Automattic just released a collection of plugins as one “super-plugin” called Jetpack. As they explained it, the goal was to bring eight of the most requested features available on WordPress.com to the millions of self-hosted WordPress sites in one easy-to-install curated package. If you use JetPack Stats on your site (formerly released as a stand alone plugin called WordPress.com stats), you may be familiar with the smiley face image that it adds to the bottom of every page on your site.

While you could start every project by doing the same things again and again, the smart designers and developers know the importance of a well-developed workflow. One of the things that can accelerate and enhance your workflow are online generators.
I have listed all online free background pattern generators that can save you some time while providing great results.

In fact, when weighing the pro and cons of free web hosting, first of all you have to disregard the fact that you will not be paying a cent while using free web hosting. However, it is necessary to consider the major drawbacks of free web hosting, especially if you are going to use your website for business transactions.

Good Project Planning and Scheduling tools let you plan efficiently and effectively deploy the organization’s resources when they are needed. In this post we review about free or open source Project Management software (available on some platform) that let you plan, schedule and efficiently manage your project cost.

Shared servers are just that- shared. It means that if someone on your server has a spike in traffic to their website one day, resources may be taken away from your website. That is exactly what you are doing if you are on a shared hosting plan. Though sharing brings its benefits, the biggest one being low price, there are some situations where you need to consider upgrading to dedicated hosting.

There are, of course, too many plugins to list here, so in this article we’re just going to point out the essentials… what I consider to be the bare minimum “can’t live without” list of plugins that should be installed with just about any new Wordpress installation. This is obviously just the beginning, as these are only a fraction of the seemingly limitless list of things you can do to customize and enhance your WordPress driven your new website.

A drop down menu is often your best means of keeping the navigation simple and uncluttered, that can offer your theme and users 2 new things. One, add a nice new type of effect to enhance your theme. Two, allow the users to find things more easily. There are a few plugins that you can use to achieve this, but in this post, I’ll show you how to make your own Wordpress Drop-Down menu with CSS and jQuery and WordPress’s standard source code

For people who do not like the crowds of holiday shopping online can be a haven for speed and convenience. In the difficult economic situation this season, experts expect consumers to go online more and more reluctant to pay for shipping, and more proactive in asking for discounts, incentives and bonuses.
If you sign up for web hosting this Cyber Monday 2010 start on November 29, you will be paying less than I am for amazing service! Can you imagine having your own website for less than $2.50/month?

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. FireBug lets you explore the far corners of the DOM by keyboard or mouse. All of the tools you need to poke, prod, and monitor your JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax are brought together into one seamless experience, including a debugger, error console, command line, and a variety of fun inspectors.
In this post, I have found 15 extensions that will boosts your web development speed!

Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on 2 September 2008, and the public stable release was on 11 December 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or “chrome”, of web browsers. As of August 2010, Chrome was the third most widely used browser, with 7.54% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, according to Net Applications.