Colophon
This site runs the stellar WordPress as its Content Management System. Most notable for its famous 5-Minute Install, WP is a simple combination of PHP and MySQL and allows for customization through Themes and Plugins. For my theme, I am currently using a modified version of:
The theme code-named “dub” is in development in my preview site, and I hope to make the upgrade shortly.
Plugins are the real gem of WordPress and they allow developers to add functionality to the current install without having to be a part of the core development team. I am using these plugins:
- Akismet by Matt Mullenweg - Catches those nasty spam comments
- Contact Form ][ by Chip Cuccio - A contact form that’s easy to install and customizable with CSS
- Feed Locations by Glenn Slaven - Change the default feed URL for your site to something you can track (i.e. Feedburner)
- GeoPress by Andrew Turner & Mikel Maron - Geo-tag your posts so that you can record where you wrote them
- Google Analyticator by Ronald Heft, Jr. - Is there another Google Analytics plugin? This one probably owns the market! Great because it can disable the tracking code for admins.
- Google XML Sitemaps by Arne Brachhold - Makes sure Google and other search engines accurately “spider” your website
- Maintenance Mode by Michael Woehrer
- Redirection by John Godley - A brilliant plugin for managing URI’s that get changed, as well as seeing where your visitors are hitting 404’s
- Search Meter by Bennett McElwee - Track what your visitors are searching for. I would also recommend using Google Custom Search in place of WordPress’ janker search algoriddimm
- WordPress Database Backup by Austin Matzko - Imperative if you want to save your site in the case of a server crash
- wpSEO by Sergej Müller - Simply the best plugin for making “title” and “meta” in the header super dynamic. Also allows you to denote specific meta tags for each page
A colophon, in publishing, is a brief description usually located at the end of a book, describing production notes relevant to the edition. In most cases it is a description of the text typography, often entitled A note about the type. This will identify the names of the primary typefaces used, provide a brief description of the type’s history, and a brief statement about its most identifiable physical characteristics. A colophon may also identify the book’s designer, software used, printing method if letterpress, the printing company, and the kind of ink, paper and its cotton content. Detailed colophons are a characteristic feature of limited edition and private press printing. Books publishers Alfred A. Knopf and O’Reilly Media are notable for their substantial colophons.