Apparently mod_security is really aggressive around certain words (like in my previous post). To get around this, add SecFilterEngine off to your .htaccess file. You might not want to leave that snippet in there long, since it disables the security check, but if you find WordPress denying you the ability to post, it’s worth a shot.
Category: WordPress
An icon for WordPress
In celebration of the release of WordPress 2.1 and Akismet 2.0 (okay, so it’s not like a major point release, but still…) I thought I’d put out a fancy-schmancy WordPress icon for your downloading pleasure.
I’ve included various size icons as well as the Photoshop and lllustrator sources, oh and a Mac icon file as well.
WordPress 2.0.6 out, last release before 2.1
Matt’s announced WordPress 2.0.6, probably the last update before the next major upgrade to version 2.1. It features an important security fix and more compatibility with Safari.
WP Tiger Administration 3.0 is out
Don’t miss it! Steve Smith has released v3.0 of his WP Tiger AdministrationWordPress Plugin. Hotness!
Customize the WordPress posting interface
This is kind of a hack (and only works in the upcoming 2.0.5 version) but I’m happy finally to have some control over the posting controls in WordPress. If you want the same control, grab Clutter-free, by Mark Jaquith.
Gems from Matt
- The WordPress of forums has gone gold. Download now.
- Boxely, Joe Hewitt’s souped up alternative to XUL, is live. PC-only. Lame.
- Keep Google off your back with WordPress Anonymous Blogging. Original credit.
- Well, it depends.
- From Weblog Tools: WP Simile Timeline Plugin. (Now only if they added support for hAtom, I could just feed my blog into it!)
Two new WordPress.com themes
I’ve used K2 here on FactoryCity for some time so it’s cool to see it available on WordPress.com finally. Along with that, check out Sleepless, Brian “Like it Matters” Oberchurch’s choice.
Simple how-to on appcasting in WordPress
Chip Cuccio has created a simple set of directions for appcasting in WordPress. Great for software developers providing syndicated software updates!
Speed up WordPress with NoPingWait
It’s been a huge mystery for the past 6 months. I figured it was either TextDrive or something else I’d done to make blogging to FactoryCity so painfully slow (something invisible to everyone but me). But, after stumbling upon a great list of plugins (via Digg) I discovered a plugin called NoPingWait that solves the problem by delaying the ping action until after the post has essentially cleared the runway. MarsEdit is also running a good clip once again.
Bad Behavior Misbehavin’?
A couple weeks back I installed Michael Hampton’s Bad Behavior plugin for WordPress. Seemed to have a attracted a lot of positive comments while I’ve been drowning in spam, so I figured, what they heck.
Well, it turns out that this is a pretty heavy duty solution that can bring some unintended consequences.
For one thing, forget about going directly to your WordPress blog from your Gmail account. Bad Behavior blocks the Google proxy.
And, as Tom Raftery and I discovered, forget about showing up on TechMeme.
Though you can edit BB’s whitelist.inc.php file to ignore TechMeme’s IPs (70.86.131.10, 70.86.46.66, and 82.165.180.34), Tom hasn’t seen any success yet.
With Akismet’s recent nap, I’m going to leave BB running for awhile longer with the IPs whitelisted and see what happens. Unlike Tom, I’m not that concerned about getting on TechMeme, but it is kind of a bummer that we haven’t found a simple and reliable solution yet.
Factory Joe 
