Hi everyone,

you might have seen my post on the Website Management Navbar and thought that was a cool idea, well I decided to take it one step further and create a firefox add-on that would do the same.

Enter SmugManager, during the past few weeks I have forgone all other interests (to my fiancee's dismay) to develop this baby.


basically, you enter your account(s) information and it allows access to many of the configuration, information, galleries and cutomization pages available through SmugMug.

It also has it's own bookmark list where you can place private galleries and other important websites (like Dgrin ).

This add-on should be most usefull to those who do a lot of customization or those who have/manage several accounts.

To access the SmugManager Homepage follow this Link, there you'll find the download link, as well as instructions.

Currently, SmugManager has been tested to be compatible with Firefox 1.5 - 2.0 on Windows XP. I would appreciate input of compatibility with other platforms.


Note: I'm still waiting for mozilla to approve the add-on so it can be hosted there, I will add a download link from there when it's available.

Last Build : Nov 8, 2006 2:34PM EST

Dec 20, 2006: SmugManager has been approved by mozilla, the official link is here .

Sept 19, 2010: I have decided to close my smugmug account, but fear not, smugmanager remains in the mozilla website. Hopefully this doesn't affect the API key assiged to smugmanager.

Originally Posted by javier.rinaldi you might have seen my post on the Website Management Navbar and thought that was a cool idea, well I decided to take it one step further and create a firefox add-on that would do the same. Enter SmugManager, during the past few weeks I have forgone all other interests (to my fiancee's dismay) to develop this baby.

Excellent work Javier!

I will continue to use your javascript code as it's install once, use anywhere (I do access my site from multiple locations and browsers and don't want to or can't install a Firefox add-on everywhere), however I will probably install this on my laptop.

Looking for feedback? It's just minor UI stuff and a doc typo... (this is all based on your doc pages, I haven't actually installed it yet)

1) You've made the name on the accept button "Edit" for edit account/bookmark. I think it makes more sense as "Accept".

2) Consistency: You have options to Remove Account/Bookmark, however the confirmation that pops up says Delete Account/Bookmark.

3) Maybe make the delete confirmation default to No? (note I'm just looking at your doc page where Yes is selected, perhaps it does default to no already).

4) On Step 6, you call it the "Boomarks Dialog". Did you write this on Halloween?

Like I said, minor stuff...

Originally Posted by BeachBill Excellent work Javier! I will continue to use your javascript code as it's install once, use anywhere (I do access my site from multiple locations and browsers and don't want to or can't install a Firefox add-on everywhere), however I will probably install this on my laptop. Looking for feedback? It's just minor UI stuff and a doc typo... (this is all based on your doc pages, I haven't actually installed it yet) 1) You've made the name on the accept button "Edit" for edit account/bookmark. I think it makes more sense as "Accept". 2) Consistency: You have options to Remove Account/Bookmark, however the confirmation that pops up says Delete Account/Bookmark. 3) Maybe make the delete confirmation default to No? (note I'm just looking at your doc page where Yes is selected, perhaps it does default to no already). 4) On Step 6, you call it the "Boomarks Dialog". Did you write this on Halloween? Like I said, minor stuff...

Thank Bill,

appreciate the feedback, I built this with my mind more on folks who manage multiple sites.

FF2, Mac, installed, get the icon, and the toolbar is blank
The blank space below web dev and above the tabs, is your toolbar- if I click your gear icon, it goes away, or reappears. But nothing else.

Originally Posted by Andy FF2, Mac, installed, get the icon, and the toolbar is blank The blank space below web dev and above the tabs, is your toolbar- if I click your gear icon, it goes away, or reappears. But nothing else.

Wish I had a Mac to test this on. I'll see what I can do.

I've updated the code with Bill's suggestions and looked into the MAC compatibility, I re-packaged the extension using a dirrefent format, maybe that will help. I think the problem is the overlay not being found or perhaps not loaded because of file format issues

Originally Posted by javier.rinaldi I've updated the code with Bill's suggestions and looked into the MAC compatibility, I re-packaged the extension using a dirrefent format, maybe that will help. I think the problem is the overlay not being found or perhaps not loaded because of file format issues

Installed new version, no change

Jav,
Just installed it. winXP pro, Firefox 1.5
Still trying it out, so far no problems.
Great tool....Thanks

Originally Posted by Andy Installed new version, no change

Hmm, I'll keep digging. There's no reason for it not to work, since it's all written on xul and javascript. I'll post a new build tomorrow after I do some research, it's probably some as simple as the carriage return format.

Originally Posted by javier.rinaldi Hmm, I'll keep digging. There's no reason for it not to work, since it's all written on xul and javascript. I'll post a new build tomorrow after I do some research, it's probably some as simple as the carriage return format.

Javier,

I have had a quick look at your code, my guess it that one of the functions is failing. Try adding try {} catch(e) {alert(e)} error handling inside all of your functions and see if that produces any new information.

Cheers,

David

Originally Posted by devbobo Javier, I have had a quick look at your code, my guess it that one of the functions is failing. Try adding try {} catch(e) {alert(e)} error handling inside all of your functions and see if that produces any new information. Cheers, David

I think it might have been my toggle toolbar function, I had a mismatch on the ID for the toolbar. In any case there's a new build there now

A few other tips...

document.persist("SmugManager-Toolbar", "collapsed");

can be handled in the xul file by setting...

persist="hidden collapsed"


account_title_list = new Array();

arrays can use a shorthand notation...

account_title_list = [];

Originally Posted by devbobo A few other tips... document.persist("SmugManager-Toolbar", "collapsed"); can be handled in the xul file by setting... persist="hidden collapsed" account_title_list = new Array(); arrays can use a shorthand notation... account_title_list = [];

Thanks Devbobo,

I am using the persistence properties to keep the toolbar hidden/shown between sessions, this function is used by the toolbar button to toggle the persistence state without having to right-click and change the state manually.

thanks for the array shorthand, should come it handy.

Javier,

Andy just IM'd and no dice with that new install. I highly recommend that you add try-catch handling, as I know with my extension that I had issues with mac that weren't appearing on pc.

Cheers,

David

Originally Posted by javier.rinaldi Thanks Devbobo, I am using the persistence properties to keep the toolbar hidden/shown between sessions, this function is used by the toolbar button to toggle the persistence state without having to right-click and change the state manually. thanks for the array shorthand, should come it handy.

Tried again, no worky... Holler when ready!

Originally Posted by devbobo Javier, Andy just IM'd and no dice with that new install. I highly recommend that you add try-catch handling, as I know with my extension that I had issues with mac that weren't appearing on pc. Cheers, David

I'll try the catching and see what happens

here is a debug build with the try/catch method applied to all javascript functions Debug Build Updated 11-8-2006 1434

There's a new build ready, hopefully it'll be mac ready now

Mac ready? You bet. Nice job, Javier!

Originally Posted by javier.rinaldi There's a new build ready, hopefully it'll be mac ready now

w00t

Whoa, now THIS is awesome! Nice job