Newsletter for March 17, 2006 - Codename 'Fancy Forum'

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Newsletter for March 17, 2006

Codename 'Fancy Forum'

"If you read nothing else on our site, read the newsletter!"

1. The DonationCoder.com Forum Gets a Major Update
We've upgraded the forum software to Simplemachines.org software v1.1RC2, and taken the opportunity to add a bunch of new features:

• Totally supercharged the supporter yearbook page, which can now be sorted, searched, and filtered; it's a great way to learn about the people who have donated to the site: https://www.donation...tion=yearbook?ref=nl
• New spoiler tag - hide info in a post underneath a button, to avoid showing the answer to people unless they are ready (good for riddles, movie ending spoilers, etc.): https://www.donation...?topic=2784.0?ref=nl
• Help page update - https://www.donation...der.com/Help/?ref=nl
• Miscellaneous website tweaks - read more about the general forum upgrades here: https://www.donation...?topic=2745.0?ref=nl and here: https://www.donation...?topic=2707.0?ref=nl

2. Contests and Giveaways

• Do you have some graphics skills? Think you can design a better website banner for our web page?  Enter the contest to design the new DonationCoder.com banner: https://www.donation...p?topic=2802.?ref=nl
• We're giving away an unusually large number and variety of programs this month, so be sure to enter the drawing (remember that if you choose one of the less common programs you are much more likely to win it): https://www.donation...eedrawing.php?ref=nl

3. Software Releases
Some minor updates since the last newsletter:

• Find and Run Robot v1.09.04 - https://www.donation...hp?board=12.0?ref=nl
• Minicap v1.05.01 commandline screencapture tool - https://www.donation...hp?board=34.0?ref=nl
• LaunchBar Commander v1.51.01 - https://www.donation...hp?board=73.0?ref=nl

4. New User Mini-Reviews

• Instant Text V Pro - https://www.donation...?topic=2631.0?ref=nl
• PageSpy - https://www.donation...?topic=2815.0?ref=nl
• MyLifeOrganized - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2623?ref=nl
• rklauncher - https://www.donation...?topic=2597.0?ref=nl

5. New Coding Snacks

• Pastebin uploader - https://www.donation...?topic=2811.0?ref=nl
• CapShift and ShiftOff - https://www.donation...?topic=2674.0?ref=nl
• MoveInactiveWin - https://www.donation...?topic=2777.0?ref=nl
• SingleInstance - https://www.donation...?topic=2634.0?ref=nl

6. Games

• The 2006 Independent Games Festival Finalists - https://www.donation...?topic=2808.0?ref=nl
• Violent Mafia Flash Shooter - https://www.donation...?topic=2797.0?ref=nl
• Escape from rhetondo puzzle, difficult! - https://www.donation...?topic=2771.0?ref=nl
• Flow, an extremely cool flash game that has touches of "spore" in it - https://www.donation...?topic=2738.0?ref=nl
• Lemmings in your browser - https://www.donation...?topic=2692.0?ref=nl
• 5-card nancy, a fun silly card game you can make with your kids - https://www.donation...?topic=2733.0?ref=nl
• MAME arcade emulator on your ipod - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2724?ref=nl

7. Other Fun Diversions

• Visualizing music relationships - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2746?ref=nl
• 10 most annoying clocks - https://www.donation...?topic=2778.0?ref=nl
• 10 coolest clocks - https://www.donation...?topic=2775.0?ref=nl
• The Universe Within - very cool flash image zooms from galaxy to atoms  - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2741?ref=nl
• Who has made the best house for their pet? - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2743?ref=nl
• When you are feeling down this flash site praises you - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2621?ref=nl

8. On a More Serious Note

• Free pdf tools - https://www.donation...?topic=2742.0?ref=nl
• How to add notes to download files - https://www.donation...?topic=2712.0?ref=nl
• Be careful downloading free screensavers - https://www.donation...?topic=2720.0?ref=nl
• Mp3 catalog tools - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2684?ref=nl
• Auto click windows dialog - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2773?ref=nl

9. For Developers and Web Designers

• Gabbly - add chat feature to your website - https://www.donation...?topic=2803.0?ref=nl
• Article on topcoder - https://www.donation...?topic=2785.0?ref=nl
• Multi-touch nextgen user interface movie - https://www.donation...?topic=2730.0?ref=nl
• Putting the fun in functional, lessons for application programming from games - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2752?ref=nl
• Miranda coder needed - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2739?ref=nl

10. New Sites and Services

• Jay is Games - great flash review site - https://www.donation...?topic=2758.0?ref=nl
• Frugal for life website - https://www.donation...?topic=2721.0?ref=nl
• Fun dynamic images (einstein,etc.) - https://www.donation...?topic=2713.0?ref=nl
• Make-style tutorial blog - https://www.donation...?topic=2728.0?ref=nl
• Free children's audio books - https://www.donation...?topic=2696.0?ref=nl
• Alexaholic stats for sites on the web - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2753?ref=nl
• Services that make rss feeds from any webpage - https://www.donation...hp?topic=2702?ref=nl

11. Upcoming Reviews
We've got some new big reviews coming up and request your help in making sure we don't miss anything:

• Partitioning your hard drive - https://www.donation...?topic=1210.0?ref=nl
• Icon editors - https://www.donation...?topic=2807.0?ref=nl

12. Current Discounts

• Just a reminder that at the end of march many of the existing discounts will expire, including those for Directory Opus and xplorer^2, as well as Mp3 Tag Assistant and TaskPatrol Pro - https://www.donation...ts/index.html?ref=nl

13. Coming Soon
We've got some really exciting stuff coming up in April, including:

• Some great new discounts and giveaways which were organized by fellow donationcoder.com forum members like you, on software forum members have requested
• A major new programming contest.
• Our own micro-donation system, to make it easier for forum members to make small donations to other people on the site.

IMPORTANT! Time is Running Out to Join the Site as a Charter Member
The end of March will mark our one year anniversary (hooray)!  After that we will no longer be offering Charter Member accounts at our site.  All donors after the one year anniversary will be known simply as Supporting Members.  So if you want to be part of the founding members of DonationCoder.com, with all the benefits that may entail, you don't have much time left to make a donation before the new changes take effect..  And if you're already a member, don't miss this opportunity to tell your friends about our site!

   




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[jgpaiva]

Mission Acomplished!

After a long colecting of links and information, Mr Mouser did it yet another time!

We have yet another great, complete newsletter, with all the "what's hot" matters, ready to be forwarded to all our friends!
Thanks 

(btw: did anyone notice that the newsletters are getting more and more reads everytime? )

[brotherS]

(btw: did anyone notice that the newsletters are getting more and more reads everytime? )

-jgpaiva (March 20, 2006, 01:54 PM)

Since DC is getting more and more members everything else would be truly sad