5 Mozilla Firefox Add-ons For Every Web Developer

 

Add-ons applets used to extend the functionality of a program/software. Mozilla firefox browser have lots of add-ons and extensions that can be used to extend its functions as a web browser for a better web browsing experience. Below are some add-ons and extensions that is a must have for every web developer/ programmers:

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How To Setup Localhost On Ubuntu Linux Using XAMPP

Use the steps outlined below to install XAMPP on your Ubuntu linux

Things needed:

1. XAMPP installer
2. Web browser
3. Sound knowledge of linux terminal command
4.  Your brain and lots of guts

Downloading And Installing XAMPP 

Download the latest version of XAMPP from apachefriends.org, before downloading make sure you select either the 32bit or 64bit version, depending on the your Ubuntu linux is currently on.

After downloading, open your Ubuntu linux terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard. You navigate to the directory where the downloaded XAMPP installer was saved usually your download folder by typing the following command on your terminal without quotes.

"cd Downloads"

To make the downloaded XAMPP installer file run on your Ubuntu Linux, type the following command

"chmod 755 xampp-linux-*-installer.run"

Where * is the version number of your XAMPP installer.

Enter the following command in your terminal to run the XAMPP installer.run and start the installation process

"sudo ./xampp-linux-*-installer.run"

and enter your system password

Follow the on screen installation prompt to continue the XAMPP installation on your Ubuntu Linux.

After installing XAMPP on your Ubuntu Linux, restart your computer system. Open your terminal and start XAMPP with this command

"sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start"

 

Now open your web browser and type localhost in you address bar, a welcome to XAMPP for Linux web page will be displayed. Congratulations, your localhost is now up and running on your Ubuntu Linux.

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50 Windows 8 tips AND tricks you surely need to know by now

Dear windows 8 lover/user,

Today i will be sharing with you 50 Tips and Tricks you surely need to know about windows 8. Please seat back, relax and have a wonderfully exploring.

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How To Reset Pattern Lock Or Password Lock On Android Without Factory Restore

Have you forgotten your Android phone lock pattern or lock password, Or someone tried to open your phone and exceed the maximum number of tries?

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Latest Mtn Free Browsing with #0.0k

This is quite simple as it works on both simple server and psiphon/syphon shield with #0.0k

Just create a new configuration setting with the following

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10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE BUYING A POWER BANK

Thinking of  buying a power bank so as to be able to keep your phone or laptop alive after a major power outage, or you live in an area with epileptic or no power supply? Well here are 10 things i feel you should know about power banks before buying one.

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Meet The New Gionee S6

 The recently released Gionee S6 is now making waves as one of the latest smart phones to watch for this 2016.




This device currently has Gold, Silver, and Rose Gold color options in stock. As for the price, the handset carries a price tag of $295 at current exchange rates.

Specs-wise, the Gionee S6 is powered by a MediaTek MT6753 SoC with 1.3GHz octa-core CPU and Mali T-720 GPU, and sports a 5.5-inch 720p AMOLED display. It has 3GB RAM and 32GB expandable internal memory, and packs in a 3,150mAh battery.

In terms of camera, the phone features a 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. It is just 6.9mm thick, and runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with the company's AMIGO OS 3.1 on top. Watch for more high end phones from Gionee

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5 Quick Youtube Shortcuts : Must Try

Most of us like watching videos on Youtube, but we usually find it awkward navigating through the inbuilt media control.

Worry no more if you are in this category of people. These shortcuts works on Windows, Mac, Linux, also on Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. They also work on Youtube videos embedded on other websites, but their behavior might be unpredictable sometimes.

The Youtube Shortcuts

L Key

 This key takes the video forward by 10 seconds.

J Key 

Pressing the J key takes the video backward by 10 seconds.

K Key

This key allows you to play/pause Youtube videos. Found between the J and K keys, it acts like the play/pause button found in media player control in most keyboards.

1-9 Keys

This key allows you to skip to certain percentage in the video. So pressing 1 takes you 10% into the video and 3takes you 30%  into the video, etc.

0 Key

The 0 Key takes you to the beginning of the video. This works when the video is playing and  when it is paused.

Why not give this awesome shortcuts a try?

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How To Use Whatsapp As A Search Engine And Wikipedia : Must Try

WhatsApp is a great mobile app. It’s easy to use, and is loaded with features for multimedia and group communication, and for 1 billion users, it has become one of the most convenient ways to communicate in a cheap, fast and effective way.

However, some group of people have decided to look beyond all this and add more functionality to WhatsApp. This group from India created a WhatsApp bot which allows its users to access certain services ordinarily accessible on the internet only and not through WhatsApp.

Through this bot, Whatsapp users now can search for content on Wikipedia, access some news articles and even engage in simple mobile quizzes. To access the bot services, users need to save any one of a list of specific phone numbers and add this number to a new or existing WhatsApp group.

Wiki-WhatsApp-bot After that services are accessed by typing specific commands as ordinary messages on group chat. For example Wikipedia searches can be prompted by typing Wiki followed by the search item, and sports news is available by typing certain reference numbers.

 How to activate this Bot

To activate this awesome feature on your whatsapp, just save any of the numbers i listed below with any name of your choice to your contact.

+919043489211 

+917200037454
+919043489211
+917823996693
+919043535738
+919841916290
+919841918127
+917823996903
+917823997158
+917200037284

Create a Whatsapp group chat and add the named number to it

Add friends and relatives to the group or enjoy the services alone.

Use the following to access the search engine

• Type wiki SEARCHTERM on the group and you will get Wikipedia information for that SEARCHTERM (e.g - Wiki Oxygen) and send it to the group.
• Want to use the Dictionary, Type +DICT with the word you want to check (e.g - +DICT Oxygen) and send it to the group.
•  For news channel updates, type +NEWS and you will be subscribed to the NEWS channel. To unsubscribe, type -NEWS and you will be unsubscribed.
• For Live Football scores and updates, type +FOOTBALL to subscribe and -FOOTBALL to unsubscribe.

1. Type wiki SEARCHTERM on the group and you will get Wikipedia information. 2. Want to use dictionary – Type +DICT with the word you want to dictionary (e.g. – +DICT SARCASTIC) and send it to the group. 3. For the new channel updates, Type +NEWS and send it to the group. You will get subscribed. To unsubscribe, Type: -NEWS. 4. For GK play, send +GK to the group and for Football and cricket send +FOOTBALL and +CRICKET to the group.

1. Type wiki SEARCHTERM on the group and you will get Wikipedia information. 2. Want to use dictionary – Type +DICT with the word you want to dictionary (e.g. – +DICT SARCASTIC) and send it to the group. 3. For the new channel updates, Type +NEWS and send it to the group. You will get subscribed. To unsubscribe, Type: -NEWS. 4. For GK play, send +GK to the group and for Football and cricket send +FOOTBALL and +CRICKET to the group.

1. Type wiki SEARCHTERM on the group and you will get Wikipedia information. 2. Want to use dictionary – Type +DICT with the word you want to dictionary (e.g. – +DICT SARCASTIC) and send it to the group. 3. For the new channel updates, Type +NEWS and send it to the group. You will get subscribed. To unsubscribe, Type: -NEWS. 4. For GK play, send +GK to the group and for Football and cricket send +FOOTBALL and +CRICKET to the group.

No spam! No charges! Completely Free! Don't wastetime start searching.

I hope you enjoy this.

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How to Install Xenforo Theme

 I was prompted to write this post because i found out that most people usually find it difficult installing a theme on their Xenforo forum. To install a theme on your Xenforo forum is quite easy if you just go through the following procedures.

 

Things needed

• Xenforo theme to be uploaded
• access to your forum server
• Your forum FTP details
• FTP client (Filezilla or any online FTP client like net2ftp), but i recommend net2ftp because it is my favorite and am familiar with it.
• Winrar, Winzip or any archiving program.
• A laptop computer
• Your brains and lots of guts.

Unzip or unrar the Xenforo theme and you will discover that it contains two sub folders "upload" and "xml".
Now login to your webserver using filezilla or net2ftp and upload the content of "upload" sub folder to the public_html/style directory.

Go to your forum admin control panel and login as your forum administrator, click on styles and this will take you to a list of other themes currently installed on your forum.
Click on "import a style" tab located on the upper right corner of the screen. Now upload the style.xml file located on the xml folder and click import and you are done.
Tick the two boxes beside your new theme and untick the other two boxes besides the other to make this new theme your default theme and to disable user selection.

Exit your admin control panel and refresh your browser to see the applied changes.

Please use the comment to drop any difficulties encountered and i will assist you.

Source: https://www.techsblog.com.ng/2019/07/12/xenforo-installation-and-setup-on-localhost/

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