• Released Link Library 2.0 for WordPress. Introduces ability to have multiple sets of settings for multiple pages. Hoping for no major bugs. #

Releasing Link Library 2.0 for WordPress

I have been working on my Link Library for WordPress plugin for more than four years and always enjoy adding new features to it. While I took a big step when I added an administration interface to the plugin, I also made it slightly more difficult for users to user Link Library to power more than one of their pages with the plugin and configure each instance differently.

In version 2.0, I try to address this shortcoming by allowing users to create up to 5 different sets of settings and then be able to choose which one to use on each page of interest of their site. By still being able to override a few parameters such as including or excluding link categories, the possibilities become endless.

You can see on my own web site two different pages that show output from different Link Library Setting Sets (Freeware Database and Favorite Links). Judge for yourself how efficient this can be. If you have any trouble after upgrading, feel free to drop me a note.

• Working on Link Library 2.0 for WordPress. Should have the new version out over the week-end with support for multiple Settings Sets. #

• Released Tune Library 1.4.1 to fix a problem with the AJAX query mode. If it did not work for you before, try it now! http://bit.ly/4M8dC #

• Released Link Library 1.3.2 for WordPress http://bit.ly/2ZRH1f Should be online soon. Adds ability to display link category descriptions. #

• Enjoying Vanessa Rodrigues’ Soul Project CD while at work. #
• Living with first-person shooter disease: Really funny! http://bit.ly/Woo8Q #

• RT @DominicArpin: The lying down game: A group taking pictures of people lying down in strange places. http://bit.ly/1epe0Q Funny and weird. #
• Redoing our kitchen. After tear down, today is electricity, then isolation, closing the walls, tiling the floor and new cabinets. Busy! #
• Catching up to Chuck Season 2 watching almost one show a night. Good writing, funny, lots of action. Just great! #
• RT @CaliLewis: Office 2010 The Movie? How'd I miss this?? http://bit.ly/BJlal Absolutely hilarious! #

• RT @sobees: Sobees Beats Seesmic to Browser-Based Twitter/Facebook/Real-Time Search Client – http://moourl.com/dvl1l #

PNG files can contain more than graphics

When I changed my website’s theme a few weeks ago, I read an intriguing set of instructions in the template’s source files which suggested that I should download Abobe Fireworks to edit the site’s logo (top-left corner), which was stored in a PNG file.

I’ve worked with PNG graphic files for some time and was thinking that the author of the theme must have missed something since PNG only contain graphics, like JPG or BMP files. I still gave it a chance and downloaded a trial version of Adobe Fireworks, then proceeded to open the file. Instead of only finding a static image, I was quite surprised to find an entire design file with layers and editable text. It turns out that Fireworks uses the PNG format to store visual AND design information. If you open up the file in any other application, you will only see the visual information, but with the right tool, you can make any changes that you want to the file. Quite clever.

I guess that you learn something new every day. For more information on the Fireworks PNG format, you can read an article on Adobe’s site here.

• Google announces a new Open Source OS targeted at netbooks: http://bit.ly/E5FaF It will be interesting to see Microsoft's response over time #
• RT @CaliLewis: The power of the Web: United Breaks Guitars – http://bit.ly/raber #