Free Wordpress Theme: Midnight Red. Red/Blue/White

June 7th, 2007 - By: Alex Bailey

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This theme is called Midnight Red, and is my 6th Wordpress theme release. It's an extremely simple design consisting of two columns on the home page. When you a view a post it switches to single column; exactly what the default Wordpress theme does. The post area is a light blue, and there are touches of red and white around borders. The header is text based so it's very easy to change the header. As usual the header can be replaced with an image with basic modifications. This theme was three sponsor links on it. Please keep them in tact. While not required, it's very helpful to them. The people that sponsored it are as follows: Blogs, Links, and Articles. You can download the theme, or view a demo on the Wordpress theme website. Enjoy this theme, there will only be a couple more from me in the future :)


Free Wordpress Theme: Sand Burn. Tan/White.

June 6th, 2007 - By: Alex Bailey

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Here's a simple and clean Wordpress theme called Sand Burn. It's a brown/tan theme that has rounded corners which a left column and a right main post area. The fonts are extremely easy to read and all the colors are easy on your eyes. The header is text so it can be changed easily. A header image can be integrated easily with little modifications. This theme comes with no PSD because the last theme I released with a PSD was stolen and re-released. This theme is widget ready and will work flawlessly out of the box. The sponsors of this theme are Free Articles, and Blogging. As always please keep sponsor links in tact. Although it's optional, they paid to have them on there :) If you're interested in downloading the theme, see the Wordpress theme site.


Free Wordpress Theme: One Night In Paris. Tan/Black/Red

May 27th, 2007 - By: Alex Bailey

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Nah, it's really named "Paris", but that'd be pretty funny :). Anyways this theme is geared towards ladies since there aren't many themes for them yet. For some reason the graphic in the top left corner reminds me of someone from France - no idea why. This theme has a tan post area, black back ground, and spots of red thrown around here and there. The theme was sponsored by three people; Ventrilo, Jewelry Supplies, and Directory Online. Like always, please keep all sponsored links in tact if the theme is downloaded. The theme has been uploaded to Wordpress' theme website, and a demo is available here. If you're interested in downloading it, here's the direct download link.


Free Wordpress Theme: A Method Of Life. Blue/White

May 25th, 2007 - By: Alex Bailey

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A method of life is a sleek Wordpress theme. It's mostly blue, and has a white back ground. It's a two column theme on the main page, and single column when you view a single post. Adsense is integrated in to the side bar with decent blending, so there's minimal work needed. It's sponsored by MySpace Stuff and Hot Fix Rhinestones. Please keep all sponsor links on all themes I release. They're the only ones that keep me releasing free Wordpress themes. If you're interested in a demo run of the theme, it can be found here. If you'd like to download the theme, you can do so from the Wordpress website.


Encryption: Change The Way Gaim/Pidgin Store Passwords

May 24th, 2007 - By: Alex Bailey

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For as long as Gaim has been in existence, the passwords you store are in plain text. All can be found in in ~/.gaim/accounts.xml. If you're on Windows, it might be in your user's local settings. This can pose as a security risk if you've accidentally installed malware, or even have someone snooping around. Gaim's (now pidgin) makers are fully aware of the problem, but don't see it as a huge risk. In fact in their F.A.Q they show a clear bias towards Linux, and cite that as the reason they see no need to change the current system. However, if you're a password freak, then there are some options.

There is a plugin to encrypt gaim passwords. It's a safe means of password storage and can be installed fairly easily. It operates on the same basic principles Firefox uses to store their passwords. It encrypts them and sets a master password to access them. In fact they even claim to use the same type of encryption as Firefox. According to their site the master password is stored in memory, thus preventing malware programs from ever accessing it. There are of course rare instances where a program can attatch itself to Pidgin and read its memory.

Pidgin / Gaim

This plugin will work on Windows operating systems, as well as GNU/Linux.


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