When your readers comment, the wp-comments-post.php file is accessed, does its thing, and creates the post. The user’s browser will send a “referral” line about this.

When a spam-bot comes in, it hits the file directly and usually does not leave a referrer. This allows for some nifty detection and action direct from the server. If you are not familiar with Apache directives, then write the following in your root directory .htaccess file::

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourdomain.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]

This will:

Detect when a POST is being made
Check to see if the post is on wp-comments-post.php
Check if the referrer is in your domain or if no referrer
Send the spam-bot BACK to its originating server’s IP address.
NOTE 1: In the 4th line, change yourdomain.com to your domain.xxx without the www or any prefix for that matter.
NOTE 2: There is a slim chance that someone’s browser will not send the referral, but this is extremely rare.

This essentially deflects the spam-bot back on itself.

Taken from Wordpress Codex

When you create a html table and apply a border using CSS, then the empty cells do not have a border. So you pull out your CSS book and find empty-cells:show; and think your problems are solved but empty-cells is unsupported in IE…go figure. But I have found a combination of styles that work. Try this…apply the border-collapse:collapse; and empty-cells: show; to the table level and IE will display borders around empty cells.

Tags: CSS

If you need Firefox to work with integrated Windows Authentication do this:

1. Open Firefox and go to about:config
2. In the filter type network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris or just scroll down until you find it.
3. Double click that line and put in the name of the server you want to use windows auth. Ex: localhost,.tgrayimages.com (multiple sites separated by commas)
4. Click OK and restart Firefox

Yipee! Now you can uninstall IE! (just kidding)

Psalm 5

1 O LORD, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.
2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you.
3 Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

8 Lead me in the right path, O LORD, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow.