Topic: New Firefox Extension - Easy to create and works in FF 4
As you may notice (http://chevereto.com/foro/topic47-firef … nsion.html) the current Firefox extension doesn't work on Firefox 3. So, after a little research I rewrite the code and I'm here to sharew with you the new Firefox extension that works with Firefox 3.X and the earlier Firefox 4 betas. So... Lets start, it takes around 5 minutes to do it and no hard modifications, just follow the steps.
First Step: The files
Download here Chevereto_right-click_2.0.xpi and rename it to Chevereto_right-click_2.0.zip then unzip it. You should get this:
chrome (folder) It contains the folders "content" and "locale"
chrome.manifest (file) This is where you add/remove lang support currently have English and Spanish
install.rdf (file) This contains information about the extension like extension url, author, etc.
Second Step: Edit install.rdf
In the root where you unzip the package, you get the file intall.rdf which contains general info about the extension... You should edit only between lines 6 to 9. Example, this lines are editable:
<em:name>Example right-click</em:name>
<em:version>1.0</em:version>
<em:creator>Mr. Example</em:creator>
<em:homepageURL>http://www.example.com</em:homepageURL>
Btw, you can also edit line 4 and put your own e-mail... Example:
<em:id>me@example.com</em:id>
So compare this examples with what you get on the original install.rdf and you will be on your way.
Third Step: chrome.manifest
If you want your extension in English or Spanish then skip this step. The rest of the people please read.
In this step we will add lang suport to the extension. To do that simply open chrome.manifest and add your language, one per line. Example:
content godlikea chrome/content/
locale godlikea en-US chrome/locale/en-US/
locale godlikea es-ES chrome/locale/es-ES/
locale godlikea ru-RU chrome/locale/ru-RU/overlay chrome://browser/content/browser.xul chrome://godlikea/content/overlay.xul
In blue I have added Russian language.... So go to chrome/locale/ and you will see the folders "en-US" y "es-ES". Copy one of then an rename to "ru-RU".
Four Step: Contex menu text
Go to chrome/locale/ and for each language edit the contains of overlay.dtd that is inside of "en-US" or in this example "ru-RU":
<!ENTITY godlikeaUp.label "????????? ? EXAMPLE">
<!ENTITY godlikeaRup.label "????????? ? ???????? ?????? ?? EXAMPLE">
PS: Google translate... Sorry Russian friends if is a wrong translation.
This two lines contains the text that the user will see when he righ-click on an image.
Five Step: Point the Chevereto's URL
Go to chrome/content and open Overlay.js then just edit the line 3 pointing your chevereto's url:
Chevereto: "http://www.example.com", /* NO ENDING SLASH! - SIN SLASH AL FINAL */
Notice: No ending slash...
Six Step: Icons
if you want your own icons to be shown in the extensions menu and in the context menu... Then go to: chrome/content and replace favicon.png with a 16x16 png image and icon.png with a 32x32 png image.
Final Step: "Compile" the .xpi
So, save all the changes and then go to the root where you have chrome folder, chrome.manifest file and install.rdf Select them all and then zip it. Once you get something like myfile.zip rename it to myfile.xpi or some. And yes.. It must be ZIP, no rar, ace or some other formats. JUST ZIP!
Then you have it, open the xpi file with Firefox and test!
