Red Sox Toolbar

[jobrown5vt]

Beta testing this Red Sox Toolbar I wrote that runs in your IE window. Try it out and let me know what you think...

http://www.stillringing.com/redsoxtoolbar/

Suggestions/comments are very welcome

[Optimist]

...people still use IE?

[god is a redsox FAN!]

mozilla here, but i'll give it a shot

[god is a redsox FAN!]

but i noticed this was under the fight and crap section, so what are we fighting about in here?

[jobrown5vt]

Not if they can help it, I'm sure.

I'm testing another one in FireFox right now.

[jobrown5vt]

It's IE only right now. It won't work in Mozilla.

...

I figured this topic was closer to "crap" than "fights"

[Optimist]

but i noticed this was under the fight and crap section, so what are we fighting about in here?

Generally, all attempts to promote something are "crap."

[yeszir]

I figured this topic was closer to "crap" than "fights"
Indeed. <_<

[god is a redsox FAN!]

hahaha, true true

[schillingouttheks]

Indeed. <_<
Well, at least you didn't have to move it and warn the person.

[RedSoxRooter]

This is pretty cool. It installed and works great. I like how it pulls the headlines.

I think the only thing I'd add are more links.

I guess from my personal list I'd add:

The Hartford Current page (though this is a low priority because they suck)
Bill Simmons Page2 link
The Weei feed maybe?
Talksox
SoSH
The Soxaholix
Rotoworld Red Sox page

Also, and this is just me, is there any way you could make it so that it doesn't default to BostonDirtDogs? Maybe Red Sox.com would be better. I just hate BDD.

Other than that, nice nice job.

[yeszir]

Yea, Talksox has an RSS feed that you can most certainly add. There are seperate forum feeds as well.

[jobrown5vt]

I added the Talksox rss feed and the soxaholix feed... those should be showing up now.

The toolbar doesn't like the Sports Guys feed for some reason. Thats definitely something I'll need to fix. The other sites mentioned didn't have feeds (that I could find, anyway.)

Thanks for the suggestions!

[schillingouttheks]

Wow man, it actually is pretty cool. Good stuff :D

Good job too.

[RedSoxRooter]

Hey, that's pretty sweet it updates automatically!

[Soxfan#1]

I'll download it tomorow. Sounds cool.

[yeszir]

Hey, that's pretty sweet it updates automatically!
Thats what RSS is fool. :lol:

[RedSoxRooter]

no, smartass. I meant his programming changes, not the feeds.

[yeszir]

no, smartass. I meant his programming changes, not the feeds.
Oh. I use FireFox. I dont have the toolbar. :(

[jobrown5vt]

Bill Simmons site should be showing up in the toobar now. I had to replace all "&"'s in the rss link with "amp;"....

That's an hour of my life I'm never gettin back

[jobrown5vt]

no, smartass. I meant his programming changes, not the feeds.

The toolbar checks a public xml doc for the list of available feeds, then goes and gets the headlines - so I can change the feeds at any time

[jobrown5vt]

new feeds/new version available

[RedSoxRooter]

do I have to reinstall to see them?

[jobrown5vt]

na, you shouldn't need to - you should be picking up the CBS4 sox feed now. The new version is a little more stable and a little faster but its probably not even noticable.




http://www.stillringing.com/redsoxtoolbar/

[KeepTheFaith1229]

I installed it and everything but it's not showing up.



EDIT: Nevermind, got it.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Wait...when I open the dropdown list and click something, nothing happens.


....?

[jobrown5vt]

Wait...when I open the dropdown list and click something, nothing happens.


....?

Still not working? Selecting a different source from the 'source' dropdown should refresh the headlines in the 'headlines' dropdown ... and then you should be able to launch out to the story using the go button.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

All I have is the Sox symbol, then it says Source: with a dropdown menu of Boston.com, Boston Herald, etc. When I click on one of those, nothing happens.

[jobrown5vt]

All I have is the Sox symbol, then it says Source: with a dropdown menu of Boston.com, Boston Herald, etc. When I click on one of those, nothing happens.

Can you see the whole toolbar? You might have to unlock the toolbar then grab the left edge and drag it down to expose the whole thing.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

I don't think I'm seeing the whole thing...I can't get it to work.



EDIT: Eureka! I've got it!

[yankeessuck013]

are there any viruses associated wiht this, if not I'll probably download it.

[jobrown5vt]

are there any viruses associated wiht this, if not I'll probably download it.

No viruses.... Unless you're a yankees fan, then all bets are off. j/k

[jobrown5vt]

Fixed something that was really bothering me. The toolbars visual style should now look like XP instead of the ghetto windows 95 style it had before. You'll have to install the new version to get the new look though.

New version here...
http://www.stillringing.com/redsoxtoolbar/

This should be the last update for a while... I hope.

[ClayBuchholzIsDaFuture]

Saw this on another board, this toolbar picks up feeds from redsox.com, BDD, boston.com, boston herald, CBS4, Bill Simmons, FoxSports, 2 different ProJo sites, soxaholics, SportsBlogs and TalkSox.com ... I'm sure it'll come in handy, enjoy . :)


Link: http://www.stillringing.com/redsoxtoolbar/


*Only for Internet Explorer users*

[schillingouttheks]

http://www.talksox.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5285

The guy that created it posted it, lol.

[ClayBuchholzIsDaFuture]

http://www.talksox.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5285

The guy that created it posted it, lol.
LOL,well, can't blame me for thinking of you guys ...

[ClayBuchholzIsDaFuture]

Mod can you delete this thread? ty ...

[stocker323]

I'll just merge it with the other one.

[jobrown5vt]

Saw this on another board, this toolbar picks up feeds from redsox.com, BDD, boston.com, boston herald, CBS4, Bill Simmons, FoxSports, 2 different ProJo sites, soxaholics, SportsBlogs and TalkSox.com ... I'm sure it'll come in handy, enjoy . :)


Link: http://www.stillringing.com/redsoxtoolbar/


*Only for Internet Explorer users*

nice to hear that it's workin

[jobrown5vt]

The toolbar has been out for a while so I'm jsut checking in to see if anybody has any suggestions or found any bugs. Seems like it's getting a decent amount of use (about 500 hits a day).

I haven't forgetten about a Firefox version - just been caught up in some other projects. It's coming soon.

[RedSoxRooter]

No problems from me. Actually, I forgot it was installed..

[CalvnHobs6]

Just looking forward to firefox! It sounds awesome.