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Old 10-31-2007, 10:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default handy Firefox extensions for bloggers

I seen this list on another board and thought I'd drag it over here...

I only use a few on this list myself, but I might try a few more...


Blog Publishing

Blogger Bar - Search Blogger, “Blog This” function for any page you’re on.


Clipmarks - Clip any portion of a website to save, email or put on your blog.


Deepest Sender - Blog to multiple platforms from one window.


JustBlogIt - Just right click, and you’re blogging about the page you’re viewing.


LiveJournal Addons - Notifies you of friends updates, messages and more.


LiveJournal Hook - Gives you quick access to many LiveJournal commands and tags.


MySpace Blog Editor - Post directly from Firefox, drag and drop clips from sites.


Scribefire - A blog editor that integrates with your browser and allows you to drag and drop items from a web page into a blog post.


Twitterbar - Post to Twitter directly from the address bar.


WordPress.com Sidebar - Adds a quick access sidebar to get to your WordPress.com account.




Uploading Photos and Media

Fireflix - Sidebar extension to upload, browse, and manage your Flickr photos.


Firefox Companion for Kodak EasyShare Gallery - Upload photos directly to your Kodak EasyShare Gallery.


Firefox Universal Uploader - Universal program for uploading to sites such as Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and Facebook.


FireFTP - An integrated FTP system that syncs and checks versions.


Flickr Sidebar - View the pictures in your account in a sidebar.


Fotofox - Select, tag, and upload images to popular sites such as Flickr.


ImageBot - Lets you upload photos to ImageShack or Photobucket.


OakFlickr4PFF - Allows uploading to your Flickr account.




Blog Tools

Adsense Notifier - Displays your current earnings from Google Adsense in the status bar.

Copy as HTML Link - Copies the address of a page to the clipboard as an HTML ready link.


Create short URLs - Right click an address, click wrapURL, and create a shortened URL for your use.


Dict - Highlight a word, right click it, select define and get a definition in a pop-up window.

DictionarySearch - Similar to Dict, but the result appears in a new tab.


FastDict - Add quick access to any number of dictionary sites to spruce up your blog entries.


ShrinkThisLink Link Shrinker - Use the ShrinkThisLink service without leaving the page.


Tiny.pl - Shortens an address via the tiny.pl service.


Blog Design, Customization and Development


ColorZilla - Get a color reading from any spot in your browser.


DT Whois - Adds a button for www.com: the web starts here... whois service for the site you are currently viewing.


Firebug - Look under the hood of your favorite websites and take a peak at their code.


Greasemonkey - Allows you to run small java scripts to manipulate the way a page displays to you.

HTML Validator - Checks the validity of a page’s HTML and tells you the results in simple graphics.

IE Tab - Lets you view a webpage in an Internet Explorer tab without leaving Firefox.


iWEBTOOL Webmaster’s Toolbar - Allows you quick access to services and tools from iWEBTOOL.

********** Debugger - In browser Java script debugging.


KGen - Allows you to see the strongest keywords for a given site.


LinkChecker - Checks the validity of all links on a given page.


Load Time Analyzer - Allows developers to measure how long a page takes to load.


MeasureIt - Draws out a ruler to get a pixel dimension of any element on a page.


MetaTags - Checks the meta information of a site and features an automated search engine submission tool.


RankQuest SEO Toolbar - Quick access to over 30 SEO tools.


SearchStatus - Keyword density analyser and checks backlinks.


SEOHAND - Tracks a site’s standings and creates graphs over time.


SEOQuake - Ever wonder why a page gets good search ranking? This will help you figure it out.

Web Developer - A highly regarded debugging tool for designers.

Last edited by poto : 10-31-2007 at 10:47 AM.
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