I’m currently knee deep in work on my plugins. The AWSOM Drop Down Archive will be getting new options for archive types, as well as CSS theme options. AWSOM Pixgallery will be getting a new absolute linking system option (to allow easier access to your images through RSS feeds and to help with complicated Wordpress installs), a new custom image system for folders, an automatic gallery/image caption cataloging system, and other interface upgrades.

Most of the new features are from feedback from users of the plugins, so if you are using one of the plugins and want to see something new added please contact me. You can also get added to the “People Using AWSOM ideas” box too!

I’m also investigating some new ideas for plugins, but it’s too early to talk about them. But, I’ve found that the best plugins are for things that people routinely need to do or want to see in their site, but just doesn’t exist currently, or is clunky to get done. If you have anything like that that you feel might be a good idea for a plugin, especially if it is art or webcomic related, please contact me and it might just turn into the next AWSOM plugin (and you will get credited in my plugin notes).

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As part of my series of mentioning sites that use Wordpress to host their comics I would like to present DeadofSummer.org. These guys are using Wordpress with the ComicPress (classic 1.6 version, I think update: Marty chimed in to let me know they are using 2.0) theme. As such they are a perfect candidate for using AWSOM Pixgallery as their image archive of their comics (hint, hint) since it has automatic support for linking back to the news post for the image being viewed in the archive.

I think it’s always important to see what others are doing with their sites as you develop your own, so go check them out.

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A minor update to the AWSOM Pixgallery plugin for Wordpress has been released and can be downloaded from it’s product page at Awsom.org. This is a minor bug fix release that corrects an issue that prevented certain server configurations from properly updating the Pixgallery Options page. (due to the way php code is inserted into HTML). If your version of the plugin is working fine there’s no pressing need to upgrade.

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I wanted to thank the advertisers who have been placing ads through Project Wonderful and our own advertising service. They help make it possible for me to provide all of the plugins and other stuff that’s done here to you guys for free. So please check out their sites.

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I recently received a request from a user of my AWSOM News Announcement plugin for Wordpress to add the ability to have an audio player be a part of the News Announcement area. This turned out to be the spark of designing a new version of my plugin that supported using php code in the news box. Of course I needed to do some research on how to get an audio player to run, so I went looking for one to use. I found the XSPF Player for Wordpress, and it is absolutely excellent. It is easy to use and allows you to play one or many different mp3 files from your site, all defined in your admin interface. It has a few different player types that you can use, and has some basic CSS formatting you can set. XSPF + AWSOM News means you can always have your most recent podcast waiting for your visitors at the top of your site.

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