Content Management: May 2005 Archives
TIPPINST - I came across this useful app the other day. A problem can sometimes arise with your browser inside Windows XP. The browser will cease to function but ping etc work fine. This is usually due to the Winsock component being corrupted and its associated registry entries.
The software is free and the provisio being given is that if everything else fails to give WinSock XP Fix a try. I had reason to use it lately and the results were a success.
TIPPINST - Comment and trackback spam is a major concern for the irishblogs community. With this in mind I recently upgraded my movable type from 2.x to 3.1. I had been putting it off for some time but like most things when I sat down and read the instructions it was quiet straight forward. After using it for a few days I can now identify three good reasons why you should upgrade.
1 - Comment moderation option, all comments can be moderated i.e. you can decide to approve or reject the comment
2- Mt-blacklist for 3.1 (ver 2.x) is very powerful as it integrates into movable type as a proper plugin, it now handles the trackback spam and auto updates its blacklists.
3 - Sub Category creation, its now possible to create sub categories i.e I could create a category called music and have sub categories called Irish, Rock, Blues etc
TIPPINST - Finally upgraded from 2.6 to 3.1 of movable type this was mainly prompted by the fact that mt-blacklist for 3.1 contains alot of powerful new features. The upgrade process was painless for both MT and MT-Blacklist. Blacklist now acts as a plugin inside movable type. A nice feature about the new version of blacklist is that it automatically downloads updates from the web. Trouble shooting why the download didn't work at first revealed why my pings weren't functioning.
