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Ardamis.com uses WordPress for content management.

The layout draws from a number of sources, but I must mention that John Gruber's site, DaringFireball, has been a huge influence. Every time I think I'm approaching minimalist zen, I revisit his site to see what else I can strip out of mine. Another excellent example of text-as-geometry is Warpspire's Hemingway theme, which I've also drawn quite a bit from for the blog portion.

Ardamis.com is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict (served as text/html for the time being) and valid CSS. You can check the links in the footer of each page if you're curious about validation.

The font in the ardamis logo is Ben Nathan's BN 3rd Place (variously, BN 3th Place).

The site also uses the following plugins:

• Code Auto Escape — Automatically escape code within <code> ... </code> tags.
• Head META Description — Insert HTML META description tag: excerpt/content brief for post/Page, description for category, and blog tag line for everything else.
• the_excerpt Reloaded — When a post does not contain an excerpt, displays the contents of the post (typically abbreviated), which can be customized to selectively allow HTML tags, specify the length of the excerpt (in words), refashion the "more…" link, etc.
• Other Posts From Cat — At the bottom of every post, links are shown for the last X posts from the current category.
• Google Sitemaps — This generator will create a Google compliant site map of your WordPress blog.
• A WordPress Plugin for Adding the Post Date to wp_get_archives — It's just like wp_get_archives('type=postbypost');, but it also shows the date of the post. (Written by me.)
• Despacer WordPress Plugin — Removes the leading spaces from wp_title();, useful if you've put the page title ahead of the blog title. (Written by me.)
• Xbox 360 Gamercard WordPress Plugin — Display your Gamer Card using XHTML and CSS instead of an image or an iframe; style it however you like. (Written by me.)
• Halo 3 Service Record WordPress Plugin — Display your Halo 3 Service Record information using XHTML and CSS instead of an image or an iframe; style it however you like. (Written by me.)
• Halo 2 Stats WordPress Plugin — Similar to the Halo 3 plugin, but for Halo 2. (Written by me.)

And in case you're wondering... the name Ardamis comes from a misheard song lyric on the 1984 Planet P Project album "Pink World." It's a pretentious art rock album that shamelessly rips off Pink Floyd, but at the time it sounded pretty good. And I was 10.