Juvenall
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Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Amazon Link] Scam Links (but you can get around it)You may want to pay a little more attention and read *my* post, emagin2. I didn’t start this topic or review it. I even said calling it a scam wasn’t appropriate.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Amazon Link] Scam Links (but you can get around it)I agree that the term “scam” isn’t appropriate here, but I would make the suggestion that using a known charity for the default would be a better option. [Advertisement moderated]
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Disable trackback comments?For what it’s worth, you’re not alone. My blog, http://www.juvenall.com, managed to pull in 1,500 trackbacks today alone (more than 3,500 in the last two days). The messages come in large waves over a 30-45 minute period every 6-12 hours.
Now, turning trackbacks off will NOT stop new spam from coming in since unchecking the box simply turns it off on all new posts by default. Old posts, the ones the spam bots go after, will still be hit.
One of the best ways I’ve found to stop this, is to catch a “wave” in the act. When you start getting notifications, jump into phpMyAdmin find the wp_posts table, click on the SQL link and run
UPDATE wp_posts
SET ping_status = “closed”That will update all your old posts to turn trackbacks off. If you manage to catch it in the act, this *can* stop any more spam from coming in for a while. It seems like the bot will drop your site thinking it’s dead or not accepting the spam.
You can also try installing the Trackback/Pingback Moderation plugin here (though, I’ve not tried it out enough to know how well it works): http://mtdewvirus.com/archives/2005/01/06/wordpress-plugins-trackback-and-pingback-moderation/
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Squares instead of quotes, apostrophes in RSSWell, it looks like someone has put together a solution in plugin format.
http://www.sparanoid.com/blog/2006/01/10/quotmarks-replacer/
So far, it seems to be doing the trick perfectly.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Squares instead of quotes, apostrophes in RSSThanks for chiming in, Servant. 🙂
I watch 30 different blogs and another 30 news sites in my normal reader. This covers everything from MT to simblog and even a few custom systems. The only feeds that seem to show up with this problem are WP installs and it’s only the two (four really) characters that should be standard. This leads me to believe that somehow, WP is doing something totally different in this respect. So I’m trying to figure that out and eliminate it.
Normally, this isn’t an issue I would concern myself with. However, because I work on other open-source projects, I get quite the disproportionate number of fringe users. Lots of Linux, lots of smaller unknown applications. So when more than a handful of them start complaining about things, I’ve gotta hop..lol
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Squares instead of quotes, apostrophes in RSSMy normal RSS reader also produces things correctly, but many of my users have different tastes..lol. So I can’t exactly get them all to switch. Besides, WordPress installs seem to be the only blogs with this issue. It’s not just some, either. Every single install from ThinkProgress.org to the WP developer blog all do the same thing.
In case it’s useful to anyone, here’s a screenshot of the error on my blog in Konqueror: http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6567/konqueror5ni.gif
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Squares instead of quotes, apostrophes in RSSYeah, like I said in my first post, the problem isn’t with the page rendering (unless you use Konqueror). So when you view the site, it looks just fine. However, load it in some RSS readers (such as Attensa) or copy and paste some of the text into a messenger like Trillian (shows up fine for you, but the recipient will see the missing glyph) and it’s a totally different story.
I’ve tried changing the character type to ISO-8859-1 as well as editing the database (via phpMyAdmin) with no luck.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Squares instead of quotes, apostrophes in RSSThanks for the reply, macmanx!
What version of WordPress are you using?
1) Currently running 2.0, but I had the problem with 1.5 as well.What do you have “Encoding for pages and feeds” set to in Options/Reading?
2) UTF-8Are you writing the posts (or content for your posts) in an external application before publishing them?
3) Nope, just using the standard write page.Are you copying the posts (or content for your posts) from an external source before publishing them?
4) For quotes, yes, however, manually typing in the characters produces the same results.
