After almost 48 hours of downtime, dixson.org is functioning again. On a new server at Joyent.

Server software: Apache
Server name: dixson.org
PHP 5.2.12
WordPress 3.1
Feed: dixson.org/feed/atom/
Theme Name: Genesis
Theme Version: 1.5
Plugins: Genesis Simple Edits, Google Analyticator, Google XML Sitemaps, WordPress Importer, and WP FancyZoom

I’ve installed and recommend the following WP plugins:

1. WP FancyZoom by Stephen Granade
http://granades.com/wp-fancyzoom-wordpress-plugin/

…FancyZoom is a nice, modern way of making popup images.

This is a “pluginized” version of Cabel Sasser’s FancyZoom which I had used on my old site. It rocks. [Cabel is one of the founders of Panic, Inc., makers of beautifully designed and highly useful Mac software. I use Transmit daily.] Thanks for the WP version Stephen.

2. Scissors by Stephan Reiter
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/scissors/

[Scissors] …adds cropping and resizing functionality to WordPress’ image upload and management dialogs.

Very handy and easy to use.

3. Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator by Arne Brachhold
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/

This plugin generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. This format is supported by Ask.com, Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.

I’ve moved on from Movable Type 4 to WordPress 2.7. MT, which I have used for years, is a very powerful weblog publishing system and I recommend it in many situations were its features and flexibility warrant. But, as a developer, the template system was burdensome in my opinion and I had a tough time adapting to the new MT 4 architecture. Additionally, I have a few client projects that I’ll be doing in WP so the time was right to make the switch.

The WP install was simple and I encountered zero issues on my shared server at Joyent. I imported my MT posts into WP with just a few clicks. I also changed the theme to  iNove. Next, I need to learn more about developing my own themes.