Server Information
Apache
Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996.
Content Management Systems
WordPress
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
Frameworks
PHP
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
JavaScript Libraries
Prototype
Prototype is a javascript framework which aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
script.aculo.us
script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.
Payment Providers
PayPal
The website contains payment options via the use of PayPal.
Widgets
Wordpress Plugins
Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. The website uses various plugins from WordPress to provide additional functionality. Some of them may be listed here.
Lightbox
Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
ShareThis
One button sharing - quick sharing to MySpace, Email and more!
Aggregation Functionality
RSS
A family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts.
Atom
Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds very similar to RSS.
Pingback Support
A Pingback is one of three types of Linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents.
Really Simple Discovery
Really Simple Discovery is a way to help client software find the services needed to read, edit, or "work with" weblogging software.
Live Writer Support
Windows Live Writer Tagging Support Schema
Document Information
XHTML Transitional
The website claims XHTML Transitional status. XHTML 1.0 Transitional is the same as HTML 4.01 Transitional, but follows XML syntax rules. It supports everything found in XHTML 1.0 Strict, but also permits the use of a number of elements and attributes that are judged presentational, in order to ease the transition from HTML 3.2 and earlier. These include center, u, strike, and applet.
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML
Meta Description
The description attribute provides a concise explanation of the page content.
Canonical Content Tag
Public specification of a preferred URL for a page allows search engines to understand the original location for content.
Javascript
JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development. Its proper name is ECMAScript, though "JavaScript" is much more commonly used. The website uses JavaScript.
Encoding
UTF-8
UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.