FB Purity Update 7.5.2 – Fixes hide shared photos / uploaded photos and hide trending articles / trending videos options

Posted on June 14, 2012 by admin

FB Purity Update v7.5.2

Changes:

  • Fixed hide read an article / hiding trending articles/videos option
  • Fixed various extra filters including ‘shared a photo’ and ‘uploaded photo’
  • Fixed “fix news article redirect” option to show google search link for articles read via “social reader” and other news article URLs that dont have the URL to the actual article embedded in them

Install the update via FBPurity.com

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I fixed FB Purity’s hide trending articles / trending videos functionality again, reinstall via fbpurity.com for the fixed version

Posted on June 9, 2012 by admin

FB Purity’s hide Trending Articles / Trending Videos functionality had stopped working due to a code change at Facebook. I’ve fixed FBP so the function should work again, to get the fixed version, clear your browser cache then re-install via the fbpurity .com website. (I’ve not incremented the version number this time, so the fixed version will still show as v7.5.1)

Regarding the recent vote on Facebook’s new privacy policy. In case you did’t already hear, the users of Facebook who actualyl heard about the vote, voted overwhelmingly against Facebook’s change, though as 30% of active facebook users didnt vote, they are just going to ignore us.

The reason 30% of facebooks users didnt vote is that Facebook never announced the vote to all its users. They are claiming that they tried hard to tell everyone on Facebook about this, but in reality they made very little effort, only announcing it to the few people who had “liked” the “facebook privacy” and the “facebook site governance” pages, and not even all those people got to see the announcement, due to the way Facebook selects which pages statuses show up in the newsfeed. Facebook continues to lead the world in being the most untrustworthy site around.

Tip: To hide the “Suggested Pokes” box add the following code (you need to click the Custom CSS heading on the FBP options screen first)

#pagelet_pysp {display:none}

How to hide the “Promote” button below Facebook Page status boxes:
Just add the following code to the Custom CSS box:

#pagelet_boosting_widget {display:none}

There are lots more Custom CSS tips on the FBP CSS page at fbpurity.com/css.htm

FYI: Currently only around 10% of people who have liked this page are actually getting posts from FBP in their news feed. To ensure that you do receive posts from FBP in your feed, you need to hover over the “like” button on our main page and then click “show in news feed”. Please share this status to get the information out there. Thanks.

Cheers,

Steve

Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v7.5.1)

Donations are important to help support the development work. If you appreciate all the work I do on F.B. Purity and would like to see it continued, please donate via:

Donate to FB Purity

Become a fan of F.B. Purity on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest F.B. Purity news and developments

And in case Facebook try and delete the F.B. Purity fan page (again) you can also keep up to date with F.B Purity news, via
Google Plus, Twitter, and RSS / Email

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F.B Purity Update v7.5.1 – Fixes the ‘Hide Trending Articles’ Option, Hide sponsored box option also now hides sponsored stories in the newsfeed.

Posted on May 27, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v7.5.1

  • Fixed hiding trending articles option (was broken due to a recent fb code change) – This option may also hide the new Trending Videos box
  • Hide sponsored box option now also hides sponsored stories in the newsfeed
  • Centered and widened single column timeline layout
  • Added “‘matched filter’ text for various filters, for identifying which extra filter was triggered by which story”
  • Tweaked “Block Application” buttons on application permission request pages, so the Block button shows up right next to the other buttons.
  • Improved various extra filters to match more stories

In other news, Facebook are still blocking links to the fbpurity.com website, and claiming fbpurity.com is a spammy and unsafe website, this claim is ludicrous, and actually libellous!

As most readers will already know, FB Purity is a highly rated and respected, and completely safe facebook antispam and customisation tool.

Claiming that “F.B. Purity” is “unsafe and spammy” is a complete lie, F.B Purity is no such thing, you just need to check out the glowing reviews its received in the press such as in the Washington Post, Lifehacker, CNET, PCWorld, and the over 70,000 happy uers the tool has worldwide.
You can also check out any online antivirus scanner or website reputation checking tool to see that F.B. Purity is compltely safe.

It is actually Facebook that is the spammy and unsafe website, F.B. Purity is a tool that tries and cleans up Facebook’s mess. Yet all they do is try and sabotage F.B. Purity at every turn, by doing things such as disabling the Developer of F.B. Puritys personal facebook account and disabling the F.B. Purity Fan page: http://facebook.com/fluffbustingpurity for long periods of time, without any warning, explanation or apology.

If you would like to join the protest against this unfair treatment, you can contact Facebook via this form, and tell them to stop blocking FBPurity. com
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=244560538958131

Also spread the word about this injustice to the media outlets and blogs etc

Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v7.5.1)

Donations are important to help support the development work. If you appreciate all the work I do on F.B. Purity and would like to see it continued, please donate via:

Donate to FB Purity

Become a fan of F.B. Purity on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest F.B. Purity news and developments

And in case Facebook try and delete the F.B. Purity fan page (again) you can also keep up to date with F.B Purity news, via
Google Plus, Twitter, and RSS / Email

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F.B Purity Update v7.5.0 – Adds a single column Timeline layout view option, Fixes BA+WL links, also adds Block Application links to Facebook applications pages + more

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v7.5.0

  • Added a Single Column Timeline layout option (You can activate it with the green “TL” button next to the search box or via the FBP options screen)
  • Re-added the ability to filter out “FB Actions/Frictionless sharing apps” (ticking hide “read an article” will now also activate hiding other “frictionless sharing” apps)
  • Fixed news article redirects for Trending Articles stories
  • Fixed the hide trending articles box option
  • Fixed “BA” (Block Application) and “WL” (Whitelist) links on application posts in the newsfeed
  • Added “Block Application” link to the bottom left of all facebook application pages
  • Added “Block Application” button to all facebook application permission request pages
  • Highlights Facebook Applications requests to access your email address in Facebook Applications permissions pages
  • Fixed hidden comment buttons in group welcome box (buttons are blank, but better than nothing)

In other news, Facebook are still blocking links to the fbpurity.com website, and claiming fbpurity.com is a spammy and unsafe website, this claim is ludicrous, and actually libellous!

As most readers will already know, FB Purity is a highly rated and respected, and completely safe facebook antispam and customisation tool.

Claiming that “F.B. Purity” is “unsafe and spammy” is libelous, and should not be allowed. F.B Purity is no such thing, you just need to check out the glowing reviews its received in the press such as in the Washington Post, Lifehacker, CNET, PCWorld, and the over 70,000 happy uers the tool has worldwide.
You can also check out any online antivirus scanner or website reputation checking tool to see that F.B. Purity is compltely safe.

It is actually Facebook that is the spammy and unsafe website, F.B. Purity is a tool that tries and cleans up Facebook’s mess. Yet all they do is try and sabotage F.B. Purity at every turn, by doing things such as disabling the Developer of F.B. Puritys personal facebook account and disabling the F.B. Purity Fan page: http://facebook.com/fluffbustingpurity for long periods of time, without any warning, explanation or apology.

If you would like to join the protest against this unfair treatment, you can contact Facebook via this form, and tell them to stop blocking FBPurity. com
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=244560538958131

Also spread the word about this injustice to the media outlets and blogs etc

You can Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v7.5.0)

Donations are important to help support the development work. If you appreciate all the work I do on F.B. Purity and would like to see it continued, please donate via:

Donate to FB Purity

Become a fan of F.B. Purity on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest F.B. Purity news and developments

And in case Facebook try and delete the F.B. Purity fan page (again) you can also keep up to date with F.B Purity news, via
Google Plus, Twitter, and RSS / Email

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F.B Purity Update v7.1.0 – Fixed comment button issues, Fixed Hide Recent Activity Button, New Hide “Trending Articles” option + New method for disabling Timeline

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v7.1.0

  • Fixed comment button on Birthday and Ticker Flyout boxes
  • Fixed Hide Recent Activity Button
  • Added The hide “Read an Article” option now also hides the new “Trending Articles” boxes.
  • New method for disabling Timeline

I figured out a new simple method for disabling Facebook Timeline, that should work in all Desktop browsers (including Internet Explorer). See here for more details: fbpurity.com/remove-timeline
If you want to share this link on facebook, use the following redirect link: j.mp/fbpurityfixtimeline (As facebook are blocking direct links to my website)

Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v7.1.0)

Donations are important to help support the development work. If you appreciate all the work I do on F.B. Purity and would like to see it continued, please donate via:

Donate to FB Purity

Become a fan of F.B. Purity on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest F.B. Purity news and developments

And in case Facebook try and delete the F.B. Purity fan page (again) you can also keep up to date with F.B Purity news, via
Google Plus, Twitter, and RSS / Email

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FB Purity’s Timeline Disabling Feature has stopped working, due to a code change at Facebook.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

Bad news for timeline haters. It looks as though Facebook have patched the loophole, that allowed the disabling of Timeline in your browser, by changing the browser’s useragent to IE7. Theres not much I can do about that unfortunately. Future versions of FB Purity will need to be developed that give an option to restyle the Timeline to an easier to use format. This is going to take a lot of time to develop.

Donations are important to help support the development work, as this is very hard work and a very complicated process. If you appreciate all the work I do on F.B. Purity and would like to see it continued, please donate via:

Donate to FB Purity

Become a fan of F.B. Purity on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest F.B. Purity news and developments

And in case Facebook try and delete the F.B. Purity fan page (again) you can also keep up to date with F.B Purity news, via
Google Plus, Twitter, and RSS / Email

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Facebook are now blocking links to fbpurity.com and have also deleted most images from the FBP Fan Page!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by admin

Facebook’s latest sabotage attempt against FB Purity is that they are now blocking everybody from posting any links to fbpurity.com claiming that its a spammy or abusive website. When in fact the opposite is true, F.B. Purity actually cleans up the spam on Facebook!

Facebook’s latest sabotage attempt against FB Purity is to without warning or explanation ( as seems to be their sneaky and underhand policy ) deleted most of the images from this FBP fan page, i wonder what they have planned next…

The proof that fbpurity DOT com is a safe site is easy to find, just ask any long term FB Purity user, or if you dont believe them, just look up fbpurity DOT com on any of the following website security / safety sites:

http://safeweb.norton.com
http://www.virustotal.com
http://www.mywot.com
http://www.webutation.net

Please help to get fbpurity.com unblocked by writing to facebook, via the following form, to complain about Facebook blocking links to fbpurity.com:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact_us.php?id=244560538958131

Cheers,

Steve

If you like the FB Purity project, appreciate the amount of time and effort i have put into it, and would like to see its development continue, please donate via http://donate.fbpurity.com

Install the latest version of F.B. Purity (v7.0.0)

BTW Go here: For the guide on how to disable / remove / deactivate / turn off and get rid of Facebook Timeline

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F.B Purity Update v7.0.0 – Improved timeline disabling especially in Chrome. Also adds a fix for news article redirection.

Posted on April 12, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v7.0.0

  • Added a Disable Timeline button “TL” at the end of the URL bar for Chrome users, to make it easier for Chrome users to disable/enable Timeline in their browser. The Timeline disabling button for Google Chrome is now built into the extension, so you no longer have to run a bat file to set the User Agent to IE7. The advantage of this new feature is that it only switches the User Agent to IE7 when you are on the Facebook website. For all other websites it will use its normal User Agent, so other sites should work fine when you have got Timeline disabled.
  • Improved the glitch fixing for all browsers when spoofing IE7 in the process of disabling Timeline.
  • Added an option to stop news article links in “read an article” stories from redirecting via Facebook applications. This option is called “Fix news article redirects” and its just above the “Sort Feed: Most Recent” option on the FBP options screen. If FBP cant fix the link, it adds a “google this story” link that lets you look the story up via Google.
  • I’ve also updated some of the “extra” filters so they should work better. Please note that if you have your Facebook interface set to a language other than English, FBP’s built in “extra” filtering functionality will not work, so you will either need to switch your Facebook interface to English, or else, put your own Custom Text phrases that you want to filter out in your own language into FBP’s Custom Text Filter box.

Developing, maintaining and supporting F.B. Purity takes up a lot of my time, If you like the FB Purity project, appreciate the amount of time and effort i have put into it, and would like to see its development continue, please support my work by donating, so I can carry on with it.

You can donate here: Donate to FB Purity

Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v7.0.0)

BTW Go here: For the guide on how to disable / deactivate / turn off / get rid of / remove Facebook Timeline

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F.B Purity Update v6.7.1 – Improved the application / game and “extra” filtering

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v6.7.1

  • Improved application and game filtering
  • Improved the extra filtering (in particular comments on wall, and tagged in photos)
  • Fixed problems with the opera extension

Developing, maintaining and supporting F.B. Purity takes up a lot of my time, If you like the FB Purity project, appreciate the amount of time and effort i have put into it, and would like to see its development continue, please support my work by donating, so I can carry on with it.

You can donate here: Donate to FB Purity

Install the updated version of F.B. Purity (v6.7.1)

BTW Go here: For the guide on how to disable / deactivate / turn off / get rid of / remove Facebook Timeline

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F.B Purity Update v6.7.0 – Fixed erroneous Extra filtering, Fixed Delete Recent Activity function, Fixed Sort by Most Recent option

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

Changes in FB Purity v6.7.0

  • Fixed erroneous extra filtering (FBP had started to filter out posts that it shouldnt have, due to a code change at Facebook)
  • Fixed delete recent activity functionality, its now “hide recent activity” to reflect that its no longer deleted, just hidden.
  • Fixed the option to force the newsfeed to be sorted by “most recent”
  • Fixed “BA” (Block Application) links
  • Fixed hide ads in message pages
  • Fixed comment box growing too big in Safari
  • Fixed hide chat box option

Developing, maintaining and supporting F.B. Purity takes up a lot of my time, If you like the FB Purity project, appreciate the amount of time and effort i have put into it, and would like to see its development continue, please support my work by donating, so I can carry on with it.

You can donate here: Donate to FB Purity

BTW Go here: For the guide on how to disable / deactivate / turn off / get rid of / remove Facebook Timeline

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