AkoBrowserPrefs doesn't work in Firefox... (Ongoing post of hacked fixes)

nickm · 12.03.2005, 21:27

I found that the AkoBrowserPrefs module didn't work in Firefox. For me, that wasn't acceptable, so I did some hacking of the module and am starting to make some progress.

For example, here's what I did to make the "Bookmark Website" link work:

1) Create a JS file using the js below, call the file bookmark.js and place it in your /includes/js folder:

Code:

<script>

function bookmarksite(title, url){
	if (document.all)
	window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
	else if (window.sidebar)
	window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "")
}

</script>

2) Go into /modules and open up mod_akobrowserprefs.php. Add the following line somewhere toward the top:

Code:

# Pull in javascript page
   include($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/includes/js/bookmark.js');

3) Go down to this line:

Code:

# Show normal (old style) 'Add to favourites' link
  if ($akobpshowfavs) {
    if ($akobpimages)   echo "<img src=\"".$GLOBALS['mosConfig_live_site']."/modules/mod_akobrowserprefs/abp_favs.png\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\">";
    echo "<a href=\"javascript:;\" onClick=\"window.external.addFavorite('".$mosConfig_live_site."', '".$mosConfig_sitename."')\">"._AKOBP_BMWS."</a><br />";
  }

and change it to:

Code:

# Show normal (old style) 'Add to favourites' link
  if ($akobpshowfavs) {
    if ($akobpimages)   echo "<img src=\"".$GLOBALS['mosConfig_live_site']."/modules/mod_akobrowserprefs/abp_favs.png\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\">";
    echo "<a href=\"javascript:bookmarksite('".$mosConfig_sitename."', '".$mosConfig_live_site."')\">"._AKOBP_BMWS."</a><br />";
  }

And save...

That worked for my "Bookmark Website" link. I'm still working on the other ones to make them work and will post as I find the solutions.

nickm · 14.03.2005, 00:21

Okay, another hack. From my research, it appears that FireFox and Netscape (?) do not allow the changing of the browser homepage via a script.

So, here's the best I could do to make the "Make Homepage" link work...

In the javascript page I mention above, add this just above the </script> tag. Make sure to change the YourSite tags to your own URL:

Code:

function makeHomepage() {
	if  (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1) {	
		document.write('<a href="javascript:;" onClick="this.style.behavior=\'url(#default#homepage)\';this.setHomePage(\'http://www.YourSiteDomain.com\')">Make Homepage</a>'); 
		}  
	else {  
		document.write('<a href="javascript:;" onClick="alert(\'Sorry! This function will not work with non-IE browsers. To make YOURSITENAME your homepage just drag the URL from your URL box to your HOME icon.\')">Make Homepage</a>');
	 }
 }

Then, in the mod_akobrowserprefs.php file, change the line show makehompage code to this:

Code:

# Show 'Make Homepage' link
  if ($akobpshowhome) {
    if ($akobpimages)   echo "<img src=\"".$GLOBALS['mosConfig_live_site']."/modules/mod_akobrowserprefs/abp_home.png\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\">";
    echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">javascript:makeHomepage();</script>       <br />";
  }

I've tested it in IE6, Firefox 1.1 and NS 7.1.