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Do you use FB Puritys application blocking function? If so you may have noticed that it has stopped working, due to a Facebook code change. I’ve updated FBP’s code so that it works again, if you want the fixed version, just clear your browser cache, and re-install via http://tiny-url.org/fbp
I havent updated the version number, so it will still say v7.9.6 once installed, but you will find the application blocking function will be working again. The reason i’ve not updated the version number, is I dont know whether many people make use of this function, I certainly havent had many reports from users that it has stopped working.
Facebook are squeezing Facebook page owners for money, they have stopped showing all Page updates to their fans, unless the page owners pay them money. If you want to see all the updates from this page, you can get around this in one of 2 ways, first is to subscribe to the following Interest List: FB Purity News: https://www.facebook.com/lists/10151100036991927 that should make sure that posts from this page appear in your newsfeed.
The second option is even better, as it actually gives you a notification whenever theres a post from this page. To enable notifications when this page posts an update, go to the FBP Fan Page and hover over the “Liked” button, then select “Get Notifications”. I only update this page, when theres some important news, so theres no need to worry about getting too many notifications.
The reason its important to follow this page, if you are an FB Purity user, is that Facebook update the code on their site very often, and it often breaks parts of FB Puritys functionality. Through this page I will keep you informed of any such changes, and also of when I have managed to fix any breakages, or have developed new versions with new functions etc.
In future versions i will give the option for you to add the Interest List and the option to get notifications from this page, when you install FBP, to make the process simpler.
Please support FB Purity by donating: http://donate.fbpurity.com
Please also tell all your friends about FB Purity too,
Thanks and Best Regards,
Steve
How to hide facebook smileys / emoticons with FB Purity. Full list of codes.
Facebook has now started replacing text smileys with graphical emoticon icons in Facebook comments.
The full list of smiley text codes you can use on Facebook
*Update* there is also a mini icon for “thumbs up”, just type (y) to display a “thumbs up” icon. Believe it or not, theres also a mini icon for “Poop” just type in
oop: in a comment and a gross icon of some poop with eyes is displayed.
The text codes should work in both facebook comments and facebook chat too.
How to revert graphical smileys back to text smileys in Facebook
If you don’t want to see the smiley graphics and would instead like to go back to having just the plain text smileys, you can do it by installing the latest version of the F.B. Purity web browser extension.
FB Purity has a built in option for hiding these new Facebook smileys / emoticons, you just need to open the FBP options screen and tick the “hide smileys / emoticon graphics” option.
FB Purity is a popular, safe and very highly rated web browser extension, that has been reviewed in publications such as The Washington Post, CNET, Lifehacker and PCWorld. It is designed to clean up and customize Facebook, you can install it and find out more about it here: www.fbpurity.com*UPDATE* 6th Dec 2012 – If you noticed that the smileys were showing up again, its because fb have changed their codes again.
*UPDATE 12th Jan 2013* – Facebook now has even more emoticons, that you can access via the “Facebook Messenger” application, you can send them in chat and in Facebook messages (Facebook mail). These graphics include skulls, roses and many other images, that do not have text equivalents.
*UPDATE 29th Jan 2013* – Ive included a built in option to the FB Purity browser extension for hiding these emoticons now, so you no longer have to use the previous Custom CSS code solution.