Along with Open Clip Art Library 3.1, we released Aiki Framework 0.9.0, "Infrastructure for the Future" release. Aiki Framework is a software invented by Bassel Safadi to power the Open Clip Art Library and other database heavy sites, that need collaboration on the web. Fabricatorz and Aiki Lab use this software where possible to solve client problems and to make the platform better so it becomes easier to make sites each time.

In this Aiki 0.9.0 release, we fixed 76 bugs and added 23 new features. The highlights of the release are a new installer, and lots of developer-centric infrastructure for the future: multi-languages, multi-views, multi-sites and more! Get it while it's hot!

Aiki keeps getting better. Have you tried it? Join us! If you want a fast website that is scalable, hire us.

Check out the new installer below (a big thanks to rg1024 and jcubic for working so hard on this release too):

In mid-December, the Librarians at The Open Clip Art Library issued a final site upgrade for the year. Among many notable upgrades, a shift to a new Public Domain Dedication: CC Zero, a new Collections Feature, more streamlined and user account management, along with a Winter Holiday 2010 themed package were highlights.

Today, the Open Clip Art Librarians are Officially Releasing the Latest Version of their website: Open Clip Art Library 2.9. This newest iteration, the first of the new year, again focuses on the end-user experience, along with filling out the ever-expanding body of art the site contains.

Kicking things off, a long-standing bug has been fixed in a major way. One of OCAL's leading contributors, johnny_automatic, has gone through a gigantic list of clip art that had been previously not been connected to the site in transition from Open Clip Art lIbrary's upgrade to 2.0, last spring and brought all of it back to life. As a result, OCAL's collection has been fully restored to it's original glory and the current Clip Art Tally stands at nearly 40,000 images!

Longtime visitors will also notice a major menu-item change. A new section, Collections, has replaced Packages. Users will still find information and links to download their favorite packages in this new section, but the change reflects a long-gestating idea that will shift the direction of content from managers of the site to it's users. With Collections, any user is able to save a Clip Art that they love to a group that they themselves have created. Found a really useful set of icons? Create a Collection & share them with the Community, as a set! The latest Collections are displayed in this new section. As Collections grow and more data is gathered, this section will become vital to the new direction that The Open Clip Art Library will be shifting towards in future Releases.

Another key librarian turned developer, Chovynz, has made great strides in several key bugs, including a few related to Clip Art Comments. Registered users can now log into OCAL, select their 'My Cliparts' section, scroll to the bottom of the page and see a list of the most recent comments made on their uploaded works!

New work continues to drive Open Clip Art Library's progress. A new package has been made available with this release. Chinese New Year 2011 contains work related to the yearly shift, created by the Artists of OCAL's expanding Community. Users wishing to contribute to the next Release's package, Presidents, can do so by tagging any related work with the key term "presidents".

The Fabricatorz are pushing The Open Clip Art Library to this next plateau with our development the Aiki Framework, the software engine that powers OCAL. We would like to thank everyone else who have helped this project continue to grow and succeed. You can also help find bugs and submit your feature requests, or join us as a librarian today! Please check out Open Clip Art Library to upload your clip art.

UPDATE: Don't forget to check out all the great contributions towards this 2.9 release.

Fabricatorz Brad Phillips and Bassel Safadi worked with Singaporean boutique fashion designer Yilin Lu to relaunch her site, Yumumu. While it has the same look and feel, Brad and Bassel built the site on web standards using our open source free network service building software, Aiki Framework.

Brad and Bassel removed the dependence upon the deprecated Flash, which essentially kept the website invisible to search engines and locked to hiring someone to update the site and rebuild it each time, prior to deploying a new version of the site. Now, with Aiki Framework, the site is dynamic, visible to search engines, and now Yilin and her team can update the website without depending upon us.

Please visit Yumumu website, and if you are in Singapore or visit a Stockist, Yilin's designs are excellent. Pick up some dresses.

I helped one of the #illiboyz, Pete Ippel, setup the Fabricatorz Project Management code yesterday, and remembered I added to a few more sites. The documentation is updated for this. If you like the way Projects are structured on this site, its a good system for adding a nice visible way to look at projects quickly throught wordpress. Please try it out and let me know your thoughts, and/or submit patches.

In other news, I just sent off a big patch for ResourceSpace. Thanks to EyeBallNYC for supporting this developement for their own uses, which benefits the larger community. To RS crew, hopefully you will accept all these patches, provide me SVN access, and lets keep making ResourceSpace better!

Attached is the patch, the feedback.php page (must save as, and rename .php) necessary for the latest subversion trunk of resourcespace, and a readme as a text file.