2015-05-12, 10:24 AM
Today you will learn how to Make a Chrome Extension that display latest Threads from your forum
Demo
source files: Download from attachment below
[attachment=35609]VIDEO GUIDE
Description of files
latestthreads.html - Displays content of RSS in HTML.
manifest.json - Contains information about your Extension (like name, version)
icon.png - icon that will be displayed in Google Chrome
extension.html - this file is displayed when user clicks on your
extension. this file contain an iframe which displays the latestthreads.html
What you have to do :
In latestthreads.html - change the url (domain.com/syndication.php?limit=15) to your own RSS feeds url and then upload the file somewhere (in root folder basically)
MYBB based forums just replace domain.com to your site url.
Example :
yoursite.com/syndication.php?limit=15
The number in the end (i.e 15) is the number of threads to be displayed
In extension.html - change the iframe url to the location of latestthreads.html
if you have uploaded to root directory than the url would be
yoursite.com/latestthreads.html
In manifest.json - Change the name, verson, description, default_title
icon.png - make a new 128x128 icon replace the old one.
icon.png - make a new 128x128 icon replace the old one.