Any popular content management system, be it for a blog, a website or a forum, is going to be targetted by hackers at some point. They'll try to find ways to exploit any security vulnerability that they can find. To be honest you could expand that statement and simply say "any popular software". If the hack is a defacement or similar you'll notice it pretty quickly, but … [Read more...] about Nasty Hacks Hijack Your Site’s Traffic
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Blocking and Culling Spammers On Vbulletin
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
Skimlinks And Vbulletin Upgrades
If you use Skimlinks and upgrade your Vbulletin install you might discover that some things are broken.Here's an explanation of why and how to fix it.I've been bitten by this a couple of times! … [Read more...] about Skimlinks And Vbulletin Upgrades
Mobile App Enabling Vbulletin Sites
Over the last year I've been using my mobile phone more and more while on the road to access websites and other services. Some sites offer either a mobile version of their site or an app that allows me, as an end user, to access the information and functions that I need.I'd love to be able to offer "sane" mobile versions of all the sites I manage, but I can't see it happening … [Read more...] about Mobile App Enabling Vbulletin Sites
Facebook Connect Comes To Vbulletin
Image via CrunchBaseFacebook connect is now builtin to Vbulletin.Sure, you could have used one of several plugins to get Facebook Connect working, but the problem with 3rd party plugins is that they are not guaranteed to be supported. (ie. if Vbulletin releases a version that "breaks" the plugin you're snookered)Enabling the new features is pretty easy and they've provided … [Read more...] about Facebook Connect Comes To Vbulletin