diff --git a/code/boot.js b/code/boot.js
index 37d617fa..5c735d9a 100644
--- a/code/boot.js
+++ b/code/boot.js
@@ -154,27 +154,6 @@ window.setupPlayerStat = function() {
   );
 }
 
-window.setupSidebarToggle = function() {
-  var toggle = $('#sidebartoggle');
-  var sidebar = $('#sidebar');
-  toggle.text('▶');
-  toggle.css('right', SIDEBAR_WIDTH+2+'px');
-  toggle.on('click', function() {
-    if(sidebar.is(':visible')) {
-      sidebar.hide();
-      $('#map').css('margin-right','0');
-      toggle.text('◀');
-      toggle.css('right', '0');
-    } else {
-      sidebar.show();
-      $('#map').css('margin-right', SIDEBAR_WIDTH+2+'px');
-      toggle.text('▶');
-      toggle.css('right', SIDEBAR_WIDTH+2+'px');
-    }
-    window.map.invalidateSize(false);
-  });
-}
-
 
 // BOOTING ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -185,7 +164,6 @@ function boot() {
   window.setupGeosearch();
   window.setupRedeem();
   window.setupLargeImagePreview();
-  window.setupSidebarToggle();
   window.updateGameScore();
   window.setupPlayerStat();
   window.chat.setup();
@@ -196,7 +174,13 @@ function boot() {
   // load only once
   var n = window.PLAYER['nickname'];
   window.PLAYER['nickMatcher'] = new RegExp('\\b('+n+')\\b', 'ig');
+
   $('#sidebar').show();
+
+  if(window.bootPlugins)
+    $.each(window.bootPlugins, function(ind, ref) { ref(); });
+
+  window.iitcLoaded = true;
 }
 
 // this is the minified load.js script that allows us to easily load
@@ -208,10 +192,12 @@ function asyncLoadScript(a){return function(b,c){var d=document.createElement("s
 
 // modified version of https://github.com/shramov/leaflet-plugins. Also
 // contains the default Ingress map style.
-var LLGMAPS = 'http://breunigs.github.com/ingress-intel-total-conversion/leaflet_google.js';
+var LLGMAPS = 'http://breunigs.github.com/ingress-intel-total-conversion/external/leaflet_google.js';
 var JQUERY = 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js';
 var LEAFLET = 'http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.5/leaflet.js';
-var AUTOLINK = 'http://raw.github.com/bryanwoods/autolink-js/master/autolink.js';
+var AUTOLINK = 'http://breunigs.github.com/ingress-intel-total-conversion/external/autolink.js';
 
 // after all scripts have loaded, boot the actual app
-load(JQUERY, LEAFLET, AUTOLINK).then(LLGMAPS).thenRun(boot);
+load(JQUERY, LEAFLET, AUTOLINK).then(LLGMAPS).onError(function (err) {
+  alert('Could not all resources, the script likely won’t work.\n\nIf this happend the first time for you, it’s probably a temporary issue. Just wait a bit and try again.\n\nIf you installed the script for the first time and this happens:\n– try disabling NoScript if you have it installed\n– press CTRL+SHIFT+K in Firefox or CTRL+SHIFT+I in Chrome/Opera and reload the page. Additional info may be available in the console.\n– Open an issue at https://github.com/breunigs/ingress-intel-total-conversion/issues');
+}).thenRun(boot);
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 7460538a..1d188f08 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @id             ingress-intel-total-conversion@breunigs
 // @name           intel map total conversion
-// @version        0.3-@@BUILDDATE@@
+// @version        0.4-@@BUILDDATE@@
 // @namespace      https://github.com/breunigs/ingress-intel-total-conversion
 // @updateURL      https://raw.github.com/breunigs/ingress-intel-total-conversion/gh-pages/total-conversion-build.user.js
 // @downloadURL    https://raw.github.com/breunigs/ingress-intel-total-conversion/gh-pages/total-conversion-build.user.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML = ''
   + '  <div id="chatautomated"></div>'
   + '</div>'
   + '<form id="chatinput" style="display:none"><time></time><span>tell faction:</span><input type="text"/></form>'
-  + '<a id="sidebartoggle"></a>'
   + '<div id="scrollwrapper">' // enable scrolling for small screens
   + '  <div id="sidebar" style="display: none">'
   + '    <div id="playerstat">t</div>'
@@ -66,6 +65,8 @@ document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML = ''
   + '    <input id="geosearch" placeholder="Search location…" type="text"/>'
   + '    <div id="portaldetails"></div>'
   + '    <input id="redeem" placeholder="Redeem code…" type="text"/>'
+  + '    <div id="toolbox"></div>'
+  + '    <div id="spacer"></div>'
   + '    <div id="updatestatus"></div>'
   + '  </div>';
   + '</div>';
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ var MAX_DRAWN_FIELDS = 200;
 var COLOR_SELECTED_PORTAL = '#f00';
 var COLORS = ['#FFCE00', '#0088FF', '#03FE03']; // none, res, enl
 var COLORS_LVL = ['#000', '#FECE5A', '#FFA630', '#FF7315', '#E40000', '#FD2992', '#EB26CD', '#C124E0', '#9627F4'];
+var COLORS_MOD = {VERY_RARE: '#F78AF6', RARE: '#AD8AFF', COMMON: '#84FBBD'};
+
+
 // circles around a selected portal that show from where you can hack
 // it and how far the portal reaches (i.e. how far links may be made
 // from this portal)
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ var NOMINATIM = 'http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&limit=1&q
 var DEG2RAD = Math.PI / 180;
 var TEAM_NONE = 0, TEAM_RES = 1, TEAM_ENL = 2;
 var TEAM_TO_CSS = ['none', 'res', 'enl'];
+var TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0, TYPE_PORTAL = 1, TYPE_LINK = 2, TYPE_FIELD = 3, TYPE_PLAYER = 4, TYPE_CHAT = 5;
 // make PLAYER variable available in site context
 var PLAYER = window.PLAYER;
 var CHAT_SHRINKED = 60;
@@ -160,6 +165,9 @@ window.portals = {};
 window.links = {};
 window.fields = {};
 
+// plugin framework. Plugins may load earlier than iitc, so don’t
+// overwrite data
+if(typeof window.plugin !== 'function') window.plugin = function() {};
 
 
 @@INJECTHERE@@
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index f1542177..eebbc734 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -35,26 +35,6 @@ body {
   overflow-x:hidden;
 }
 
-#sidebartoggle {
-  display: block;
-  padding: 5px;
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 50%;
-  z-index: 3000;
-  background-color: rgba(8, 48, 78, 0.9);
-  color: #FFCE00;
-  border: 1px solid #20A8B1;
-  border-right: none;
-  border-radius: 5px 0 0 5px;
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-#redeem {
-  /* cheap hack to prevent sidebar content being overlayed by the map
-   * status box */
-  margin-bottom: 55px;
-}
-
 
 .enl {
   color: #03fe03 !important;
@@ -120,6 +100,11 @@ a:hover {
   border: 1px solid #20A8B1;
 }
 
+#chatcontrols a:first-child {
+  letter-spacing:-1px;
+  text-decoration: none !important;
+}
+
 #chatcontrols a.active {
   border-color: #FFCE00;
   border-bottom-width:0px;
@@ -197,7 +182,6 @@ mark {
   overflow:hidden;
   vertical-align: top;
   background: transparent;
-  text-align: right;
 }
 
 summary {
@@ -245,7 +229,7 @@ summary {
   font-size: 12.6px;
   font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;
   color: #EEEEEE;
-  width: 558px !important;
+  width: 558px
 }
 
 
@@ -504,6 +488,17 @@ aside:nth-child(odd) span {
   width: 140px;
 }
 
+#toolbox {
+  padding: 4px;
+  font-size:90%;
+}
+
+#spacer {
+  /* cheap hack to prevent sidebar content being overlayed by the map
+   * status box */
+  height: 55px;
+}
+
 /* a common portal display takes this much space (prevents moving
  * content when first selecting a portal) */