Get to know more about how this site is composed, what it is made of and what the ingredients are. You may also check the Carbon Rating *) of this site and with the Rich Results Test find out if there are rich results served.
*) = Globally, the average web page produces approximately 0.36 grams CO₂ equivalent per pageview. For a website with 10,000 monthly page views, that’s 43 kg CO₂ per year.
WordPress & Blocksy
At its core, WordPress (.com or .org) is the simplest, free, open-source and most popular way to create your own website. In fact, WordPress powers over 43% of all the websites on the Internet.
WordPress is written in hypertext preprocessor language and paired with a MySQL database (this site uses about 39 of such tables) with supported HTTPS. Try it right at WordPress Playground
Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes (more than 31,000 themes of which approx. 1/3 are free themes). The Theme in use with this site is the Pro version of Blocksy
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The Content
Site Map
There are three primary kinds of site maps: The ones used during the planning of a website by its designers • Structured listings intended for web crawlers such as search engines (here is the one of this site: XML Sitemap Index) • Human-visible listings, typically hierarchical, of the pages on a site.
My Media
There are currently close to 11,000 media files uploaded to the cloud library. Most are pics & vids taken during my travels and events, I attended. Discover them in the Photo Album and Video Collection. Next to some profiles on chosen social media platforms, I also actively maintain external libraries such as a Digital Bookshelf, a Movie Database, Music Playlists and a YT Channel
Trending 
Interactions
Voting System
The voting system lets users like or dislike posts to express their opinions and engagement. This site features a self-coded version, designed for a more tailored and interactive experience.
Comments
The WordPress commenting system allows visitors to engage with posts and pages, but it’s intentionally disabled on this site. Instead of a comments section, you may participate in deep discussions through the Site Forum, where conversations are open and interactive!
Personalisation
Translate
Google’s free online language translation service quickly translates web pages to other languages. Use the Website Translator to convert THIS web site (page by page) into your choice of language.
Or even better yet: Click the Globe Icon at the bottom-right corner to open the Language Switcher and have it translate site-wide. Use ↺ to reset.
Alternatively, choose your browser and you will be taken to its respective translator user guide or extensions collection. You may also turn to one of the quick guides below.
Quick guides: Edge → Right-click and choose the “Translate To” [Language] option from the menu to get auto translated text using the system language settings. Universal → Translate Docs & Sites
Read Aloud
Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert webpage text to audio. Use the switch in the Footer to toggle between Mute | Unmute.
Alternatively, choose your browser and you will be taken to its respective read aloud (screen reader) user guide or extensions collection. You may also turn to the quick guide below.
Quick guide: Edge → Right-click and choose the “Read Aloud” option from the menu. The computer voice will start reading the text to you and will highlight each word as it’s reading.
Toggle Mode
Switch between dark and light mode: Use the switch in the Footer to toggle between Dark | Light.
Plugins In Use
A WordPress plugin is a piece of software that “plugs into” a WordPress site. Plugins can add new functionality or extend existing functionality on a site, allowing to create virtually any kind of website, from e-commerce stores to portfolios to directory sites. Plugins so do extend the WordPress experience and currently, one may browse through more than 60 thousand free plugins. Apart from these free plugins, there are also thousands of premium WordPress plugins sold by third-party companies and developers. A good rule of thumb though is to never exceed 20 plugins even if some people claim that the plugin quantity does not matter only quality does.
On this site, there are just 9 plugins in use as add-ons:
- Subscriptions
- Backend use
- Frontend use
- Enhancements
