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A Thank You For Your Support
I just wanted to give a thank you to our most recent supporter, Mr. R. Wilder, who used our Paypal donation link to donate to the AWSOM.org development fund. I’m a firm devotee to the free Open Source Software model, and I will never ever charge for anything developed here, so it really makes me feel appreciated when someone feels strongly enough about my work to help keep it going. I would like to point out that purchases from the Onezumi Studios Online store are also a great way of contributing to the site. Also, for those of you who would like to contribute but can’t do so financially, the other way to help is to simply tell others about our software and sites and therefore bring us more web traffic, which is a great alternate way of supporting us.
So, thank you Mr. Wilder and everyone else who has contributed and mentioned us, it’s what really let’s us know that what we are doing is right and is making a positive impact. It’s greatly appreciated.
UPDATED: AWSOM News Visual Editor Test File Available
I have a test file now available for the AWSOM News Announcement plugin that I hope starts to fix the major issues present in the Visual Editor in WordPress 2.5.1. The files are available at http://www.awsom.org/filerepository/awsomnewstinymcefix.zip . Simply unzip the folder and replace the files on your server with the ones in the zip file. This file does not fix the weird name problem (where the image popup window has only variable names displayed), but I think it fixes the major issue of changing absolute links to relative ones, which was breaking adding images using the add image function. The editor now looks more like the Post/Page version.
Please email me or comment here or at Harknell.com and let me know if the new file helps the situation.
UPDATE:I’ve decided to skip the idea of integrating with the built in WordPress tinyMCE and now have packaged a version of the Visual Editor directly into the AWSOM News plugin. Right now this is a test so literally every possible function is enabled. I can’t guarantee everything works in this test version though, so it’s for people who really need to use the Visual Editor and want to try out something immediately to see if it will work for them now. I’ll package up a formal update soon.
Visual Editor Issues in AWSOM News and Pixgallery
The Visual Editor function in the current versions of AWSOM News Announcement and AWSOM Pixgallery do not function entirely properly with WordPress 2.5.1. The new version of WordPress added in a new version of tinyMCE (updated from 2.x to 3.x) and as a result broke the code that I use to add the editor to my plugins. The Visual Editor still works fine for versions of WordPress previous to 2.5.1, but I’m working to get it to work properly in the current version. The most obvious issues are with missing language text for some of the functions, and improper relative URL paths being created when attempting to add images using the editor. Keep checking back and I hope to get this fixed soon.
Who’s Using AWSOM Ideas: Froggy 99.9
It’s always nice to see the usage that the AWSOM series of plugins get out in the real world. Of course you can check out the people on my “People Using AWSOM Ideas” sidebar list [or even apply to be on it :) ], but it’s always nice for me to see how others are using the tools I develop. Especially when it’s a big or famous company. I’d like to point out that the radio station Froggy is using the Pixgallery plugin to power their photo galleries. It’s definitely a good feeling to know that my work is considered good enough for usage on a high profile site.
AWSOM Pixgallery 4.5.4 released
AWSOM Pixgallery 4.5.4 has been released and is available from the AWSOM.org website. This new version adds in an image view tracking system, 3rd party Image processing support (for Lightbox 2 and other image popup/effect plugins), better thumbnail gallery pagination support and options, new CSS entries to make sub gallery folders in a gallery more distinct, and a few other minor changes and fixes.
Also, if you haven’t noticed yet, there are some new video tutorials up detailing usage of Pixgallery with more to come soon. You can comment here, at Harknell.com, or by email if you have any specific tutorials you’d like to see.