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~didja just pitch up from mars? (sherlock) wrote,
@ 2008-01-26 21:56:00

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Setting a Site Scheme Cookie with LJ-Login

Tutorial for LJ-Login Sitescheme

Obsolete - you can now download the updated version directly from the maker:
http://ljlogin.e-space.gweep.net/

Some people (including me) are having problems with losing their site scheme when they log out of IJ or restart Firefox. If you're using LJ-Login, I have the fix - if you're not... I don't know what's going on.

0) Turn on your hidden files and folders

-- Open My Computer
-- tools --> folder options --> view --> show hidden files and folders

1) Locate your profile folder:

Windows Vista/XP/2000

C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
or
C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Windows 95/98/Me

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

Linux

~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/

Mac OS X

~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/

2) Locate your LJ-Login folder:

default folder --> extensions --> {ad4ee9e5-49c7-4589-acf3-db9fa76a95c9} --> chrome

3) Replace ljlogin.jar

Download: http://home.comcast.net/~isentropic/ljlogin.jar and replace the file in your chrome folder with that one.

(

vanya_elda has further edited this to include scribbld.net in the lj-login; if you'd like that, grab this jar file instead: http://home.comcast.net/~isentropic/ljlogin_scribbld_edit.jar ***be sure to rename to ljlogin.jar after DLing***)

What did I change?

Inside the jar file is a file called LJcode-sites.js which defines the siteschemes for which you can set a permanent cookie. The new beta schemes were not included, so I added the following code:

'ij': {
           name: 'InsaneJournal',
                domain: 'insanejournal.com',
     passmanurl: 'http://www.insanejournal.com',
       cookiere: 'insanejournal\.com$',
      cookiedom: '.insanejournal.com',
      cookieurl: 'http://www.insanejournal.com/',
     cookiename: 'ljmastersession',
   interfaceurl: 'http://www.insanejournal.com/interface/flat',
    siteschemes: {
               'tweak': 'New Tweak',
          'insanelook': 'InsaneLook',
               'anime': 'Insanime',
           'honeycomb': 'Honeycomb Redesigned',
       'honeycomb_old': 'Honeycomb',
                'hand': 'Hand',
              'trails': 'Trails',
               'brown': 'Brown',
               'clean': 'Clean',
            'worksafe': 'Worksafe (Sidebar)',
    'worksafedropdown': 'Worksafe (Dropdown)',
            'dramatic': 'Dramatic (Dropdown)',
     'dramaticsidebar': 'Dramatic (Sidebar)'
			}
},

4) Restart Firefox

5) Set your site cookie

-- Right click lj-login and go to preferences
-- Select Insanejournal, scroll down and choose your site-scheme of choice, 'set site scheme'
-- Done!

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	worstangel 2008-01-27 06:35 am UTC (link)
	I did it and it's working great! :D A+ would test again. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 06:38 am UTC (link)
	good communication; quick response; A+++++++++ tester (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	worstangel 2008-01-27 06:40 am UTC (link)
	good body; sexy time; A+++++++++++++++ would use em's escort service again (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 06:41 am UTC (link)
	Is that a vagina flower? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	worstangel 2008-01-27 06:43 am UTC (link)
	it's an orchid. stripper!mulan's stage name happens to be orchid, SO BY SOME COINCIDENCE... I kind of like the vagina flower explanation better. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	house 2008-01-27 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	a-level OWC y/y??? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	racetrack 2008-01-27 07:01 am UTC (link)
	YAY! Thank you so much, Em! This worked like a charm! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 07:03 am UTC (link)
	YAY :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Woo. Thank you so much. That was driving me bananas. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 08:02 am UTC (link)
	And MWAHAHA you've just reminded me that I can just alter the files to make LJLogin work on Scribbld so I can do that and stop my bitching. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 08:30 am UTC (link)
	http://vanya-elda.insanejournal.com/68935.html Mwa. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 08:33 am UTC (link)
	Haha if only I didn't hate scribbld. Thanks for the shout out, though ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 08:39 am UTC (link)
	Argh. Don't get me started. LOL. But my game went there so I did my duty as a sheep and followed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 08:37 am UTC (link)
	Not to be douchey, but since you included my edited jar file, if you could mention that somewhere, that'd be swell. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 08:39 am UTC (link)
	I can do that. ^_^ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-27 08:46 am UTC (link)
	thanks bb ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vanya_elda 2008-01-27 08:45 am UTC (link)
	Done! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mabelleoblivion 2008-01-27 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	HAY LOOK YOU'RE TALKING TO ME IN THE SCREENCAP. >.> (Reply to this)

	racetrack 2008-01-28 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	I don't suppose there is any way you could email the scribbld one to me? I can't get to sendspace at work. :( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-28 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	GOD You know I love you a lot when I'm willing to download something to do with scribbld just so I can email it to you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	racetrack 2008-01-28 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	You are absolutely the BEST, love! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	coeur_delanuit 2008-01-28 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	They keep saying the files are corrupt when I try to DL them. D: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-28 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	I have no idea what's going on with the sendspace one, but the one hosted on my comcast page is completely kosher :o IM me tonight and I'll just IM it to you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherlock 2008-01-28 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, are you trying to SAVE them or OPEN them, dingbat? Because if you are opening them you're going to get a corrupted message. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	coeur_delanuit 2008-01-28 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	..................................... facedesk xD Um. Yeah. The saving thing, it helps, funnily enough. All better now. ^.^; (Reply to this) (Parent)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	This would be really fantastic, except... I don't seem to have the files you say I should find. I've searched my computer more than once for "Application Data" and "AppData" and have come up empty-handed. I also don't seem to have an extension folder for LJ-Login, even though it still seems to work for me. :S You wouldn't know what's going on, would you? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-29 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	What's your OS? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	Windows XP. :/ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blurred_mods 2008-01-29 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Try doing a search for ljlogin.jar. Make sure to do a search for 'all files and folders' and select 'my computer' in case you have multiple drives or something weird going on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	When I do that, all I find is a) the place where I stored the download from this entry and b) the two places I pasted that download, hoping something might work. Before I tried that, I had searched for login.jar in my computer and came up with zero results. So, I'm not sure how I could have this program working in Firefox but not have it exist on my computer. :-? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-29 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	Okay try this start --> run --> firefox.exe -ProfileManager go to 'create profile' --> next --> choose folder Go look where the default location it gives you is. Mine is under "Firefox" which is under "Mozilla" which is under "Application Data" but maybe yours is elsewhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	When I run that, it just opens a new firefox window, which loads my homepage. :-S Maybe my computer is just stupid. Thanks a ton for your help, though; you're clearly far more computer-literate than I am. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherlock 2008-01-29 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	(PS - make sure to close firefox entirely before trying these instructions) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, haha. I'll try that. XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	peristyle 2008-01-29 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	So it turns out I do have a Profiles folder even though, for some reason I don't know, the Application Data folder is hidden from me (though I can access it through searching). But I still don't know where my LJ login stuff is; inside the Profiles folder is a folder called 3zxy4iy7.default, which inside it has only a Cache folder and two .mfl files. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-01-29 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Hrm. Which version of firefox are you running? It should be under the help menu if you click 'about' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

peristyle
2008-01-30 01:11 am UTC (link)

I finally figured it out! :D I had all those files, but they're hidden (and I'm not sure how to reveal them, to be honest, but I know they're there); I can access them when I search for them. So I was able to make this change, and it works for me now. Thanks a million for your help - if I hadn't tried those other things, I wouldn't have figured out how to search the right way. So it was just a weird thing with my computer; your tutorial still works 100% once you find the files. :)

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	sherlock 2008-01-30 01:16 am UTC (link)
	Fantastic. You should be able to view all hidden files by going tools --> folder options --> view --> show hidden files (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peristyle 2008-01-30 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Success. Thanks again! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	onethingreal 2008-02-20 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	SO... lj login ONLY JUST STARTED WORKING for me like, last night. it wouldn't install. DUMB. I want it for scribbld, too, but the sendspace link to that jar has expired. :( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-02-21 02:56 am UTC (link)
	I perma-uploaded it to my site - make sure to change the name to ljlogin.jar after downloading: http://home.comcast.net/~isentropic/ljlogin_scribbld_edit.jar (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nanny_ashtoreth 2008-03-28 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	This works like a charm. Again, thank you! (Reply to this)

	nashira 2008-04-12 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	You're my hero :) I use Flock (FF extensions work on it :) )and it works perfect (Reply to this)

	leys 2008-07-19 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	I've attempted using this (and also attempted editing it to include the new "Monodramatic" themes) but it just won't work. It comes up as something being undefined, a component? I use Firefox 3, not sure if that would be an issue. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherlock 2008-07-28 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	The lj-login has been updated for FF3, so you should be able to download directly from the maker's website and get the correct version (Reply to this) (Parent)

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Tutorial for LJ-Login SiteschemeObsolete - you can now download the updated version directly from the maker:http://ljlogin.e-space.gweep.net/

Tutorial for LJ-Login Sitescheme

Obsolete - you can now download the updated version directly from the maker:
http://ljlogin.e-space.gweep.net/