I’ve added a yet new version of the popular curvy corners plugin. This version has fixed the centering issue, works with liquid boxes, and works in IE6, 7, Safari, Firefox.

The official page is here and the demo page is here. Enjoy!

I’ve added a new version of the popular curvy corners plugin. This version removes the problem of extra padding within boxes (by using negative margins), works in IE7 and Safari, and loads faster. The downside is that the packed version has a larger filesize; to reduce the /packer/ overhead I did not encode it, but you can repack if you want a smaller file.

The official page is here and the demo page is here. Enjoy!

I recently discovered wordpress automatic updates for plugins delete the plugin’s directory. This has severe implications for the plugin because downloads will be lost. To solve this I have had to move the folder outside of the wp_download_monitor directory. Therefore if you use automatic updates please back up your downloads, or move them into wp_content/uploads before updating the plugin.

I will update the plugin tomorrow, this should give some notice and let you backup your files.

A new version of the rounded corners plugin has been uploaded, you can grab it here or see a demo here.

This version has improved background image support and is more reliable. File size of the packed version is around 9kb.

As you may or may not have been aware there has been controversy in the web design community lately about IE’s “opt-in” policy to IE8’s improved web standards rendering (see this post on ALA). Basically, Microsoft were going to make developers add a meta tag to their web pages to make them render in IE8 Standards mode; without it, IE8 would only render in IE7 mode.

Our initial thinking for IE8 involved showing pages requesting “Standards” mode in an IE7’s “Standards” mode, and requiring developers to ask for IE8’s actual “Standards” mode separately. We made this decision, informed by discussions with some leading web experts, with compatibility at the top of mind.

IE Blog

Well, yesterday it was announced that Microsoft had changed their minds and made it an “opt-out” policy instead meaning sites will render in IE8 mode unless told not to. Good news in my opinion, as I believe it will increase the popularity of standards based design in the long term.

In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly

IE Blog

Eric Meyers has more information on this story.

Recently there have been too many support requests for me to keep track of (I’m only one person!) therefore in the next couple of weeks I will be launching a support forum. Please don’t be offended if I don’t answer your questions in the blog post comments in the meantime.

Mike Cherim has updated the secure & accessible contact form plugin for wordpress, you can get the new version from here. The latest version has mainly accessibility enhancements.

I believe I have fixed the cookie bug some of you are experiencing with the sidebar login widget. At least I have on my test machine…

Thanks to Anton Fedorov for the fix code. You can download it here.

I have done some bug fixes to the plugin, it should now work better in IE7. Check out the post here.

One thing to note, CSS transparency & rounded corners do not work in IE7 due to an inheritance bug, I see no work around except to use .png background images instead!

We’re back! The new template is up, and the design should be working correctly. I’m afraid I may have misplaced some of your comments, but I managed to import the bulk of them.

I hope you all like the new look.