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Gifting Secrets – Baby Bouquets are in high demand!

monavida — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:35:14 +0000

They are adorable and, from afar, they look like pretty flowers, sometimes held by a soft, stuffed giraffe, monkey or teddy bear. They are adorable and decorative blooms that, when viewed in close-up, reveal that they are not really products of nature.Baby bouquets are not made from flowers, but are merely a compilation of quality baby clothes carefully wrapped to look like blooms.Baby bouquets can be:• Wonderful baby shower centerpieces• Taken to hospitals were fresh flowers and live plants are not allowed• A wonderful and impressive gift to celebrate the birth of a baby• Delivered as a birthday gift for an expecting mother• Presented at a christening or baptism• Unique surprise gifts at any time during pregnancy or shortly after a deliveryAs adorable and fun as baby bouquets look, they also are very practical. Most bouquets are assembled bearing a layette in mind, an assortment of matching ensembles. They can contain socks, singlets, bibs, bodysuits, jumpsuits, pants, beanies, shirts, onesies, diapers, and much more.Blooms can come in a variety of colors. Blue for boys and pink for girls are favorites, but gender-neutral yellow, green and white are also quite popular gifts for parents who plan to have more children in the future. Newborns usually outgrow their clothes so fast the garments can be reused multiple times over.Similar to real flower arrangements, baby bouquets vary in price, and come in a wide range of assortments and themes. The ‘Earlybirds Flowerbox’ is designed for premature babies who need special attention, while the ‘Playtime Bouquet’ contains more coordinated clothing for an active baby. If parents are expecting twins or triplets, specialized companies will also carry bouquets that will have at least one outfit for each child. Other bestsellers are ‘winter warmers’ and ‘cuddle wrap’ gift boxes.Sophisticated layette bouquets include a mixture of quality clothes, some of which are made entirely of organic baby clothing. The attractively designed arrangements are presented in tin cans, arranged in a box, decorative ceramic bowl, or wicker basket, and can be held by an adorable, and machine washable, elephant toy or doll. The possibilities are endless! Finding the ideal baby bouquet for a sister, friend, coworker or neighbor is easy. If you cannot find the perfect bloom assembly at a local brick-and-mortar store, you can always check out the successful baby gift businesses online. With the entire world at your fingertips you are bound to find that sweet surprise you are looking for!Buying a gift on the Internet is a little different from real-world transactions. Before placing your order verify the following:• What payment options are available?• Do they ship to your location?• What are the shipping charges? Some companies offer free shipping. • When and how quickly they deliver?• Do they offer a warrantee and what is their return policy?• How can they be contacted in case there is a problem with the order?Baby bouquets are original gifts, greatly appreciated by new moms and dads. They will bring you many valued oohhs and aahhhs, but most of all, will give you the joy of knowing that you helped give a new baby a great start in life.

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The baby toy of every moment? – Baby beanies

monavida — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:01:01 +0000

Baby beanies haven’t been around that much since they were “born” only in 1994 when Ty Warner introduced the first baby beanies in the market. Not many people know that a baby beanie or more officially known as beanie baby were first made by him. He made the baby beanie to be more lifelike by giving it more air. In other words, there was less stuffing inside each baby beanie. The usual baby toys were stuffed to the hilt and they were stiff. While Ty’s beanie baby was half filled with stuffing and half filled with beans. Hence the name beanie baby. Other competitors sneered and said that his toys would not last long. But exactly the opposite is what happened!

Now, the “original nine” as they are officially referred to are the first nine baby beanies Ty Warner made. These are the Spot the dog, Squealer the pig, Patti the platypus, Cubbie the bear, Chocolate the moose, Pinchers the lobster, Splash the killer whale, Legs the frog and Flash the dolphin. Collectors have dubbed them as such since these where the first baby beanies available that were selling at less than $5.00 each. Each baby beanie comes with a short poem to introduce it to the toddler. This was written on a red heart-shaped tag that is attached by the animal’s ear.

Not much is known how many baby beanies are totally in existence since there are lines developed that create a family of baby beanies. The most famous is the teddy-bear baby beanie that was created. The basic pattern was just re-used and different colors were utilized to create a family. Different names were given to each teddy bear in keeping with the tradition of having a name. Some teddy bear baby beanies are usually used for commemmorative uses such as in the Fourth of July or there is a Diana, the Princess of Wales have been made as a commemmorative collector’s item. However, the official baby beanies were mostly animal shapes such as cats and pigs, dogs and hippopotamuses. These are usually brightly colored and stylized to make them pleasing in the eye. The official baby beanie comes with his or her own name. It has its own date of birth. And most important of all, a short poem that describes its personality.

The baby beanie crazed happened in the late 1996 when a frenzied collection of baby beanies started. This prompted Ty Warner to retire some of the baby beanies to hype up even more the sales and marketing side of his products. There were people who bought wholesale in anticipation of the possible future value of a single baby beanie. However, as with other fads that easily rise and can be easily forgotten, the baby beanie craze was just another fad that quickly fizzled. Or what the expectation of those “investors” did not materialize at all.

Inspite of what happened, baby beanies are here to stay since babies usually prefer soft toys that they can easily hug and bite and hold easily in their hand. Baby beanies need not be in the same family of baby beanies to be appreciated. A colllection of baby beanies show the kind of personality the baby has or it speaks the kind of personality the giver has.

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Baby Beanies – The Craziest Toys!

monavida — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:11:54 +0000

Baby beanies have been in the market only since 1994. It was first introduced by Ty Warner. Very few people know that this baby beanie which is more commonly referred to as beanie baby was an idea of Ty Warner. By putting in more air the baby beanie was made to look like it had more life in it. It had very less stuffing within it. The normal baby toys have lots of stuffing and are very stiff. These toys which were introduced by Ty Warner had stuffing as well as were filled with little beans. Hence the name beanie baby is used. Many of the competitors had much faith that his toy would not last very long in the market. But, as you can see many of them were not right at all.
The ‘original nine’ are the first few baby beanies that were made by Ty Warner. Actually they were the first nine that were made by him. Patti the platypus, spot the dog, cubbie the bear, squealer the pig, pinchers the lobster, legs the frog, chocolate the moose, flash the dolphin and splash the killer whale are the nine baby beanies. Collectors of these toys have dubbed them as they were available only at $5.00 each and they were the first beanie babies. A short poem comes along with each of these beanie babies when they are first introduced to toddlers. This was put down on a tag which is heart shaped and is attached to the ear of the animal.
No one knows how many beanie babies are in existence today. The most popular among these baby beanies is the teddy bear. Different colors were used on the same basic pattern to create a family of them. Names were also given to each of them to go on with the tradition. There are also some beanies which have been made for commemorative purposes.
However, the official beanie babies were mostly only animals. They were most often pigs, dogs, cats or hippopotamuses. There are many a times colored brightly to make it look pleasing to the eye. Names are one thing that always comes with these toys. All of them also have their own date of births. The most important of all is the fact that it comes along with a poem each.
The craze for these beanies began in 1996. As there were many who were collecting these toys, it make Ty Warner even retire a few of his toys to hype the sales. Many of them bought these toys in wholesale. However this fad of baby beanie craze sizzled out after a while.
In spite of all this, the baby beanies are still available. However, many children do prefer soft toys as they are easy to hold as well as hug gable. Beanie babies also show the kind of personality of the child who owns them.

Baby Beanies – Reasons Babies Love It

monavida — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:36:23 +0000

e stuffed to the maximum and as a result they tend to be extremely stiff.
The beanie baby is filled mostly with beans besides the usual stuffing and hence it got its name. When the toy was born most of the competitors were sure that these toys were not meant to last but to their disappointment it was not what happened. The beanie babies became an instant hit in the markets.
Originally Ty Warner had created nine characters and these are officially called as the first nice baby beanies. Squealer the pig, Cubbie the bear, Chocolate the moose, Flash the dolphin, Legs the frog, Pinchers the lobster, Patti the platypus and Splash the killer whale were amongst the first nice official baby beanies. There are many collectors who have the entire set and initially the baby beanies were sold at just $5.00 a piece. Each baby beanie has a heart shaped tag on its ear, which contains a small poem that will help introduce itself to its new friend.
Since then there have been many new lines that developed in order to expand the baby beanie family so the number of beanies existing currently is not exactly known. The most famous beanie amongst the others was the traditional teddy bear. Its basic pattern was retained and just different colours were changed in order to make a new family. In addition to that each of these teddies were given a unique name. These beanies are usually used for commemoratives like on the fourth of July. The Princess of Whales is also a commemorative collectors item.
Initially the baby beanies were shaped like animals. The famous dogs, cats, hippopotamuses and pigs were the most common ones. They were designed and colored to please the eye. Each one of it had its date of birth and most importantly they all had the short poem.
A frenzied collection of the baby beanies started in the year 1996 and it became a sudden craze. As a result of this Ty Warner took away some of the old baby beanies from the market. This helped him tremendously in the marketing and sales side of his products since many people bought the baby beanies in wholesale assuming that future value of the baby beanies to be high. However, like all other fads that drop as fast as they rise this too was forgotten and the investors who got them on wholesale did not achieve what they expected.
But in spite of the fact that the fad died down long ago the baby beanies still continue to live as all babies love soft toys, which they can easily bite, have a grip on and cuddle, and baby beanies have proved to be the ideal thing for this. When people buy baby beanies they don’t necessarily buy them all from the same family since they can be appreciated even otherwise. It is said that a large collection of baby beanies can tell the kind of personality that the baby or the giver of these cuddly toys have.

Rose Cecil O’Neill And Her Kewpies

monavida — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:18:45 +0000

In early 20th-century America, perhaps no product was as famous as the Kewpie doll. These cute, chubby toys with their mischievous smiles and distinctive topknots were everywhere: They were Beanie Babies, Barbies and Cabbage Patch Kids rolled into one. Though their popularity has waned, they still rank as one of their era’s best-known symbols of American popular culture.

The story of the Kewpies, however, goes beyond the dolls themselves. They were the creation of a flamboyant artist named Rose Cecil O’Neill, an unusual woman for her time in almost every way. O’Neill lived grandly, enthusiastically and, most of all, artistically, and the Kewpies were a vital part of the persona she projected. “I have put all of my love of humanity into this little image,” she remarked once. Indeed, the story of the dolls is impossible to separate from the story of their creator.

“The fairies endowed Rose O’Neill with dazzling gifts,” a biographer wrote, and it was true. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1874, O’Neill had remarkable artistic talent. At 13 years old, 10 years after her family moved to Nebraska, she won a drawing contest in her adopted home city of Omaha. Her picture was so sophisticated that the judges did not believe a child had done it. (Its title, “Temptation Leading Down an Abyss,” was sophisticated, too, or perhaps just pretentious; with O’Neill, it would sometimes prove difficult to tell the difference.) Four years later, after touring briefly with a professional acting troupe, she had become an up-and-coming commercial artist whose work appeared in magazines throughout the West and Midwest.

For a young woman in late 19th-century America, this was no small accomplishment. Female visual artists of the time got very little recognition. “I will not admit that a woman can paint like that,” the French artist Edgar Degas had said earlier about the work of American expatriate Mary Cassait; and, although Cassait had made a name for herself regardless, Degas’ attitude prevailed in American thought. It seemed unlikely that O’Neill, at 17, would ever do more than crank out drawings for regional publications.

Working on a limited stage, however, was not O’Neill’s style. Independent and ambitious, she was determined to make her way in the arts. Accordingly, when her family moved to the Missouri Ozarks in 1891, O’Neill elected not to join them. Instead, the teenager traveled to New York City, boarded at a convent and set out to persuade the country’s premier magazine editors to publish her work.

This could not have been an easy task. Not only was O’Neill a woman but she was also so young that convention required a chaperone-in her case, a nun-to accompany her when she visited the offices of male editors. And while her art was appealing, O’Neill had never mastered some of the basics of drawing. Largely self-taught, she had attended art school briefly in hopes of learning more, but found the curriculum and the teaching methods dull. “She knows so little about perspective,” one person claimed, “that she is baffled by even so simple a feat as putting a table or chair into a picture for background.”

Nevertheless, O’Neill had plenty in her favor. She “oozed talent,” as another put it, and she oozed certainty and self-assurance as well. The combination of portfolio and personality convinced editors to take a chance, and her work, signed only with initials to disguise the fact that she was female, soon began appearing in national magazines such as Life, Puck and Harper’s Monthly. Next, she drew advertisements for Jell-O, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, Oxydol and other products. By the early 1900s, she was one of the nation’s bestknown illustrators.

With no money worries, O’Neill began to dabble in other artistic endeavors. She studied sculpture, wrote the first of four novels and tried her hand at poetry, most of it passionate, otherworldly and mystical. Some readers heaped praise on O’Neill and the grand yet cryptic themes of love and death that ran through her literary works. “There is something stupendous about Rose O’Neill,” mused one later critic, speaking for many. “She is not to be judged by any of our ordinary standards.” Others, though, found her writing overblown and pretentious. “Completely undisciplined,” fulminated one reviewer. “Grammar and even sense are frequently abandoned in her anthropomorphic descriptions.”

O’Neill was encouraged by the positive reviews, but she took equal pleasure in the negative ones. As her career blossomed, O’Neill adopted a self-consciously “artistic” pose. She saw herself as a great creative soul untrammeled by mere convention. Eager to show off this persona, she dressed in long flowing robes, affected baby talk and delighted her artistic friends with philosophical pronouncements about the connection between “life” and “art.”

Unfortunately, O’Neill’s love life was not going nearly as well as her career. She married twice but each marriage-both childlessended in divorce. She found her first husband controlling, her second depressed. In 1908, after the second relationship fell apart, O’Neill left New York for the quiet of her parents’ Missouri town. There she bought her family a fine home and settled down to lick her wounds.

Time away from the bustle and drama of New York City was exactly what Rose O’Neill needed. With no fellow artists to impress and no limelight to fill, O’Neill devoted herself to her drawing. Her art was already leaning toward a cute, sentimental style, and now she experimented further in that direction.

In 1909 O’Neill sent her editors in New York her most recent work: sketches of pudgy, smiling babies with topknots and big eyes. Taken with the little creatures, Edward Bok of the Ladies’ Home Journal suggested that O’Neill expand the drawings into a one-page comic feature. O’Neill quickly agreed. Refining the characters further, she named them Kewpies, a word that she explained as a diminutive of Cupid.

While the derivation of the name is clear, the inspiration for the drawings is not. At one point, O’Neill described the Kewpies as a cross between Cupid and one of her brothers as a small child. Later, though, perhaps fearing that this explanation was not artistic enough, she insisted instead that the creatures had appeared to her in a dream. “They were all over my room,” she said breathlessly, “on my bed, and one perched on my hand. I awoke seeing them everywhere!”

Whatever her inspiration, O’Neill made the Kewpies simultaneously kind and mischievous. She invested them not merely with character but also with a suitably artistic vision. Kewpies were simple, playful and good-hearted. But O’Neill, of course, preferred her own usual grandiloquent way of saying it: “Kewpie philosophy takes the unwieldiness out of wisdom, puts cheerio into charity and draws the fangs out of philanthropy.”

The first Kewpie adventure, “The Kewpies’ Christmas Frolic,” appeared in the December 1909 Ladies’ Home Journal. Written in verse, the story described how the Kewpie band mixed up presents as a practical joke one Christmas morning, leaving “guns for grandmas” and dictionaries for babies, and then provided presents for a poor girl who had none. The poetry left something to be desired, with couplets such as:

The Kewpie wights stay up at nights,

All gaily singing rum-te-tum,

Like puddings they are pleasant sights

Well rounded at the tum-te-tum.

But the drawings more than made up for the banality of the verse. Smiling cherubic Kewpies covered the page-tugging at toys, peering into packages and generally having a ball.

O’Neill had designed the Kewpies to be whimsical, yet enough like real toddlers to pull at readers’ heartstrings. Her drawings nailed the combination beautifully. Letters poured into Bok’s offices, begging for more. Eager to cash in before interest dropped, O’Neill continued the Ladies’ Home Journal series, hurried a Kewpie children’s book into print and marketed paper dolls called Kewpie Kutouts-the first paper doll to be printed front and back.

Interest, however, did not drop. Instead, it soared. A shrewd businesswoman despite her artistic temperament, O’Neill gave the public what it wanted. Quickly, she launched an array of tie-ins and ancillary products that would have done Disney proud. Kewpie neckties, music boxes and inkwells appeared. Kewpie soap hit the market, as did Kewpie saltshakers, Kewpie earrings and dozens more Kewpie products. O’Neill was happy to license all types of merchandise-and happier still to watch the money pour in.

In 1912, nearly three years after the initial Kewpie adventure, O’Neill hit upon the greatest marketing spinoff of all: the Kewpie doll. With the help of a design student, she constructed a doll out of an inexpensive type of porcelain called bisque. The doll looked just like the magazine Kewpies, with topknot and goofy grin. The first product runs sold out so fast that O’Neill knew she had a winner on her hands.

Quickly, O’Neill decided to branch out. The key to success, she reasoned, was to develop dozens of different dolls and encourage customers to buy as many as possible. Models made from wood, ivory, celluloid and rubber soon joined the bisque dolls. Factories churned out Kewpies small enough to fit in a pocket and Kewpies nearly as large as a toddler. O’Neill produced soldier dolls, ethnic dolls, character dolls and more. She was a pioneer: Since her time, many successful toy marketers have followed exactly this strategy of appealing to the collector in their customers.

Kewpie dolls took the country by storm. Carnivals purchased thousands to give away as prizes. Kewpie trading clubs sprang up in cities across America. Children begged their parents for one model after another. Kewpie factories in several countries worked overtime meeting the demand. Not even the outbreak of World War I could diminish the Kewpies’ hold on the national consciousness. They were no longer a fad-they were a way of life.

In fact, the passionate interest in all things Kewpie did not run its course until the middle of the 1920s. By then, O’Neill had made nearly $1.5 million from her creation. She spent most of her time at the mansion where she had lived with her second husband, in rural Connecticut, not far from the Manhattan literary world. Wealthy beyond her dreams, she mostly gave up illustration and concentrated instead on her much less lucrative literary career.

Primarily, however, she concentrated on being Rose O’Neill, the artist. Her eccentricities mushroomed: She named her home after a fairy tale character and called her hot water heater “Kewpie.” Her mansion was full of aspiring young poets and painters, with whom she discussed art and philosophy at all hours. One young couple, invited to visit for a weekend, stayed for two years. Many of these people had no apparent artistic talent but that mattered not at all to O’Neill. “They were all geniuses to her,” wrote a 1930s journalist, “for it was by their intentions and not their works that she judged them.”

But even Kewpie money could not maintain this lifestyle forever. O’Neill’s generosity and tastes eventually outpaced her fortune. In 1936 she sold her Connecticut home and returned permanently to Missouri. She tried once or twice to replicate her Kewpie success with other dolls, but times and tastes had changed. When O’Neill died in 1944, she was completely broke.

Though O’Neill is dead, her invention lives on. Manufacturers continue to produce replicas and knockoffs of the dolls, mostly for the collectors’ market. The Internet auction site eBay has an entire category devoted to Rose O’Neill’s Kewpies, with about 200 Kewpie items for sale at any given time. Singers are described as having “Kewpie-doll” voices, actresses as having “Kewpie-doll” looks. Nearly a century after their introduction, Kewpies remain an icon of American popular culture.

As for Rose O’Neill herself, she occupies a place in American history, though perhaps not the one she would have chosen. Her highbrow literary efforts are largely forgotten. Her drawing style was too commercially oriented to have much of an effect on serious art. Today, few encyclopedias of American artists mention her, an omission that she no doubt would have found infuriating.

Yet O’Neill would be delighted to know how well her creations have survived. She never thought that the Kewpies were beneath her or a waste of time. Instead, she took great pride in their creation and even more pride in their popularity. That is fitting, for they were an extension of her unusually successful career in commercial art. While her serious work did not last, Rose O’Neill’s contribution to American culture has stood the test of time.

? Google XML Sitemaps Generator for WordPress

monavida — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:16:36 +0000

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This generator will create a sitemaps.org compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog.
Currently homepage, posts, static pages, categories, archives and author pages are supported.

The priority of a post depends on its comments. You can choose the way the priority
is calculated in the options screen.

Feel free to visit my website under www.arnebrachhold.de or contact me at
himself [at] arnebrachhold [dot] de

Have fun!
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Installation:
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1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Make your blog directory writeable OR create two files called sitemap.xml
and sitemap.xml.gz and make them writeable via CHMOD In most cases, your blog directory is already writeable.
2. Activate it in the Plugin options
3. Edit or publish a post or click on Rebuild Sitemap on the Sitemap Administration Interface

Additional contributors:
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Inspiration Michael Nguyen http://www.socialpatterns.com/
SQL Improvements Rodney Shupe http://www.shupe.ca/
Japanse Lang. File Hirosama http://hiromasa.zone.ne.jp/
Spanish lang. File César Gómez Martín http://www.cesargomez.org/
Italian lang. File Stefano Aglietti http://wordpress-it.it/
Trad.Chinese File Kirin Lin http://kirin-lin.idv.tw/
Simpl.Chinese File june6 http://www.june6.cn/
Swedish Lang. File Tobias Bergius http://tobiasbergius.se/
Czech Lang. File Peter Kahoun http://kahi.cz
Finnish Lang. File Olli Jarva http://kuvat.blog.olli.jarva.fi/
Belorussian Lang. File Marcis Gasuns
Bulgarian Lang. File Alexander Dichev http://dichev.com
Ping Code Template 1 James http://www.adlards.com/
Ping Code Template 2 John http://www.jonasblog.com/
Bug Report Brad http://h3h.net/
Bug Report Christian Aust http://publicvoidblog.de/
Bug Report Joseph Abboud
Bug Report Mike http://baptiste.us/
Bug Report Peter http://fastagent.de/
Bug Report Glenn http://publicityship.com.au/
Bug Report froosh
File Handling VJTD3 http://www.vjtd3.com/

Thanks to all contributors and bug reporters! There were much more people involved
in testing this plugin and reporting bugs, either by email or in the WordPress forums.

Unfortunately I can’t maintain a whole list here, but thanks again to everybody not listed here!

Release History:
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2005-06-05 1.0 First release
2005-06-05 1.1 Added archive support
2005-06-05 1.2 Added category support
2005-06-05 2.0a Beta: Real Plugin! Static file generation, Admin UI
2005-06-05 2.0 Various fixes, more help, more comments, configurable filename
2005-06-07 2.01 Fixed 2 Bugs: 147 is now _e(strval($i)); instead of _e($i); 344 uses a full < ?php instead of < ?
Thanks to Christian Aust for reporting this
2005-06-07 2.1 Correct usage of last modification date for cats and archives (thx to Rodney Shupe (http://www.shupe.ca/))
Added support for .gz generation
Fixed bug which ignored different post/page priorities
Should support now different wordpress/admin directories
2005-06-07 2.11 Fixed bug with hardcoded table table names instead of the $wpd vars
2005-06-07 2.12 Changed SQL Statement of the categories to get it work on MySQL 3
2005-06-08 2.2 Added language file support:
- Japanese Language Files and code modifications by hiromasa (http://hiromasa.zone.ne.jp/)
- German Language File by Arne Brachhold (http://www.arnebrachhold.de)
2005-06-14 2.5 Added support for external pages
Added support for Google Ping
Added the minimum Post Priority option
Added Spanish Language File by César Gómez Martín (http://www.cesargomez.org/)
Added Italian Language File by Stefano Aglietti (http://wordpress-it.it/)
Added Traditional Chine Language File by Kirin Lin (http://kirin-lin.idv.tw/)
2005-07-03 2.6 Added support to store the files at a custom location
Changed the home URL to have a slash at the end
Required admin-functions.php so the script will work with external calls, wp-mail for example
Added support for other plugins to add content to the sitemap via add_filter()
2005-07-20 2.7 Fixed wrong date format in additional pages
Added Simplified Chinese Language Files by june6 (http://www.june6.cn/)
Added Swedish Language File by Tobias Bergius (http://tobiasbergius.se/)
2006-01-07 3.0b Added different priority calculation modes and introduced an API to create custom ones
Added support to use the Popularity Contest plugin by Alex King to calculate post priority
Added Button to restore default configuration
Added several links to homepage and support
Added option to exclude password protected posts
Added function to start sitemap creation via GET and a secret key
Posts and pages marked for publish with a date in the future won't be included
Improved compatiblity with other plugins
Improved speed and optimized settings handling
Improved user-interface
Recoded plugin architecture which is now fully OOP
2006-01-07 3.0b1 Changed the way for hook support to be PHP5 and PHP4 compatible
Readded support for tools like w.Bloggar
Fixed "doubled-content" bug with WP2
Added xmlns to enable validation
2006-03-01 3.0b3 More performance
More caching
Better support for Popularity Contest and WP 2.x
2006-11-16 3.0b4 Fixed bug with option SELECTS
Decreased memory usage which should solve timeout and memory problems
Updated namespace to support YAHOO and MSN
2007-01-19 3.0b5 Javascripted page editor
WP 2 Design
YAHOO notification
New status report, removed ugly logfiles
Better Popularity Contest Support
Fixed double backslashes on windows systems
Added option to specify time limit and memory limit
Added option to define a XSLT stylesheet and added a default one
Fixed bug with sub-pages. Thanks to:
- Mike Baptiste (http://baptiste.us),
- Peter Claus Lamprecht (http://fastagent.de)
- Glenn Nicholas (http://publicityship.com.au)
Improved file handling, thanks to VJTD3 (http://www.VJTD3.com)
WP 2.1 improvements
2007-01-23 3.0b6 Use memory_get_peak_usage instead of memory_get_usage if available
Removed the usage of REQUEST_URI since it not correct in all environments
Fixed that sitemap.xml.gz was not compressed
Added compat function "stripos" for PHP4 (Thanks to Joseph Abboud!)
Streamlined some code
2007-05-17 3.0b7 Added option to include the author pages like /author/john
Small enhancements, removed stripos dependency and the added compat function
Added check to not build the sitemap if importing posts
Fixed missing domain parameter for translator name
Fixed WP 2.1 / Pre 2.1 post / pages database changes
Fixed wrong XSLT location (Thanks froosh)
Added Ask.com notification
Removed unused javascript
2007-07-22 3.0b8 Changed category SQL to prevent unused cats from beeing included
Plugin will be loaded on "init" instead of direclty after the file has been loaded.
Added support for robots.txt modification
Switched YAHOO ping API from YAHOO Web Services to the "normal" ping service which doesn't require an app id
Search engines will only be pinged if the sitemap file has changed
2007-09-02 3.0b9 Added tag support for WordPress 2.3
Now using post_date_gmt instead of post_date everywhere
Fixed archive bug with static pages (Thanks to Peter Claus Lamprecht)
Fixed some missing translation domains, thanks to Kirin Lin!
Added Czech translation files for 2.7.1, thanks to Peter Kahoun (http://kahi.cz)
2007-09-04 3.0b10 Added category support for WordPress 2.3
Fixed bug with empty URLs in sitemap
Repaired GET building
Added more info on debug mode
2007-09-23 3.0b11 Changed mysql queries to unbuffered queries
Uses MUCH less memory
Fixed really stupid bug with search engine pings
Option to set how many posts will be included
2007-09-24 3.0 Yeah, 3.0 Final after one and a half year
Removed useless functions
2007-11-03 3.0.1 Using the Snoopy HTTP client for ping requests instead of wp_remote_fopen
Fixed undefined translation strings
Added "safemode" for SQL which doesn't use unbuffered results (old style)
Added option to run the building process in background using wp-cron
Removed unnecessary function_exists, Thanks to user00265
Added links to test the ping if it failed.
2007-11-25 3.0.2 Fixed bug which caused that some settings were not saved correctly
Added option to exclude pages or post by ID
Restored YAHOO ping service with API key since the other one is to unreliable. (see 3.0b8)
2007-11-28 3.0.2.1 Fixed wrong XML Schema Location (Thanks to Emanuele Tessore)
Added Russian Language files by Sergey http://ryvkin.ru
2007-12-30 3.0.3 Added Live Search Ping
Removed some hooks which rebuilt the sitemap with every comment
2008-03-30 3.0.3.1 Added compatibility CSS for WP 2.5
2008-04-28 3.0.3.2 Improved WP 2.5 handling
2008-04-29 3.0.3.3 Fixed author pages
Enhanced background building and increased delay to 15 seconds
Background building is enabled by default
2008-04-28 3.1b1 Reorganized files in builder, loader and UI
Added 2 step loader so only code that's needed will be loaded
Improved WP 2.5 handling
Secured all admin actions with nonces
2008-05-18 3.1b2 Fixed critical bug with the build in background option
Added notification if a build is scheduled
2008-05-19 3.1b3 Cleaned up plugin directory and moved asset files to subfolders
Fixed background building bug in WP 2.1
Removed auto-update plugin link for WP < 2.5
2008-05-22 3.1 Marked as 3.1 stable, updated documentation
2008-05-27 3.1.0.1 Extracted UI JS to external file
Enabled the option to include following pages of multi-page posts
Script tries to raise memory and time limit if active
2008-12-21 3.1.1 Fixed redirect issue if wp-admin is rewritten via mod_rewrite, thanks to macjoost
Fixed wrong path to assets, thanks PozHonks
Fixed wrong plugin URL if wp-content was renamed / redirected, thanks to wnorris
Updated WP User Interface for 2.7
Various other small things
2008-12-26 3.1.2 Changed the way the stylesheet is saved (default / custom stylesheet)
Sitemap is now build when page is published
Removed support for static robots.txt files, this is now handled via WordPress
Added compat. exceptions for WP 2.0 and WP 2.1
2009-06-07 3.1.3 Changed MSN Live Search to Bing
Exclude categories also now exludes the category itself and not only the posts
Pings now use the new WordPress HTTP API instead of Snoopy
Fixed bug that in localized WP installations priorities could not be saved.
The sitemap cron job is now cleared after a manual rebuild or after changing the config
Adjusted style of admin area for WP 2.8 and refreshed icons
Disabled the "Exclude categories" feature for WP 2.5.1, since it doesn't have the required functions yet
2009-06-22 3.1.4 Fixed bug which broke all pings in WP < 2.7
Added more output in debug mode if pings fail
Moved global post definitions for other plugins
Added small icon for ozh admin menu
Added more help links in UI

2009-08-24 3.1.5 Added option to completely disable the last modification time
Fixed bug regarding the use of the HTTPS url for the XSL stylesheet if the sitemap was build via the admin panel
Improved handling of homepage if a single page was set for it
Fixed mktime warning which appeared sometimes
Fixed bug which caused inf. reloads after rebuilding the sitemap via the admin panel
Improved handling of missing sitemaps files if WP was moved to another location
2009-08-31 3.1.6 Fixed PHP error "Only variables can be passed by reference"
Fixed wrong URLS of multi-page posts (Thanks artstorm!)

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Developer Documentation
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Adding other pages to the sitemap via other plugins

This plugin uses the action system of WordPress to allow other plugins
to add urls to the sitemap. Simply add your function with add_action to
the list and the plugin will execute yours every time the sitemap is build.
Use the static method "GetInstance" to get the generator and AddUrl method
to add your content.

Sample:
function your_pages() {
$generatorObject = &GoogleSitemapGenerator::GetInstance(); //Please note the "&" sign!
if($generatorObject!=null) $generatorObject->AddUrl(”http://blog.uri/tags/hello/”,time(),”daily”,0.5);
}
add_action(”sm_buildmap”,”your_pages”);

Parameters:
– The URL to the page
– The last modified data, as a UNIX timestamp (optional)
– The Change Frequency (daily, hourly, weekly and so on) (optional)
– The priority 0.0 to 1.0 (optional)

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Adding additional PriorityProviders

This plugin uses several classes to calculate the post priority.
You can register your own provider and choose it at the options screen.

Your class has to extend the GoogleSitemapGeneratorPrioProviderBase class
which has a default constructor and a method called GetPostPriority
which you can override.

Look at the GoogleSitemapGeneratorPrioByPopularityContestProvider class
for an example.

To register your provider to the sitemap generator, use the following filter:

add_filter(”sm_add_prio_provider”,”AddMyProvider”);

Your function could look like this:

function AddMyProvider($providers) {
array_push($providers,”MyProviderClass”);
return $providers;
}

Note that you have to return the modified list!

=== Google XML Sitemaps ===

monavida — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:02:04 +0000

Contributors: arnee
Donate link: http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sitemap-paypal
Tags: google, sitemaps, google sitemaps, yahoo, msn, ask, live, xml sitemap, xml
Requires at least: 2.1
Tested up to: 2.9
Stable tag: 3.1.5

This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog.

== Description ==

This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Everytime you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.

Baby Beanies: Happy Hats to Knit for Little Heads (Paperback)

monavida — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:23:16 +0000

Whatever their activities, we think you’ll agree: babies should wear hats. Mainly because they look so darned cute in hats! And they look really, really cute in Baby Beanies. Author and photographer Amanda Keeys designed these enchanting toppers for her professional portraits of babies, and her simple patterns use bright colors, lush textures, and quirky embellishments to rise to the top. Directions for basic stitches and techniques are included, so even beginning knitters can easil (more…)

Webkinz Phenomenon – Educational Benefits!

monavida — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:32:16 +0000

The Webkinz phenomenon is producing positive feedback from children and parents alike! These plush toy pets are affordable, offer a variety of associated online activities at no additional cost and have educational benefits to boot!

Webkinz, produced by the Ganz gift company, are marketed similarly to Beanie Babies. And speaking of the Beanie Babies this is an equal if not greater craze never seen before or since until Webkinz! However, Webkinz targeted age group is 6 – 13 years of age in contrast to the Beanie Babies that appealed to more of an adult market.

The marketing strategy is modern and smart. The purchase of one toy earns you a one year membership to the Webkinz World website. Nevertheless, a majority of sales are repeat customers. Children are collecting numerous webkinz.

Your experience begins with the purchase of a webkinz stuffed animal of choice for approximately $11.99 through $15.99. Each pet has a unique identity in it’s name given by the owner. When you register your pet on the site it receives an online room, food, starter furniture, and starter cash. You can earn cash by playing online games and then purchase clothing for your pet and items to decorate its house. You can also send gifts to other Webkinz World members.

The genius in this strategy is that it gives younger children access to the internet on a safe fun site. This toy peaks the interest of children and parents alike being that we are living in an internet culture. It provides a gateway to the internet for a child which is a hugely significant part of the adult culture.

There are various educational benefits to taking care of your virtual pet online. The concept of care taking maintenance is exercised in that the child feeds, bathes and plays with their pet in order to increase it’s happiness. The child also must learn to prioritize “spending” and earn the “cash” needed to purchase items for their pet. Socially, the child can interact with their friends using Clubhouse Chat where they can instant message other webkinz members using a highly restrictive content instant messaging.

Finally, the games are educationally geared appealing to logic and problem solving skills. A feature game titled Quizzie’s Question Corner allows a child to pick from standard school subjects and answer trivia questions in order to earn Kinz cash!

Webkinz Pets are a smart, fun and apparently highly appealing! They take traditional play into the computer age in an affordable package. The associated website is rich with educational activities for children and the traditional stuffed animal is huggable and portable!

I have an extensive background in Finance and Fiscal Procedure. I also have a web business where I offer Educational Computer Software and Games. I am very interested in the product itself as well as the subject matter that it involves.
Please visit us at The Software Spot!
Thank you, Allison Merlino
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The Top Income Generating Mistake New Business Owners Make

monavida — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:59:09 +0000

Are you looking for the next Pet Rock, Furby or Red Bull? Have an idea for the next new thing you know will make you a millionaire?

Hold on there. Before you throw your life savings into that “new idea”, you may want to spend some time with the tried and true.

Starting a new business with a new idea may sound exciting, but you better have some deep pockets for your start up budget. You also better plan on working twice as hard to get income in the door.

Think about it. Your business is new. Your product is new. You not only have to convince people they should buy from you…you have to convince them they need your product in the first place!

The number one thing you need to make your business successful is income. Your first priority every minute of every day should be making sales. Businesses with income and profits survive. Businesses without income crash and burn quickly.

Customers buy things they like and know. They are wary of “new”. Experience has taught them that “new” is not always better.

Your new business has a much better chance of being successful if you start with a product or service that has an established market. By all means, find your own twist and make it better than the competition, but please avoid the unfamiliar.

Most fads are not overnight success stories.

Red Bull created the market for energy drinks, but the founder lost more than a million dollars in his first two years of operations. It took six years for the company to become profitable. Dietrich Mateschitz has moved well beyond millionaire status in the last 17 years, but he had to come up with a million dollars in start up capital (half was his) and risk his life savings to make energy drinks a worldwide phenomenon.

Beanie Babies took off so quickly they seemed to be an overnight hit, but the truth is that this business success was hard earned. H. Ty Warner started Ty, Inc. in 1985 with a $50,000 inheritance, a home mortgage, and his life savings. The company’s sales grew to an estimated $1 billion in 1998 after Beanie Babies launched in 1993, but Warner was not a newbie to the stuffed toy industry. He had 20 years experience at Dakin Inc., a San Francisco stuffed toy manufacturer, prior to his plunge into the toy industry. He marketed another line of stuffed toys for eight years before Beanie Babies were created to launch him beyond millionaire status.

You may think your great business idea will be the next Pet Rock (Gary Dahl became a millionaire in a matter of months back in 1975), but your chances of this happening are a lot like buying a lottery ticket. Lottery millionaires exist, but a heck of a lot of people buy lottery tickets to create that handful of millionaires. And a dollar spent on a lottery ticket does not compare to all the life savings wasted on unproven business ideas.

Running a business is complicated. When you start, it’s best to sell something that has a proven track record. You will be better prepared if you spend a few years working in your chosen industry before you start your own business. If you don’t have industry experience, make sure you either beg, borrow, or buy a system to help you get going. Even better, find a mentor that can help you through the rough spots.

Save the new ideas until you have something going. If you provide good service, sell a good product, and do what you say you will do when you say you will do it, your income will grow steadily. Establish your customer base first. It’s much easier to sell new products to customers that already know and love you!

Todd Jensen, “The Profit Engineer”, has helped hundreds of business owners make their business more successful and profitable. For tips and strategies on how to boost your business success as well as increase your profits, visithttp://www.theprofitengineer.com orhttp://www.freebusinessstartupinfo.com
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