uCoz Toolbar
From uCoz Wiki
uToolbar is a Firefox add-on for webmasters who work with the free website builder uCoz. It includes buttons that provide easier and safer authorization on uCoz websites and allow moving of Admin Bar/User Bar to the toolbar.
Here is how uToolbar looks.
Capabilities of uToolbar for Firefox
- Handy and secure login to websites with uID.
- Moving of Admin Bar and User Bar to the toolbar.
- Google PageRank data in the status bar.
- Alexa Internet data in the status bar.
- Translation of website text by means of Google Translate.
- The feature "Paste and go" in the address bar.
- Additional search form (including search tools for webmasters).
- uNet link.
- Weather.
- Quoting into blog.
- Adjustment of the toolbar with ability to hide the unnecessary elements.
Safe login to websites with uToolbar
uToolbar allows handy and secure login to websites with uID.
Now, after setting up the toolbar (entering your email and uID password), you can login to websites that support uID by means of clicking only one button. Letter U on the left side of the toolbar becomes orange if uID authorization is possible. This authorization method is fully secure and is similar to the secure login in Webtop. When logging in via the toolbar, there is no need to worry about your website security—your password will never be stolen by fraudsters.
Secure login to websites with uID
Safe login to WebTop with uToolbar
Login to Webtop by means of clicking one button is useful not only for webmasters. For webmasters it is access to Control Panel/building of uCoz websites. For other users it is a simplified access to their personal organizer and a number of other online applications of this WebOS.
Secure login to WebTop
Moving of User/Admin Bar
Moving of Admin/User Bar gives you more space in browser window, which makes the website management handier.
User/Admin Bar is not moved
User/Admin Bar is moved
Google PageRank and Alexa Rank on uToolbar
Google Page Rank and Alexa data will be interesting for webmasters who are engaged in website promotion. These are two basic criteria that characterize website popularity. Even if you are not a webmaster these data will be interesting for you. High indices will tell you that the website is popular, and low—that it has few visitors.
Displaying of Google PageRank and Alexa Rank via uToolbar
Weather on uToolbar
uToolbar can display the current weather in your city. All you need is to enter the city name in the settings window.
Displaying of weather in your city via uToolbar
Quoting
Quoting feature allows posting of a quote (selected text) in your blog. This add-on has a great potential.
Let's examine the following example: you gather information about the Olympic Games. Using Google, you can find hundreds of websites on the necessary subject. When you are on a page with the necessary info, you select the text and click "Quote into Blog". Now, the text has been published in your blog with a link to the source. Therefore, you can gather the necessary info quickly and easily.
uToolbar settings
uToolbar settings allow enabling/disabling of any of its add-ons. E.g. you can disable moving of User/Admin Bar or displaying of Google PR and Alexa data, if you do not need them.
To adjust quick and secure authorization on a website and in Webtop, all you need is to fill in your email and passwords.
To adjust the weather module, you need to enter your city. And then uToolbar will find the weather forecast for you.
Quoting module settings require entering of your blog URL where the quoted materials will be posted.
uToolbar settings
Language localizations
Due to the increase of uCoz users around the world, the following languages have been added: English and Spanish. In the nearest future, other languages will be added as well, particularly German.
Nearest development plans
- Version for IE
- Customizable version for website users
- Language versions
- Implementation of your suggestions
More about the plans
Strategic task is to make two toolbar versions. The first one that you can download from this website is for you, website administrators. Its goal is to make uCoz easy-to-use. It includes tools for working with your website and account, as well as tools for webmasters. Specifically, this includes the button for copying & pasting. It is a common practice to quote interesting info from other websites into your blog, of course, with a link to the source. We automated this process with the help of the toolbar. To use this feature, you need to specify your website in the toolbar settings. Then you can select any text on any web page, click “Quote into Blog” in the context menu, and the selected text will be copied to your blog. Text formatting, images, etc. will be saved.
The second important direction is a customizable toolbar that can be adjusted for your own website: your own logo, buttons, RSS news, etc. It will appear in the nearest future. Its end users are users of your websites. A visitor who has your website’s toolbar in his browser won’t forget about you and will come to the website again, as well as won’t miss your news or any other info you want him to know. He will use it, if it contains useful and handy features. This is an effective and reliable method of keeping website visitors. We hope that our toolbar will have positive influence on your website.
