Tweak textual info on webpages.

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Version
1.0
Update
December 2, 2020
Size
45.43KiB
Developer
Category
Users
80
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Http://*/*
Https://*/*
ContextMenus
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Tweak Extension

This Google Chrome extension allows every visitor(with Tweak installed) to tweak or edit the data on a webpage. These tweaks can be saved against accidental refreshes and reset if user required to see original webpage.
In a designer-developer ecosystem, web-designers need to tweak a lot of small and big contents over a webpage. We(the developers) needed a way to allow our designer peers (and also a generic user) to make changes over a hosted webpage to see the influence at the shortest amount of time, and decrease feedback process timings. The Tweak extension allows web-designers to change and save a state of a webpage, as and how it is required as per designs. This makes the community more bonded and promotes a healthy culture.
Installing this extension, users especially designers find it way easier to point out ways to improve a hosted webpage by changing content, save against a refresh and clearing as and when they require it from their local systems(localStorage).This extension not only works over https but also localhost ports and privately hosted webpages, so it can be used by anyone and everyone in the industry.
Moreover, people want the power to change content on a webpage so often and they wish what if the banner was a little bit to the right or left, this extension makes it possible for that user to do the changes in realtime also get the changes back with a refresh, moreover if they want to reset everything as it was, clear changes option allows them to do the same. We developed this extension to enable users tweak the webpages contents according to their wish, see the content again against successive refreshes, and clear changes if at all they don't like it.
The extension gets activated on every tabs refresh action, on a refresh, the functionality turns on the design mode (document.designMode = 'on') and allows user to make changes to the webpage as and how required, after making changes extension allows to confirm changes in order to turn off the design mode(clicking confirm changes turns off the design mode; document.designMode = 'off'). Now the user have an option to save the changes done on entire page after confirmation. This is achieved by usage of localStorage. The innerHTML of the entire webpage is stored on the localStorage of browser in a Stringified JSON format. This same or changed JSON string is retrieved from localStorage on subsequent refreshes unless ClearChanges is clicked, by which localStorage is cleared using the .clear() function. On a refresh, extension take string from the key puts it over the DOM structure as inner HTML showing the webpage as influenced.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Tweak", "description": "Tweak textual info on webpages.", "version": "1.0", "icons": { "128": "icon128.png", "48": "icon48.png", "16": "icon16.png" }, "page_action": { "default_icon": "icon16.png", "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_title": "Tweak" }, "background": { "scripts": ["eventPage.js"], "persistent": false }, "content_scripts":[ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "js": ["content.js", "jquery-3.1.0.min.js"], "css": ["content.css"] } ], "permissions": [ "activeTab", "http://*/*", "https://*/*", "contextMenus" ]}
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How to download and manually install Tweak extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Tweak extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Tweak extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Tweak extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Tweak extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Tweak extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Tweak Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Tweak extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Tweak extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Tweak extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Tweak extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Tweak extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Tweak extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Tweak extension file

Select and download the Tweak extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Tweak extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Tweak extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Tweak extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Tweak extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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