ALittleLessOrdinary.com was purchased and opened in June 2006. I’ve had previous blogs over the years, dating back to when I was 15, so I decided it was finally time for another blog.

What’s with the name?

I wanted a domain name that described my life. I looked back at what had happened in my life since I met Preston and thought “you sure don’t see that every day”. Our life is definitely less than ordinary. So, alittlelessordinary.com was born.

Building Blocks

• Website content is managed by WordPress.
• Graphics are made in Photoshop CS.
• Coding is done in Notepad and Dreamweaver.
• Made on a Mac and looks best in Safari.

Themes

• Current Theme - Where is Spring?
  
• Beautiful Mess: A collage-y theme. My favorite to date.
  
• Pink4October: Pink and gray theme for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
  
• Domesticated: A fun housewife theme.
  
• Summer: Colorful layout inspired by summer.
  
• Scribble: My first attempt at making my very own theme. It came about pretty randomly and I think it turned out quite nicely.
  
• Allo Clean: Put into a Wordpress theme by Becca from a layout I had made.
  

Plugins

• Akismet: Wordpress spam filter
• CustomSmileys: Custom smileys for your blog
• FlickrRSS: Display your flickr photos on your blog
• GetRecentComments: Display the most recent comments
• RoleManager: Manage the registered user roles
• ViewLevel2: Hide specific posts from users below a given user level
• WP-ContactForm: Drop in form for users to contact you. It can be implemented on a page or a post
• WP-OnlineCounter: Display the number of visitors currently online and the total number of visitors
• Ask-Me: Plugin that creates a nifty Q&A page!
• NoFollow Free: Removes the nofollow tag from comment author links.
• General Stats: Display your blog stats.
• Maintence Mode: Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance.
• WP-Quotes: Display random quotes.
• Twitter Tools: Display your twitter.com tweets.

Credits

• The icons on this site were not made by me, they were gathered from various free icon places on the web. If you see your icons here and want them credited, let me know.
• Smiley faces in posts come from beccary.com
• If you would like to know how to make private entries for your WP Blog, you can learn here.