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Comment Spamming

By jelewis8 ⋅ December 6, 2004 ⋅ 5 comments

I have enacted stricter policy requirements for commenting, as I have received over 1500 comments over the last three days from spam distributors. Having a lax comment moderation policy has caused a lot of headache for me, much like a screaming baby in a restaurant (Helpful parenting tip from a non-parent: DON’T TAKE YOUR SCREAMING [...]

TypeKey Commenting

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 29, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

I had no idea TypeKey registrations weren’t working until a few days ago. I’ve since corrected the problem.

IE6 and Sidebar Changes

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 19, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

I forgot to do this last week, so I hope she’ll forgive this late shoutout. Kati Riel pointed out that my sidebar wasn’t working properly in IE6, which of course it wasn’t. I never use IE6, and though I did originally test the site, it has gone through quite a number of changes. So, thanks [...]

Clean Sweep

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 17, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

If you’re using Movable Type 3.0x, you’ll probably want to install the emergency release of MT-Blacklist v2.0e. I’ve experienced a glut of comment spam, which I’ve been able to keep under control only because I go in and perform Operation Clean Sweep (name that movie reference!) every night. Here’s a hint: “Sandman to Viper Command, [...]

Individual Entries Rebuild Failing

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 3, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m still experiencing some trouble rebuilding individual archives (so you’ll get a few broken links for March to July entries), so please continue to bear with me as I try and sort it out.

Back In the Saddle

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 2, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

The following encapsulates my experiences during the previous four days: Wednesday: Fringe hosts the Christian Carnival. Many trackbacks are received and sent, but in the maelstrom, my host is unable to deal with the increased pingage. Down she goes. I manage to resurrect Fringe for the remainder of the day, but things are looking ugly–no [...]

Blog Updates – CSS Revamping

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 22, 2004 ⋅ One comment

I’m working on some tweaks to Fringe, some of which you’ve already seen here. I’m revamping my CSS into separate files (which will hopefully decrease load time and make organization of styles a little more…organized. Also rewriting some tags for better semantics and file presentation. These will be live changes and shouldn’t affect viewing of [...]

Correction on Ex-Gays

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 25, 2004 ⋅ One comment

In my May 26 posting entitled Ex-Gays, I mistakenly wrote that Dr. Throckmorton is ex-gay. That statement was incorrect, and I have noted it here and on that post. Thanks to reader CK who pointed that out.

MT-Blacklist

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 2, 2004 ⋅ 5 comments

I’ve installed MT-Blacklist, which should cut down on the amount of comment spam I receive. I’d say in a given week I receive between 50 and 100 spam comments. It runs the gamut from debt consolidation to animal porn–needless to say, I don’t like it showing up on my site. The price for implementing this [...]

New Graphic

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

As you can see, I’ve updated the title graphic and placed the old one in the Mastheads section (if you can’t see the new image, clear your cache and then refresh your browser window). I’ll be doing minor adjustments here and there, but mostly I’m done with the maintenance. The next thing I’d like to [...]

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