NLB Creations http://nlb-creations.com Nikki Blight - Web/PHP Developer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:13:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WordPress Plugin – Scheduled Announcement Widget http://nlb-creations.com/2012/02/01/wordpress-plugin-scheduled-announcement-widget/ http://nlb-creations.com/2012/02/01/wordpress-plugin-scheduled-announcement-widget/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:39:47 +0000 Nikki Blight http://nlb-creations.com/?p=796 Description

The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements, independent of normal posts and pages, to any widgetized area of your site, or to your theme files. Perfect for publicizing an event, alert, or notice that doesn’t require a full-page write-up. Announcements can be scheduled to run indefinitely or during a specific date range, and admins can chose between horizontal or vertical scrolling.

Download

Version 0.1 – 2/1/2012

Screenshots

Contributors: kionae
Tags: announcements, alerts, scheduled announcements
Donate link: http://nlb-creations.com/donate/
Requires at least: 3.2.1
Tested up to: 3.3.1
Stable tag: trunk

Installation

  1. Unzip and upload plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add announcements using the Announcements tab in the WordPress Dashboard.
  4. Configure your widget under Announcements > Settings

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I put the ticker in a post or page?

Yes, using the shortcode [announcements]

The shortcode function can use the default configuration options set in Announcements > Settings, or it can be customized manually using any of the following variables.

title – Will display a header title above the ticker
show_titles – Will show or hide the title field of the announcements. Set to 1 for show, 0 for hide.
scroll – The scroll style of the ticker. Valid options are ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’.
speed – The speed in milliseconds at which the ticker will scroll
width – The width in pixels of the ticker
height – The height in pixels of the ticker
link – The hexidecimal color code to use for links in the announcements (eg. 0000FF for blue)
text – The hexidecimal color code to use for text in the announcements (eg. 000000 for black)
saw_id – User-specified CSS ID for the ticker

For example:

[announcements title="Announcements" show_titles="1" scroll="horizontal" width="600" height="50" link="0000FF" text="000000" saw_id="news"]

Changelog

0.1

  • Initial release

Upgrade Notice

0.1
Initial release
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ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is, as stated by Wikipedia, “a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement”. (A plurilateral agreement, for those of you who, like me, are not up on political lingo, is a term used by the World Trade Organization to describe an agreement between more than two countries, but not a great many).

The idea behind ACTA is that it would create international rules concerning intellectual property. ACTA encourages internet service providers to retain and provide information about suspected copyright infingers and grants law enforcement the power to persue criminal investigations against suspects who may have commercially profited from their infringement.

Sounds all well and good, right?

Well… not so much. It also allows criminal investigations against individuals without probable cause.

But what is really disturbing is that President Obama chose to sign (several months ago) this agreement without Congressional approval by calling it an “executive agreement” rather than a “treaty” (even though other countries enthusiastically refer to it as a treaty). Even if it is decided that it’s not a treaty, the President cannot enter binding international agreements on matters under Congress’s plenary power… which, according to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, intellectual property and copyright is one of.

In short, Obama is trying to circumvent Congressional authority on ACTA.  Senator Wyden (who, some might recall, was a very vocal opponent of PIPA and threatened to filibuster it if it came to a vote) has taken notice of this and sent President Obama a letter on the subject.

In addition to its questionable constitutionality, many of the same concerns raised about SOPA and PIPA have been raised reguarding ACTA. The European Union, which seems to have finally relented and plans to sign tomorrow, had particular worries about the effects on individual speech.

There is now a petition on WhiteHouse.gov, demanding that ACTA be brought before the Senate for ratification. I would encourage people to sign it. Even if Congress ultimately ratifies it (which, given the current goings-on regarding IP and copyright legislation seems unlikely), at least then the decision to do so would have been made constitutionally.

Read the full text of ACTA here.

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To recap…

Around 8:00am EST Jan. 18, 2012 (and in some cases even earlier) sites all over the internet went dark. Some shut down completely, displaying only a page explaining why. Some intercepted their visiters, hitting them with a popup or splash page before letting them access content. Regardless of the method, the message was the same. The internet will not tolerate the passage of that SOPA and PIPA legislation.

Some of the biggest sites on the internet joined in, including the likes of Wikipedia, Reddit, Craigslist, and Mozilla. Even Google censored their logo in protest.

On Twitter, many users pledged not to tweet during the 12-hour blackout. Other users chose instead to tweet updates about the protest. And @herpderpedia retweeted the more clueless Twitter user’s reactions to Wikipedia being down.

Around 10am, news hit the web that SOPA and PIPA had lost three of their co-sponsors in Congress.

A little before 1pm TheVerge.com reported that U.S. Senate websites were experienceing technical difficulties… Webpages for Representatives crashed as well. The issues were due to a flood of traffic to their contact pages, courtesy of Google.

SOPA opponents in San Fransisco gathered for a demonstration at Civic Center Plaza. Protesters also gathered outside of the offices of Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 3rd Avenue in New York.

Senator Orrin Hatch, who voted to bring PIPA to the Senate floor, backtracked his position, saying “it is imperative that we take a step back to allow everyone to come together and find a reasonable solution”. Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin, a SOPA co-sponsor issued a statement that he would take a second look at the bill. In all, at least 10 Congressmen changed their position on SOPA/PIPA.

At 4pm, it was reported that 4.5 million people had signed Google’s anti-SOPA petition. Additionally, 103,785 people signed a petition asking the Obama Administration to protect an open and innovative internet at whitehouse.gov.

CEO of Red 5 Studios (makers of the MMO Firefall), Mark Kern created the League for Gamers in response to the ESA siding with SOPA and PIPA sponsors. First order of business? Asking the ESA to oppose the legislation.

Late Wednesday, Rep. Darrell Issa offically introduced the OPEN Act in the House. And alternative to SOPA, OPEN, while far from perfect, is noted as a significant imporvment.

I think it’s safe to say we’ve won the battle. The war continues.

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You’ll get no argument from me that piracy is a problem (albeit one that has been grossly exaggerated by certain industries)… but SOPA is not the way to go about fixing it.

SOPA is the equivalent of trying to swat a fly with a rocket launcher. Yeah, you might kill the fly, but god only knows what else you’re going to blow up in the process.

For people who oppose SOPA, out biggest concern is not that it may hamper piracy and people’s ability to watch movies like Mission Impossible 3 for free, but rather that the overwhelmingly broad power of the legislation can (and almost certainly will) be abused by those who wield it.

On top of that, to say that SOPA will actually do anything to curtail online piracy is a big assumption… if piracy were really that easy to stop, it would have been done a long time ago. If someone wants something for free, odds are they’ll find a way to get it one way or another. Tools to circumvent the effects of SOPA have already been developed, which just goes to show that, if you don’t understand the internet to begin with, you shouldn’t try to “fix” the internet.

People who oppose SOPA don’t blatantly support piracy. We simply see the damage SOPA will do to the online ecosystem.

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Websites

SOPA Track
SOPA Track is a mobile website that not only makes it a snap for you to find your Congressmen/women and their contact information, but also tells you which way they are most likely to vote on PIPA/SOPA.

Stop American Censorship
The Stop American Censorship website provides a variety of anti-SOPA tools. Everything from a form to send an email to your congress representatives, to petitions, to protest tools for Twitter and Facebook. It also has a good collection of informative articles and media.

Stop Internet Censorship by Protesting SOPA
A Facebook event scheduled to coincide with Web Blackout Day on the 18.  The organizer is urging participants to post censored photo galleries to their walls/timelines.

Censoring Blogspot Blogs
Errata Security’s blog has a good tutorial on how to censor you Blogspot blog.

BlackoutSOPA.org
This website provides a small app for Twitter users to automatically generate and change their avatar to an anti-SOPA avatar image on their Twitter account.

Mobile Apps

Boycott SOPA
Boycott SOPA is an Android app that lets you scan bar codes on products and then compares that information to a list of over 800 companies to determine if it is created by or intimately related to a SOPA supporter. The purpose is to help the average consumer avoid purchasing products from such companies.

Boycott and Boycott Pro
An alternative app for boycotting products, this one says it makes it easy to be sure you’re not doing business with SOPA supporters or any other business with policies you don’t agree with.

Browser Plugins

No SOPA
No SOPA is a plugin for the Chrome web browser that notifies you if you are viewing the website of a known SOPA-supporter by displaying a bar at the top of the page.

Protest SOPA
Like the No SOPA plugin, Protest SOPA is a Chrome plugin that displays a notification bar when you browse any domain belonging to a known SOPA supporter.

DeSOPA
DeSOPA is a browser add-on for FireFox. According to its author, it is a proof of concept that SOPA will not help prevent piracy. DeSOPA works by contacting offshore domain name resolution services to obtain the IP address any requested website, and then accessing those websites directly via IP.

MAFIAAFire: ThePirateBay Dancing!
ThePirateBay Dancing! is another FireFox add-on for circumventing future SOPA blocks. Accoding to its author, the add-on automatically routes your website request via a random proxy. This not only has the effect of “unblocking” sites blocked via DNS/IP address at the ISP level, but also makes ‘tracking’ you next to impossible.

WordPress Blackout Day and Censorship Plugins

Reverse SOPA/Protect IP
This plugin acts as a reverse blacklist, turning the tables on known SOPA supporters by “blacklisting” their IP addresses and not allowing them to access your website. Help the author out by forwarding him the IP addresses of any SOPA supporters you may have received an email response from (see the linked website for more information) and spreading the word about the plugin.

SOPA Blackout
This WordPress plugin adds temporary 503 status and customisable page on your site to automatically join Web Blackout Day – 18th January 2012. (*this is the plugin I’ll be using here at NLB Creations on Blackout Day)

Stop SOPA
This WordPress plugin adds small protest box to your website. It also provides a “Blackout Day” option, which, when activated will cause your website to show black screen and return a 503 status on 18th January 2012, 8:00AM – 8:00PM.

SOPA Blackout Plugin
This WordPress plugin allows you to set SOPA blackout dates for your WordPress website, as well as a variety of options on who the anti-SOPA message is shown to. This plugin is SEO friendly with temporary redirects being used.

Simple Stop SOPA
This WordPress plugin will censor your site on January 18th between 8am and 8pm local time in protest of SOPA and PIPA. It is designed to be as simple as possible, and has no admin settings to configure. Just activate and let it do it’s thing.

Stop SOPA and PIPA Plugin
This WordPress plugin will schedule a temporary redirect for all of your incoming traffic to the official Stop SOPA page.

Stop SOPA Ribbon
This WordPress plugin will put a black ribbon with the words “Stop SOPA” on the top right corner of your website, linking to the American Censorship website.

Censor Me
This WordPress plugin is essentially an “off switch” for your website. Once activated, the site is mostly blacked out by a banner for the americancensorship.org website. Simply deactivate the plugin to turn your site back on.

These are just the ones I’ve come across.  If you know of others not on the list, or have created something yourself, post a comment, and I’ll update the list.

]]> http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/14/anti-sopa-tools-for-webmasters-and-users-alike/feed/ 1 Websites Confirmed for the Jan 18 Blackout Protesting SOPA http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/ http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:23:06 +0000 Nikki Blight http://nlb-creations.com/?p=460 For those keeping up with tech news, the internet is gearing up for a fight. Beginning with Reddit.com, serveral sites have pledged to go dark on January 18 in protest of SOPA and PIPA, the internet blacklist legislation currently making there way through Congress.

@thoughtpuzzle has created a Google Custom Search that removes all search results from sites going dark on Wednesday:

Below is a list of confirmed sites joining in:

Major update: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales just confirmed that Wikipedia is joining in on Blackout Day!

Update #2: Google, while not planning to go dark, will still be participating in the Blackout Day protest.

Reddit.com
Tucows.com
The entire Cheezburger Network
Destructoid.com
Hacktivist group, Anonymous
Red 5 Studios, developer of the Firefall MMO
Mojang.com and Popular MMO, Minecraft
NLB Creations – my own site
Webmaster community Admin Forums
Web design company, Skytemple.com
Gaming site Video Game Generation
Right Angle Recording
All sites in Major League Gaming’s network
GamingBus.com
Errata Security
XDA Developers
Gaming site, GOG.com
Hey It’s Free! – confirmed via email
Harder Blogger Faster
Colossal Mind
Sonic Retro
BrentAnderson.info
Working It Out
e-cloudy.com – confirmed via comments
Seibertron.com
NewGrounds
Through the Eyes of a Pirate – confirmed via Pirate Party
Cynical Brit
Platform Nation
Digital Suicide – confirmed via comments
Kahn Labs
Jamacast
CryptoCat
Joyblind – confirmed via email
A Much Better Way – confirmed via comments
[H]ard OCP Gaming Community – confirmed via comments
GamersTube.com
Boing Boing
Inkerro – confirmed via comments
The Weekly Gripe – confirmed via comments
Leslie Networks – “We will not be preforming a full black out but will be displaying a SOPA message on our site and possibly more.” – via comments and Twitter
WordPress for Business Websites – confirmed via comments
Simply Fixed – confirmed via comments
FriendStream – confirmed via comments
TacticalCraft – confirmed via comments
RedStoneHost.com – confirmed via comments
EcchiDreams (link NSFW) – confirmed via comments
RaGEZONE – confirmed via comments
Raspberry Pi – confirmed via comments and site
LazySlob1
GeNyaa – confirmed via comments
Rational Responders – confirmed via comments
Brian Sapient – confirmed via comments
Celebrity Atheists – confirmed via comments
Purpose of Christmas – confirmed via comments
Atheism United – confirmed via comments
Emerald Angel Comics – confirmed via comments
Fairy Tail Episode – confirmed via comments
Vanilla Forums – confirmed via comments
Icrontic – confirmed via comments
New Buddhist – confirmed via comments
This is Xbox
CnC Fansite – confirmed via comments
Castle-G.com – confirmed via comments
Faio.org – confirmed via comments
egoArchive – confirmed via comments
Olivero Broadcasting Group – confirmed via comments
BHR Hosting – confirmed via comments
Red Dawn Movie News
Splitkick – via Twitter
Kona’s Korner
Radioactive Nerd – via Twitter
Talking About Games
Avast!
Cheapitarianism – confirmed via comments
Shaking the Tree – confirmed via comments
Hypocrites In Politics – confirmed via comments
Queeffr.com – confirmed via comments
Farttr.com – confirmed via comments
Quandu – confirmed via comments
PieceOfTheWorld.org – confirmed via comments
The Damned – confirmed via comments
Ian’s Brain – confirmed via comments
BitBid – confirmed via comments
Open Of Course – confirmed via comments
Tech Humanity – confirmed via comments
The Freelancer Today
Nerd Reactor
Stumble Down Under
Sfera Hosting – confirmed via comments
Tekeremata – confirmed via comments
Secta Hentai (link NSFW) – confirmed via comments
Partido Pirata – confirmed via comments
Jovenes Piratas – confirmed via comments
Pirata Salocin – confirmed via comments
Amanecer Sombrio – confirmed via comments
Kobra Photography – confirmed via comments
Wikipedia – confirmed via Twitter
Super Seed Box – confirmed via comments
YourDegree.com – confirmed via comments
RootzWiki – confirmed via comments
Regretsy - confirmed via Facebook
LoganMifflin.com – confirmed via comments
What Time In – confirmed via comments
SubGurls.com – confirmed via comments
NimBusters.com – confirmed via comments
RivitCity.com – confirmed via comments
Eclipse Guild – confirmed via comments
Mobile Express DJs – confirmed via comments
RyanWhitman.tk – confirmed via comments
GirlGamer.com – confirmed via comments
Ani.Me – confirmed via comments
JoHarrington.co.uk (and also her Wizzley and Suite 101 profiles) – confirmed via comments
The House that a Girl Called Johnny Built – confirmed via comments
Jo’s Library – confirmed via comments
Merch Gwyar’s Blog – confirmed via comments
Council of Elrond – confirmed via comments
3World
MemeStreams
DoodleKit
Political Buddies
John Shaw Computers – confirmed via comments
John Show for Florida State Senate – confirmed via comments
The Economic Populist – confirmed via comments
That’s Wut She Said – confirmed via comments
Bollywood Chat – confirmed via comments
Double Cross Reviews – confirmed via comments
Blamonet – confirmed via comments
Anonymous Iberoamerica – confirmed via comments
The Grindery – confirmed via comments
ROCKET-IT and subdomains – confirmed via comments
AfterLifeLochie – confirmed via comments
Sanguinus.org – confirmed via email
TechnoBuffalo – confirmed via comments
Brony Farm – confirmed via comments
MLPF.im – confirmed via comments
Stiffy Style – confirmed via comments
GTA Police Mods – confirmed via comments
Tech Direct Services – confirmed via comments
GTWY.net – confirmed via comments
Civilized Disobedience – confirmed via comments
One Good Year – confirmed via comments
LOL Bucket – confirmed via comments
Din Studio – confirmed via comments
Krisp Visions – confirmed via comments
HosterBlog – confirmed via comments
The Longest Way Home – confirmed via comments
SuMob – confirmed via comments
English Forums – confirmed via comments
Enfew.com – confirmed via comments
PostLibertarian – confirmed via comments
SHPodcast – confirmed via comments
UltraStudio.org – confirmed via comments
Translate-Protein.com – confirmed via comments
Reverse-Complement.com – confirmed via comments
Jcink.com – confirmed via comments
Fellowship of Minds – confirmed via comments
Mizozo – confirmed via comments
Razer – confirmed via comments and Reddit
Vantam.lt – confirmed via comments
Reality Rejection – confirmed via comments
Haunted Nations – confirmed via comments
AmpleFM – confirmed via email
Bodhi Linux – confirmed via comments
Cultural Transmogrifier – confirmed via comments
Arabist Blog
CUNY Academic Commons
Free Frag – confirmed via comments
DevBlank.com – confirmed via comments
PSPWarez.org – confirmed via comments
Ninja Promo – confirmed via comments
TheShockWav YouTube channel – confirmed via comments
Conversify.net – confirmed via comments
BlizzPlanet – confirmed via comments
Lapse Radio – confirmed via comments
DuckDuckGo – confirmed via comments
F & R Computers – confirmed via comments
North Decoder – confirmed via comments
Omnimaga – confirmed via comments
KimHunter.ca – confirmed via comments
Rangerboard – confirmed via comments
TotallyDreamer.com – confirmed via comments
Poeta Portis – confirmed via comments
Klockenstein.se – confirmed via comments
Klock-N-Craft – confirmed via comments
Bustoidejos.lt – confirmed via comments
Penguin George – confirmed via comments
Dan’s Computer Service – confirmed via comments
DanielWilson.me – confirmed via comments
Beyond Online – confirmed via comments
Political Idiots – confirmed via comments
Calamities of Nature – confirmed via comments
Looking for Detachment – confirmed via comments
Left Hemispheres – confirmed via comments
Shakespeare Monologues – confirmed via comments
SandSite.org – confirmed via comments
SandSecurity.org/ – confirmed via comments
XBMC – confirmed via comments
The Internet Archive – confirmed via comments
Rock Paper Shotgun – confirmed via comments
SocialMeds.com – confirmed via comments
Colorado Pols – confirmed via comments
MailExpire.com – confirmed via comments
Treeskunk Productions – confirmed via comments
InfoTurtle.ie – confirmed via comments
Crit Craft, along with user’s YouTube and twitch.tv accounts – confirmed via comments
MapleTimes.tk – confirmed via comments
Freebie Professor – confirmed via comments
Bermudez Hosting – confirmed via comments
JBermudez.com – confirmed via comments
Reggaeton News – confirmed via comments
MAKE and all of O’Reilly Media – confirmed via comments and site
Victoria H.’s school website – confirmed via comments
First Network Group, Inc. – confirmed via email
Marxist Internet Archive – confirmed via comments
The_Doctor’s blog
Action Coders
Naoisgaming.com
Surviving the World
BeefJack
Metal Delirium – confirmed via comments
Alternet.org – confirmed via comments
Quiet Waters – confirmed via comments
Mind of Me – confirmed via comments
GigDig – confirmed via comments
Year of the Novel – confirmed via comments
MichaelMoore.com – confirmed via comments
Nightwyn.com – confirmed via comments
2600.com
Hope.net
NotiHack – confirmed via comments
Tecnomundo – confirmed via comments
ValleDeGuadalupe.info – confirmed via comments
Cuatromas1.info – confirmed via comments
Xora.org – confirmed via comments
Consolloadingcrew.com – confirmed via comments
Cronicas klaydark – confirmed via comments
abisora – confirmed via comments
Explosm.net
Hacking Jungle
Guslca.org.ve/
Antalyatasarim.com/
Masked Magic
Demon Breun Inn
Internautas.org
Ancientmuseart.webs.com/
Truth Wars
Phpide.net
Phase2solutions.org/
Mangabullet.com/club/1112
Board Game Geek
Ponies of War
theCHIVE
Doll Divine
Kitty Zombie
Noter.vpn.tt.ee/
OSNews
Chronicles of Humanity
Distro Gaming
ClearanceBinReview.com/
OsoLabs.com
PHPBB
Ajmage.freeiz.com/
Lapfoxtrax.com
Dragcave.net
Supernatural-fan-wiki.com/
7cchan.
Halolz.com/
MSPaint Adventures
Clipser Videos
Equestria Daily
Game Rave
VideoGameRefuge.com
Book Slingers
Radical Pregnancy
NoteScoop and all of its sites
Wachaca.com
Aworldbeyondborders.com/will
Raven_moon.livejournal.com
Addict3dtogames.blogspot.com/
SammyServers.com
MacLogic.com
RavenMoon.us
Natural News
IRCimages.com
BadMovieRealm.com
Groundcast.com.br
Mattrstechtalk.blogspot.com
Qwantz.com
Questionablecontent.net
Webtomich.com.ar
RageIcons.com
Crafting From the Heart
Vivirconmenos.santicasas.net
OSBase.org
My Opinionated Ass
Geek Hangout
Asterion Serveurs
TotalDream.org
Habibihon.com
Godlikeproductions.com
DailyPaul.com
Indieogdenutah.com
Sicomm.us
Vscraper.2-si.net
Wrestletopia.2-si.net
Windows to Liberty
Pround to be a Mom
WooTV.us
SEO Right Now
AnimeFort.net
RockynResinoyds.com
Ghost.gicoollinks.com
oiram-x.blogspot.com
revistamx.blogspot.com
listadetwitter.blogspot.com
progressiveworldmx.blogspot.com
estrategiatwitter.blogspot.com
has1mexicolindo.blogspot.com
1sarcastico.blogspot.com
legionmexic0.blogspot.com
twittermedarisa.blogspot.com
HikeOurPlanet.com
LeeHiller.com
LondonsTimes.com
OSNews
The entire Active9 network
Ekprazan.wordpress.com
Ekprazan.com
Www.sdc.com.ve/
Mozillaes.org
Ezandlog.com
FE Energy
Issaperu.org/

Additional sites via Reddit (thanks Cori!):

GOOD Evening
Rage Maker
FreakOutNation
TheLeakyWiki
Doxie Lovers Club
Twitpic – They won’t be going completely black, but will be posting censored versions of their site.
Age of Coins – A Minecraft server and forum
A Softer World
This Is Why Im Broke
Cake Wrecks (via Twitter: Cake Wrecks will be joining @reddit in going dark on 1/18 to protest #SOPA. Have a blog? Then join us! http://bit.ly/z2KkSx)
Dance Top 40
Code Labs
MediaMyriad.com
The Ikids Blog
MMO Melting Pot
Inficron Technologies
SeekMyBeat.com
Geek Culture and the Joy of Tech comic
Identi.ca
Quiet Speculation
Shdon.com
IHateVodafonEgypt.com
AnimeWallpapers.com
AnimeForum.com
AnimeLyrics.comAnimeGalleries.net
Trigger Pit
SmokeE
Random Software

What can you do to show your support?

Facebook users are also urged to protest by joining the “Stop Internet Censorship by Protesting SOPA event” and posting censored photo galleries to their Facebook walls on the 18th.

WordPress users wanting to join in the protest might find the SOPA Blackout plugin, which adds a temporary 503 status and customisable page to your site automatically. Blogspot users can easily show their support, too.

This list will be updated as I find out about more participating websites. If anyone has news of other sites joining in the protest, let me know (please include your source) so I can add them to the list.

]]> http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/feed/ 293 Don’t forget about PIPA http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/03/dont-forget-about-pipa/ http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/03/dont-forget-about-pipa/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:59:29 +0000 Nikki Blight http://nlb-creations.com/?p=455 There’s a huge amount of opposition for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from the public, which has resulted in delays of voting, numerous amendments, and a lengthy hearing process. All of which is good, because SOPA is an awful piece of legislation.  It’s been generating a lot of bad press on the web of late, and even GoDaddy backed out of their support for SOPA after faced with a boycott by disgruntled internet users.

But people are so focused on SOPA that they seem to have forgotten all about PIPA, which is due to go to the Senate floor for a vote as early as Jan. 24.

SOPA, which is admittedly the worst of the two bills, may not have much of a chance of passing at this point… but because it’s been so thoroughly vilified, it has allowed PIPA to slip through almost unimpeded. People seem to have forgotten that PIPA is just as dangerous as SOPA… and PIPA seems like it has a much better shot at passing.

It kind of makes you wonder if this wasn’t the plan all along.

]]> http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/03/dont-forget-about-pipa/feed/ 0 Anybody need a wish list? http://nlb-creations.com/2011/12/31/anybody-need-a-wish-list/ http://nlb-creations.com/2011/12/31/anybody-need-a-wish-list/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:14:45 +0000 Nikki Blight http://nlb-creations.com/?p=450 Try my new wish list plugin.  It’s just a quickie simple little thing, but someone might find it useful.

It lets you add a list of items with various bits or meta data, and images, and display the list in any page or post.  It was more of a personal challenge than anything else.

]]> http://nlb-creations.com/2011/12/31/anybody-need-a-wish-list/feed/ 1 WordPress Plugin – My Wish List http://nlb-creations.com/2011/12/30/wp-plug-in-my-wish-list/ http://nlb-creations.com/2011/12/30/wp-plug-in-my-wish-list/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:59:17 +0000 Nikki Blight http://nlb-creations.com/?p=441 Description

This plugin allows you to create wish lists for your website, and display them on any post or page with simple shortcode. Include Item names, prices, sizes, colors, links, and photos so everyone knows what you want/need.

Download

Version 0.0.1 – 12/30/2011

Contributors: kionae
Donate link: http://www.nlb-creations.com/donate
Tags: item lists, wish list, wishlist
Requires at least: 3.2.0
Tested up to: 3.3.0
Stable tag: trunk

Installation

  1. Upload plugin .zip file to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory and unzip.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. A new post type called “Wish Lists” will appear in the admin menu. Use this to create your wish lists.
  4. Use the shortcode [wishlist id=xx] in your posts and pages to display your wishlists.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I display my wishlist?

Use the shortcode [wishlist id=xx] in any page or post, where id is the post id of the wishlist you created.

Changelog

0.0.1

  • Initial release

Upgrade Notice

0.1
Initial release
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