These days, creating a website is not as difficult as it used to be thanks to the friendly online community of web developers who kindly share their code and knowledge for use by all. In gratitude to these people, I’ve attempted to compile a list of all the resources I’ve used in building this website. I hope these links may be useful to anyone embarking on the adventure of creating a website of their own.
Website components
- WordPress: The Content Management System (CMS) used for this website.
- WordPress plugins:
- AddThis: social bookmarking widget
- Advertising Manager
- Akismet: comment and trackback spam blocker
- All in One SEO: Complete search engine optimisation package
- Audio player: used on Music page
- Contact Form 7: used on Contact page
- cufón: font replacement tool
- Enhanced Links: drop-down links menu in sidebar
- Events: database system
- Google XML Sitemaps: improves Google search results for this site
- Lightbox Gallery: overlay image display system (avoids changing pages)
- Really Simple CAPTCHA: image + text verification to prevent bots using forms
- Widget Logic: allows one to change content of sidebar depending on page
- WP-Cumulus: 3D tag cloud [DEACTIVATED]
Coding tips
Artwork resources (patterns, icons, etc.)
- Sticktacular Productions: Good source for all artwork.
- Beeex.net: Strictly free resources for designers.
- Famfamfam: Silk icon set used in the K2 theme and additional parts of the website.
- DinPattern: Patterns.
