After reading www.bluebirdbanter.com, the Toronto Blue Jays sbnation site, where rec'd comments turn blue with a little Maple Leafs logo replacing the thumbs up, I have created an extension for this site to do the same, except with a little Cubs logo replacing the thumbs up. Props to jmsmorris at BBB for the idea!
It only makes sense, as we bleed Cubbie blue here to have recced comments turn BLUE instead of green! The Cubs logo is still a work in progress (really hard to get a clear 15x15 picture of the logo), and hopefully I will update that soon. If anyone else installs and has any suggestions or runs into any issues, let me know and I will try and adjust the coding.
You can find the add on for BCB here:
http://userstyles.org/styles/60710/bleedcubbieblue-blue-recs
You’ll need to install stylish to enable it:
For firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/
For chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe
Instructions for how to on Safari: http://www.nystic.com/blog/?p=303
If you use minimalist for everything for chrome it will also install there:https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bmihblnpomgpjkfddepdpdafhhepdbek
Shots of the extension in action are available in the first link. Enjoy!
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9 recs | 97 comments
DE-REC BUTTON NEEDED
dtpollitt - February 10, 2012
When we get one, I'll jazz it up just for you.
bdlugz - February 10, 2012
Please make it turn brown with a picture of Bud Selig.
santoswoodenlegs - February 10, 2012
Ew.
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
Here's what it'll look like
bdlugz - February 10, 2012
So when we rec posts daver's avatar is displayed?
PASS.
shoemile - February 10, 2012
But it's a Cubs logo.
Al Yellon - February 10, 2012
the cubs logo needs more explosions, in my opinion
jesus christos - February 10, 2012
Feel free to make a suggestion, I can change it to anything you want!
I can even customize one just for you.
bdlugz - February 10, 2012
Updated to one with a little more pazazz for you.
bdlugz - February 10, 2012
Updated Logo
bdlugz - February 10, 2012
pizzazz factor increased by 50
jesus christos - February 10, 2012
I like it....
LT - February 12, 2012
Hey, mang...you gotta problem with my avatar?
daver - February 12, 2012
I am truly honored.
daver - February 12, 2012
THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE
jesus christos - February 10, 2012
OMG!!! THE CUBS WILL WIN THE WORLD SERIES WITH THIS!!!!
RiskyBusiness - February 11, 2012
Theo got it done?
Cubbie-Tim - February 11, 2012
Cool... installed.
fsuapollo - February 10, 2012
TURN IT BLUE
D98 - February 10, 2012
Truly awesome work.
Thanks for doing this!
Arbusto - February 11, 2012
shouldnt this have turned into a Marlins logo not a Cubs one?
or maybe on the third “rec” it could start saying “rec’d woo rec’d woo”
Cubbie-Tim - February 11, 2012
Um...
…. no.
Al Yellon - February 11, 2012
ok, ok
since he said Jazz Up, shouldn’t they have Jazz Hands?
Cubbie-Tim - February 11, 2012
Could that be this guy's nickname?
Al Yellon - February 12, 2012
Hahaha, maybe that'll be the de-rec
bdlugz - February 11, 2012
thanks for this btw
Cubbie-Tim - February 11, 2012
got it...thanks bdulgz, it's pretty cool :)
cooliogirl47 - February 11, 2012
I'm only doing this so I don't feel left out of the reindeer games
RiskyBusiness - February 11, 2012
Thank goodness for peer pressure.
bdlugz - February 11, 2012
oooh, nifty.
drewishdrewid - February 12, 2012
We should turn this whole thread blue.
katie casey - February 12, 2012
blue?
Cubbie-Tim - February 12, 2012
awesome!
:)
cooliogirl47 - February 12, 2012
Or...
bdlugz - February 12, 2012
or....
cooliogirl47 - February 12, 2012
why not
or of course there is always the Blue Man Group
Cubbie-Tim - February 12, 2012
BLou approves!
ballhawk - February 12, 2012
BPink feels left out
eths - February 13, 2012
Sweet, thanks!
daver - February 12, 2012
my comments are blue da ba dee da ba die
jesus christos - February 12, 2012
me no go
LT - February 12, 2012
I suspect this is going to be the Jolly Blue Giant pretty soon.
Al Yellon - February 12, 2012
Nope - still green for me and all the other Old School BCBers out there
ballhawk - February 13, 2012
If it weren't for the Cubs logo,
I’d wonder why everyone was using blockquotes here.
katie casey - February 13, 2012
Mindblowing...
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
How about a W flag instead of the Cubs logo for the thumbs up?
Like it’s a winning comment. Just an idea. The one you have is fine.
katie casey - February 13, 2012
I don't know. I rec things that are so stupid that I just want to draw attention to it.
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
W could work there too - it'd just stand for "wow...just wow..."
ballhawk - February 13, 2012
Drats.
And all this time I thought those recs I got were because I was so clever.
katie casey - February 13, 2012
how about a blue L flag
when a comment is flagged 3 times
Cubbie-Tim - February 13, 2012
If there was any kind of notice for flagged posts, I'd be happy to.
I’m not aware of any kind of change on the site for 3 flagged posts though. I can’t make my code involved in the actual website coding… I don’t think SB Nation would like that.
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
There is no public notice of flagged comments.
I’m the only one who sees them.
Al Yellon - February 14, 2012
Al, send me a screenshot of it and I'll turn it brown and add a "woo!" soundbite so you know when a post has a de-rec!
bdlugz - February 14, 2012
Heh.
Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ll pass.
Al Yellon - February 14, 2012
Ew.
Better off just deleting them.
katie casey - February 14, 2012
HA!
Cubbie-Tim - February 14, 2012
DE-REC BUTTON
Dcr18 - February 13, 2012
Haha, if you want I can make that one specifically for you, just gimmie a few minutes.
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
You needn't go to any trouble just for me.
katie casey - February 13, 2012
Wasn't Trouble... if you have a preferred flag photo over this one let me know
KatieCasey Rec Link
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
I have to wonder, is it possible to do animated gif? lol
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
Umm, never tried, but I can?
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
I should ask... any suggestions?
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
the Ryan Theriot fielding gems come to mind...
ballhawk - February 13, 2012
Down side is it has to be a small picture.
I just took the code and put in http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/762456/larussa-game5-worldseries.gif and it cuts out almost all of it. lol
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
all the more reason to go with Theriot...
…or Fontenot or Miles or Campana
ballhawk - February 13, 2012
It doesn't work.
I can get the .gif to resize into the tiny picture, and it will play through once, but then it will try and replay and freeze entirely.
I can work on it, but honestly, the .gif is so tiny I can barely tell what it is when I know what I’m looking at.
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
It was repeating for me when I put that LaRussa in to test.
I was thinking maybe something small. Like the BCB logo then fades to Cubs logo, then to a baseball. Then just cycles through it.
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
If you want to make a .gif for that, I can add it in.
You can also steal my coding and simply change out the .jpg extension with whatever 17×17 pixel sized photo you want there.
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
Should add, it doesn't NEED to be 17x17, but that's the best sizing I've found so far.
bdlugz - February 13, 2012
The mini Larussa gif I had would move into peoples text.
But no thanks. I’ll think of something to change it out with at some later point.
ubercubsfan - February 13, 2012
Thanks! It's cute.
katie casey - February 13, 2012
Oh God
It’s happening again!!!
Say Ramrod - February 14, 2012
This is awesome.
Somebody, for the love of God, plz turn me blue!
KJ24 - February 14, 2012
ok
cooliogirl47 - February 14, 2012
don't hold your breath
On second thought…
ballhawk - February 14, 2012
no more blue
Cubbie-Tim - February 14, 2012
Out of (the) Blue?
ballhawk - February 14, 2012
Kind of Blue?
cooliogirl47 - February 15, 2012
Born 2B Blue
And if you didn’t see the cover, you’d never know this was Steve Miller singing these mostly jazz classics. Amazing album.
ballhawk - February 15, 2012
Wow ... this is something
Vermont Cubs Fan - February 16, 2012
BD you officially rock
Emelie - February 16, 2012
I just realized this.
Is there any way to have a different shade of blue for unread rec’d comments? I just came back to this thread and hit Z and couldn’t tell which comment to read. lol
ubercubsfan - February 17, 2012
Only rec'd comments are blue
non rec’d are normal color.
bdlugz - February 19, 2012
I was thinking/asking if you could make it display unread 3+ rec'd comments a lighter shade of blue or something.
When I come to a post that’s in a series of rec’d it can be a little difficult to know where I left off reading. Especially when you return after a few days.
ubercubsfan - February 19, 2012
Even though we shipped him off to Miami, it's still okay to use the "Z" key.
I agree, the colors can make things difficult at times, but just keep hitting the “z” key like a red-headed gatorade cooler and you’ll get through all the comments easy enough.
ballhawk - February 19, 2012
Like this?
ubercubsfan - February 19, 2012
I wish I could...
Unfortunately I don’t have the ability to do that as I don’t have access to SB Nations code. I wouldn’t have any way to determine what you’ve read or not read because I don’t know how they go about determining that.
Sorry, didn’t understand your question – the issue is the same when they’re green though, still makes it impossible to find your last spot though.
bdlugz - February 20, 2012
how do we have a "Blues" thread
and no Blues Brothers?
Cubbie-Tim - February 18, 2012
or the Black and Blues Brothers
Cubbie-Tim - February 18, 2012
I used to have that poster!
daver - February 23, 2012
Boom boom boom boom
ballhawk - February 18, 2012
My favorite gimmick of all time!
MattWeaver - February 19, 2012
...don't forget when Wrigley was Blue,
cooliogirl47 - February 19, 2012
With all you blue weanies succumbing to peer pressure...
ballhawk - February 19, 2012
before this goes away, I just want to thank bdlugz again for the blue recs....I love them!
cooliogirl47 - February 28, 2012
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