Freaky Frugalite » Wordpress

CAPTCHA. Kills Spam DEAD.

Rebecca — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:23:17 +0000

Weeeellll…. as much as I hate CAPTCHA for comments (I always find them difficult to decipher), I was forced to install it for my blogs today. For Blog Jog Day, I anticipated loads of comments! And I sure got them– 1,000 spam comments PER HOUR. On 11/21/10, I logged in to see the spam count [...]

Something Screwy Goin’ On Here

Rebecca — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:05:20 +0000

Sorry, I have had to change the theme for this blog temporarily. For some REALLY WEIRD reason, all my sites keep going down, on and off. The problems started when my web host did a server upgrade (Apache). I got 500 Server Errors at the time. I don’t know if the update was the problem [...]

Another WordPress Plugin Bites the Dust

Rebecca — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:30 +0000

I had to uninstall my new, very cool WordPress plugin. Mourn with me, my friends. I loved it. It was the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. I love how some blogs have that “related posts” thing for all their posts. It’s so cool! So I tried this one, and it made my server crash. There [...]

Did You Update?

Rebecca — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:43:31 +0000

Did you? Believe it or not, WordPress needs another update!! I have eight WordPress blogs, so updating them all is a chore. (I always make backups first– that’s the real chore, actually). At least updating WordPress is kind of easy (but I still get knots in my stomach when I do it). This latest WordPress [...]

I Can’t Decide…

Rebecca — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:39 +0000

After updating my WordPress to the latest version (2.8 is the best yet!), I had a hankering for a new look. After searching and searching for something kind of funky, fun, and freaky, this is what I ended up with. I’m not 100% sold on it. What do you think? Here’s the old theme, so [...]