetsaprik

<3

 

 

There are some more things I'm thinking about trying to implement.

• If make list is performed, with some lines of text selected, it will no longer popup the dialog windows, but it will convert the selected lines into a list.

• I would really like an option, that lets you select a local file, and automaticly uploads it to imageshack, and inserts the correct BBcode for a thumbnail into your document. I'm not yet sure if this is feasible...

[Waste]

Sorry if it seems like I'm trying to hijack your topic, Patrick.

Not my intentions.

[CrazyDude]

Very cool stuff Patrick. Thanks!

[Tsuroki]

< Added links in the main post to Rex's mirror and my mirror. />

[Luke2004]

Great, now I can do:

 

tables!

[TwoZero]

Very nice Patrick

[Octember]

 

nice job.

Octember omgpewp

 

[SWEETSAPRIK]

This owns.

 

One thing though, and keep in mind that I know nothing about programming and such, so I don't know how difficult this would be. I have your extension, BBCode 0.3.7, and BBCodeXtra 0.2.2, and the latter allows for pasting an image link, then selecting it and choosing img, instead of only pasting from the clipboard. And once I've accidentally pasted the link, it's quicker to use the other extension than it is to cut and then select clipboard > img.

 

The only reason I even bother to bring up something so trivial, is because if your extension had the option of doing it either of the two ways, I'd have no use for either of the others. As of now though, I'm keeping the BBCodeXtra just for when I forget and paste without thinking. Again it's no big deal, and it only takes a few seconds, but I type so slow that for me, even a second determines whether I'll post something useful of just repeat what's already been said.

 

Either way kudos, I've seen lots of people do things "for" the forums, but this is one of the few things I've seen that were for the forums exclusively. And this time I'll remember to vote the topic good.