=====FireNICO=====

FireNICO – A FireFox Extension for NICOClub Discussion Forums running ZeroForum (meh) Software.

Over 5,000 members have installed FireVortex for VWVortex Community Forums.... Used by Advertisers, Moderators, and Members of VMG Community Forums.

FireNICO is a fork to bring some of the same bug fixes and minor feature enhancements to ZeroForum on NICOClub.com

=====FireNICO Works On=====

http://forums.nicoclub.com/*
http://forums.altimas.org/*
http://nico.zeroforum.com/*

=====System Requirements=====

FireNICO has been tested on the following systems:
Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, BSD, Linux (Distros: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora Core)

Firefox: 3.5 (recommended)

=====Install Now=====

...PLEASE READ THE FAQ BELOW TO ANSWER COMMON PROBLEMS...

=====Known Bugs=====

=====Features=====

- Toolbar
-- Top toolbar to quickly access: Favorite forums, watchlist, and buddy list
- Hover Sidebar
-- hover sidebar to quickly access: Favorite forums, watchlist, and buddy list
- Thread Preview
-- Hover over any thread link, and a window will pop-up with the first post of that thread. (includes reply to post page when hovering over thread title)
- Resize large images
-- Set a max-width pixel size so images do not over run the browser
- Embed Media
-- Embed a number of different media objects directly in the forum (youtube, etc...)
- Kill-Quotes-In-Signatures
-- Kill any quoted text placed in signatures
- Kill-Images-In-Signatures
-- Kill any images placed in signatures
- Kill-Quoted-Images
-- Kill any image which was quoted in a post
- Kill-A-Thread
-- Select any thread to *hide* from a forum. FILO - up to 90. Easily knock out annoying threads in a cluttered forum. Downside, it won't pull in additional threads on the page. You can still toggle kill threads on and off.
- Kill-All-Stickies
-- Tired of seeing stickies? Get rid of them all but you can toggle the display on/off at anytime. Site wide, I'll work on making them forum specific.
- Kill-All-Locks
-- Remove locked threads from view. Get rid of them all but you can toggle the display on/off at anytime. Site wide, I'll work on making them forum specific.
- Ignore User
-- Either sync with your IM ban list or keep a separate list. Ignore User will *hide* any thread started on a forum page, and posts/replies on thread pages. Again, you can toggle on and off and those posts are highlighted red. Downside, I still have to address quoted posts. You can view the list of ignore users on the IM Ban page. IF Sync'd to IM Ban, takes up to an hour to cache data.
- Forum Auto-Refresh Timer
-- Setup a refresh rate on a forum page. The browser will refresh every XX minutes.
- Favorite Forum
-- Save your favorite forum for quick reference
- Highlight Users
-- Highlight Own Posts and Buddy Posts
- Buddy List
-- Create a simple list of buddies and shown in a drop down on the top bar.
- Embedded Quick Reply
-- embedded quick reply form
- Rich Edit
-- Fixes javascript issues with Zeroforum, allow proper placement of cursor position for inserting emoticons and editing.
- Quick Comments
-- Store snippets of text for quick reference in new posts/replies
- Quick Thread Reply
-- Reply to a thread without leaving the page inline at the bottom of each page (no pop-up)
- Custom Emoticons
-- Store a link to your favorite emoticons for quick reference in making a post. (up to 10)
- Emoticons Packs
-- FN provides "free-of-charge" additional emoticons to use
- Character Counter
-- Displays remaining character limit for posts, sigs, and bio.
- Quick Search Forum
-- Displays a form to quickly search a given forum
- Search History
-- Save the last 35 search terms
- Search Multiple Forums at once
-- Opens each forum into a new tab
- Change Post/Reply TextArea Size
-- Increase the size of box for making new posts and replies
- Bump-A-Thread
-- Easily bump your threads, make a quick reply all from your watched topics page

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- "My Page"
-- When watched topics and favorite forums are enabled, the main page of the forums will dynamically display all the latest posts and replies.
- "My Page" Shoutbox
-- A simple ajax shoutbox is displayed on the 'my page' enabling instant chat room with FireVortex users.

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- And many more features...

Enjoy :

FireVortex is Licensed under Creative Commons. Stealing and not telling is a no no...

=====Privacy=====

FireNICO does not contain any spyware, malware, hijack links or insert any referral links. FireNICO does not report back user behavior and browsing habits.

FireNICO stores data local inside the FireFox profile and various cookies:

Watchlist - cookie (per domain)
Search History - cookie (per domain)
Favorite Forums - cookie (per domain)

=====Disclaimer=====

FireNICO is not associated with NICOClub and the forum entities which FireNICO runs on.

Software downloaded from the firenico.com (FIRENICO) web site is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for a purpose, or the warranty of non-infringement. Without limiting the foregoing, that firenico.com (FIRENICO) makes no warranty that:

1. the software will meet your requirements
2. the software will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free
3. the results that may be obtained from the use of the software will be effective, accurate or reliable
4. the quality of the software will meet your expectations
5. any errors in the software obtained from the firenico.com (FIRENICO) web site will be corrected.

Software and its documentation made available on the firenico.com (FIRENICO) web site:

6. could include technical or other mistakes, inaccuracies or typographical errors. The firenico.com (FIRENICO) may make changes to the software or documentation made available on its web site.
7. may be out of date, and the firenico.com (FIRENICO) makes no commitment to update such materials.

The firenico.com (FIRENICO) and rich! (CREATOR) assumes no responsibility for errors or ommissions in the software or documentation available from its web site.

In no event shall the firenico.com (FIRENICO) and rich! (CREATOR) be liable to you or any third parties for any special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not the firenico.com (FIRENICO) has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use of this software.

The use of the software downloaded through the firenico.com (FIRENICO) site is done at your own discretion and risk and with agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from such activities. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the firenico.com (FIRENICO) or from the firenico.com (FIRENICO) web site shall create any warranty for the software.

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Emoticons courtesy of

Please, never download FireNICO unless it originates from http://firenico.com

Modified by rich! at 7:45 PM 6/30/2009

Changelog

A Javascript Error Pop-up displays when I'm viewing a Thread or Forum
(ie Error: document.getElementById("fv-header-favforum") is null)
Send me an IM or use the report bug feature located in the menu bar. Please report the exact error along with the click-thru sequence prior to the pop-up.

How do I Add a Favorite Forum to my Drop-Down?
When viewing a forum category page (ie, Computers) In the menu area on the top left. You'll see a :heart: next to 'Favorite'. Just click the button and refresh the page.

How do I Add a Buddy to my Drop Down?
View a user profile and click on 'Add Buddy'

What is FN-QR?
When a user posts using the "FireNICO Quick Reply"

Lost Favorites Forums
Currently the favorite forums are stored in a cookie. Please check your internet/firewall/antivirus settings.

Slow Loading Thread Preview
Thread previewing parses the 'print' version of a thread. If a thread is over 100 pages, it may take some time for the content to load into the background of Firefox (it is cached for future use)

My IMs Now Open as a Full Size Window
A weird bug exists with Firefox 3.0 in which installing/updating an extension the windows will return to full size. Users have reported double clicking the title bar each time will return the window to normal size. Eventually Firefox will restore this behavior to normal. No known fix at this time.

I Killed-A-Thread and Now Can Not Find it
When you kill a thread, FireVortex will just hide the thread in the HTML. A toggle button will appear at the top menu area indicating a thread was hidden. Simply click the toggle button to view. You can click on the [+] link and the thread will no longer be killed.

I Killed Threads or Ignored Users and Now Only See 10 threads on a Page
FireVortex will just 'hide' a thread from view, it will NOT pull in additional threads to replace the hidden ones.

What is this My FireNICO Page?
This page will automatically aggregate RSS data from your favorite forums and watched topics. You can automatically reload feed by clicking on the tabs to keep up on current discussions.

What is the Shoutbox?
The shoutbox is a simple ajax chatroom which you can chat with other FireNICO users in real time. (no refreshing). I only ask to keep it clean (NC-17) but what happens here is OTR.

What are the limits on Killing threads, Buddies, Ignored Users, and such...
On the My FireNICO page, a Stats section will list the current limits.

How do I Change FireNICO Options?
In Firefox; Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > FireNICO: Click on Options.

I Changed an Option but nothing happened
'Save' the options page, and refresh the page.

I Made Changes to the Options or Killed a Thread, Added a Buddy, Ignored a Users but Everything Resets
Firefox will rollback changes if a crash occurs. If you exit Firefox properly, all changes made within FireNICO will be saved.

I just Installed/Upgraded FireNICO and no Watched Topics
FireNICO parses data every 30 minutes to an hour when you are currently browsing the forums. This data is stored in a cookie as well. (double check your browser/firewall/antivirus settings)

I don't see such and such emoticon
Some emoticons are hidden and only appear during certain months. I also try and add a few new ones for each release.

I use FireNICO at Home, Laptop and Work, Can I Sync my Data?
No, Data is stored local in the user.js file. Other extensions have the ability to sync multiple profiles.

How do I know what Version of FireNICO is Installed?
In Firefox; Tools > Add-ons > Extensions > FireNICO

When I use Google Image or Yahoo Image Search, FireNICO Menu Bar Displays
Greasemonkey compares the url location to invoke FireNICO. I have tried to block them out but a few may slip in here and there.

Is FireNICO Available for Other Browsers?
Currently testing for Webkit - . Sorry, No IE (ever)

"The Screen flash" using FireNICO
FireVortex runs internally on Greasemonkey. A drawback to this method is how Greasemonkey interacts with Firefox.

Quote, originally posted by eurovw95 »

download firefox go to http://firevortex.net/download/ and download it. its alot better then the stock vortex.. its like OEM+ for vortex...

Quote, originally posted by Diamond Dave »

If you're not using Rich's FireVortex script, you just aren't surfing the Vortex. It' just amazing. Actually, one of my favorite pieces of the script is how my posts are hghlighted on the page. Well, that's not true, my favorite is having all the idiots that quote 10 pictures just to say "Wow" is now changed to links. SO nice. By the way, Rich does drink beer and he's open to donations. :

Quote, originally posted by Capt.Dreadz »

I've been running FireVortex for awhile now. I can't see surfing the tex without it.

Quote, originally posted by fife78 »

Oh, and thanks for the tip about firevortex. Its like going from NA lights to Ecodes!!

Quote, originally posted by jnm2.0t »

thats what firevortex is for, block out the nutjobs on both sides and thread delete for the totally asinine threads.

Quote, originally posted by SteveMKIIDub »

FireVortex rocks...... just wanted to throw it out there!

Modified by rich! at 5:20 PM 2/3/2009

Modified by rich! at 5:26 PM 2/3/2009

FireNICO Preferences (Tools > Options > Extensions > FireNICO > Options)

coming very soon...

Modified by rich! at 5:27 PM 2/3/2009

Please report any bugs/feedback here... most of the stuff is a straight fork from FireVortex and what the members have requested over the years. I have no problems with tweaking stuff, I can be a little slow at times but generally try and honor whatever request there may be (if its possible)

Some bugs may exists... as I probably missed a bunch of stuff!

I do have some new features coming for FF3.1 as well. I'll stay active here (and not tempt myself with a 370Z :P )

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Oh and IBT what the heck is "FN-QR". I'm not sure if it exists here but there is a back-end database bug with zeroforum on the vwvortex and blank titles when it comes to moderation of threads. This is just a simple fix for that but I'll add an option in the future to add your own or keep the default

Quote, originally posted by Tita »

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Check out PROJEKT DAZE

also there was a problem installing the new extention on my firefox,

I changed the install.rdf to
<em:minVersion>2*</em:minVersion><em:maxVersion>3.0.*</em:maxVersion>
and it worked

any reason for using the old bonecho builds instead of FF3?

//edit// Scratch that, I figured it out, its in the personal profile area. Cool.

Also, all the picture icons next to the NICO settings on my bookmarks are changed to a purple vortex/black hole thing instead of the NICO red/blue parallel stripes. Please change back!

The hovering thing on the left side of the page is annoying and distracting. I wish there was a better place to put it.

I don't understand the highlighting function and it was also annoying, so I disabled the plug in. Sorry, but too many things about it that are just plain annoying to me.

Sorry to hear, definitely not for everyone but you can disable most of the options (90% of them on/off) As each one was requested in the past by members. Just about all options are enabled by default.

Tools > Add-ins > Extensions > FireNICO > "Options"

(sidebar can become a topbar - but in a future version an option to disable all together)

Ah the favicon, something I left out from the switchover. (as that is the symbol for the vwvortex but in red = fire)

Quote, originally posted by FlatBlackIan »

Just out of curiosity, how does the whole "buddy list" and whatnot work. How do I go about adding a user to my buddy list? //edit// Scratch that, I figured it out, its in the personal profile area. Cool.

The idea was able to find a friend on the forum to quickly IM but it will also highlight their posts if that option is enabled (within forum categories and within threads)

Never if that is the case There are too many unique instances when you are mucking around with rendered HTML and Greasemonkey (plus other oddball extensions that interfere - adblock sometimes, stylish, dom changes, etc... ) If the site admin or zeroforum make a small change in the html, it could break everything.

I like these little green guys lol

(update via tools > add-ons > extensions > "find updates")

Thanks for returning the thread... :P

+5

how do you add friends? and change the "favorite forums" in the floating tab?

Quote, originally posted by S133P3R »

and when i get paid, youll get some beer. how do you add friends? and change the "favorite forums" in the floating tab?

View a profile for the 'buddy thing'. (you can also ignore a user, which will "block" all threads and posts created by which you can quickly toggle on/off from view)

Favorites: View a main forum category, you'll see a button at the top row with a :heart:, just click it to add to the list. Then selecting the forum in the drop down will redirect you to that forum. also if you have the main page enabled, it will pull in the rss feeds of new posts for your favorites and watched topics. (fast way to keep track of new discussions)

I'll get some screenshots posted today some from the vwvortex
add buddy: http://media.firevortex.net/sc...5.gif
forum category: (see the favorite button) http://media.firevortex.net/sc...5.gif

Thanks!

Well RSS (always been there) allows you keep track of threads/forums without email notifications. Personally, I use bloglines.com for all of my rss feeds. But if you do a google search for rss aggregators, you'll find plenty of examples (even a few firefox addons as well, my.yahoo, igoogle, etc...)

I added it to the list and just need to send up another update. (maybe later this afternoon?)

If others exist, let me know... this is what i have so far:
// @include http://forums.nicoclub.com/*
// @include http://forums.altimas.org/*
// @include http://forums.g35club.org/*
// @include http://nico.zeroforum.com/*

I still have to play with it more...and I'll get back to you with any problems I run into...but it ROCKS!!!

Those were all things that were annoying me as well. A little tweaking of the preferences, and I think it greatly improves the browsing experience.

Im glad we are back to the old red blue stripe too, that vortex just felt wrong.

Well done Rich, keep up the good work.

Wow I should have read all of your third post...

Philadelphia Police Dept. Application Process
Delayed because Mayor Nutter is a D-Bag
(AKA Citywide budget crisis)

New Castle County (DE) Police Dept. Application Process
Waiting on a test date...

Tools > Add-Ons > Extensions > FireNICO "Options" > Viewing Threads

Should be a few options for sigs: killing quotes & killing images

i'll get some more updates later this weekend, pesky work duties - and i just noticed my server took a dump weird my others are up. let me figure this out.