Great Firefox plugin for blog template users

September 12th, 2005 · 2 Comments ·

I found Aardvark through del.icio.us. The product is a free Firefox plugin that allows you to check elements of a webpage and how it is constructed. It is particularly useful for non-geeks like me who want to customize templates of blog content management systems like WordPress or Serendipity.

Aardvark allows you to check parts of a site and see which HTML or CSS element controls its presentation. If you place your mouse pointer over a part of a page, the block will be highlighted an a text below the block will indicate which element it is.

With the tool, you’d know which part of your style sheet to edit if you want to change a part of your CMS-backed blog.

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  • 2 responses so far ↓

    • rikvarela // Sep 22, 2005 at 7:29 am

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      thanks for that very helpful tip. i was really amazed tweaking and knowing how those beautiful sites were created by just right clicking the mouse. Aardvaark is a great tool to know what, where and how to tweak a page.

      More power.

    • anon khan // Oct 4, 2007 at 4:14 pm

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      cool, thanks !

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