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FBgmail v2 For GMail v2
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Most everyone knows by now that Google released a major update for GMail some time ago. This broke most Greasemonkey scripts for GMail including my FBgmail v1. Google however, in their brilliance, released an "API" specifically for Greasemonkey on the new GMail! I have harnessed this to create a version of FBgmail for the new GMail.
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Stephen Weber at 1195576851//Y-m-d H:i2007-11-20 11:40 | 6 Comments / Trackbacks
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1. Comment at 1195676705//Y-m-d2007-11-21 1195676705//H:i15:25 by Rich
  
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  Where do I input my facebook name and password? All I get with this is "failed to parse account name".
  
  Thanks!
  Rich
2. Comment at 1197752071//Y-m-d2007-12-15 1197752071//H:i15:54 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  Thanks for pointing out this bug — it's fixed now
3. Comment at 1213967568//Y-m-d2008-06-20 1213967568//H:i08:12 by christo
  
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  All I get is a Facebook light blue box with the clickable Facebook logo + the lock inside it but nothing happens if I click on it (the link is declared as "http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ymdfwq781tpu#")
  
  OSX 10.4.11, FF3, GM0.8.20080609.0
4. Comment at 1214281828//Y-m-d2008-06-23 1214281828//H:i23:30 by Jeff
  
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  Hey, just wondering if you'll ever be updating this script!
5. Comment at 1214837627//Y-m-d2008-06-30 1214837627//H:i09:53 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  I don't really use this script anymore. Not sure what's gone wrong - FB has probably changed their API. I may get to it, but I'm rather busy with school and it may be awhile.
6. Comment at 1214855088//Y-m-d2008-06-30 1214855088//H:i14:44 by Jeff Byrnes
  
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  Thanks for the update Stephen
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Facebook Nofitications in GMail
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This script now integrates properly with both GMail and Google Reader. Reinstall and enjoy

"What?" you say, "You don't use Facebook, Stephen, you're so cool and geeky!" Ah, but unfortunately not all of my friends are, and I have been drawn in to the service. Mind you, I don't spend hours reading the profiles of people I don't know I do use it, however.

There's one thing I've always hated about Facebook — the notifications system. Many too many emails flooding my inbox about what is happening, either that or I have to check the site regularly. No RSS on the things you actually want notifications of. Worst of all messages, the one thing you REALLY need notification of, won't even send you an email.

The 'official' solution is to install the Facebook toolbar. I tried it, it's nice, but I don't use the service enough to warrant that screen real-estate OR that memory usage.

My solution is a Greasemonkey script. It integrates notifications of messages, group invites, event invites, and friend requests into the side of your GMail view. Install the script, go to GMail, click the Facebook logo and log in. For best results, check the 'remember me' checkbox (funny, you can't have it remember you for logging in to the site, but for a third-party script you can…). Go back to your GMail and click the link that appeared where the Facebook logo used to be. Voila. If you checked the box, next time you go to GMail it should just display the notifications without intervention from yourself.

Die email notifications!

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- Greasemonkey
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- Hacks
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Stephen Weber at 1177086107//Y-m-d H:i2007-04-20 11:21 | 14 Comments / Trackbacks
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1. Comment at 1177131098//Y-m-d2007-04-20 1177131098//H:i23:51 by Aditya
  
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  Interesting use of the API… integrating it with GMail is a good idea. But not everyone uses GMail's web-interface (for eg.: me :P). However, something that a lot of people use (and your FeedBurner stats will confirm this) is Google Reader.
  
  Also, it makes sense to keep all your 'internet' updates in one place So, maybe you could tweak it to work with that? Or maybe generate an RSS which one could subscribe to in GReader?
  
  Just my two cents…
2. Comment at 1177160732//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177160732//H:i08:05 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @Adit - A GReader port shouldn't be too hard… I'll look into it!
3. Comment at 1177174175//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177174175//H:i11:49 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  This script now integrates properly with both GMail and Google Reader. Reinstall and enjoy
4. Comment at 1177175878//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177175878//H:i12:17 by Aditya
  
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  Beautiful!
5. Comment at 1177176324//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177176324//H:i12:25 by Aditya
  
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  Ok, quickly …. . Any fixes?
6. Comment at 1177176352//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177176352//H:i12:25 by Aditya
  
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  Umm… the link didn't go through Here — http://aditya.vm.googlepages.com/sshot-18.png
7. Comment at 1177176836//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177176836//H:i12:33 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  Sorry — fixed
8. Comment at 1177216441//Y-m-d2007-04-21 1177216441//H:i23:34 by Aditya
  
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  Now I get this … "facebook_gmail_stuff_container.gmail_facebook_fb has no properties"
9. Comment at 1177332111//Y-m-d2007-04-23 1177332111//H:i07:41 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  Alright, I've done a full debug on the login process — should work now
10. Comment at 1179309522//Y-m-d2007-05-16 1179309522//H:i04:58 by Johan Sundström
  
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  Perhaps you should make http://singpolyma.net/greasemonkey/fbgmail (linked from the Facebook initial API login page) redirect here or to http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8530?
11. Comment at 1179351750//Y-m-d2007-05-16 1179351750//H:i16:42 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  Good call Johan! I had meant to make a page there and never got to it…
12. Comment at 1194640917//Y-m-d2007-11-09 1194640917//H:i15:41 by dexter
  
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  sadly this no longer works with the new gmail interface… any fixes forseen?
13. Comment at 1195575211//Y-m-d2007-11-20 1195575211//H:i11:13 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @dexter — working on it
14. Comment at 1195576490//Y-m-d2007-11-20 1195576490//H:i11:34 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  Tada! http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/14247
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For New Blogger : Blogger del.icio.us categorising, pinging, and trackback helper
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I have made some minor bug fixes to this script, as well as made it so that it saves the trackback URLs when you save a draft.

Some time ago I married Johan's del.icio.us and pinging script with my own trackback script into one new script. That script does not work on the new version of Blogger, and the trackback feature has been glitchy for some time. Outgoing trackback is still something we need on the new version of Blogger, and the pinging services provided by this script might even be useful on other blogging services. Del.icio.us posting? Now that we have labels? Well, Freshtags, my calendar widget, and just tag management in general, will work better if you use del.icio.us. If you disagree, this part of the script is optional.

This script does not overwrite the old script. Running both simultaneously will look dumb on the Blogger Classic interface (there will be duplication), but will not break anything. If you only run on the new Blogger, please remove the old script (if you have it installed).

Install the new script

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- Greasemonkey
- Hack
- Hacks
- Tech
- Trackback
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- del.icio.us
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Stephen Weber at 1166726880//Y-m-d H:i2006-12-21 10:48 | 50 Comments / Trackbacks
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1. Comment at 1168438200//Y-m-d2007-01-10 1168438200//H:i06:10 by Aditya
  
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  Thankyoozy for update!
2. Comment at 1170219960//Y-m-d2007-01-30 1170219960//H:i21:06 by Ariel
  
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  This is the update I've been looking for! Question, though: What do I need to do to make the del.icio.us tag field show up? I'm getting the trackback field, but no place for tag input. Thanks in advance.
3. Comment at 1170271920//Y-m-d2007-01-31 1170271920//H:i11:32 by Singpolyma
  
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  @Ariel - the del.icio.us link draws tags from the 'labels' field of the new Blogger no more need for a separate field!
4. Comment at 1170360600//Y-m-d2007-02-01 1170360600//H:i12:10 by Ariel
  
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  the del.icio.us link draws tags from the 'labels' field
  
  That's genius. So will clicking on the labels take readers to the del.icio.us pages, as previously?
5. Comment at 1170361380//Y-m-d2007-02-01 1170361380//H:i12:23 by Ariel & Lindsay
  
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  I should probably clarify a little more. With the previous hack, I liked having the del.icio.us tags appended to the posts, and got a fair bit of traffic from del.icio.us as people launched from one post and then clicked around the index, related tags, etc. Any way that can still be done, in preference to Blogger labels? I have a pretty massive del.icio.us index for my blog which would take a lot of time to bring over.
  
  Thanks again!
6. Comment at 1170361440//Y-m-d2007-02-01 1170361440//H:i12:24 by Ariel
  
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  That last comment was me.
7. Comment at 1170366300//Y-m-d2007-02-01 1170366300//H:i13:45 by Singpolyma
  
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  To make the links point to your del.icio.us account, as previously, change the label-link generating code in your template to this:
  
  <b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
  <div class='tags'> Tags:
  <ul>
  <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='tag'>
  <li><a expr:href='"http://del.icio.us/USERNAME/" + data:tag.name' rel='tag'><data:tag.name/></a></li>
  </b:loop>
  </ul>
  </div>
  </b:if>
8. Comment at 1170447720//Y-m-d2007-02-02 1170447720//H:i12:22 by Ariel
  
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  Great! A tip that may be useful… I've found that by changing the "Tags" or "Labels" text to "Read more:" I get many more pageviews.
9. Comment at 1181410930//Y-m-d2007-06-09 1181410930//H:i12:42 by Daethian
  
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  Where do I insert this script???
10. Comment at 1181414307//Y-m-d2007-06-09 1181414307//H:i13:38 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  You have to have Greasemonkey installed
11. Comment at 1182034580//Y-m-d2007-06-16 1182034580//H:i17:56 by Brian
  
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  I've got it installed and the option to enter a trackback URL now appears on my Blogger (new Blogger) post page… but after I publish my posts I'm not seeing the trackbacks displayed in the posts I'm referencing. Is there something I might be doing wrong?
12. Comment at 1182172146//Y-m-d2007-06-18 1182172146//H:i08:09 by Tragy
  
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  I'm trying to use this script on New Blogger, but I can't have good results for the trackback feature… I can see the textbox where I put the urls to ping, but when I click Publish, nothing happens…
  
  I write from spain, so my blogger account is using spanish language… I don't know if it's cause of this…
  
  Any tips to follow?
13. Comment at 1182218003//Y-m-d2007-06-18 1182218003//H:i20:53 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  The ping is supposed to happen on the next page, it should show status. Are you using blogger FTP? I have not tested on the Spanish blogger, not sure if that's it. Does your Javascript console log any errors?
14. Comment at 1182218144//Y-m-d2007-06-18 1182218144//H:i20:55 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  If you put in the proper trackback URL and see the status says success it should be fine…
15. Comment at 1182220902//Y-m-d2007-06-18 1182220902//H:i21:41 by Tragy
  
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  I was fool… Since I'm not using del.icio.us, I was thinking that I had to click on cancel everytime I post, cause I don't have any name to enter on the diagbox… Now I know that I have to click OK on all diags, and it works fine…
  
  Yeah, I look like a noob…
  
  Sorry for bothering you… And nice work with your code, it works 100%
16. Comment at 1182941141//Y-m-d2007-06-27 1182941141//H:i05:45 by Paul
  
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  Doesn't seem to work for me. I get the new Trackback URL field, but when I click publish, I don't see the status line that it worked, and when I edit the post, the trackback URL is gone (field is empty again).
17. Comment at 1184260158//Y-m-d2007-07-12 1184260158//H:i12:09 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @Paul — this script has not been tested with Blogger blogs not at blogspot.com. If you give me the contents of the JS error console (Firefox or similar) I may be able to fix it for you. The trackback box does not store the URLs, so that's normal.
18. Comment at 1184381634//Y-m-d2007-07-13 1184381634//H:i21:53 by The Old Vic
  
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  Hi,
  I wonder if you can help - I am getting the same problem as Paul above. I have installed Greasemonkey and the widget for the new blogger. I get the new window called trackback but nothing happens. I put the address in the window plus /trackback but no trackback takes place as far as I can tell. Any advice would be much appreciated. Vic
19. Comment at 1184686471//Y-m-d2007-07-17 1184686471//H:i10:34 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @The Old Vic - I have the same thing to say. If you blog is not at *.blogspot.com it may not work because I have no way of testing it in that environment. Send me the JavaScript console contents if you can and maybe I can debug.
20. Comment at 1185325666//Y-m-d2007-07-24 1185325666//H:i20:07 by Tor
  
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  Hey, thanks. I've been in a cryogenic chamber for six months, and am just now needing to deal with all this.
21. Comment at 1185477015//Y-m-d2007-07-26 1185477015//H:i14:10 by Paul
  
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  Oh, I'm sorry. How do I just install this to my blogspot blog?
  
  I am just trying to have trackback to give credit to other blog that I have copied stuff.
  Where would I paste this code in the html template?
  Also I don't have or use delicious…
  
  thanx
  –Paul
22. Comment at 1185485885//Y-m-d2007-07-26 1185485885//H:i16:38 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @Paul — this is a greasemonkey script, get greasemonkey
23. Comment at 1186687762//Y-m-d2007-08-09 1186687762//H:i14:29 by JB
  
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  Ok, this is a really newbie question. I just got into the Trackback concept recently, so since I use the new blogger, I've been looking for something that works with it. I've found this script, so I've installed it (after greasemonkey) and it seems to be OK. When I post (or edit) a new article, the TrackBack field is there. Ok, now the stupid question: what should I put in that box? I've noticed that when I click on the TrackBack blue word, it asks me for my del.icio.us user. I don't know if this is necessary.
  
  Thanks a lot in advance and sorry for such a newbie question.
24. Comment at 1186700409//Y-m-d2007-08-09 1186700409//H:i18:00 by Bobby Revell
  
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  Great article! You have answered my question:)
25. Comment at 1186774290//Y-m-d2007-08-10 1186774290//H:i14:31 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @JB — You put in the trackback URL (linked to from the pot on sites that support it)
26. Comment at 1186774417//Y-m-d2007-08-10 1186774417//H:i14:33 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  The del.icio.us information is ONLY for if you want to tag your posts on del.icio.us — nothing to do with trackback
27. Comment at 1194711463//Y-m-d2007-11-10 1194711463//H:i11:17 by Chris
  
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  Thanks for writing this script, but as you can probably guess I have a problem. It's the same as what Brian posted on 6/16.
  
  I installed GreaseMonkey successfully. And I installed the script. I'm using New Blogger. I can see the Trackback box on my post template. I insert the trackback URL. I get a success message. I see the link in del.icio.us. But when I look at the blog I'm citing, nothing is displayed. My trackback doesn't appear.
  
  Am I doing something wrong?
  
  Thank you for your time.
28. Comment at 1195064124//Y-m-d2007-11-14 1195064124//H:i13:15 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @Chris — if you are not putting the trackback URL it may or may not give an error. Make sure you are using the trackback URL, NOT the post URL (unless they are the same, which is rare). If nothing is displayed still that may have to do with haw their blog is configured to display things.
29. Comment at 1208666750//Y-m-d2008-04-19 1208666750//H:i23:45 by LC
  
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  Thanks a ton for this SPW. A huge help to those who need to issue trackbacks out to others and are stuck at Blogger.
30. Comment at 1208895859//Y-m-d2008-04-22 1208895859//H:i15:24 by Anacher Forester
  
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  Stephen,
  
  I've been using this script to great effect for some months now. Unfortunately, Blogger tweaked their system on April 18 and now The trackback box is now 3x as wide. It obscures most of the editing functions. Also, it seems to disable the "Preview" function. What gives?
  
  -AF
31. Comment at 1208897692//Y-m-d2008-04-22 1208897692//H:i15:54 by Andy Beard
  
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  I have just been told that there is a problem now with a new update to Blogger that messes up the layout.
  
  p.s. It is great to see the pingback from one of the people scraping me listed here and not my own article.
32. Comment at 1208977360//Y-m-d2008-04-23 1208977360//H:i14:02 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  @Andy - do you mean that the script breaks on recent versions of Blogger? I can reinstall it and try to debug.
33. Comment at 1208978757//Y-m-d2008-04-23 1208978757//H:i14:25 by Andy Beard
  
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  Currently the last comment on my article from Anacher
  http://andybeard.eu/2007/06/blogger-trackback.html
34. Comment at 1209581513//Y-m-d2008-04-30 1209581513//H:i13:51 by Anacher Forester
  
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  Stephen,
  
  Any luck thus far in debugging your trackback script for Blogger? It worked so amazingly well for me until that Blogger update two weeks ago. I haven't been able to find a comparable script anywhere. :?(
  
  Cheers,
  
  AF
35. Comment at 1209593395//Y-m-d2008-04-30 1209593395//H:i17:09 by Anacher Forester
  
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  Uggh. Sorry for the comments in triplicate. Firefox crashed on me and my first comment did not show up once let alone twice!
  
  -AF
36. Comment at 1209695829//Y-m-d2008-05-01 1209695829//H:i21:37 by Stephen Paul Weber
  
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  There was indeed a layout problem caused by some changes to Blogger - I have fixed them. If you reinstall the script you should be good
37. Comment at 1209839286//Y-m-d2008-05-03 1209839286//H:i13:28 by Anacher Fo

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