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This site runs on the WordPress blogging platform, which I can’t recommend highly enough. It’s super.
The theme this site uses is a custom styled flavor of Rockin Minimal by Cory Miller of RockinThemes.
It took quite a bit of bad php to get this website working the way I wanted it to, and I mashed together and deliberately broke multiple plugins. For the other Wordpress using folks out there that may be interested, here’s a full list of what I’m currently using.
- Ask Me WP2.1 v2.1 and higher
Allows user to ask the blog owner questions. Visit Options/Ask Me after activation of the plugin and follow instructions in readme file. Sara Smith and Jelena Pavlovic, modified for 2.1 by Olli - Akismet v2.0
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put<?php akismet_counter(); ?>in your template. Matt Mullenweg - Category Tagging v2.3
Tagging with categories. Display a tag cloud and related posts. Michael Woehrer - Chicklet Creator v0.5.1
Add feed subscription buttons to your blog. Config Instructions Thomas McMahon - WP-DBManager v2.10
Manages your Wordpress database. Allows you to optimize database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. GaMerZ - WP-EMail v2.10
Allows people to recommand/send your WordPress blog’s post/page to a friend. GaMerZ - Enhanced WP-ContactForm v1.1
WP Contact Form is a drop in form for users to contact you. In the message it sends to you it gives the page the user visited before the contact page, as well as the original outside referer. It can be implemented on a page or a post. It currently works with WordPress 2.0+ Joost de Valk - Exec-PHP v3.2
Allows <?php ?> tags inside the content or excerpt of your posts and pages to be executed just as in usual PHP files Sören Weber - Google Sitemaps v2.7.1
This generator will create a Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. Arne Brachhold - Get Custom Field Values v2.1
Easily retrieve and control the display of any custom field values/meta data for posts, inside or outside “the loop”. The power of custom fields gives this plugin the potential to be dozens of plugins all rolled into one. Scott Reilly - HeadSpace2 v3.1.0
HTML ‘head’ meta-data manager, allowing complete control over meta-data such as keywords, title, description, stylesheets, and other goodies. The data inserted can be static text, or pulled dynamically from the details of the post. John Godley - Inline Ajax Comments v0.3
Display inline comments on the main page using ajax. Based on code by Mark Jaquith. Peter Kashou - Link to Me Textbox v1.0
This plugin will set up a “link to me textbox” with HTML code in your blog posts and increase your search engine rankings. Jim Westergren - Lighter Admin Drop Menus v2.3
Creates Drop Down Menus for WordPress Admin Panels, just like Andy Staines’ original plugin, but without background pictures and special fonts. This makes it faster to load and more adaptable to customizations. corpodibacco - WP-PostRatings v1.10
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s post/page. GaMerZ - Recent Posts v2.1.0 beta
Displays a list of the most recent posts. Instructions and help online. Rob Marsh, SJ - rc:custom_field_gui v1.5
Automatically adds form element(s) in Write Post panel, which act as a Post’s custom field(s). Configuration is thru conf.ini. Instruction is on readme.txt. Joshua Sigar - Sociable v2.0
Automatically add links on your posts to popular social bookmarking sites. Go to Options -> Sociable for setup. Peter Harkins - Sideblog Wordpress Plugin v3.8
A simple aside plugin. Licensed under the GPL Kates Gasis - Smart Update Pinger v2.0
Replaces the built-in ping/notify functionality. Pings only when publishing new posts, not when editing. Christian Davén - Spam Karma 2 v2.2 r3
Ultimate Spam Killer for WordPress. Activate the plugin and go to Manage >> Spam Karma 2 to configure. See Spam Karma 2 >> About for details. dr Dave - Ultimate Google Analytics v1.5.3
Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site. Check http://www.oratransplant.nl/uga/#versions for version updates Wilfred van der Deijl - WP lightbox JS v0.8
Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to to overlay images on the current page written by Lokesh Dhakar. Add rel=”lightbox” attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. This plugin integrate its feature into your WordPress blog. Safirul Alredha - WP-Plugin List v1.0
WP Plugin List is a simple plugin to allow yout post your current WordPress 1.5+ Martin Wiso - Yet Another PhotoBlog vBETA 1.4.4
WordPress 2.1+ Plugin which allows to use WordPress as a PhotoBlog. Detailed informations may be found on the plugin pages and at the forum. J.P.Jarolim
If you have a question about how or why I used a certain plugin, fill out the form on the contact page and I’ll do my best to answer appropriately.