Defensio: Outsmarting Evil Spam
Akismet is one of the most popular plug-ins for WordPress bloggers to fight against spam, and until now it never has any competitors.
But now there is a new technology and very much similar to Akismet called Defensio, well from the FAQ and what they have said about it in their website it looks very well to be the replacement for people like me, who do not want to sign up for a WordPress.com account just so that they get an API key to use Akismet.
In at first glance it has all the features of Akismet and you need to sign up for a Defensio account to get an API key so that you can keep track of your spam count and other customized settings.
What this has more is the spam sensitivity level option and the option to hide obvious spam.
I believe for sites getting huge spam counts these two options are very useful indeed, and unlike Akismet this highlights obvious spam so that user can go on skipping those and avoid reading them altogether thus making the job of sorting through spam a whole lot easier. There is also a checkbox to hide these obvious spam altogether from your view.
Upgrade WordPress Safely – In Case You Wanted to Rollback
Recently The new Update of WordPress 2.6.2 arrived and now lot of people are thinking of upgrading and some a scared to upgrade since some plugins might break the site or throw some other kind of conflicts or errors. So I thought of sharing with everyone the method I use to upgrade WordPress.
You might be wondering why go through all this hassles when you can use automatic upgrade plugins like WP-Automatic Upgrade, but WP-Automatic Upgrade throws loads of errors and problems and it’s a nightmare.
So here is the method I use for upgrading whilst having a backup of the old files, It has worked flawlessly so far and I hope it will work always.
The Steps for a Failsafe Update (proven by time)
Switch Now to Firefox 3.1 aka Shiretoko
Recently I downloaded Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 and was very impressed at the speed and responsiveness of the browser, finally its becoming to be as fast as Opera or Safari. I also like the new Ctrl+Tab tab switcher which is well made. This seems to shape up into one of the best browsers for the future.
I was so impressed, that it tempted me to switch to it as the default browser. So I thought of writing this small guide on “how to switch now”. I really cant wait till its finished.
So here goes, a brave step with some luck should give you more joy in your browsing experience.
The Most Advanced WordPress Stats Integration – Woopra
Today, the Woopra team announced their fully finished Woopra – WordPress stats integration plugin 1.30. I tried it out and It was absolutely awesome. The Woopra team has done it again, I wish to thank John and all the Woopra developers for an awesome job well done.
Recently a lot of people including me were asking for help and some even complaining and criticizing the woopra team since the previous beta version of their plugin was not working properly, I think that all the criticism was unfair as that plugin was in beta, and the whole point of beta is to iron out errors.
But I should say, what a work the woopra team has done! this version is simply stunning (I?m out of words). This is going to be the 1st truly integrated plugin for WordPress with super advanced woopra features yet its not obtrusive like the wp-stats plugin (I do not like wp-stats plugin), but absolutely wonderful in every way. Guess you have to be a Wooprite to feel it. All I?m saying there is no-point me writing about it pages, because you have to implement it in your blog to see how good it is.
Well done guys, and thanks for yet another wonderful innovation.
I?m Proud to be a Wooprite.
Here are some screens of Woopra – Wordpress plugin 1.30 in action:
Fix Firefox 3 Error Message ?plugin does not provide secure updates. The plugin will not be installed?
Sometimes when you install plugins in development like SmoothWheel in Firefox 3 beta x, you get the error message as “plugin does not provide secure updates. The plugin will not be installed”, this is quite annoying as SmoothWheel has full compatibility for firefox 3.x.
Here is a way to get around this problem
Open your Firefox 3.x
