This extension will limit your time on social media everytimes you visite a block website

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Version
1.1.0
Update
August 4, 2024
Size
86.41KiB
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Users
36
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
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Social Limit Extension

Introducing Social Limit, a powerful tool designed to help users manage their time effectively while browsing social media and other distracting websites. This extension allows users to set time limits on specific websites, ensuring that their online activities remain balanced and productive.

Key Features:
1. Customizable Time Limits:
Users can set a specific time limit for each website they want to manage. Whether it's social media, news, or entertainment sites, you can decide how much time you're willing to spend on each.

2. Blocklist Management:
Easily add websites to your blocklist. Once added, these sites will be monitored, and usage time will be tracked automatically.

3.Real-Time Notifications:
When you navigate to a website on your blocklist, a notification will pop up, informing you that your usage time is being tracked. This instant alert helps you stay conscious of your browsing habits.

4. Countdown Timer:
A countdown timer will appear, showing the remaining time you have left on the website. This feature ensures you are always aware of how much time is left, helping you manage your activities effectively.

5.Automatic Redirection:
Once the set time limit is reached, the extension will automatically redirect you to a block page. This page can be customized with motivational messages or reminders about your goals, reinforcing positive behavior.

6. Cover active website to gray vibe
Converting web page background color to grayscale to limit user attention when using the website

How It Works:
Setup:
Install the Social Limit extension and access the settings panel. Here, you can add websites to your blocklist and set individual time limits for each site.

Usage:
As you browse, the extension works in the background, monitoring the time spent on blocklisted websites. Notifications and timers keep you informed and on track.

Enforcement:
When the allotted time is up, the extension takes over and redirects you away from the site, ensuring that you adhere to your set limits.
Social Limit is an essential tool for anyone looking to improve their time management and reduce distractions. By providing real-time feedback and enforcing time limits, this extension helps users stay focused and productive
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Social Limit extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Social Limit 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 Social Limit extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Social Limit extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

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

If you ever need to manually install a Social Limit 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 Social Limit Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Social Limit extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Social Limit extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Social Limit 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 Social Limit 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 Social Limit extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Social Limit 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 Social Limit extension file

Select and download the Social Limit 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 Social Limit 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 Social Limit 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 Social Limit 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 Social Limit extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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