The FrontierVille Game Bar is here: Get free Horshoes for installing!

Want to know exactly when it's time to greet your friends on the homestead? Zynga just released the FrontierVille game bar for both Internet Explorer 7+ and Firefox 2 and up (sorry, Chrome fans, nothing for you just yet).

First things first, installing the game bar places an extra toolbar beneath your browser's address bar that will net you 20 free Horseshoes and an extra one daily for 15 days. Continue reading for a short guide on how to install the FrontierVille game bar on your browser and learn what other bonuses you'll receive.

Installing the FrontierVille game bar is pretty simple. Just go to this install page and you'll see an option to either log in using Facebook Connect or to simply install the game bar if you're already logged in.

Then you'll probably be asked by your browser to confirm that you want to install the add-on. Confirm it and you'll be prompted to restart your browser for the install to take effect.

Voila! You can now access FrontierVille right from your browser and get up-to-the-second updates on:

• When your crops will be ready for harvest
• You energy levels as well as free energy every eight hours
• Instant updates on who is visiting your homestead

How to Get Soap in FrontierVille

Soap is a new item in FrontierVille and it is needed to complete the fourth Back to School Mission, Time for the Annual Pre-School Bath. In this article I will share with you all the details on the FrontierVille Soap, as well as tips on how to get more in an instant!
Being a quest-only item, you only need 10 FrontierVille Soap pieces and not more. There is just one way to get the soap without paying for it: ask your friends. In order to do so, simply click the green Ask Friends button and select the ones you want to send a message to, asking them to send you some soap. Make sure you choose the most active and friendly ones as you won’t have too many chances to ask for the soap before the goal expires!
Alternately, you can unlock this requirement from the goal’s menu by paying 15 HorseShoes (the price remains the same even if you have 0 or 9 Soap pieces).
Once you have the 10 Soap for the mission, you can complete it and completely forget that you had to go through such a pain for getting it!