I keynote, write, and podcast about Sustainability, CleanTech and Supply Chain
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Apologies if you were trying to read this site this morning and you had problems. I was doing an upgrade of this site this morning from WordPress 1.5 Gamma (03/02/05) to WordPress 1.5 Strayhorn and I ran into a problem.…
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Upgrading from 1.5 Gamma to 1.5 Strayhorn
This site is currently undergoing an upgrade from WordPress 1.5 Gamma to WordPress 1.5 Strayhorn – please bear with me if there are any inconsistencies or errors. Should be completed shortly. Tom
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WordPress 1.5 (Strayhorn) released today
WordPress 1.5 (Strayhorn) – the long anticipated upgrade to one of the world’s most popular blogging applications has been released today. Installation and upgrade (from previous version) instructions are available on the WordPress site. There are also very comprehensive upgrade…
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Easy effective control of comment spam
MacManX posted a comment spam strategy on the WordPress Beta discussion site the other day which caught my attention. In the post he said he uses a plugin called WP-HashCash. The main advantage of this plugin is “it requires no…
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Google fails to implement nofollow on Blogger
FrankP informed me recently that Blogger have updated their comment system so that people without Blogger accounts can leave comments – previously, to do this on a Blogger blog you had to comment anonymously, now it is possible to leave…
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ISA Server 2004 causing 403 error on new website
A client contacted me recently because their copy of ISA Server was failing to publish two new websites they had in their data center behind the ISA Server firewall. I called in to have a look and at first glance…
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Using .htaccess to minimise comment and referrer spam
I have been using my .htaccess file to stop comment and referrer spam on this site and it has been surprisingly successful (so far!). How do I create a .htaccess file capable of greatly reducing comment and referrer spam? Firstly,…
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Trackback spam explained
I posted about Trackback Spam previously but it was brought to my attention that I didn’t explain it properly, so I am now going to attempt to rectify that. If you are using a blogging application, like WordPress, there is…
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