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SixApart’s MovableType, blogging tool is free again. In the beginning it was free and it was one of the most popular and preferred blogging platforms. But in May 2004, SixApart commercialized it. One thing led to another, and MovableType was nowhere to be seen. It was getting less and less popular. On the other hand, now there were so many blogging tools. WordPress was one of them, lately it gained more popularity and became the preferred choice for bloggers.

I believe this move by SixApart, is done, in order to bring the glory that MovableType once had. I am not sure if it will bring its glory back, but one thing I am sure, all bloggers who are familiar with MovableType are happy now. Because MovableType has some advantages that other blogging tools do not. One such advantage is, you can create and manage multiple blogs within MovableType. So if you are running network of blogs, you might want to consider MovableType as your blogging platform.

I don’t think I will be shifting to MT in the near future, I am too much used to WP at the moment.

www.sixapart.com/movabletype/

This is a nice javascript that makes the date field (any date field) usable. All you need to do is to click inside the form field, and the calendar will pop-up for you to select the date. If you have any forms (e.g online booking, delivery service etc) be sure to use this kind of javascript.

It’s compatible with all major browsers:

• IE6, IE7
• Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0
• Safari

Download available at the site. calendar.swazz.org

Jon’s Showoff Rankings plugin for WordPress shows the rank buttons for Google’s PageRank, Alexa, and Technorati as shown to the left. There is also “Compete” button, which is retrieved from http://snapshot.compete.com’s data.

There is also similar script at www.showoffrankings.com which is not a WP plugin, but a normal javascript that you can enter in your blog. It does the same thing. I think it’s still a Jon’s site.

It’s a nice plugin, it allows me to see the ranks without checking it manually. I am using it on the right side.

Box.net has some nice flash widgets where you can upload any file (mp3, pics, pdf…etc) to share with your blog readers. MP3 files can be played directly in the widget, you can also download them if you want to listen offline. Images can also be displayed inside the widget, all the other file types are available for download only, such as pdf or doc.

Have you used TinyUrl.com to shorten long URLs? Shorty is a similar script that you can install on your server and shorten those long urls under your own domain name.

You can test the demo here get-shorty.com/live and download the script itself here get-shorty.com/

AdesGuestbook is a FREE php/mysql guestbook that I have developed back in 2004. It’s a CSS based guestbook that uses single css file for the look and feel. Therefore customization is very easy. You can also easily integrate it to any PHP page using < php include > tags. Here is an example of integration: Non-integrated version and integrated version.

In the new release CAPTCHA has been integrated into the sign page. Admin Area has been also modified to make the editing of the messages easier (edit and delete buttons have been added beside every entry). Next release will have RSS subscription and more features for admin area. So stay tuned!

So far it has been downloaded 11,710 times (as of today). You can download the new version here or go to script details page at my site.