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Jetpack Wordpress.com Stats Configuration

How to hide The WordPress Stats Smiley Face

January 23, 2014January 18, 2012 by NARGA Editorial

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.

Top 10 Great Online Background Generator For Your Needs

March 18, 2018September 27, 2011 by NARGA Editorial

We all know that backgrounds play a crucial role in a design. A lot goes in designing the backgrounds with different textures and patterns, choosing the right colors and a lot other factors. Not only the backgrounds but buttons, logos, scroll bars, texts, and a lot is important when it comes in designing and it does involve a lot of creativity and time to zero in the final one. 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.

Top 5 quality and free web hosting services for staters

Top 5 quality and free web hosting service for staters

July 30, 2019September 12, 2011 by NARGA Editorial

Building a website is as simple as write your words, design a layout and add all the content on an assigned web page, but on the completion of the website you will need a space over the net to upload it, here comes the role of web hosting services. If you are a beginner in setting up a website, then you could have visited a lot of different free and paid web hosting providers and you could still be confusing where to host your website. In fact, for beginners the idea of putting up a website free of charge could be an attractive idea.
As we all know that free web hosting is nothing new in the current online market, but still because of its several advantages it has been continuously doing great day by day. Free web hosting services is the best way to start for new clients who want a way to start their own business. But before starting to use these services you must have all the basic knowledge of hosting and affordable hosting services.

10 Open-Source & free Project Management tools

March 18, 2018September 2, 2011 by NARGA Editorial

Managing projects is not an easy task. In fact, the need to use project management software is increasing by the day. Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.
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.

When Is It Time To Upgrade to a Dedicated Server?

January 15, 2014March 30, 2011 by NARGA Editorial

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.

Top 20+ Most Common WordPress Plugins for starters

October 25, 2016December 15, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

WordPress has a lot of plugins developed by many people. A headache after you install your own WordPress blog that “What is the necessary and useful WordPress plugins need to install after I got a WordPress blog?”
Let’s take a look at the 20 most commonly used plugins on WordPress blogs across the web, including those that offer more features, to those that simply reduce the simple tasks of running a blog.

If you are new to WordPress, this basic list (which is technically not limited to plugins alone) should help get you started on the right foot. Whether you are running a basic brochure site, or a full featured blog, you should be sure your WordPress site includes these essentials.

Make your own WordPress Drop-Down menu with CSS and jQuery

October 31, 2014December 8, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

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 make 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 wp_list_pages, wp_nav_menu, wp_list_categories

The aim of this short tutorial is help you build a simple multi-level drop-down menu in your WordPress theme using jQuery’s JavaScript library to make sure cross-browser compatibility.

To get started with this tutorial, you’ll need to have a WordPress website up and running and a willingness to alter your theme files. Once that’s squared away you’re ready to rock!

15+ Awesome Firefox Extensions to Improve the FireBug

March 2, 2018October 4, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

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 check 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.

Well, it can do more than you could ever imagine with all these FireBug extensions which improved your work. FireBug extensions typically come in the form of Firefox add-ons. In this post, I have found 15 extensions that will boosts your web development speed!

The Essential Google Chrome Extensions for Web Designers

July 27, 2017September 14, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

Have you ever read our The Essential Web Browsers Extensions for Web Developers series? And now, you can read about The Essential Chrome Extensions for Web Designers.

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.

We’ve taken some of most useful Chrome Extensions which may help for your works.

Google Buzz Tips: The Missing Manual

November 8, 2015September 1, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

Do you know Google Buzz? Buzz seem to be divided between those who think it will topple Facebook and those who have already discounted it.
The launch wasn’t a storming success, but Google Buzzis a pretty nifty tool – especially when you start mucking around with it.
Google Buzz is a new way to publish your ideas to the world or just to your closest friends, and start conversations about the things you find interesting. It has an option to see thumbnails with each post, and browse full-screen photos from popular sites.
Here are some tips that help you use Google Buzz in new interesting ways.

10+ Considerations When Choosing VPS Hosting

January 15, 2022July 15, 2010 by NARGA Editorial

A Virtual private server, or VPS, may be the hosting solution you are looking for. If your website is experiencing immense growth, it may be better to host the site on a VPS. A shared hosting environment tends to be unstable and your growing site may be taking up too much resources. Having a VPS ensures that you are allocated a fixed amount of resources. You don’t have to worry about resource hogging. In addition, you can also make custom tweaks to your site that requires admin rights. You can’t do that in a shared hosting environment.

Virtual private server (VPS) hosting is a flexible, scalable, and economical hosting solution that can fit the needs of almost any kind of website. It’s a perfect solution for those who have outgrown their shared hosting plans but don’t really need to move to a dedicated server.
With so many hosting businesses out there how can you ensure you choose one of the more reputable ones? Here are a few pointers that should help steer you in the right direction:

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