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RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

Jay Levitt — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:11:06 GMT

I've been using the above technique in Firefox 3 on the Mac, but every time I try, I seem to be logged out of Newsgator Online. (I don't use it for actual browsing; I have FeedDemon via Parallels for that.) And the Newsgator Online login screen doesn't save the original parameters it received, so once I log in, I'm no longer adding a feed - it just throws me into the main window. I have to hit the back button until I get back to the feed, then try adding it again. Very annoying.

Are there any workarounds? The toolbar's not an option, since it doesn't support the Mac.

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

g5kmknee3j2tuck — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:47:58 GMT

You shouldn't change settings in your prefs.js file. You have to make a textfile, rename it user.js and move it to your profile folder (same folder where prefs.js is). The settings in user.js are automatically copied to the prefs.js each time the browser starts and overwrite the respective settings in prefs.js. Firefox has no access to user.js. Making a user.js and copying some important "key" settings to it is a good way to backup your settings and to make sure, Firefox doesn't change them somehow.

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

critter42 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:57:09 GMT

Those lines should already be there, so there's nothing to add - you just need to edit them. To add or edit things in about:config, just right-click and a context menu will pop-up with new, edit, copy, etc.

and the file you want is actually called prefs.js not user.js - sorry about that :)

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

pcfountain — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:11:53 GMT

I could use a little more guidance - about:config doesn't let you add settings, and I could not find the user.js file in my Firefox directories anywhere.

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

Keith Franklin — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:08:48 GMT

Thanks guys for the extra effort. You both get a gold star. :smooooth:

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

g5kmknee3j2tuck — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:17:42 GMT

OK, I've found it out myself. Copy this code to your user.js and you will be able to select Newsgator (complete with icon!) from the dropdownmenu when you add a feed and select it permanently.

[quote]user_pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.3.title", "NewsGator Online");
user_pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.3.uri", "http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/subext.aspx?url=%s");
[/quote]

[b]Edit[/b]: Adding just this two lines, as critter42 did, is enough. The rest gets added automatically

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

critter42 — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:01:55 GMT

actually, it seems that FF3 doesn't use that key - here's how I got it to work:

What I had to do was replace one of the "default" feed handlers (I swapped out google for this example):

1) go to about:config like normal, look for the keys browser.contentHandler.types.n.xxx where n is a number from 1 to 6 (not sure if that's constant or just on my system, YMMV on the number) and xxx is either type, uri, or title. The only one's we're going to work with are uri and title.

2) change the value of browser.contentHandler.types.2.title from Google to NewsGator

3) change the value of browser.contentHandler.types.2.uri from http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=%s to http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/subext.aspx?url=%s

4) close the about:config screen, close all other Firefox windows and restart Firefox

5) In Firefox, go to Tools->Options->Applications and scroll down until you find "Web Feeds". NewsGator should now be an option on that drop-down menu. Select it and click OK on the preferences window.

You should now be able to bring up the NewsGator Online subscribe dialog like you do when you click one of the +Newsgator buttons you see on various websites when you click the Feed icon in the FF3 address bar :)

Update: I didn't try earlier, but I changed the next one - browser.contentHandler.types.3.title and browser.contentHandler.types.3.uri to the Newgator values above and it added it and let me keep the Google option. It didn't seem to work earlier, but I realized after I posted this that I had never restarted FF the first time either :)

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

g5kmknee3j2tuck — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:36:09 GMT

I know, Keith. But if things can be done without installing something extra, then I generally try it that way. I see if I figure the URL out and post it here.

RE: Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

Keith Franklin — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:48:46 GMT

I don't know, but we have a toolbar that will do that for you. [url=http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FreeTools/Default.aspx]You can get it here for free.[/url]

Firefox 3: browser.feeds.handlers.webservice

g5kmknee3j2tuck — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:44:34 GMT

I want to configure Firefox 3 so that I can click on the RSS icon and add a feed. The parameter for this is browser.feeds.handlers.webservice. What do I have to add as a value that it works with Newsgator online?

Thanks!

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.feeds.handlers.webservice