May 26, 2012

Bad behaviour

Bad Behaviour

I installed the WordPress Bad Behaviour plugin a few days ago. It “complements other link spam solutions by acting as a gatekeeper, preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk, and in many cases, from ever reading your site in the first place”. Sure enough, in just three days it has blocked 2680 access accounts and [...]

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Change of theme

A friend tipped me off there was a problem making a guestbook entry on this site. I looked into it, and sure enough, it wasn’t possible to make any comments anywhere. I don’t know why this happened. I think it was probably something to do with alterations I made to the former theme. I’ve now [...]

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WordPress upgrade to version 2

WordPress official logo

I upgraded this web site’s publishing tool today to Word Press version 2. I was hesitant to do so given some negative comments regarding plugins and themes, but with some rare time on my hands before the new jobs starts I decided to give it a go. It all went smoothly. The only plugin that [...]

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Sometimes I question if I made the right move in switching this blog to WordPress from Pivot. I still use Pivot for some sites and I like the ease with which templates can be customised. WordPress has a similar capability when you get familiar with it. I like the security of having my posts stored [...]

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