Using FEBE
Mafia_Penguin —Sun, 10/26/2008 - 03:20
Using FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)
Requirements
FEBE Menu
The menu for FEBE is under "Tools". Once there, you will see
- Perform Backup
- Restore:
- Restore Extensions
- Restore Themes
- Restore Bookmarks
- Restore Preferences
- Restore Cookies
- Restore userChrome
- Restore Usernames and Passwords
- Restore Phishing Data
- Restore Search Plugins
- Restore Browser History
- Restore Formfill History
- Restore Permissions
- Restore User-defined backups:
- Febe Data
- Restore Profile
- Quick Backup
- FEBE Options
Important:
To back up Stylish Styles, please see this!
Perform backup does exactly as it says:
It launches a backup of your profile.
You can set what it restores in the "Options" pane in the FEBE Options.
When FEBE backs up bookmarks, it also backs up all of your Fast Dial data (URLs, logos, background, and placement).
Quick Backup allows you to back up individual extensions and themes.
The green items are Themes, the blue items are the extensions, the grey items are disabled extensions, and the red items are incompatible extensions/themes.
It is possibe to combine all the checked items in to one installable XPI file.
When you have selected which addons you want to back up, simply check the box that says "Create single XPI" and click "Backup now", or just click "Backup now".
Then, a conformation dialog box will appear in the lower right hand side of your screen. It will tell you how many things were backed up.
Restoring a profile
- To restore a full profile, go to Tools>FEBE>Restore>Restore Profile.
- To restore a partial backup, go to Tools>FEBE>Restore, and select the type of information you backed up.
- Options
- Directory
- Schedule
- Debug
- box.net
- Info
- FEBE Options
There are six buttons at the top of the FEBE options dialog.
Options
This pane is the main options panel. It allows you to select a full profile backup, or just a custom backup. It allows you to choose what additional items (bookmarks, cookies, etc.) to back up.
To back up your Stylish styles:
Go to Tools>FEBE>FEBE Options
Click on "User-defined backups".
Click "New".
Fill out the information, and check "Include in backup". Click "Post entries and exit".
The file you chose will be backed up, meaning if you selected stylish.rdf, it will back up your styles.
This pane allows you to choose where your backup goes, and wether or not it has a timestamp on it. It also provides an option to clear the directory before making the backup, and how many backups to keep.
This pane allows you to schedule backups for your profile. It also allows you to see how your last backup went, and the location of your last backup.
Debug
This pane allows you to reset the FEBE prefrences. It also allows you to verify the extension directories.
Box.net
This option allows you to log in to a Box.net account. Box.net is a site where you can host your files.
This pane gives you an option to log in to a Box.net account.
Info
This dialog box contains helpful links, the version number of FEBE, and the e-mail to reach the author at.
For more information, please see FEBE's homepage.
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Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by gumanov on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 11:42i have used the "Outline" feature of the site to have this listed in the 3rd party extensions page.
the outline feature allows me to add forums posts to the book pages =]
would you like me to disable comments here as well, just as they are disabled in the book areas?
once permission issues are sorted you will be able to move this page into the 3rd party area, and get rid of it on the forums..
Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:49i have used the "Outline" feature of the site to have this listed in the 3rd party extensions page.
Ok.
the outline feature allows me to add forums posts to the book pages =]
awesome!
would you like me to disable comments here as well, just as they are disabled in the book areas?
once permission issues are sorted you will be able to move this page into the 3rd party area, and get rid of it
on the forums..
Yeah, I think that disabling comments would be good for this, exactly like any other book page.
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Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 00:05I have been using FEBE to backup extensions.
Works well
Disappointed that although it backs up Stylish it does not backup the Styles stored there
Any thoughts about this ?
I guess they are stored elswhere in the Profile maybe in the Extensions Folder
Gonna have a look round.
Using FEBE
Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 00:09I actually haven't used stylish... I always edit UserContent.css, so that I don't collect 1 more extension.
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Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 00:14.
I actually haven't used stylish... I always edit UserContent.css, so that I don't collect 1 more extension.
thanks
have googled it
the styles are stored in stylish.rdf it seems
Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 00:30UPDATE
Seems to me the a full profile backup+restore seems to work. I that what you did?
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Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 00:40.
yes that may indeed work
thanks
however if you have a borked profile for some reason, well that route is probably best avoided.
Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 01:02I saw your help topic... that will be helpful to some people....
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Re: Using FEBE
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 01:11I saw your help topic... that will be helpful to some people....
thanks
I hope so :-)
Re: Using FEBE (With Update)
Submitted by Mafia_Penguin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 01:20UPDATE!!
I added a link to your post.
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