Archive for September, 2007
Choosing the right blogging software
In this article we examine some of the more popular open source blogging software packages available. BlogSec gets an overview picture of whats out there and whats being used.
According to Wikipedia, there are 35 listed open source, free blogging software packages, and these will be the blogs on which we focus.
This initial research will help [...]
Pre-Upgrade Check Plugin for WordPress
Doug Smith introduced BlogSecurity to his latest WP plugin: WordPress Upgrade Preflight Check. This plugin aims to give you a heads of any compatibility problems before going through the upgrade process.
How It Works
This plugin works by scanning for the appearance of text within plugins and themes that may indicate compatibility problems.
It currently looks for the [...]
Social networking privacy – inviting your friends to sign up
This post on social networking sites’ data privacy follows on from three previous articles:
Social networking privacy and data issues
Social networking privacy issues – signing up
Social networking privacy – where are your details stored?
Let’s say for argument’s sake that you think that all this privacy stuff is fair and you sign up for some of these [...]
Spambam: comments anti-spam plugin
Anyone who is familiar with blogging is more then likely familiar with comment spam. It is a well known fact that 93% of comments are spam! In this article we discuss a little about comment spammers and discuss BlogSecurity’s latest project, Spambam!
The goal behind comment spam is to ultimately generate traffic for the attackers advertised [...]
Corporate Blogger Policy
Is it time for an open source blogger policy and procedures document?
Corporate blogging is becoming more and more popular, it:
Raises the visibility of the company, products and/or services;
Provides information and services to the online community;
Tends to spark ideas and concepts from outside your organisation and much more . . .
With this said, blogging in the [...]
