Reviewed: Sami Site URL: sami.sophistichiq.com First impression: too much text. I like reading websites — they’re quite interesting — I don’t like being chucked in at the deep end though. An introduction should be a few sentences maximum, preferably with a few keywords nicely highlighted for me to pick up as I scan. If these… read full entry »

Firstly, this is not a tutorial on how to write your own Content Management System (CMS).. if I were to write a tutorial on creating a basic CMS it’d be featured on tutorialtastic. This is just a list of things to consider when you decide to embark on the adventure of writing your own CMS…. read full entry »

An Enthusiast3 user recently asked at thefanlistings.org message board how people were inserting non-standard data via the join form using what should be a restricted drop-down menu. The answer to that bit was easy: form spoofing. This bit is not important, it is possible to do this for many, many forms on the Internet. The… read full entry »

It might seem pompous or pretentious to sit here, about to discuss the success of BellaBook, when it clearly isn’t on the same level as WordPress and other scripts of that ilk. On the other hand, it has it’s fair share of users.. and that scares me. I couldn’t be more pleased that people like… read full entry »

There’s a new version of BellaBook available: BellaBook3.2. New features include: States whether email required, and whether or not it’s displayed Optional moderation feature Improved spam filtering Pagination as standard — in admin panel as well Entry management combined in admin panel ..as well as a couple of bug fixes that were reported to me…. read full entry »

Alright, so no one has actually said it to me yet, but I can see it coming. People are getting spam in BellaBook3.1 — and it’s their own fault (honest!). BellaBook users are not making use of the features in the script. My personal installation of BellaBook hasn’t been spammed yet. Not once. Not at… read full entry »

I’ve been keeping an eye on my referral logs since I released BB3.1 so I know who’s using it and so I can keep track of potential bugs or ideas for new features (thinking about BB3.2 already!) So, when I came across a forum earlier and saw the words “I refuse to use Bella Book”… read full entry »

I wasn’t going to blog about the new Windows Exploit because I know quite a few people already have, but as it turns out: Microsoft are being slow as usual and won’t be patching the issue until approx’ January 9th. The exploit is becoming incredibly widespread, new variants are popping up everywhere and apparently spyware… read full entry »

Bored with the utter tripe on TV on New Years Eve I finally got off my lazy arse and decided to do something with BellaBook before I completely forgot how to code and integrate flat files and before it withered away into a pile of pants php poop. Say that 3 times fast I dares… read full entry »

In a way this post is mislabeled, because it’s not really WordPress and more a case of badly set permissions.. Anyway, to get to the point: I’ve been to several weblogs today based on WordPress which have been exploited because of dodgy set permissions. Unfortunately at the time I’ve had several websites open generally and… read full entry »