Last year (2005) when I started my first WordPress blog, I was looking for a better way to stick Google AdSense ads to the posts, and an easy way to manage where and when those ads are shown. Since nothing existed at the time, I sat down to write my own WordPress plugin, AdSense-Deluxe.
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I keep a special WordPress installation which I use as a basis for future WP installs. This installation contains a large number of reasonable WP themes for me to choose from, and my canonical set of plugins which I rely on. What follows are mostly notes to myself regarding the main steps I need to follow for each new installation. Over time I may get around to elaborating more on each step as needed to make it more useful for other people. Continue reading →