Receiving email notifications from WordPress

One of the limitations of Weblogs.us is that we don’t run an SMTP server. This means that by default, WordPress blog notifications (such as comment notification, or password reset) are NOT sent out. The reason that emails don’t get sent out is because WordPress defaults to using the php mail() function, and since we don’t… Continue reading Receiving email notifications from WordPress

Weblogs.us $500 prize for Best Community Plugin, part of the Weblog Tools Collection Plugin Contest

Mark at Weblog Tools Collection announced a plugin and mod competition for WordPress (similar to Alex King‘s highly successful theme contest.) Weblogs.us is again sponsoring a $500 prize, this time for Best Community Plugin Best plugin that ties the WordPress community together. Many WP bloggers keep in touch by email, RSS, or just visiting each… Continue reading Weblogs.us $500 prize for Best Community Plugin, part of the Weblog Tools Collection Plugin Contest

Published
Categorized as Plugins

MT Blacklist Installed

I installed the latest version of MT-Blacklist this weekend. Used the “de-spam” feature to remove a couple hundred spam messages. Hopefully we will be protected in the future 🙂

Published
Categorized as Plugins

ExcludeCats, QuickCode,RandomLine plugins installed today

Installed new plugins today, hope they help some folks pimp out their blogs 🙂 ExcludeCategories (MTEntriesExCat) – this plugin allows exclusion from all posts specified in the “categories” attribute (opposite of regular MTEntries.) BONUS: How to create a SideBlog using MTEntriesExCat courtesy of the ever lovely Brandy QuickCode – text filer plugin RandomLine – Lets… Continue reading ExcludeCats, QuickCode,RandomLine plugins installed today

Published
Categorized as Plugins