Category Archives: Web

Stopforumspam Django Middleware

Posted on September 18, 2011 by benjamin

I have created a new Django app for keeping out spammers on the basis of data collected by stopforumspam.com. Read all about it here ยป It’s free, open source, and I hope people will make it better on github.

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Automating stopforumspam.com ASAP (updated!)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by benjamin

In case you need a quick way of getting rid of spammers on your apache server, use this method as a temporary solution until you find a better one. Please take not that it will evaluate EVERY SINGLE REQUEST through … Continue reading →

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Automating stopforumspam.com

Posted on September 16, 2011 by benjamin

THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH APACHE SINCE IT DOES NOT USE /etc/hosts.deny – See this post instead Use the following Python script to maintain a file in the hosts.deny syntax so that your Debian/Ubuntu box (or other Linux server) is … Continue reading →

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Uservoice feedback widget: Changing its style

Posted on September 30, 2009 by benjamin

I have a feedback tab that’s blocking vital content on a website. Here’s how to alter the style of the Uservoice Feedback Tab — for instance the vertical offset: You have to insert this AFTER your widget js code, so … Continue reading →

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MarkItUp Markdown footnote button

Posted on September 9, 2009 by benjamin

Here’s a simple addition to markItUp, that will prompt the user for a footnote number, a footnote text and then insert the number after the selection and the footnote text at the end of the full text. As handy extra … Continue reading →

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