To day is the last day of the WidgetBucks sign up bonus. All new bloggers and web site owners that sign up will have $25 credited to their account.
If you’re not familiar with WidgetBucks yet, here’s the typs of thing you can add to your site with one line of Javascript that they generate for you so all yo have to do is copy and paste it into your site.
The video below is a screen capture of some ads running on one of my sites and shows you how eye catching these ads are compared to standard banners and text ads.
Well done Maxime Haineault. Maxime has just released a new JQuery plug-in that I think will become the accepted way of entering dates into form fields.
It’s fast, easy to use and intuitive (localisation aside). Combined that with Maxime’s excellent design skills and it’s something attractive as well that I think you’ll start to see being used very widely on sites very soon.
But before you dash over there, bear in mind that this is a very early release of code and or those of you watching in Black and White or Internet Explorer as it’s better known, don’t bother yet. This is experimental code and it’ll a) look bad and b) probably hang your browser.
But if you’re using Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera etc then you should see it just as intended.
I’ve included a screenshot below of the activated time picker in action.
Time Picker activated showing housr, minutes and am or pm choices
What’s nice about the time picker is that you just click once to activate it and then run your mouse to the time you require and the content of the input field continually changes showing you exactly what you’ve selected. Two clicks and you’re done.
There’s still work to be done on browser compatibility and better localisation to use the 24 hour clock etc. but this is an excellent start and I’m sure it’ll make its way into JQuery UI.
If you’re an Apatana Studio user, and you have the community version installed, update your intallation and you’ll automatically receive a free 30 day trial for the Professional version.
Some of the main advantages of the Professional version over the free version are IE Javascript debugging and a JSON Editor.
Adobe have just released version 10 of their flash player. Beyond the fact that it’s faster, has better support on Ubuntu and has 3D effects, this release is significant in that it is the first release of the flash player that falls under the openly published SWF format.
It’s also a sign that we’ll soon get a new version of AIR (1.5) when AIR comes out of Beta for Linux and AIR on the mobile. Watch this space.
The WidgetBucks advertising network are celebrating their first year in business by offering $25 to people that sign up to publish ads on their site or blog. The offer applies to any sign ups in October done via their anniversary page.
This is a really smart move on their part as new sign ups are bound to have positive results over the next 3 months as we approach, Thanks Giving, Christmas and the January Sales. This is traditionally the busiest and highest paying time for most advertising sectors.
Their product based ads for items such as consumer electronics should be your best option at the moment and last month WidgetBucks introduced new categories of ads that cover travel offers as well. So WidgetBucks are an excellent choice at the moment.
Whichever advertising networks your using you should start to see your income go up as competition hots up for those top spots. And remember to have a good mix of ads on your site and change your placements depending on the season and to keep your regular readers interested.
WidgetBucks payout after you have accrued $50 so you’re already half way there. Sign up via their anniversary page now and good luck.
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