Competitions Discussion Thread Part 8

toomanykids

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Thanks jaxdia. I'll go look for it. :T

Nicky63

Adblock is heaven on a plate!! for anyone doubting it, trial it on firefox and then do your ITV comps! no more banner adds and daft women raving about slimfast or whatever. The page loads in half the time because it has half as much to do

jaxdia

31 - 50

Al_Mac wrote: »

Adblock has to be taught? There as no UK subscription. Is that right?

The US "EasyList" one works extremely well for the UK too. It hasn't come across an advert it couldn't see yet.

SoozyJ22

Does anyone know of a version of Snap Links that works with version 3.0.3 of Firefox? I can't find any on the Firefox addons page that do and I want to give it a try

toniq

50+

me thinks josie or VG know xxx

josie301

50+

SoozyJ22 wrote: »

Does anyone know of a version of Snap Links that works with version 3.0.3 of Firefox? I can't find any on the Firefox addons page that do and I want to give it a try

yup - I'm using FF 3.0.3 with smaplinks 0.0.5 from here - although I think Jaxidia said there was a newer version, but this one works fine for me

PeteW

Hello,

I've come up with a way of customizing Mozilla Firefox so that any links you've already clicked on show up In red. This means you can instantly tell that you have already entered a competition.

As mentioned you need to use Firefox, it will NOT work in any other browser.
All you need to do is create a custom stylesheet, which I will explain below.

1) Open up Notepad: Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad

2) Copy and paste in the below code:

@-moz-document domain(forums.moneysavingexpert.com)
{
  .postTemplate a:visited {
      color: #f00 !important;
  }
}

3) Go File > Save As, and navigate to either of the following directories, depending on which version of Windows you are using:

a) Windows XP : C:\Documents and Settings\<YOUR USER>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.<RANDOM CODE>\chrome

b) Windows Vista : C:\Users\<YOUR USER>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<RANDOM CODE>.default\chrome

4) Save as userContent.css

5) Restart Firefox

Your visited links within posted messages should then come up as red - they do for me anyway!

Hope this helps,

Pete

iluvfreebies

this is something which really annoys me - would be goo where you could mark in some way posts you have already looked at - i usually make sure to thank the person so then i know if i have looked at the post before but this can take a long time especially when doing loads at once as i usually do. anyone got any other suggestions on how to know what ones u have already looked at - for internet explorer users

josie301

50+

PeteW wrote: »

b) Windows Vista : C:\Users\<YOUR USER>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<RANDOM CODE>.default\chrome

Thanks Pete, was hoping to try this and be able to see the red link when I hovered my mouse over the threads,

but.. I can't 'save as' in the above directory as I don't appear to have one. (and yes I did change the details to mine )



ah well - I'll just stick to using the

(links I've been to turn purple anyways...)

lilias

Al_Mac wrote: »

If you have to read the post with the link, surely it is just as easy to click the thanks, which shows appreciation for effort.

You can also subscribe to each thread which gives you a tick so you don't need to open the thread to see if you've entered that comp. Might take a few seconds but this is a hobby, not a race.