LIBlogs

Welcome to LIBlogs, Blogs at the University at Albany Libraries. This project will give staff an opportunity to explore the use of blogs in the context of our work in an academic library. Read the FAQ to find out how you can participate.

This blog will keep you up to date on the latest news about LIBlogs and provide additional support materials as our experience with blogs evolves.

February 04, 2008

Scheduling Entries for Future Posting Increased to Twice Daily

The option to schedule blog entries for future posting has been enhanced. Scheduled postings will now be picked up twice daily, at noon and at midnight. Previously, this took place daily only at midnight.

For more information, see the post, Scheduling Entries for Future Posting.

June 11, 2007

How to Change the Challenge Word in the Comment Anti-Spam Plugin

The Comment Challenge plugin does a great job of preventing comment spam. It requires commenters to type a specific word in a Web form in order for the comment to be published. This plugin is being implemented on all of your blogs this month.

You may decide that you want to change the challenge word. This might be the case when you're getting an upswing in comment spam and suspect that someone may have "cracked" your word. Or, you may want to change your word periodically to prevent this from happening.

Changing your challenge word is easy to do.

1. Go to the Settings menu of your blog and select the Plugins tab.

Note that the Comment Challenge plugin is in your list of available plugins.

Plugins

2. Select the Show Settings link for the Comment Challenge plugin.

This will open up the available settings for this plugin.

3. Change the challenge word in the two places where it appears in your settings.

In the example below, you would change the word 'challenge.'

Settings


4. Click on "Save Changes."

5. Rebuild your site.