What would be the Features of an Ideal Blog SoftwareJuly 13th, 2005 What features would you like in your dream blogging software?
Let me know your thoughts. Here's what comes to my mind:
Commenting with:
WYSIWYG with shortcuts and buttons and spell checker (Tom Raftery's suggestion)
Strong Spam Protection through:
Blacklist
Trackback Moderation (Should Trackback even be there?)
Keyword (regex) moderation
IP Banning
Referrer Bouncer
Rule based spam checking
Full support for RSS 2.0 & Atom 0.3, Pingback protocols
Offline Blogging support through MT and Blogger protocols
Multi-blog-multi-author
SERP optimized
Update:
Blogging with:
WYSIWYG Editor with special tags enabled and spell-checker (Tom Raftery's suggestion).
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Security Review of Online Feed Aggregators with Password Protected FeedOctober 8th, 2008 In my previous article I have already discussed about how to use the Online Feed Aggregators to view the password protected Feed with username and password. Now the next thing that should come to your mind is how do they actually fair in maintaining the security of your account.
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Google Android is An Open Source Platform Now! Confirms GoogleOctober 23rd, 2008 Google Android finally delivers what was promised at the very beginning. While everyone was speculating if Android is going to be an open source platform, they have come out with Android Open Source Project, which will give public at large the opportunity to make contributions.
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Analyst upgrades VanceInfo, raises estimates on growth in telecommunications; shares surgeSeptember 16th, 2009 Analyst upgrades VanceInfo, raises estimatesNEW YORK — Shares of offshore software developer VanceInfo Technologies Inc. surged 10 percent Wednesday after an analyst upgraded the company's shares and raised his estimates citing strong demand from telecommunications companies.
Open Source J2Se is an absolute must for Java developers; All hail Apache HarmonyMay 9th, 2005 Which JVM do you want to use today?
Microsoft Vista Firewall Defanged by Switching off Outbound Filtering by DefaultApril 29th, 2006 In an interesting move Microsoft decided to turn off outbound filtering of inbuilt Firewall in Vista by default. Outbound filtering for applications will configurable by enterprise administrators through Group Policy.
Sun Open Cloud - Detailed ReviewMay 8th, 2009 Sun Microsystems unveiled its combined open cloud computing infrastructure at the CommunityOne developer event in New York in March. Though some may say that for a company like Sun, this may be a bit late into the game of clouds but nevertheless they came powered by industry-leading software technologies from Sun, including Java, MySQL, OpenSolaris and Open Storage.
Free But Costly - The Open Source TrapFebruary 9th, 2006 The title is inspired by Dr. Richard Stallman's article - Free But Shackled - The Java Trap.
Firefox Tip: How To Change The Default Home Page LocationJuly 14th, 2007 This question was posed by a visitor of this site. Here is how you can change the default home page location in Firefox and everything you can do with it.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
hi there,
so how did this come about ?
BR,
~A