Contact Forms in WordPress

29 Apr 2009 – 7:44
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (3)

After Mark Jaquith tweeted "Uninstall "WP Contact Form 7" -- it is being exploited" - it's surprising to me that the plugin still shows up at the top of the list of wordpress.org plugins.  Cforms - the best plugin for the job - has still not been re-listed ...

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Comment Authority

23 Aug 2008 – 8:17
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (3)

Every few months, a new service comes out with their own WordPress plugin, to add their centralized service to the standard wordpress comments.  Dutifully, I try them all out, and inevitably decide that there's no value add for me.  A lot of this has to do with my relatively complex ...

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Defensio

7 Nov 2007 – 12:46
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (5)

Defensio launched their public beta today. I've been part of the private beta for a couple months now, after openly criticizing Akismet. Defensio is a similar tool, so it does fall prey to the same "wisdom of crowds" weaknesses. Defensio's usability ...

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I ♥ Redirection

9 Sep 2007 – 3:12
By adam | Posted in geekery | Also tagged | Comments (2)

No, not the aging project in my portfolio. The WordPress plugin for managing .htaccess rules without cringing in horror, or wondering whether they're actually working. my first stabs at hacking .htaccess were alright, ...

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Are you sure?

10 Jul 2007 – 10:26
By adam | Posted in blogging | Also tagged | Comments (4)

No sooner did the words "i'm quite pleased with akismet" cross my keyboard, than it started failing miserably. Not just: oh, it missed a couple, re-check queue for spam. Akismet has been asserting that my spam is, in fact, ...

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