After a bit of testing I just activated a Wordpress Plugin called “Intense Debate”, which improves the commenting system quite a bit. You should now notice that the commenting system on this blog is improved, with the following features:
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I’ve seen a few posts over here regarding problems with an unmaintained Wordpress installation. It definitely can be work to manage software that is not covered within the supported repositories (WP is in the repositories, but its not updated as frequently as upstream). I thought I would cover how I maintain my [...]
As some of you have read, I recently switched this production web server over to Lighttpd, and so far I am very much impressed. I have been tinkering with Lighttpd for some time, and I really feel it is a fine replacement for Apache. It supports all the same basic modules that I need (mod_rewrite, [...]
After some testing on some of my less-popular blogs I’ve upgraded this one to Wordpress 2.5. The whole ordeal seemed fairly painless (although with the number of blogs I host I really should consider WPMU).
I use svn to manage my installations which makes it really simple. If you’re considering an upgrade, these are the steps [...]
After a few updates on the plugin that I’m using and a bit more testing I have re-activated the OpenID plugin for Wordpress. If you’re an OpenID user please let me know if you run into any issues. I have tested with my identity and it seems to be working well enough..
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Ok, some of you might notice a small hiccup in the blog-time continuum. This is because I reverted to a backup earlier in the day after rebuilding the database from a fresh installation. What a pain, let me tell you. If you notice anything weird about the blog please let me know. From my testing [...]
For those that have been following the up & down of the blog today I finally was able to get rid of the errors… by basically completely wiping out everything I had and starting over. You’ll notice the theme is default, minimal plugins are installed, etc.
I’m going to have to spend some time this evening [...]
Based on the general feedback last week on spam filtering for Wordpress I have removed the Math Comment Protection plugin (caused problems, errors for some users) and implemented the Bad Behaviour plugin. From what I hear of Bad Behaviour it sounds like it should be able to replace some of the existing plugins, but we’ll [...]
Does anyone have any good tips on filtering Wordpress comment spam? Right now I have four filters built in, which is stopping boat loads of spam. Are there any plugins the community might suggest that can help filter outside of what I already have?
Akismet
Spam Karma 2
Math Comment Protection (recently enabled)
Trackback Validation
Thanks.
I’ve noticed more and more blogs using the Sociable plugin lately and so I installed it myself. As the internet and browsing seems to be moving more and more towards “social browsing” I think it’s a great extension to have.
Basically the sociable plugin allows you to append your posts (as well as pages, archives, [...]
