Wordpress 2.8 Plugins...

In the following I present the plugins I tested for my new Wordpress Installation. I initially started with 2.7.x and hope to finish with 2.8.x. In total in tested more the 3 times more plugins than presented here. So many because for every task there are typically about 10 plugins which could be used and additionally because there are new plugins which provide new functionality which I wanted to test. Unfortunately most plugins are either not compatible with the current WP or do not satisfy me. Most frustrating is however that many plugins are buggy itself or with other plugins. To find out the error caused by 2 of 100 plugins can take hours.

To summarize: Choosing plugins is difficult erroneous and highly frustrating. In total I spend something like 40-80 hours only to test and realise a bug free collection of plugins.

Why did I put this long article together? – Because I can work on the new website only on weekends and if I have enough free time. Since I forget what plugins are usefull and why they did not work I had to make a site to remind me. With the help of this information it is now much easier for me, and maybe others, to start a new website.

Recommended plugins are marked with “*”, so you have an idea what I chose in the end for my installation.

Security

• * WP Security Scan

  Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions. (Only activate for scans)

• * WordPress Exploit Scanner

  This plugin searches the files and database of your website for signs of suspicious activity.

• * TAC (Theme Authenticity Checker)

  TAC scans all of your theme files for potentially malicious and unwanted code.

Access Restriction

• Page Restrict

  This plugin will allow you to restrict all, none, or certain pages to logged in users only.

• Hidden Content

  Some blocks of the text can be shown/hidden for bots, logged-in users or all visitors (in posts, pages and comments)

• Members Only

  plugin that allows you to make your blog only viewable to visitors that are logged in

• WP Sentry

  This is a simple plugin to allow for access-restricted posting, allowing bloggers to discuss sensitive subjects without Google or the world finding the post.

  Access to the private marked pages granted on users/group based settings.
• Role Manager

  This Plugin allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles – called Roles and their Capabilities. Also you can create new Roles and Capabilities.

Brutblatt Blüten...

Im Mai hat unser Brutblatt geblüht. Er war inzwischen (mit Topf) ca. 1,80 Meter hoch und konnte nur noch mit einer Stange und an die Wand gelehnt stehen. Leider wurde die Pflanze auch unglaublich häßlich. Die Blätter unten sind alle abgefallen, so dass erst ab 1,2 Meter Höhe wieder Blätter zu sehen waren. Vermutlich lag es daran, dass die Pflanze auf dem Boden stand und unten kein Licht hin kam. Eigentlich wollten wir sie entsorgen, aber da sie noch angefangen hat zu blühen, haben wir das noch abgewartet. Hier sind die Bilder der Blüten:

Tanzschritte...

Gerade gefunden, eine Seite mit vielen Tanzschritten in Bildern: www.olivergross.de/tanzen/.

Was mir aber noch fehlt ist ein Buch das möglichst vollständig mit Text und Bildern die Schritte in allen Standard und Latein Tänzen erklärt. Wir haben ein solches Buch, aber das hat nur für die Hälfte der Schritte auch Bilder und uns fehlen fast immer die Figuren die wir suchen.

Holidays on Madeira...

Reasons to go to Madeira

Maybe you find something that is of special interest for you on this site. It is about comfortable weather, wonderfull walking routes, very good wine and food. Just keep on reading…

Hotel

We have been in the Quinta Bela São Tiago Hotel. It is an 4 star hotel with every comfort we would expect. Only the restaurant of the hotel was too expensive, so that we always went to the restaurants near by. But if you are looking for a really good hotel in the old town of Funchal we can really recommend it.

Funchal

Old Town

Funchal (the central town) has three parts. In the west the large and really not attractive hotel zone. In the center the harbour with the town center and shopping area above. This part includes all main buildings around the cathedral. And eastern to the center is the old town. Old however does not imply beautiful old houses. It is the old living area of poor fishers and has small houses with narrow stone roads. It is however very attractive because of its cafes, bars and selection of great restaurants. It is called old town, because this part was the original core of the town, but the center moved to the area around the catherdral already 600 years in the past.