WWW dev

WordPress backups

I mentioned in my Blogging security tips that backups are very important. Backing up is one of the most important things to do when running a website. There are so many things that can go wrong. Especially if you’ve been blogging for years, you really cannot afford to loose all that data that you’ve worked

Netscape Navigator turned 20

Netscape Navigator – the browser that started it all – turns 20 article tells that it was 20 years ago today, Marc Andreeesen taught the band to play: Netscape Navigator, the browser credited with taking the World Wide Web into the mainstream, was released twenty years ago yesterday, on October 13th 1994. The anniversary celebrated

Blogging security tips

I get every now and then comments on the WordPress like this: “I’m getting fed up of WordPress because I’ve had problems with hackers and I’m looking at options for another platform.” My comments to those is normally that I use WordPress platform. WordPress is a good platform when you configure it correctly, remember backup

Spam protection added to comments

I have added spam protection added to comments. Instead of various CAPTCHA based solutions I ended up using simpler and maybe even less annoying math based spam protection. Math Comment Spam Protection asks the visitor making the comment to answer a simple math question. This is intended to prove that the visitor is a human

e-mail feed support added

Every now and then I get request that people want updates on new posting on their e-mail box (I am wondering who wants that nowadays, but if someone likes that delivery method, then by not offer it). While looking for options to do that, I decided that best route for all is to use Blogtrottr

WordPress for Android

WordPress for Android is quite nice app to admin WordPress blog from smartphone. It allows posting and comments moderating easily. I still have some issues in sending web link postings: they do not show correctly when posted – I need to edit after posting Posted from WordPress for Android

Create Digital Experiments

Simple Ways to Create Face-Melting Digital Experiments blog posting discusses the rise of the IoT and maker culture. It discusses how seemingly simple tasks that earlier took weeks to do can nowdays hacked together in a day when you combine suiable on-line tools and maker hardware solutions. The posting lists many tools that I have