Site Notes

Site Founded: October 8, 2007. 

A summary of all the tools, technologies, and systems used to hold this site together. This site is a live work in progress.  I use it to test out new technologies, tools and approaches before using them in a production environment for customers or clients. Not all new approaches make the cut.

Site Platform

• Hosted at WebHost4Life.com with data centers in Monterey, CA, and New York.
• Server - Windows 2008 Server with IIS 7.0
• Statistics - AWStats 6.4
• ASP.NET 2.0
• .Net 3.5 SP 1
• Visual Studio 2008 SP 1
• Windows Live Writer Build 12.0.1366.1026
• Windows Live Writer Code Snippet Plugin Code Snippet download Polaroid Picture Plugin

Site Details

The site utilizes BlogEngine.Net with several Extensions.  Some custom controls are used on a lot of the pages.

• Content Management System - BlogEngine.Net
• Table Of Content Generator [ tocautogen ] extension by Klaus Graefensteiner
• Most Popular Posts extension and TopPosts control by Al Nyveldt
• Copy Code To Clipboard Extension by Troy Goode
• Social Bookmarking extension by Danny Douglass
• Icons from IconGalore, FastIcon, IconDrawer, WebDesignerDepot and Artura
• Background image from AbsoluteCross.com
• Custom Control for ArchiveList - sortable grid layout of contents
• Custom Control for Contacts - allows positioning the contact information in a page instead of a specific link.
• Custom Control for Flickr Slide Show  - via Paul Stamatiou
• Custom Control for Simple Viewer Photo Gallery via Airtight Interactive.com
• Custom Control for Page Includes
• Custom Control for Page Layouts
• JQuery Snapfish menus 

Equipment

• Monitors - (2) 22" Wide Screen LG Flatron.
• System 1 - Dell 370, Intel 3.0 Ghz HT, 70 GB 15K RPM SCSI, 140 GB 10K RPM SCSI, 2 GB, XP Pro
• System 2 - Custom box, Intel 3.2 Ghz HT, 36 GB 10K RPM SCSI, 2 GB, XP Pro
• System 3 - Custom box, Intel 3.0 Ghz HT, 60 GB 7200 RPM SATA, 2 GB, XP Pro
• Laptop - Dell XPS M1530, Core 2 Duo T9300 2.50 Ghz, 4GB,  270 GB 7200 rpm disk, Vista Ultimate
• Servers (2) Dell PowerEdge 2400, Intel Xeon, 10,000 RPM SCSI 2 GB
• Camera - Nikon D80 with 18-135mm, 50mm f1.8
• Netgear FVS218 router / firewall
• Netgear FVS318v3 router / firewall
• APC Back UPS RS 800 (2)