Archives for July, 2011

Getting the Bad Behavior Extension to Work with MediaWiki 1.17

I recently updated my robotic lawn mower site running an old version of MediaWiki to the current (as of this writing) version 1.17.0. The wiki had been filled with a bunch of spam users so after cleaning that up I thought I would add in the trusty Bad Behavior extension to keep some of the bad guys away. Long story short: it didn’t work and despite much Googling I couldn’t find a current solution.

So for my own future reference and to help anyone else dealing with this, here is how I made it go. [ Continue reading Getting the Bad Behavior Extension to Work with MediaWiki 1.17 … ]

By | 07/07/2011 | Comments

Categories: MediaWiki, Web

Finding WordPress Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in Already in Use

I’ve recently been evaluating WordPress shopping cart plugins to choose the best one for a project I’m working on. One of things I wanted to know is what database tables, custom post type, and custom taxonomies each plugin adds. The reason is that I favor plugins that don’t add extra tables because it’s easier, faster, and safer to use the well-tested functions already built into WordPress to customize the way I want the site to work. [ Continue reading Finding WordPress Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in Already in Use … ]

By | 07/06/2011 | Comments

Categories: WordPress

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