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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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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How To Install xenforo on Localhost

Running a Xenforo website on localhost is the best and safest way to make changes and test run various themes, addons and plugins without making changes that will on your webserver, and your actual web page. Xenforo is a forum script written in php and can be installed on your your local machine. To do that you will need the following.

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Top 7 Best Forum Software 2016 Edition

If you want to start your online forum, or researching about forum software ( free/paid), this article will give you my own personal opinion about the best 7 to pick from.

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