Posts Tagged ‘comments’

Five PHP Coding Mistakes to Avoid

Monday, February 4th, 2008

While browsing through dZone the other day, I stumbled on this article – 40 signs you really are a lousy PHP programmer.

While I don’t agree with all of the author’s points, it’s an interesting list of php coding habits to avoid – but that most of us tend to pick up anyway. Here’s a list of my five biggest pet peeves.
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Huzzah Akismet! Blocking Spam Comments All Day

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

You know your site is finally getting around a bit when you start getting comments. Spam comments.

I started a (now defunct) website last year, powered by WordPress. It never got too popular, and in the beginning I was excited every time I got a “New Comment” or “New Trackback” e-mail. Then I realized they were mostly all spam.
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