I was directed to pootato.org’s Dynamic Inclusion tutorial yesterday by somebody who has been using it, and as a result have been “hacked” — index page defaced as well as a fake banking website/etc put on her web space. This girl could potentially land in serious trouble, depending on how forgiving her hosts are, because… read full entry »

With the current surge in “hackings” (or rather: script kiddies exploiting known holes to deface websites that don’t support their view on the war) I’ve been going through a lot of scripts to find common and easy to fix vulnerabilities. With my fingers crossed, and perhaps a naive hope that people don’t release scripts with… read full entry »

For the first time in about a year, I’ve had a new review done by Rhiannon of PetShopGirl’s Reviews. Have a read, it’s good! Feel free to expand on any ideas that have been suggested. I wouldn’t mind some suggestions for other reviewers/reviewing websites too — it’s been ages since I’ve had site reviews done…. read full entry »

I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like these people who use their blogs as a sleazy way to generate income — because I don’t understand them. I like to blog to rid myself of anxieties and pressure, for my own entertainment and ultimately because I have nothing better to do with my time…. read full entry »

For those who use BellaBook, there’s a new version out. If you’re using versions 3.1 or 3.2, you can download the new version, delete the blank text files in the new one, customise the config.php file to match your current preferences and upload the new admin.php, sign.php and other PHP files over the top of… read full entry »

As promised on Friday last week, BellaBuffs is live. Admittedly, some of you may have been expecting it three days ago because I cocked up the date at first, but there we go. For those who’ve been living on the moon recently, BellaBuffs is my new flat-file fanlisting management script. Designed for single fanlistings (like… read full entry »

I’ve released part one of what I hope will be a series of PHP security articles — a PHP Script Checklist for those developing or looking to develop their own scripts. If you have any thoughts on PHP security problems that you’d like to be covered in part 2, or you’re an ‘expert’ and want… read full entry »

OUTSPOKEN-kate.com is a typical teenage personal website. Small text — barely different in colour from the background, mangled iframes given extreme heights to try and prevent extra scrollbars, indistinguishable links and the insane assumption that being able to scrape together a website gives you the right and/or ability to publish shitty tutorials. Before we even… read full entry »

This is generally only applicable to fanlisting owners, so if you’re not an owner or not interested in fanlistings, move on.. For those who do own/join fanlistings — what are your favourite features of the scripts that are currently available, and what do the scripts do that you absolutely hate? BellaBuffs (no longer BellaBoffins because… read full entry »

As I’m browsing around various personal websites and forums I see people offering up space on their domains for those who can’t/won’t buy ‘proper’ hosting for one reason or another, and every time I see these offers I cringe. I cringe at the naivety of these trusting website owners, and at the lack of published… read full entry »