| radiogandy |
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| Sun Mar 11 2007 09:05 AM |
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Firefox add-on - Gmail Skins - ? change
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An hour ago I dowloaded the Firefox Add-on 'Gmail Skins'. It's good because I can add smileys and insert pictures from Picasa, directly into an outgoing g-mail.
I also changed the colour. But now can't work out how to change it back ? For the first time in ages - HELP please.
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| Sun Mar 11 2007 10:11 AM |
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Re: Firefox add-on - Gmail Skins - ? change
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Have a look here . . . > Gmail Skins bugs in particular 16151 which suggests you can only use it the first setup.
On testing the skins, it did exactly that.
A work around is to:
Delete the entry within the "Labels" menu and refresh the inbox to display the
default style.
Log out then back in and you should have the Configuration Settings Page
available again.
| radiogandy |
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| Sun Mar 11 2007 01:08 PM |
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Thanks Steve.
Everything you said in your post came to pass. But, when I looked at the background colours for the 'skin' I liked the one I had first chosen. Must be getting fickle in my old age. I don't want to get rid of the add-on because it is nice to be able to include smileys directly into g.mail. BTW the 'insert pictures' facility only works from one's Picasa Web Albums - not from My Pictures, or any other source.
Still a move forward though.
I only put that in to remind you of your old avatar.
| Madeline |
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| Mon Mar 12 2007 05:52 AM |
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If you want to use smileys in your gmail, try the Smiley Xtra extension. I use it and it works well. I may demonstrate it to you soon if I remember! The little cat below is one example!
Madeline.
| radiogandy |
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| Mon Mar 12 2007 06:33 AM |
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Hi Madeline. Thanks for that and I've successfully downloaded and got the button on my toolbar, The button responds and I have the smiley list on the left of my g.mail page. But how do I get the smiley from there and into a g.mail please ?
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| Madeline |
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| Tue Mar 13 2007 03:49 AM |
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But how do I get the smiley from there and into a g.mail please ?
It's so long since I've done this that I'd forgotten, good thing I had it on a Notepad! I'm not sure if it's the "official" method, but it works for me. When you want to send a gmail message and you've got the new message box open, click on the Smiley Xtra icon and it'll open in the sidebar adjacent to your message box. Select a category e.g. Animals and then click on the 'Group Preview' button (2nd button from the left, at the top) and a new tab will open with all the smileys for that category for you to look at. Find a smiley you like from this preview page and select it (hold down left mouse button and drag the mouse over the image). You should find a bluish box covering the smiley if you've done this correctly i.e. it's been 'selected'. Press Ctrl+C, go to the place in your message where you want to insert the smiley (make sure you've got the little flashing cursor) and press Ctrl+V and your smiley will appear there.
I sent myself a test e-mail earlier from gmail to my main e-mail address that I have with BT and the smiley was there. It even retained the animation, although it had appeared static when I inserted it into my gmail. This sounds a very long-winded process but it actually takes only a few seconds! There's probably a better way of doing it, but this is the only one I know.
Madeline.
| radiogandy |
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| Tue Mar 13 2007 08:51 AM |
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Spot on Madeline. I've even managed to work out the 'forum code'. Your post should be of great value to other slow-coaches. Graham
| Madeline |
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| Wed Mar 14 2007 05:10 AM |
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You're very welcome, Graham.
For anyone who's not sure how to put one of the smiley's in a forum post, just find the one you want to use and click on "Insert Forum Code" (3rd icon from the left. You can do this from the preview in the sidebar, there's no need to open up a "Group Preview" in this case.Madeline.
| chezza |
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| Thu Mar 22 2007 07:40 PM |
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Madeline you are a little diamond! I had been wondering where you guys all found your animated icons and how they worked and the answer just jumped out at me!
| Madeline |
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| Sun Apr 08 2007 05:29 AM |
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You're very welcome, I'm glad my posts were useful to you. Thanks for what you said, it's cheered me up in my post-flu blues!
Madeline.