Category Archives: wordpress

successful sync

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Deathgleaner

well, I finally got the wordpress app on my blackberry storm to link to oksblog. It was either an issue with the BB software or the app. I got the brand New blackberry software few months ago nd I’m publishing … Continue reading →

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Thank you Akismet, redoux.

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Deathgleaner

Hey everyone, this is Deathgleaner speaking. Kudos to the people behind AKISMET for creating the world’s best spam-fighting tool. I use it on my blog and it does a great job of catching spam comments from advertisers and low-lifes, and … Continue reading →

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Akismet, thank you.

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Darren VanBuren

Akismet has been installed here on OKS Blog forever. As of today, October 26th, Akismet has blocked 1,000 spam comments from appearing here. Thank you Akismet.

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I should write more

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Deathgleaner

Now that school’s back and a bunch of crap is happening around here, please expect more updates from Darren and I. Yea, we’ve been lazy these weeks but hope to be back!

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Spam, spam, spam

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Darren VanBuren

Spam is always a problem. It’s a problem for everyone. Blocking it is also a problem. You can lots of the time have false positives. Which gets annoying. Also when your anti-spam doesn’t block enough. Or when it gets in … Continue reading →

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Blog statistics for August

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Deathgleaner

As you can see, our blog views have really declined. NO ONE who is a registered user of OKS Blog has viewed this blog in the past four days! Right now, the total number of views is stagnant at around … Continue reading →

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Things around here might get a lot faster

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Darren VanBuren

I was able to compile the memcache PECL extension for my copy of PHP on my Mac. Now I just need a separate machine for memcached. When I get such a thing, OKS Blog would be much better, as queries … Continue reading →

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Open Source Solutions for WordPress spam comments

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Darren VanBuren

You probably don’t know, but I’m working with some other Fedora contributors on a Fedora install of WordPress MU. The thing is, for a spam solution, all of it has to be open source, so Akismet or reCAPTCHA won’t work. … Continue reading →

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