Category Archives: .htaccess

How to block comment spam

Posted on 24/7/2006 by Tom Raftery

Like all bloggers, I find comment spam to be a constant annoyance. There are many ways to mitigate the problems it causes however and using the following techniques means that this site is subject to almost no comment spam. Use … Continue reading →

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Blocking trackback spam using .htaccess

Posted on 7/4/2005 by Tom Raftery

This morning I received a trackback spam. It pointed at a rubbish domain – ohuudfghj.com, and came from ip address 172.164.210.50 using User Agent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90). I took a look at Spamhuntress’ site … Continue reading →

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Using WordPress as a CMS – More problems sorted

Posted on 21/3/2005 by Tom Raftery

WordPress is the Content Manangement System (CMS) used to produce this site but shoehorning it to produce a complete site can cause unforseen problems. For example, my Permalink structure was denying me access to my awstats folder! Why? – this … Continue reading →

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Comment spam plugins no longer required!

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Tom Raftery

I have written many posts on my battles with WordPress comment spam but all that appears to be coming to a very satisfactory solution. I am now no longer using any comment spam plugins and I have stopped moderating comments … Continue reading →

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Block hotlinkers but allow some sites remote access to images using .htaccess

Posted on 5/3/2005 by Tom Raftery

In a previous post I explained how to create a .htaccess file to stop remote image linking (hotlinking) and bandwidth theft – however, there are some situations where you might want your image files linked to from remote sites – … Continue reading →

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Using .htaccess to minimise comment and referrer spam

Posted on 12/2/2005 by Tom Raftery

I have been using my .htaccess file to stop comment and referrer spam on this site and it has been surprisingly successful (so far!). How do I create a .htaccess file capable of greatly reducing comment and referrer spam? Firstly, … Continue reading →

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