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Cleaning Up Browser Cache

December 30th, 2009 Admin No comments

To view web pages you to utilize web browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.
Web browser usually requires some space of your hard disk to save temporary internet files and also known as browser cache.

Different browser comes with a different setting and different location where they save temporary internet files (cache). Each browser has their procedures to clear the cache. If you don’t clear the cache regularly than it will consume a lot of disk space.

This article will describe how to clear the cache in three web browsers, they are Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox.

Internet Explorer
To clear cache on Internet Explorer, first thing you need to do is to open the browser window. Once the new window is open then select “Tools” and choose Internet Options and a new window will be open, look for “Delete all offline content” and click “OK”.
When the process is executed, it takes some time to delete all temporary internet files. If all the deleting process is completed then click OK.

Opera
Cleaning of the cache on Opera web browser is almost as simple as clicking buttons.
First, open the Opera window, select Tools, and choose Preferences. See the left side of the preferences window, search for “History and Cache” button and click the button.
On the side of the preferences screen you should see “Empty Now” button, press that button. It takes time to complete the deleting process. If deleting process completed then click on the OK button.

Mozilla Firefox
To clear Firefox’s cache is almost the same as clearing other browsers cache.
First thing you need to do is open the Firefox window, click on Tools ? Clear Recent History ? click on “Clear Now” button or you can press Ctrl + Shift + Del combination key from your keyboard.

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Great Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals

September 2nd, 2009 Admin No comments

Personally, I am not an SEO professiional, simply because until today I am still learning.
But what I have learn from many professional website developers and SEO professionals is when you are developing or creating a website, you need two things.
First, is personal skill. This is what don’t get instantly. I believe you will agree with me that to become a master on a specific subject it takes time, process and great effort.
Second, is the right tools, this is what you can get instantly.

If you are using Mozilla Firefox as your web browser, there are many free extensions that you can use.
Below are some useful Firefox extensions for developing professional website :

HTML Validator (http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/)
Validates website pages to the W3C HTML standards with a simple green signs in the corner of the page if the page validates, a red check if it doesn’t validates and a yellow exclamation if there are warnings. It also includes an enhanced view of source code that allows you to determine where the faults are within the computer code.

FireFTP (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/)
Outstanding, safe, cross-platform FTP client that provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. This gets rid of a piece of application for those of you who utilize a separate program for FTP.

Professor X (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2823/)
Grants you view header data without having to see source code. The page “scrolls” down and Professor X presents you the contents of the page’s head element, including Meta, Script and Style content.

NikkelWHOIS (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2646/)
Watch the WHOIS info for any page by clicking the button on the top-right of the browser.

IE Tab (http://ietab.mozdev.org)
Tired of swapping between Internet Explorer and Firefox when testing out a web page you’re developing ? Utilizing IE Tab you can watch Internet Explorer in a Firefox Tab.

FireBug (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/)
An advanced debugger console that grants you monitor on your JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax.

Codetech (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1002/)
Web page editor that has the taste of Dreamweaver.
An spectacular extension for anyone making web design that doesn’t want to spend out a few hundred dollars for Dreamweaver.

Server Switcher (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2409/)
Easily change between websites on your development and live servers by clicking the switch server icon.

SEO for Firefox (http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html)
Pulling useful market research data right into Google’s and Yahoo!’s search results, including Google PR, Age, Backlinks, Alexa rank, WHOIS, and many more. It also adds a few helpful links on the top of the search pages, including Google Trends, Google Traffic Estimator, and the Overture View Bid tool.

Yet Another Window Resizer (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2498/)
Allows you to resize browser windowpane to default screen resolutions.

Screen grab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1146/)
Gets a screenshot of the web pages and delivers it as an picture data file. This saves up time compared to the method I used, take a screenshot and open Adobe Photoshop to crop the picture.

Server Spy (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2036/)
Shows what type of HTTP server (Apache, IIS, etc.) runs on the visited site on the lower-right side of the web browser.