Puttering around with SEB.

You may have noticed that I’ve removed the ability to edit comments for the moment. The Ajax based plugin I was using wasn’t working for everyone and it’s since gone commercial. I’ve yet to find an alternative solution that is both 1) updated relatively recently and 2) easy to install. The one prospect I did . . . → Read More: Puttering around with SEB.

Testing out a new Comment Toolbar thingy.

Pic of the WordPress logo.

After ***Dave asked me which plugin I was using for the HTML toolbar above the comments (it was Comment Form Quicktags) I was reminded that the WP Admin side of that plugin has never worked for me. So I checked to see if there was a newer version and it’s not been updated in a . . . → Read More: Testing out a new Comment Toolbar thingy.

Mozilla to IE: You will be standards compliant whether you like it or not!

I literally laughed out loud when I read this ArsTechnica.com article:

Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can’t or won’t make Internet Explorer a modern web browser. Despite some positive steps in the right direction, Internet Explorer still lacks many important features. Its mediocrity has arguably hampered the evolution . . . → Read More: Mozilla to IE: You will be standards compliant whether you like it or not!

Six Apart unveils TypePad AntiSpam.

The battle against comment spam on blogs is a never ending one. The cost to value ratio to the spammers is just too good to not take advantage of so they keep coming up with ways around the various tools we have to keep the crap comments out. Captchas help a bit, but the spammers . . . → Read More: Six Apart unveils TypePad AntiSpam.

Got an iPhone and a MovableType/TypePad blog? You’re gonna be happy.

The folks at SixApart have released a couple of new plugins, one for TypePad and one for MovableType, that allow you to blog from your iPhone and iPod touch:

Today we are happy to announce Movable Type for the iPhone and iPod Touch, made possible through a plugin developed by Brad Choate that makes use . . . → Read More: Got an iPhone and a MovableType/TypePad blog? You’re gonna be happy.

SEB members can now edit their comments after submission.

ExpressionEngine coder extraordinaire Paul Burdick has answered some long standing feature requests with a nifty new plugin that allows members to edit their comments after they’ve already submitted them. This plugin is called, oddly enough, Edit Comments and it does its magic using AJAX to keep things simple.

I’ve already added it to the templates . . . → Read More: SEB members can now edit their comments after submission.