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Open Share Add to Any Buttons

James — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:20:38 +0000

About eight months ago, Alex King released the first version of the Share This plugin, featuring his now famous Share Icon inspired by the now standard Feed Icon. Unfortunately, Alex sold both the plugin and icon a few months ago to the entity which now owns and operates ShareThis. While ShareThis claims that the icon is still free for all to use, the ShareThis has slowly been taking on a more commercial feel and the usage of the icon has begun to show some restrictions. The icon, which was previously conceived as a standard for all sharing services, is now offered with the strong recommendation that you use it with the services provided by ShareThis, and some organizations which have sought to adapt it to use with their services have received take-down requests from ShareThis.

Fortunately, The Open Share Icon was created to provide a freely usable and distributable icon for the rest of us, and to challenge the Share Icon as a potential standard for all sharing services. Due to ShareThis’ increasing commercial feel, I have decided to leave it behind for Add to Any, which provides buttons to easily share URLs or subscribe to feeds, and nothing more. The Open Share Icon has not been widely adopted yet, so I have modified two of Add to Any’s popular buttons (a practice strongly encouraged by Add to Any’s creator) by adding the Open Share Icon. Feel free to use them on your sites.

As a possible note of interest, these are the first buttons that I have created with Pixelmator. At first, I was hesitant to replace Photoshop with Pixelmator, but I can now say with confidence that Pixelmator does exactly what I need it to do for $590 and 1.9GB less than Photoshop.

Frost 1.0

James — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:18:33 +0000

Joen released Fauna 1.0 on Tuesday. This is the final release of Fauna (excluding bug fixes, of course) and is packed with several noteworthy improvements, including compatibility with WordPress 2.3 (including the new tagging system), a new print stylesheet, and support for the new gravatar plugin, Easy Gravatars.

Due to a few small changes made since the last release candidate, Frost required a very small update to keep it consistent with the current default style, and I am proud to say that Frost 1.0 is now available for anyone looking to add a different style to Fauna 1.0.

Frost is “a cool and refreshing style” for Fauna, inspired by frost, ice, snow, and winter in general. If you’re looking to make a change to your blog’s theme, try Frost today!

WordPress Security Update v2.2.1

James — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:20:48 +0000

A security update has been issued for WordPress. This release, version 2.2.1, includes security fixes and is recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for WordPress here.

Frost: Release Candidate 2

James — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:35:25 +0000

Yesterday, Joen and the rest of the talented contributers behind Fauna released a second release candidate. This near-final release of Fauna is packed with several noteworthy improvements, including compatibility with WordPress 2.1 and 2.2, an all-new simplified options page, and Fauna-specific widgets. Due to some of the changes made since Fauna’s first release candidate, Frost required a small update to retain its compatibility, and I am proud to say that Frost RC2 is now available for anyone looking to add a different style to Fauna RC2.

Frost is “a cool and refreshing style” for Fauna, inspired by frost, ice, snow, and winter in general. If you’re looking to make a change to your blog’s theme, try Frost today!

WordPress Security Updates v2.0.10 and v2.1.3

James — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:29:04 +0000

Two security updates have been issued for WordPress. These releases, versions 2.0.10 and 2.1.3, include several security fixes and are recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for WordPress here.

Urgent WordPress Security Update v2.1.2

James — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:23:11 +0000

An urgent security update has been issued for WordPress. This release, version 2.1.2, removes “highly exploitable code” that was added to the WordPress download by a malicious individual.

This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code . . . Although not all downloads of 2.1.1 were affected, we’re declaring the entire version dangerous and have released a new version 2.1.2 that includes minor updates and entirely verified files. We are also taking lots of measures to ensure something like this can’t happen again.

WordPress 2.1.1 was the only download altered, so users of WordPress 2.0.9 should be safe. More information about this issue can be found here.

WordPress Security Updates v2.0.9 and v2.1.1

James — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:41:02 +0000

Two security updates have been issued for WordPress. These releases, versions 2.0.9 and 2.1.1, include security fixes and are recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for WordPress here.

WordPress Security Update v2.0.7

James — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:52:42 +0000

A security update has been issued for WordPress. This release, version 2.0.7, includes a security fix and is recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for WordPress here.

WordPress Security Update v2.0.6

James — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:32:04 +0000

A security update has been issued for WordPress. This release, version 2.0.6, includes security fixes and is recommended for all users. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for WordPress here.

Frost: Release Candidate

James — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:49:24 +0000

The talented team behind Fauna recently released a near-final Fauna release candidate, packed with several bug fixes, code optimizations, overall improvements, and new features. Due to the massive amount of welcomed changes, Frost required a small update to retain its compatibility with Fauna. After a very easy-going update process, and a few bug/typo fixes, I am proud to say that Frost RC is now available for anyone looking to add a different shade of colors to Fauna RC.

Frost is “a cool and refreshing style” for Fauna, inspired by frost, ice, snow, and winter in general. If you’re looking to make a change to your blog’s theme, try Frost today!