raelity.(re)org

raelity.(re)org 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

If you're reading this, you've no doubt noticed--unless you're using one of those new-fangled RSS reader things--the change in appearance here at raelity bytes. There's a new, uncluttered, I-think-gentle look to it, devoid of the over-accumulation of buttons and text you've come to expect ;-) at raelity bytes.

Beneath the covers, the site's built entirely on and powered by Blosxom using nothing but what comes on board and the power of a selection of user-contributed plugins in interesting and useful combinations. For those interested, here are some of the niggly-nagglies...

• breadcru mbs displays that attractive navigational aid (e.g. home :: reading.html) at the top of each page
• config affords all-but-infinite combinations of configuration and plugin activation throughout the site
• file brings in components like the toolbar and writeback form
• interpolate_fancy, as its name implies, does some fancy template footwork, altering what appears or doesn't appear on any particular page (e.g. writebacks only on permalinked individual item pages)
• meta means I have the ability to tag particular entries with meta tags for use in my templates when appropriate (e.g. meta-image associates an image with a story, meta-rating rates books, movies, and whatnot, etc)
• theme collects components (flavour bits, images, stylesheets, you-name-it) into a nice package for thematically altering the site on a whim
• wikieditish means I can edit anything on the site through a browser-based form if I feel so inclined
• wikiwordish means never having to remember where things are ;-)
• writeback functionality invites you, gentle reader, to join the discussion

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