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Sitelinks are back on Ardamis
As of early October, Ardamis.com has its Google sitelinks back. I first noticed them back in July of 2009, when Ardamis had a toolbar PageRank of 6. Changes to Google’s algorithm later cost the site...
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Online tools for detecting malware on web sites
Just a few notes to myself about monitoring web sites for infections/malware and potential vulnerabilities. Tools for detecting infections on web sites Google Webmaster Tools Your first stop should be...
View ArticleHow to fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()”...
While making changes to my WordPress theme, I noticed that the error_log file in my theme folder contained dozens of PHP Fatal error lines: ... [01-Jun-2011 14:25:15] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined...
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A cache-friendly method for reducing WordPress comment spam
In the endless battle against WordPress comment spam, I’ve developed and then refined a few different methods for preventing spam from getting to the database to begin with. My philosophy has always...
View ArticleArdamis in 2012 – new look, more microdata, faster code
Just a few weeks behind schedule, but a long time in the works, I’ve finally pushed the new WordPress theme for Ardamis live. Basic and elegant (I’m trying to establish a trend here), the theme also...
View ArticleA good WordPress theme for Google’s Panda update and Google+
Google’s Panda update and Google+ has motivated me to start using more cutting-edge technology at ardamis.com, starting with a new theme that makes better use of HTML5 and microformats. I rather like...
View ArticleWhat is ardamis.com built with?
Techcrunch just posted a story about BuiltWith – a startup that reports on the technology behind the web site. I’ve written before about ways to ID the server, the scripting language, and the CMS...
View ArticleWhat is this Joomla exploit doing on my WordPress site?
7:21 PM 2/26/2012 I recently ran the spider at www.xml-sitemaps.com against www.ardamis.com and it returned a list of URLs that included a few pages with some suspicious-looking parameters. This is the...
View ArticleJustHost provided 99.06% uptime for my sites in November
November was a rough month for ardamis.com. What are JustHost’s thoughts on uptime? The term uptime refers to the amount of time that the website will be accessible. It is important to remember that...
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Akismet is not enough to stop spam comments
I like Akismet, and it’s undeniably effective in stopping the vast majority of spam, but it adds a huge number of comments to the database and a very small percentage of comments still get through to...
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Sitelinks are back on Ardamis
As of early October, Ardamis.com has its Google sitelinks back. I first noticed them back in July of 2009, when Ardamis had a toolbar PageRank of 6. Changes to Google’s algorithm later cost the site...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Online tools for detecting malware on web sites
Just a few notes to myself about monitoring web sites for infections/malware and potential vulnerabilities. Tools for detecting infections on web sites Google Webmaster Tools Your first stop should be...
View ArticleHow to fix the “PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header()”...
While making changes to my WordPress theme, I noticed that the error_log file in my theme folder contained dozens of PHP Fatal error lines: ... [01-Jun-2011 14:25:15] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined...
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A cache-friendly method for reducing WordPress comment spam
Update 2015-01-02: About a month ago, in early December, 2014, Google announced that it was working on a new anti-spam API that is intended to replace the traditional CAPTCHA challenge as a method for...
View ArticleArdamis in 2012 – new look, more microdata, faster code
Just a few weeks behind schedule, but a long time in the works, I’ve finally pushed the new WordPress theme for Ardamis live. Basic and elegant (I’m trying to establish a trend here), the theme also...
View ArticleA good WordPress theme for Google’s Panda update and Google+
Google’s Panda update and Google+ has motivated me to start using more cutting-edge technology at ardamis.com, starting with a new theme that makes better use of HTML5 and microformats. I rather like...
View ArticleWhat is ardamis.com built with?
Techcrunch just posted a story about BuiltWith – a startup that reports on the technology behind the web site. I’ve written before about ways to ID the server, the scripting language, and the CMS...
View ArticleWhat is this Joomla exploit doing on my WordPress site?
7:21 PM 2/26/2012 I recently ran the spider at www.xml-sitemaps.com against www.ardamis.com and it returned a list of URLs that included a few pages with some suspicious-looking parameters. This is the...
View ArticleJustHost provided 99.06% uptime for my sites in November
November was a rough month for ardamis.com. What are JustHost’s thoughts on uptime? The term uptime refers to the amount of time that the website will be accessible. It is important to remember that...
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Akismet is not enough to stop spam comments
I like Akismet, and it’s undeniably effective in stopping the vast majority of spam, but it adds a huge number of comments to the database and a very small percentage of comments still get through to...
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