Instant.js (now with IE 6/7 support)CSS, Javascript, Image, EffectJuly 15th, 2007
Instant.js 1.12 allows you to add an instant picture effect (including tilt) to images on your webpages . It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
It works in all the major browsers - Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+, Safari and IE6+. On older browsers, it’ll degrade and your visitors won’t notice a thing.
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The buzz around the blogoshpere about Squidoo as a spam venue is heating up this week.
I fired up my Twitter comments and ran across Ed Dale’s post on the apparent Squidoo slap. It appears that many lenses that have enjoyed great SERP’s may be coming to an end. Ed and his team suggest 3 potential causes of the sudden drop citing “the penalty cause because websites now ranking above previously high ranking Squidoo lenses have much fewer backlinks and lower page rank than the Squidoo lenses they have replaced”.
Grunwald Associates and Forrester released recent surveys on US young generation (9 and above, 12 and above respectively). Both surveys were focusing on social networking participation and present similar findings:
Teens and tweens are heavy users of social networking sites, they frequently visit these sites (= mainly myspace), they are focusing on internet communication skills: content delivery (updating profiles) and establishing relationship (connecting and tracing friends). As for attitudes toward marketers: as long as they feel they gain valuable information (entertainments or tools relevant to their online experience) – they are open for marketing initiatives.
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PliggCSS, Web 2.0, PHP, MySQLJuly 7th, 2007
What is Pligg?
Pligg is an Open Source Web 2.0 CMS. The main features that make Pligg unique are collaborative bookmarking, social networking, folksonomy and blogging. Each of the News links, unit of pligg content, has a vote button, URL and optionally a short description of news. Here Visitors are supplier, consumer and judge of the content. Every visitor has right and freedom to vote and veto any news item. At the end of the day, depending on count of vote news are either promoted to main site,or move or remains in incoming queue, or permanently removed from site. Being a collaborative CMS, Pligg sites grow very fast in terms of traffic and popularity.
Reflection.jsCSS, Javascript, Image, EffectJuly 5th, 2007
Reflection.js 1.6 allows you to add reflections to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
It works in all the major browsers - Internet Explorer 5.5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+ and Safari. On older browsers, it’ll degrade and your visitors won’t notice a thing. Best of all, it’s under 5KB.
Why use Javascript Image Reflections?
PloggerPHP, MySQL, ImageJuly 4th, 2007
Plogger is the next generation in open-source photo gallery systems. A web application not bloated with superfluous features or complicated configuration settings. Plogger is a simple yet powerful tool — everything you need to share your images with the world. Plogger is your photos integrated into your website, a fully featured photo sharing package with an attractive and easy to use administrative interface that makes managing your galleries a breeze. Integrating our gallery software into your website is as easy as inserting three lines of PHP code. And did we mention the price? Absolutely Free. Plogger requires a server setup with at least MySQL v3.23, GD1.0, and PHP4.
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It is hard to forget Rupert Murdoch reaction when asked whether newspaper readers were drifting off to MySpace. His reaction was: “I wish they were. They’re all going to Facebook at the momentâ€. While it is certain that facebook growth has a lot to do with myspace users moving inside, it can be suggested that social network users are not loyal to only one network. According to Parks Associates online surveys “40% percent of MySpace users keep profiles on other social networking sites such as Friendster and Facebook. Loyalty among the smaller social networking sites is even lower, with more than 50% of all users actively maintaining multiple profiles†(results were gathered by 2 online surveys: survey of 1,000 heads-of-Internet households in the U.S., where 402 social networking users were identified and a second survey of 2,000 Internet users in the U.S. age 13 and up where 475 myspace users were identified).
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minishowcasePHP, MySQL, Flash, ImageJuly 2nd, 2007
minishowcase is a small and simple php/javascript online photo gallery, powered by AJAX/JSON that lets you put easily your images in an online gallery, without having to configure databases or changing and customising code (though you may do it if you feel so) allowing to have an up-and-running gallery in a few minutes.
Features
New interface: easier at-a-glance thumbnail navigation and a clean layout.Simple galleries: just upload a folder full of images to your /galleries/ folder and voilá you have a new gallery!Lightbox view: Images can be viewed in a lightbox way, easier and more precise, with a convenient integrated thumbnail menu.Languages: set your gallery in French, Italian or Spanish. Set it to select the user’s local language (if available). Translate it to your own language!Permanent URLs: now you can share your galleries and images with friends and acquaintances. Just copy the permalink for a gallery or an image, and email it to them!Automatic thumbnails: you don’t have to worry anymore about creating your images’ thumbnails. Let minishowcase take care of itAdded viewing features: Configurable timed slideshow (for now, more to come)