I'm not yet sure how effective this is, but I just noticed that DreamHost's 1-click install of WordPress includes a hack that they claim helps protect your blog against comments spam. The added code is contained at the top of the wp-comments-post.php file:
if (!$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] == dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-comments.php'){     die ('Error: This file cannot be […]

I recently posted about the joys of embedding Flash video using Jeroen Wijering's Flash Video Player. While I originally inserted FLVs on a plain HTM page the integration of FLV video remains super easy with WordPress.

Make sure you already have Jeroen Wijering's Flash Video Player installed and working.
Download the WP-FLV plugin, install and activate.
If you're […]

I love WordPress. I've been developing alot of WordPress websites lately, using the versatile app to manage both blog and more traditional content sites. I'm not alone; many people are discovering that WordPress is more than just a blogging platform. Case in point: PHPit published a two part article about using WP as a CMS […]