Archive for posts tagged ‘blogging’

Ardamis in 2012 – new look, more microdata, faster code

Ardamis.com is starting out 2012 with a new look, better structured data markup, and a revamped anti-spam system.

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A cache-friendly method for reducing WordPress comment spam

A safe-for-cached-pages method of filtering out spam comments by requiring at least some time to have passed between the time the page is loaded and the form is submitted.

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How to fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()” error in WordPress

Fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()” error in WordPress.

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Online tools for detecting malware on web sites

Online tools for detecting infections on web sites and for identifying vulnerabilites.

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Online tools for testing web page performance

A collection of online tools for measuring the performance of web pages, including time to first byte.

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Two million inbound links

For posterity, a record of the inbound links and site performance as reported by Google Webmaster Tools in April, 2011.

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A chart illustrating the reduction in comment spam at ardamis.com

A screenshot of the Akismet stats graph showing the number of spam comments at ardamis.com identified by Akismet before and after my anti-spam system was implemented.

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Sitelinks: gone and back again

In January, 2011, I noticed that ardamis.com was again displaying sitelinks in Google, but this time, also for the search phrase “oliver baty”.

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Sitelinks are back on Ardamis

Ardamis.com once again has three Google sitelinks, as it did in mid-2009, and is approaching two million inbound links.

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A massive reduction in the number of spam comments

How to reduce the number of spam comments that make it into your WordPress database without annoying your visitors.

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