I made a couple of changes to my blog.
The new anti-spam tool - Akismet
(Akismet caught my spam!)
Firstly, I am most happy with Akismet. It is amazing. You won’t understand the joy of clicking the ‘Delete all’ button on that image above. I smiled after I clicked and waited like a little kid longing to play the new toy when queueing for purchase at the cashier. The feeling is just amazing.
The set up isn’t hard. All you need to do is to upload the plugin and enter the WordPress.com API key. And you’re on. Actually, the WordPress.com API is the hardest part. Read more about Akismet.
Finally upgraded to WordPress 1.5.2
I was lazy so it took long. The updating process is simple but as I have made some customizations here and there, I was kinda lazy to check through the PHP files to see what changes I made. Anyway, it is up. I don’t see significant changes. But I do note that there is improved administering interface for adding pages. I can finally click on ‘Save and Continue Editing’ in pages.
(An ajax web poll. It looks pretty good already so I didn’t make any changes to the looks.)
Added a web poll
Currently, it reads something like - Do you like polls. I know it sounds dumb. It is dumb. Do sound out if you have any suggestions for the web polls.
A good thing to point out is that the web poll support Ajax. The specifications of an Ajax application is that it updates the servers through JavaScript silently. You can read about the technical specifications at Wikipedia.
I chose Jalenack’s Democracy poll and it’s been working quite well except for the fact that no one responded to my polls.
That’s all
I think that’s all for updates. See you! I’m going to camp again.
Tags: ajax, plugins, site related, spam, wordpress
Hmm, not good. Some error occured when I clicked on the poll, and your entire sidebar got moved to the bottom because the poll text on whatever error it was got too long.
by Milky (Nov 2, 2005 at 3 AM)pretty slick
by pketh (Nov 2, 2005 at 4 AM)AJAX is so cool, I hope more people start to use it more too.
i clicked yes, and the poll worked good for my btw
by pketh (Nov 3, 2005 at 7 AM)Milky: What browser are you using by the way? I’ll take a look and see what’s wrong.
pketh: It’s made by some smart guy, I like his work.
by Mr. Dew (Nov 3, 2005 at 8 AM)Hmm, works in Opera
by Nafcom (Nov 3, 2005 at 7 PM)I still prefer my way of spam prevention, sorry
by Nafcom (Nov 3, 2005 at 7 PM)hmm how to get the api key?
by rax (Nov 3, 2005 at 9 PM)Nafcom: That’s okay.
rax: You have to register for an account at WordPress.com. Then you go to Profiles and you will see your API key there! Just use that key and you’re on.
by Mr. Dew (Nov 4, 2005 at 8 PM)I use IE… It’s kind of weird. Ater I have voted, this appears:
“It’s the classic error 404. Apparently, you have bumped onto a die end. You’re trying to get an object that is simply not there. Your previous page is http://blog.beconfused.com/.
If you’re positive you reach the right location, drop me a mail at webmaster@beconfused.com, I’ll deal with the problem promptly.
Please include the following in your email.
Refering URL: http://blog.beconfused.com/
Your IP address: -censored-
Your Requested URL: /wp-content/plugins/democracy/democracy.php?demGet=true&poll_id=3&rand=233980
Your Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Server Name: blog.beconfused.com
Redirect Status Code: 404
Thanks, and sorry for your inconvinience. ”
But when I click on, it’s fine again..
by Milky (Nov 19, 2005 at 12 AM)[...] By the way, Akismet – the spam filter I deploy – is totally amazing. My spam level is down 99% I tell you! It’s caught lots of spam comments since installation. [...]
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