The project which I worked on recently was successfully released today for internet users.

Visit www.mindtreefoundation.org and let me know your feedback.

I designed/templatized and hosted the MindTree Foundation website using Wordpress CMS.

Sneak-peak:


Couple of plug-ins that I have used while building this website. You may consider these when you customize Wordpress for your corporate/personal website.

Contact Form 7 – A nice Ajax based custom form building plug-in. Easy to create, implement and manage multiple forms.

Simple Press – Neat and easy-to-install Wordpress forum plug-in, with multiple forum skins to match your website’s theme.

I will release the other list of useful plug-ins after I complete the next version of website with many more added features. This is an initial release and many background activities are happening to enhance the visibility and usability of the website.

Meanwhile, feedback from my readers is always appreciated, which I will consider during the enhancement process :-)

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The new toolbar from Google has the Sidewiki option. It enables anyone who has logged-in with a Google account to write comment, which is visible to everyone.


I feel, we can use this place to showcase news, achievements, products and services if any, or it can be used as a user feedback box (If nothing is there, pay someone to praise about you in Google's Sidewiki, just kidding...)

Few features:

- The owner of the page can write a comment which can be kept floating on-top always. Can be edited for any new update too.

- Simultaneously publish it in your blog.

- All the Sidewiki entry will reflect in your Google Profile

- You can even share it in Facebook and Twitter or email it instantly to your friends about your Sidewiki entry.

- You can always rate others Sidewiki entry.

- Any plan to integrate with Google Wave? whenever a link is shared via Google Wave the Sidewiki list will pop-up with the entry list. Cool feature, isn't?

Many more cool features to come... stay tuned!

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In my previous post I briefed about the developer version of Chrome Ver4. In this post I have listed some extensions which I find it very useful. Please remember these extensions may work only in the developer version.

Important Note: If you are not able to use any of the extensions, please enable the extensions module by following the below steps:

In Chrome properties, change the "Target" add "-show-extensions" at end of it.

Eg: "C:\Users\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -show-extensions

Now the list of extensions:

Google PR and Alexa Web Rank:

Google PR

Extension Name: Kuber PageRank Checker
Download URL: http://bit.ly/8dodRR
It adds a small icon next to the address bar which refreshes for each page you load
Update: Now the updated version of this extension includes Alexa web rank too.

Alexa Rank

Extension Name: Alexa Rank Display
Download URL: http://bit.ly/5wQREW
Adds alexa web rank to your status bar

Social Media:

Twitter:

Extension Name: Chromed Bird
Download URL: http://bit.ly/81DWJV
Adds icon next to the address bar which immediately alerts you about any new updates posted by your friends and direct replies too

Facebook:

Extension Name: Facebook Notifications
Download URL: http://bit.ly/60hZyE
A Facebook icon next to address bar indicates if there any new "updates" added to your Facebook profile

Utilities:

Gmail Alert:

Extension Name: Gmail Checker
Download URL: http://bit.ly/8RDZy3
Get email alerts next to the address bar and a preview too without opening a new tab

Google Waves Alert:

Extension Name: Google Wave Notifier
Download URL: http://bit.ly/5JpsCI
Check for new wave alert very next to your address bar

Google Feed Reader Alert:

Extension Name: TP Google Reader
Download URL: http://bit.ly/4SDJcK
One more icon next to address bar it changes its color to orange when it identifies the chromed page has a feed and you can easily subscribe/preview without opening a new tab

Google Task:

Extension Name: Google Tasks
Download URL: http://bit.ly/7QbXeM
Add a toggle button to your icon list and the task pane will be floating to your right-bottom of your browser

Google Calendar:

Extension Name: Go Calendar
Download URL: http://bit.ly/7DmWb2
Displays you next calendar appointment in your status bar, you can easily navigate between your appointments and reminders

Others

These are not extensions but few recommendations to use Chrome effectively:

Options:

Under basic tab, select the option “reopen the pages that were open last” to save the session whenever you close your browser

Pin Tab:

Pin the frequently used tab so that you can save a lot of space in your tabs bar. Right-click the tab and say “pin tab”

Bookmark/Status Bar on Top:

Bring your status bar on top so that it is easy to access few extensions very easily with little mouse movement. Do the following,

In Chrome properties, change the "Target" add "-show-extensions" at end of it.

Eg: "C:\Users\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -show-extensions-on-top

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