Easy Web Development with Firebug Add-on for Firefox

If you haven’t come across Firebug yet, you are missing a lot of good things that Firefox can do for you.
Firebug is an amazing Firefox add-on that lets you edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. The entire add-on is under 300k in size and offers the following features.

One key stroke to open the interface.
Global enable and disable options for websites.
Option for blacklist and white listing websites.
Inspect and edit HTML code.
Visualize CSS metrics when

Website Resource: Basics of Web Analytics of your Web Site

We often check the log files of our websites or use various analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, Mint and SiteMeter to name a few, for doing many different kinds of analysis, but not many of us understand the data being shown in the fancy looking web analytic softwares. One of my friend, recently asked me the difference between a visitor, new visitor and a unique visitor. Explaining the difference to him was easy and it gave me a good

Web 2.0: Top reasons to use AJAX!

One of the most happening technologies on Internet today is AJAX. Though, it had been in existence for several years now, its usage has been emphasized and highlighted with its implementation by Google. Who started it all is arguable and there are several companies who reportedly started implementation of AJAX in their applications even before the term ‘AJAX’ was coined.
1. AJAX is capable of delivering functionality of a desktop over the web to end users. It can deliver commercial strength

Six Simple Rules to Follow when Creating a Website

1. Accessibility
Your website including all the content that’s available on it, must be accessible to all individuals including those with disabilities. Ensure that your website is accessible using applications such as Home Page Reader.
2. Follow Standards
Make sure you use W3C standards as much as possible. Following the standards gives you browser independence and since not everyone will use the same browser as you do, it will only ensure that your website appears as you meant it to be on every

Website Maintenance: Simple and Quick Steps to Tune Up Your Web Site

Keeping your website free of problems not only helps in better search engine visibility and make your visitors happy but also saves you from performance issues.
Some simple web site maintenance steps can save a lot of your time that you might have otherwise spent in checking your website for potential problems. Once the problem is isolated, it’s easy to fix it.
Check for Broken and Dead Links
It is a good practice to check all the links in your web site(s) for

Best Practices of Web Designing

Recently, I was searching for ‘basic unix commands’ and ‘tar -I option’ on Internet, and came across some websites which were totally messed up in terms of layout, design and content. The content was, of course, available in the site but then I had to do a ‘ctrl + F’ to search for those words on the page. This compelled me to write down some of the best practices that should and must be kept in mind while designing a

My Favorite and Top Firefox Add-Ons!

Here is a list of my favorite Firefox add-ons that I use very often and just can’t imagine doing so many things on Internet that I do everyday without their assistance.
AD-Blocker
Adblock Plus – Very helpful to prevent most of the annoying ads from loading up in the browser. Backed up by an automatically updated Filter list of Ads, am sure you will find it useful. I strongly recommend this to people with very slow Internet connections (are there any?)
Get it