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This blog's style is based on Andreas01-12 template, which I've been modding as I learn CSS and php.

After a lot of trial and error, I seem to have squashed or worked around most display problems caused by Internet Explorer 6. Mainly, I had to add code to allow for a proper float:right for the image without screwing the whole layout, and a technique to avoid IE6 dropping the text after skipping a line. I also removed a plugin that fixed layout problems that could be caused by non-breaking text. The plug-in itself was mucking up the template layout.

Finally, check out the plugins I'm using.

I have installed the following 25  plugins on this blog.

  • Akismet v2.1.4 by Matt Mullenweg
    Akismet catches comment spam.

  • Category Cloud Widget v1.3 by Lee Kelleher
    Adds a sidebar widget to display the categories as a tag cloud.

  • cforms v4.8 by Oliver Seidel
    cforms offers convenient deployment of multiple contact forms throughout your blog or even on the same page. The form submission utilizes AJAX, however, falls back to a standard method in case AJAX/Javascript is not supported.

  • Custom Query String v2.6 by Matt Read
    Lets you change the sort order and number of posts displayed when viewing an archive page.

  • Enforce www. Preference v1.3 by Mark Jaquith
    Provides 301 redirects to queries with /index.php and enforces your use or non-use of www.

  • Executable PHP widget v1.0 by Otto
    Like the Text widget, but it will take PHP code as well. Up to 9 instances of this widget may exist. Heavily derived from the Text widget code included with the widget plugin by Automattic, Inc.

  • Feedburner Feed Replacement v2.2 by Steve Smith
    Forwards all feed traffic to Feedburner while letting through some important User-Agents.

  • Google (XML) Sitemaps v3.0b6 by Arne Brachhold
    This generator will create a sitemaps.org compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog which helps site ranking on Google, MSN Search and YAHOO.

  • Google Analyticator v1.51 by Ronald Heft, Jr.
    Adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google’s Analytics. After enabling this plugin visit the options page and enter your Google Analytics’ UID and enable logging.

  • Google Blog Search Preview v1.1 by Jayson Joseph Chacko
    Displays Google Blog Search Preview in the activity tab of Dashboard. Similar to technorati incoming links.

  • Guestbook Generator v0.8 by Andrew dela Serna
    Generates a guestbook for Wordpress blogs.

  • JS SpamBlock v1.4 by Paul Butler
    Reduces spam by executing a JavaScript script on the client to ensure that it is not a spam-bot. Users without JavaScript can simply copy a code manually to comment.

  • KB Countdown Widget v2.0.1 by Adam R. Brown
    Count the years/months/days since, until, or between events. Optional bar graph for tracking progress between two dates.

  • Kill Preview 2 v2.0.1 by Stefan Heß
    Removes the post preview iframe from the post writing screen and adds a preview link. Used to speed up post writing screen and reduce clutter.

  • Popularity Contest v1.2.1 by Alex King
    This will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Template Tags to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your blog.

  • Redirectify v1.1 by Owen Winkler
    A plugin that redirects posts and pages that contain a certain meta tag. I use it in conjunction with Custom Query String to make the Movie Reviews page.

  • Relative Dates v1.01 by Justin Blanton
    Displays the date of your posts relative to the current date and time.

  • Run For Cover v1.8 by Dog Of Dirk
    Adds a sidebar widget that shows the covers of cds you listen the most to. It uses information from last.fm and the Amazon Web Service.

  • SEO Slugs v1.0 by Andrei Mikrukov
    Removes common words like ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘in’ from post slugs to improve SEO.

  • SEO Title Tag v2.0beta7 by Stephan Spencer, Netconcepts
    Search engine optimize your blog’s title tags. Create a customized title tag for any post, static page, category page, UltimateTagWarrior tag page - indeed, any URL! And will auto-insert the tag name into the title on tag pages generated by UltimateTagWarrior plugin. Admin allows for mass editing of title tags.

  • Subscribe2 v2.3.5 by Matthew Robinson
    Notifies an email list when new entries are posted. Tested with WordPress 2.1.x and 2.2.x.

  • Viper’s Plugins Used (dKret2) v1.12-0.0.4 by Chris Goßmann
    Allows you to display alphabetically what plugins you have enabled on your blog in either a table or unordered list. Also allows you to set custom descriptions for the plugins in the output. The original version comes from Viper007Bond. This version has a changed output_list format and a widget to fit into the dKret2 theme.

  • Viper’s Video Quicktags v5.1.2 by Viper007Bond
    Allows you to embed various video types, including those hosted at YouTube and Google Video as well as videos you host yourself, into WordPress. Credits: Owen Winkler for ButtonSnap and An-archos for help with WP 2.1+ button code.

  • wp-headlineanimator v1.2 by Christoph “Stargazer” Bauer
    Generates a graphic like the FB Headline Animator. More info in my blog posts on my.stargazer.at…

  • WP-PostViews v1.10 by GaMerZ
    Enables you to display how many times a post had been viewed. It will not count registered member views, but that can be changed easily.