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Adobe released Adobe Media Player 1.0 2008-04-11 04:27:23 Adobe announced Wednesday that its Adobe Media Player 1.0 is now available as a free download.
The cross-platform software, which is built on the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform, is customizable and works both online and off to give viewers new ways to discover and interact with their favorite content. It also offers revenue and brand-building [...] Read more:Adobe
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523 free templates for CMSimple 2008-04-11 04:09:25 dotcomwebdesign.com provides 523 instantly downloadable free website templates and layouts for cmsimple.dk, a free CMS Content Management System. CMSimple is a simple content management system; for the smart maintenance of small commercial or private sites. The templates aren’t really “state of the art” but they are free and you could find some interesting layouts.
NVU - open source WYSIWYG editor 2008-04-11 01:27:18 Nvu is the new Web editing environment based on the Mozilla platform and its Gecko layout engine. Primarily made for Linspire and other Linux flavors, its cross-platform architecture makes it available on a wide variety of other platforms.
Nvu binary test builds are now available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.
Main features
WYSIWYG
[...] Read more:open source
Firefox 3 beta 5 is available. 2008-04-10 11:58:38 Firefox 3 Beta 5 is a developer preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser and is being made available
for testing purposes only. These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and the testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process.
Firefox 3 Beta 5 includes more than [...] Read more:Firefox
Internet Explorer 8 beta. 2008-04-10 09:56:42 Microsoft has released a public beta for InternetExplorer
8. This release is intended to help web designers and web developers prepare for the upcoming version of the browser.
Some of the most important features for developers are the improved compatibility and interoperability and the new developer toolbar which enables developers to quickly debug HTML, cascading [...] Read more:Internet Explorer
165 free vector icons 2008-04-12 08:04:33 Here you can find a pcak of 165 free vector icons (.ai - Adobe Illustrator files).
Flexible Upload Wordpress plugin 2008-04-12 06:25:35 Having problems with image uploads on Wordpress
2.5? Use FlexibleUpload
plugin instead hacking .htaccess files.
Flexible Upload is a plugin for Wordpress 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, 2.3.x and 2.5 to enhance the image upload functionality.
Main Features
Resize pictures at upload to the size you specify
Let you decide whether or not to create a thumbnail and specify its [...]
Mail a brick to junk mailers. 2008-04-12 04:52:55 Found this on a blog, hope you will do the same as those guys.
“You know those obnoxious “refinance your home” or credit card scams offers that you get in the mail? This is called direct marketing, where marketers use a reduced bulk postal rate to send entire forests of paper mail to you.
So this [...]
Adobe Photoshop CS4 - 64-bit only on Vista 2008-04-11 09:55:13 Adobe is working on a new version of its Creative Suite, that includes Photoshop
, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and other applications for print and webdesign - Adobe CS4. The new version of Photoshop (Windows version) will support 64-bit memory addressing.
Why it will support just Windows (Vista
)?
Well, Photoshop for Mac OS is written using older APIs that don’t [...] Read more:Adobe
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Microsoft Expands Support for Web Standards 2008-04-13 12:16:10 “Internet Explorer 8 has been designed to include three rendering modes: one that reflects Microsoft
’s implementation of current Web standards, a second reflecting Microsoft’s implementation of Web standards at the time of the release of Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, and a third based on rendering methods dating back to the early Web. The newest [...] Read more:Support
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Adobe TV launched 2008-04-13 11:16:16 Abobe launched its new video resource site which contains training for the entire set of Adobe
products.
Content on the Adobe TV site is provided in four channels, each featuring programming from Adobe evangelists, trainers, experts, and “luminaries who pull in the crowds at industry events around the world.” More than 200 videos are available at [...]
PageRank prediction. 2008-04-15 10:21:37 Check this tool from iwebtool.com. The results will provide a prediction of the future PageRank
however this should not be considered true. The results can sometimes be known as current “real” PageRank.
Alexa Updates Web Rankings algorithm 2008-04-17 11:44:29 Amazon-owned Alexa
has announced a major update to its 10 year old web ranking system. In the past (we can say that now), Alexa’s rankings were based solely on data collected from the downloadable Alexa Toolbar, but now the company is aggregating data from multiple sources. Good news? I don’t know … But who is [...] Read more:Rankings
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GridFox - Firefox extension 2008-04-17 07:38:50 GridFox is a Firefox
extension that overlays a grid on any website. The plugin is extremely simple to use. Once you have it installed, just right-click on any website and go the the the GridFox menu. From here you can display your current grid, or go to options to customize it to fit your website.
Grid-based [...] Read more:Firefox extension
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (codename Stonehenge 11.0) 2008-04-18 07:09:56 It seems that AdobePhotoshop
CS4 (codename
Stonehenge 11.0) has been leaked. Attached is a screenshot of Photoshop CS4 (compilation date November 1st, 2007). Abobe Photoshop CS4 will contain Vista compatibility fixes and a few minor improvements (rumors). Read more:Adobe Photoshop
Jamba - free Joomla template 2008-04-19 13:33:45 Joomlashack anounced the release of a new free template
. Jamba is native for both Joomla! 1.0 and Joomla! 1.5 versions.
The Jamba template comes with a lot of the features you’ll find in professional Joomla! templates such as 5 theme styles, integrated typography styles, 4 module colors in 9 module positions and more.
You can see a [...] Read more:Joomla
Free Joomla 1.5 Templates JW Clean Pro 2008-04-23 14:47:48 JoomlaWeb has released a new free Joomla 1.5 template - JW Clean
Pro - a non-image template tested with the latest major browsers.
Features:
Tableless layout
Fast
Suckerfish menu
Fixed width, fluid width, custom width
Joomla 1.5.x compatible
15 module position
Cutom font size
tested with IE 6 , IE 7.0,Firefox 2,Opera 9.02 Read more:Joomla
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FancyUpload - free upload script 2008-04-25 13:15:02 FancyUpload is a file-input replacement which features an unobtrusive, multiple-file selection menu and queued upload with an animated progress bar. It is easy to setup, is server independent, completely styleable via CSS and XHTML and uses MooTools to work in all modern browsers.
More details here. Read more:script
Monket Calendar - Ajax based calendar 2008-04-25 12:22:32 Monket Calendar is an Ajax enabled online calendar. The simple interface permits to drag and drop events to change dates, drag the start/end of an event to create multi-day events, create and edit events without refreshing the page, all with an iCal style interface.
Monket Calendar is coded in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP. It is [...]
Free font resources 2008-04-28 11:41:38 Searching for free fonts? Bookmark Bliss selected 75 free font resources links. When you’re designing a new web template, logo, or software application, a good font can really make or break a great concept. You can never have enough fonts at your disposal and the more choices you have, the better opportunity there is to [...]
Virtuemart 1.1.0 is available 2008-04-30 09:05:06 The VirtueMart Team is proud to announce the release of VirtueMart 1.1.0 Stable. The VirtueMart Team and the VirtueMart Community have put many hours into this release of the VirtueMart eCommerce Solution. Thanks to all those who have donated their time and skills to make VirtueMart a leading eCommerce solution that is both full [...] Read more:available
Tab generator 2008-05-05 11:54:16 Tired of neverending Photoshop sessions trying to find the right tabs for your site. Try www.tabsgenerator.com, you can tweak size, colors, corners and more, generate your design, then download and use in your css style sheet.
Flash cylinder image display 2008-05-06 03:14:13 A simple and robust engine to display any number of images. You can click the images to enlarge and reduce them and spin the rotational device using the horizontal position of the mouse. Properties of the rotational device allow for the precise placement of each image, distance from center, rotation speed, size, and more.
Download it [...] Read more:Flash
Magento free E-commerce solution 2008-05-05 14:25:15 Magento is a new professional open-source eCommerce solution offering unprecedented flexibility and control. Magento was designed with the notion that each eCommerce implementation has to be unique since no two businesses are alike.
Magento is 100% SEO friendly and includes a variety of features to enhance your store’s positioning including built-in natural search optimization, easily-editable metadata, [...] Read more:commerce
Inkscape open source vector graphics 2008-05-12 11:51:35 Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy [...]
Mozilla Sunbird calendar application 2008-05-12 11:32:56 Mozilla Sunbird
is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Sunbird is a standalone calendar application. It doesn’t need another client application to run (small memory requirements). Because of [...] Read more:Mozilla