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Summary:

Technical details behind ipsedixit.net

ipsedixit.net is currently a mix of Textpattern (the stuff linked at the top of this page), ancient static pages I haven’t gotten round to doing anything about (most everything else, accessible from the home page), and some pages generated by Doxygen.

Do not blame Textpattern for the visual design, which is entirely my own fault. I mainly use Webkit -based browsers myself, and this site’s CSS includes some Webkit-only properties, in anticipation of wider CSS 3 support and better days ahead. Graphics toolkit mainly OmniGraffle and GraphicConverter, with any heavier-duty photo processing in the GIMP, Acorn, and Raw Developer. Text manipulation by BBEdit. FTP via Transmit and/or Yummy FTP. MySQL management through Sequel Pro. Some of the code formatting by SyntaxHighlighter.

Developed locally on Mac OS X. Live site hosted by Dreamhost (not an affilate link).

Active Textpattern plugins:

ob1_modifiedOutputs when the article was last modified or the author who modified it.
rah_plugin_downloadPublic plugin downloads directly from database
rah_unlog_meExclude IPs from visitor Logs
sed_plugin_help_viewerQuickly check your plugin's help section from the plugin cache dirctory.
smd_where_usedFind which forms/pages/articles/plugins/text have been used where in your design
soo_article_filterCreate filtered list of articles before sending to txp:article or txp:article_custom
soo_article_image_reduxProof of concept for the soo_txp_obj library
soo_category_listModified cbs_category_list
soo_if_frontpageCheck if page is a section front page
soo_imageSimple yet powerful image tags
soo_multidocCreate structured multi-page documents
soo_page_numbersArticle list nav and page count widgets
soo_plugin_displayDisplay info about installed plugins
soo_plugin_prefPlugin preference manager
soo_required_filesLoad JavaScript and CSS files per article
soo_tocAuto-generate table of contents for an article
soo_txp_objSupport library for Txp plugins
soo_wordfestWord game for article comments
wet_linkCreate all kinds of links
zem_contact_langLanguage plug-in for Zem Contact Reborn
zem_contact_rebornForm mailer for Textpattern

Posted 2008-01-31 (modified 2010-07-10)