Pretty much any site that has "user generated content" will be abused by spammers. It's an unfortunate fact of life. in many respects it's like a war. The software vendors tweak and improve their software to stop spammers, but the spammers find new ways of getting around them. Vbulletin has several options in a base install that can help, but unfortunately they're not … [Read more...] about Blocking and Culling Spammers On Vbulletin
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TimThumb Updated To Version 2
Just a headsup if you're using a theme that uses TimThumb. Due to all the security issues with the plugin / script (it's a single file) the developers issued a number of updates over the last few days which culminated in the release of version 2. You should also update the file in any themes that are not active OR delete the themes, as the vulnerability is potentially … [Read more...] about TimThumb Updated To Version 2
A Couple of WordPress Plugins and Tips To Help With Migration
Moving from MovableType to Wordpress involves a bit of fiddling about with redirects. How much fiddling you need to do will vary on your setup. In my case my MovableType URL structure was based loosely on a Wordpress one, as I'd migrated from Wordpress to MovableType previously. Of course if things were that simple life would be a lot easier - and probably a bit more boring … [Read more...] about A Couple of WordPress Plugins and Tips To Help With Migration
Movable Type To WordPress Permalink Oddness
For some bizarre reason the Wordpress importer changes the post names from "thing-other-thing" to "thing_other_thing" ie. replacing the dash with an underscore.The simplest way to fix it is to run a bit of SQL directly on the database:update wp_posts set post_name = replace(post_name,'_','-');Thanks to the person who provided the solution here … [Read more...] about Movable Type To WordPress Permalink Oddness
Upgrading Vbulletin 3.* to Vbulletin 4.*
Vbulletin 4 was released a couple of months ago and comes with a number of new features. It also comes in two flavours:Forum onlyForum + CMSA number of the forums I run / manage / catherd are still running Vbulletin 3.* and I wasn't in too much of a hurry to upgrade until I was sure that Vbulletin 4 was stable (ie. they'd found the big nasty bugs). The other thing that I had to … [Read more...] about Upgrading Vbulletin 3.* to Vbulletin 4.*