Title: Brak's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Brak [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 82 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/6/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/) In reply to: [Hemingway 0.12](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hemingway-012/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hemingway-012/#post-332761) * It should only be about 140kb. Others have been successful with downloading… perhaps you should try re-downloading? * Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/) In reply to: [Need beta testers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-beta-testers/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-beta-testers/#post-332102) * Thanks for all the replies guys! I don’t need any more testers at this time. * Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/) In reply to: [Hemingway Theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hemingway-theme/) * [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hemingway-theme/#post-331917) * Hey there, I was just stopping by here but thought I’d let you know for sure: You’re more than welcome to customize Hemingway. In fact, I encourage it 🙂 * In my next release I’ll have a more explicit lisencing statement, but in the meantime assume it’s MIT (do whatever you want with any part of it). * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Output all posts to a single XML file?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/output-all-posts-to-a-single-xml-file/) * [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/output-all-posts-to-a-single-xml-file/#post-280781) * Well, you could edit up something like wp-rss2.php, which just uses the loop here: * `` * Add a query_posts before it so it’s something like: * `` * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [A custom “page” in wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-custom-page-in-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-custom-page-in-wordpress/#post-280587) * Perhaps I should have clarified: I’ve accomplished what **I** need from UTW in 30 lines of code 🙂 * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [A custom “page” in wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-custom-page-in-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-custom-page-in-wordpress/#post-280453) * Nope. I looked at UTW, but it just looked like too much bloat to me. I’ve accomplished what UTW offers in about 30 lines of code. * Though, thanks for the tip. Looks like I was looking for the hook: template_redirect * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [Warpspire v4.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warpspire-v45/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warpspire-v45/#post-280399) * Thanks for the kind words 🙂 I’m glad you got the whole “homepage” kind of feel as that’s exactly what I was hoping for. The main purpose of this redesign was to make a personal _site_ not just a blog. * BTW, if any of you are curious about past versions of Warpspire, the first 3 are available to look at on the [about page](http://warpspire.com/about) (take a look about 1/2 way down). * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [MT to WordPress and Google](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-to-wordpress-and-google/) * [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-to-wordpress-and-google/#post-130753) * /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ * In your options/permalinks section “structure” field. * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Happy 21st Birthday, Matt!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/happy-21st-birthday-matt/) * [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/happy-21st-birthday-matt/page/2/#post-129432) * Because that’s where he lives? 🙂 * I hope you not to remember this night! * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [The Drum Report revamped](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-drum-report-revamped/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-drum-report-revamped/#post-120642) * Thanks for all the kind words. * How I achieved this is painstakingly selectively choosing which categories not to display via some interesting php loops. I also put a lot of the information into local arrays… now I know that there are easier (and better) ways to do this( preferably, I would have used the is_* functions had they been available when I was coding this). However, now that I’ve got the basic architecture in place– adding new sections and categories is a breeze. * Also interesting to see you guys like the header… that was more an afterthought than anything else 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Version: 1.5-alpha-6 2004-12-19](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-15-alpha-6-2004-12-19/) * [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-15-alpha-6-2004-12-19/#post-119631) * Haha… nice one 🙂 I just grabbed it too… gonna give it a run for it’s money. I like the new dashboard. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [How to eliminate automated comment spa](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/#post-120055) * I don’t see how we’d be giving them a false sense of security… the average user is completely oblivious to comment spam as a whole until it affects them. I understand your point, however the point isn’t to create a bulletproof option, but rather an option that makes it so difficult on the spammer’s end that it’s just not worth their time. That’s the goal. Whether it’s a hack or not doesn’t change the subject… it’s the same solution, and in the end a spammer could potentially work around a hack just as well as a pre-packaged countermeasure. If you can _honestly_ give me a good reason why we should not pre-package a method like this, please do tell me. And don’t use the “spammers will create countermeasures” excuse, because we both know you cannot eliminate spam – not even with required user registrations and automatically generated images – eventually _some_ spam will get through. But that’s not the point as I said earlier… we’re trying to make it so hard that it’s not worth the spammer’s efforts. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [How to eliminate automated comment spa](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/#post-120038) * AFAIK the only “bots” that accept cookies are ones using IE via COM controls, which are terribly complex at that point – and completely not worth the effort of the script makers. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [How to eliminate automated comment spa](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/#post-120033) * Another idea just came to mind: Cookies. While requiring cookies for comments might be against some people’s religion, it would be a great way to prevent comment spam. Simply have the site send a cookie whenever someone looks at a post – and check against that cookie in wp-comments-post.php. This would all but eliminate bots. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [How to eliminate automated comment spa](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/) * Thread Starter [Brak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/) * (@brak) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-eliminate-automated-comment-spa/#post-120031) * Can you please cite a wordpress spamming bot that does this. As far as I’m aware, 98% of wordpress spamming bots simply ask for wp-comments-post.php. Since I’ve implemented a version of this hack of various sites, I haven’t gotten one _single_ spam comment in over 2 months. I’d call it a pretty viable solution. I agree that it’s _possible_ for them to circumvent this.. but not likely. Right now WP is more or less the easiest way to post comment spam… you just call wp-comments- post.php and send your data and it shows up. Doesn’t even check against whether a post exists yet or not. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 82 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/6/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brak/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)