When you edit the first post of a topic in vBulletin, it doesn’t update the topic title, even if you update counters in the Maintenance section. One of the first posts I found on the subject was Bug with editing title. The info in this thread is wrong for the latest version of vBulletin 3….Continue Reading…
I’ve been struck by the stupidity of the spam I’m seeing. I see tons and tons of spam everyday, from comments on my blog, to posts on Google Community, to your typical email spam. The spam that’s hitting forums today includes plenty of your typical trashy, obvious spam. But buried deeply I find lots of…Continue Reading…
When I fired up Firefox this evening, it installed a new update and brought me to this page. It was a very good and problem-free upgrade experience. It’s nice to see Firefox keeping on top of things, where Internet Explorer doesn’t. What’s New in Firefox 2.0.0.2 Release Date: February 23, 2007 Security Update: The following…Continue Reading…
I just upgraded Google Community vBulletin. I thought they had better ways to fight spam, but not so: they use image verification, no matter how complex it is. The more weird-looking the images get, the harder it is for real humans to read them. Sometimes, computers can even read images (using OCR) better than humans…Continue Reading…
What’s the best way to move a website to a new server? Here’s the method I used, requiring SSH on both servers (which I have). Host A old one with files. Host B new one. Log into A via SSH and create archive with all your data. Code: tar -cf myfiles.tar directory_name_with_your_files (ex. public_html) gzip…Continue Reading…
I own a bunch of domains. But what should I do with them? They’re basically being wasted at the moment. It goes along with my earlier post about finding people to create sites with them. They’re good domains. These are the ones I worked with today. These are registered with Hostway. gizmotalk.com illeyecon.com 8find.com intelliot.com…Continue Reading…