Technical specifications for this site
This site is built on Textpattern 4.0.6. Page templates are deliberately minimal, with most formatting tags (txp or html) contained in form templates instead. All visual layout is based on a single global CSS stylesheet; tables are used only for data presentation and sorting (see sorttable.js below).
Textpattern-specific plugins used on this site:
- bas_flvplayer — for embedded Flash video;
- dru_random_image — for the constantly changing display of PEI-themed thumbnails;
- jnm_audio — to enable the internal Flash audio player (a separate small executable) and to build the XML feed for podcasting;
- mg_setheader — enables the XML header required for the audio feed;
- md_expirations — for sorting events listings and auto-expiring those no longer current;
- zem_contact_reborn — for the poetry submission form;
- zem_contact_lang — helper file to set language for zem_contact_reborn.
Javascript, Flash, and PHP used on this site (additional to Textpattern’s own scripts):
- audio-player.js and player.swf — script and Flash animation called by the jnm_audio plugin;
- flvplayer.swf — called by the bas_flvplayer plugin;
- sorttable.js — enables the sorting function on the bibliography page;
- a simple PHP script for importing database entries from a flat-text database, also for the bibliography page.
