James Hall
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Hi there,
He probably enabled debugging in the wp-config file to find the undefined variables. Between that and Firebug, errors can’t hide.
I too like to look over the code like this for higher-profile client sites before going live.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Custom Contact Forms] The customization page layout is poor!!Every time that has happened to me, it was because I was editing the form (unintentionally) from 2 separate tabs. I might make 3 or 4 changes to the form, then get pulled to something else for awhile, and when I return to editing I’m on the old tab that doesn’t have the last 3-4 edits loaded. If I don’t catch it and make a change then save the form, it overwrites the first edits of the day (hidden under another tab).
Now, when I make a change and save it I refresh the page with the form to ensure the changes are reflected on the frontend. It has *never* not saved for me, but I thought the same thing you did when I first started using it.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Custom Contact Forms] NIce plugin but initially unsettlingIt’s actually very clever of him. He knows you want free, and so you will at least try his plugin. If for some reason it doesn’t suit you, he already knows that the largest portion of “paid plugins” sales for a forms plugin is Gravity Forms, so he puts he affiliate link in there so he will make a buck or two off of your purchase from a competitor.
Notice the links have either “&aff=125082” or the other “&afftrack=” which indicate they are his affiliate links. Don’t hold it against him though for using that space in the settings to try to recoup some money for his time. How is he supposed to eat when he gives his plugins away for free?
The plugin itself is great though, and I’ve found it quite useful.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: STOP SPAM! Confirmation Emails to All NEW RegistrationsThank you for your fast reply. I would argue though that 99% of the spam registrations are using bots like scrapebox, xrummer, and others I won’t promote here.
Know your enemy, and their tools.
These widely available programs are *very good* at [using] captcha solving services, so you can forget those plugins. They also auto-generate usernames and email addresses for registration purposes, and most of them primarily target WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, BlogEngine and Moveable Type. WordPress is #1 though – no doubt.
For developers who may be reading I’ll say it again for clarity:
Know your enemy, and their tools.Askimet & Cookies for Comments are great at stopping comments where registration isn’t required to comment. However, who doesn’t require registration these days? Useless imho because legit users don’t spam your comments (usually).
What *would work* is requiring users to actually have a real email address (we can blacklist) and clicking of a confirmation link. Yes, there is automation software for that too, but its much harder to keep track of for the spammers, and easier to get their email addresses blacklisted where other useful plugins can take over like the “Stop Spammers” plugin.
All the functionality to send a confirmation email at registration is mostly already built in. Just give us a box to tick that enables/disables confirmation emails in registration, and see how it’s received by the WordPress base.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: WP Status Notifier] MALICIOUS PLUGIN: BEWAREI’m new to WP and installing the Easy Popular Posts plugin By Christopher Ross today and I found: Trojan-Spy.HTML.Fraud.gen while running the install link from a search in my Admin panel.
It sure puts the WP Community in a bad light when WP controlls a directory of search results that they dont monitor for malicious activity, nor do they offer an easy way to report such files when found.