12,137 downloads - 22 February 2010

From Universal Edit Button

The Universal Edit Button Get the Firefox extension

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[edit] People

• Folks on this wiki - (all)

• Join us in realtime: - irc.freenode.net, #UEB (irc://irc.freenode.net/ueb)
• Sign up on the email list:
  • e-mail mailto:UniversalEditButton-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or
  • go to http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UniversalEditButton

[edit] Getting the word out

• For Bloggers
• In the News
• Media Contacts
• Comparison and review sites

[edit] Implementation

• Suggestions
• Questions
• Bugs

The universal edit button is made visible to people browsing the web by a two step process:

1. Website announces the availability of an edit page using the html <link> tag.
2. Web browsers notice this tag and present an edit button in their location field.

[edit] Upgraded Extension

Since the current FireFox extension seemed to be so somewhat abandoned and no one fixed the compatibility issues mentioned at Bugs, I went ahead and fixed it my self:

• fixed compatibility problems and conflicts with other extensions
• code cleanup
• removal of WikiHow references
• New icon graphic by Lorenzo Pastrana as suggested here
• Support for rel="edit" links

You can download the modified extension here: universaleditbtn.xpi I also set up a darcs repository.

I'd volunteer to maintain the extension in the future and would try to submit it at addons.mozilla.org if the original author agrees. Just contact me at andi [at] splitbrain [dot] org.

[edit] Web browsers

• Upgrade the Browser with an add-on extension that implements the UEB.
• Opera has implemented a bookmarklet.
• There is a Chrome extension now.

Web browsers that haven't implemented it yet

[edit] How to add to a website

• See Add The Link.

[edit] Svg base image

• A simple stylized logo base, ready for any semantic (editable/editing) improvement and cosmetic ajustment (gradients/reflections/gel/shadows) is available here for reviews / comments. Lorenzo Pastrana