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Set First Image as Featured Image for all wordpress posts

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WordPress recently from its version 3.0 have started a new feature called Featured Image where we need to set Featured Image for every individual post manually before we are going to publish the post. Although it is a great feature many of our previous posts doesn’t have featured image and day by day many new themes have started using this feature because of which we may miss some design aspects...

How to delete windows explorer address bar history ?

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There are guys who maintain hidden folders and try to access them directly using the windows explorer address bar and you know what when you are typing next time you will find that the address you have typed is stored in windows explorer history. You will hurry up to clearing the history of recent items and windows explorer but sadly the steps you have taken will not workout as it is under Auto...

how to pronounce names correctly ?

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Pronouncing a name correctly is not so easy when you come across unfamiliar names.  Probably you might join in a new client engagement and come across a situation where you need to talk to your foreign client and embarrassingly you don’t know how to pronounce his name. In such cases you probably should have to consider how to pronounce name of the client in advance. Some of the popular...

How to Convert Video Formats using VLC ?

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VLC is one of the most popular open source applications that have been installed in many of our personal computers. Many of us know VLC as a media player but it can also be used as a convert, transcode and rip media. If you wonder why you should use VLC to convert video formats then answer is simple, it is already installed in your personal computer and you don’t need to install any other video...

PageSpeed: How to Minify Javascript and CSS

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Minify Definition : Minifying / Minification is the process of compressing a file without changing any of the functionalities by removing unwanted spaces, new lines, comments from its content there by reducing the file size and improving page load time. This process will make the content in the file unreadable but every functionality of the code will remain unchanged. Minification and Search...

How to Enable Missing 3D View Inspect Element in Firefox ?

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Inspect Element in Firefox is one of the good feature for a web developer to understand the structural layout of any particular HTML page. Certainly it would be of some help when you are confused of the structure of a page. It will show you the structure of the elements in 3D to help you distinguish which particular elements are enclosed under which particular elements. However the order of  HTML...

How to Enable Hibernate Option in Windows 8 Power Menu ?

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If you have installed windows 8, you probably might have noticed that there is no option for hibernate neither in the power menu nor in the traditional ALT + F4 way to shutdown the PC .  This was the same case even in its previous version windows 7 where I covered a post on how to enable hibernate option in windows 7 and this time it is not windows 7 and it is not the traditional start menu in...

What is the difference between Volatile and Non Volatile Memory ?

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In the recent post I have been trying to explain about the difference between “Suspend” and “Hibernate” options in Ubuntu. For which one should know about the difference between Volatile and Non Volatile Memory. Volatile Memory : A device which holds the data as long as it has power supply connected to it and cannot hold the memory when there is no power supply connected...

How to Enable Hybrid Suspend in Ubuntu ?

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What is Suspend option in Ubuntu and how is it useful ? If you have been using Ubuntu for some time you might be aware of the “Suspend” option. It is similar to the “Sleep” option in windows. Whenever you press this button system pushes the existing state of your machine to RAM and turns off power to all other hardware but it will continue to provide power to RAM as it is...

Chrome extensions to download youtube / facebook videos

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I generally use Mozilla Firefox but recently one of my friend asked me to help her in downloading youtube video. I know that there are many websites that could help her in downloading youtube videos but I wanted to add an extension so that it would be easy to download videos next time. After some time I realized that it is not so simple to install an extension that helps to download youtube...