Sometimes we just want to get our WordPress Admin area to look neat and professional just to add a bit more functionality and enhance the way we use it. In this case, WordPress Admin themes and plugins come to the rescue. Here are 20 WordPress Admin themes and plug-ins that expand the functionality of the admin area specially if design isn’t your primary skill set. If you need to create your own Admin WordPress theme you might find this post useful. So let’s get started and don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS-Feed and visit my twitter page : nourayehia...
We’re three months in and usage of Google’s Chrome browser is impressively increasing. However, right now the browser’s limitations are vast. Without productivity tools and enhancements like extensions and add-ons similar to the ones available in Firefox, your Chrome remains a simple browser. I’ve had enough of that already. I want extensions. I use Chrome right now for Google Reader and that’s about it. It’s not my default browser; I don’t have all my bookmarks ported in, I can’t stumble or quickly add any pages to delicious, and opening tabs from Google Reader into Chrome is just a time-waster for...
Sun's difficult position has been covered here, in business circles, and even in the land of puppets. So when Jonathan Schwartz surfaces with the launch of JavaFX 1.0, naturally the question in everyone's mind is how exactly a client technology is going to advance Sun's position in the marketplace as it downsizes to avoid a possible collapse. Schwartz comes out swinging in the video embedded below, talking of Java's strong position on desktops and what he calls the majority of mobile devices. He frames the discussion around the desire of companies to escape from the lock-in of the browser,...
According to Flickr, its mobile site has seen a more than 50% increase in traffic over the last year. Today, Flickr is rolling out a new version of its mobile site, m.flickr.com, which not only updates the user interface in general, but also adds video playback to its already long list of features. Starting today, iPhone and iPod Touch owners will be able to make use of this feature and Flickr will roll out video playback for most other phones capable of supporting video streaming over the next couple of weeks. Sponsor The video platform for Flickr's mobile site is...
I’ve been following Opera’s new releases quite closely, and whether it’s one of the mobile versions of the browser or the desktop Opera, one cannot say they aren’t active. The numbers, unfortunately, just aren’t on their side: regardless of having a great feature set and being very fast, the desktop version of Opera just isn’t gaining significant traction. Opera’s next big release, Opera 10, raises expectation merely by its round version number, and now there’s an alpha version for everyone to try out. The new Presto 2.2 engine should bring speedier browsing, and even better adherence to W3C standards. Furthermore,...
Mozilla opens the doors to their new Community Store, a partnership with t-shirt making company Zazzle, which lets you design and buy your own Firefox-themed shirt or grab one of the more popular designs from other users. Check out the gallery of featured designs here. If you design one yourself, post a link to it in the comments....
Earlier this week, the open-source music player built on Mozilla technology, Songbird, finally made its 1.0 release. After being in development for two years, this version feels like the kind of solid media player we've been expecting and hoping for all along. Although nothing is entirely bug-free, this release worked smoothly, with both performance and stability seeming greatly improved. Combine that with its extendibility through the the use of add-ons, and you'll find Songbird has a lot of promise as a worthwhile iTunes replacement. Sponsor What We Liked When we looked at Songbird in the past, many readers were quick...
Conspiracy theory lovers are going to have a field day with this one: when you try to access Facebook using the Google Chrome browser today, you’ll get a warning that the social network may in fact be a phishing site. At least, it gave a warning here and at least two tipsters. It worked fine for me until earlier this morning. Is everyone seeing this? Update: this blog says the problem occurs in Firefox as well, but I don’t see it. Twitter is buzzing with people getting this notice as well. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to...
Mobile phone operating systems and a reheated web browser war: that's how we'll recall the year 2008 when it comes to software. From brand new to revamped browsers and mobile platforms and apps, 2008's been good to technophiles who like their data in the cloud and accessible wherever they are. Let's take a look back at this year in software, and some of the best new and improved applications, web services, and mobile platforms that were born in 2008. Looking back at the last 12 months, these are the apps that get a gold foil-wrapped chocolate coin from us...
Software maker Flock has released an OpenID management add-on for its social web browser. The add-on -- which works only on Flock 2.0 and not on Firefox 3, the browser upon which Flock is based -- was co-developed with MySpace and identity management company Vidoop. Even though MySpace helped create it, the add-on itself is site-agnostic. Once you install the add-on, you can use it to store your OpenID credentials securely within Flock. Then as you browse around to all of your favorite, OpenID-supporting social websites, Flock will alert you whenever you're able to use OpenID to log in to...
