Archive for November, 2007

Christmas is fast approaching so I’ve been hastily drawing and uploading Christmas clipart to the gallery. I’ll be adding loads more in the coming weeks but what doesn’t get done soon will definitely be ready for next year!

I’ve started with the basics like christmas trees, snowmen and crackers but I’ve got a big long list of other festive items still waiting to be drawn. I suppose that’s the downside of having started a clipart website so close to a big holiday; it’s close enough to create a demand for clipart but too close to get much done. I’m seeing lots of searches for santa, reindeers, elves and so on that are returning tragically empty results pages. Still, there’s always next year.

See all the latest Christmas clip art.

A core feature of RandomClipart.com is the ability for customers to instantly download clipart files after checkout. My previous web development projects have taught me PHP, XHTML, CSS and MySQL and I’ve also had cause to integrate shopping carts with PayPal for tangible goods and services but I had no idea how to go about writing my own instant download script. A key requirement of any instant download script is security: original files must never be made accessible without a valid transaction. With so much at stake I didn’t want to risk writing my own script and making a costly mistake so I began to look for and review third-party digital download scripts and services.

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