I am growing very VERY VERY tired of wordpress comment spam! Becuase it’s so standardized and widespread it’s an open target to these attacks. Here’s an analogy.. using wordpress instead of a homebaked or less popular blogging system is like using a PC instead of a mac when it comes to viruses! Geez. Oh well this is not meant to be a rant, rather I want suggestions. What do you guys suggest I switch to?
Presently, I’m considering Mephisto. I don’t like wordpress becuase I think it’s too feature rich andheavy weight. I want something lightweight that’s easy for me to hack into and add my own code on. I truly dislike the notion of upgrading. Once I setup a blog the code is hacked apart by myself so much that upgrading just isn’t an option. So what are your thoughts? What do you recommend? Should I just build my own blogging software? Should I try out Mephisto? Are there any other decent CMS systems that are preferabbly Rails based?
Mattbob Says:
2:35 pmSep 17What plugins are you using to deal with the spam?
I used to only use Akismet and it did a good job of precenting the spam comments from showing up but I didn’t want the spammers to be able to access the site at all. Bad Behavior has done an excellent job of doing that and any spam that does happen to get through is blocked by Akismet.
I recommend using both plugins if you aren’t already. You could have the same problem with any blog software.
Jim Says:
6:49 pmOct 01Thanks Matt! I’m the type of guy who likes to do his own deal.. I’ll probably be revamping this thing with a home made blogging engine sooner or later
I’ll look into that plug in for now though. Thanks!
Kimbro Staken Says:
10:54 pmAug 13Don’t bother writing your own, you’ll still get hammered with SPAM eventually and then it will be on your head to figure out a solution. I did this with Syncato and the SPAM eventually forced me to drop my own system because I didn’t have time to aggressively combat it. Akismet in Wordpress is a life saver, a few still get through but combined with moderation it’s very manageable.
Kimbro