Where to Find Free Images and Art Resources for Blogs?
May 1, 2008
Where does one find images that can be posted online without infringing copyright laws? That’s a common problem faced by bloggers, at least by the ones who don’t want a DMCA complaint filed against them.
With most of the online material belonging to someone and being posted by someone else, it’s easy to unknowingly become an accomplice to content theft. Somehow, it’s easier to tell when text is free for distribution. What about all the ubiquitous art and images with no obvious authorship or copyright notices? In many cases it’s impossible to tell. It would be desirable to get them at the source, or at sites with clearly stated ownership and distribution policies.
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WordPress 2.5 Released
March 29, 2008
As it had been predicted, WordPress 2.5 has just been made available coinciding with WordCamp Dallas.
This blog is already running the new version and the upgrade was as painless as possible. It took less than 15 minutes, and that was mostly due to the slow uploading of files. Just make sure to check that all your plugins are up-to-date and that none of them conflicts with release 2.5. A good place to check for plugin compatibility is the Plugin Compatibility 2.5 list maintained by the WordPress community. Full directions to upgrade are listed in the Upgrading WordPress guide. [Read more]
MarsEdit Blog Editor: Tagging WordPress, Movable Type
January 31, 2008
MarsEdit, the popular desktop blog editor for the Mac platform has been updated to version 2.1. The new version brings an assortment of new features, including enhanced web previews, the ability to save drafts to the server, and instant searches for drafts and entries. [Read more]
