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I've had to make some changes to this site because of some comment spam I've been getting. I'll also give some idea as to what I plan to write about next.
Comment Spam
The comment spam I was getting was pretty stupid. It was all attached to the first article, it was HTML which wasn't actually getting rendered as links but as text. Not mention even if it was links my code would have added a rel="nofollow" to it which would have meant any search engine benefit would be negated. So all things considered, I don't see why comment spammers bother.
I've added the ability to toggle comments on or off per posting. It's disabled by default and I've allowed it for the posts that either already had comments or I think are appropriate for comments.
If the comment spam gets worse, like spreading to other articles or something, I might have to think about some other options like a captcha, moderation, or something else. I don't want to have to do that though.
Rails 1.0!
I've also done the "freeze_gems" thing to get Rails up to 1.0 on this site.
Coming up..
The next thing I will be working on (and writing about) is using the test functionality in Rails. I haven't been writing tests, and now that the site has a bit more to it having thorough functional tests will allow me to regression test any changes I make that I think are unrelated.
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