Comments on: Ecto to the rescue http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/ teaching in an e-world Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:16:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sean http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/comment-page-1/#comment-1751 sean Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:02:50 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/#comment-1751 i use categories when i visit a site, particularly if the site is quite varied. i also use my own categories with my students as i'll have them read some of my postings that are in the ed tech category. but, if you've messed up your categories then i could see just dropping them. i wonder if you can drop just the categories you no longer want. i'll bet there is a discussion on this if you visit the WordPress forums. then again, it might be easier to just use ecto or some other application to change the categories on your site . . . or drop categories altogether. ;~) i use categories when i visit a site, particularly if the site is quite varied. i also use my own categories with my students as i’ll have them read some of my postings that are in the ed tech category. but, if you’ve messed up your categories then i could see just dropping them. i wonder if you can drop just the categories you no longer want. i’ll bet there is a discussion on this if you visit the WordPress forums. then again, it might be easier to just use ecto or some other application to change the categories on your site . . . or drop categories altogether. ;~)

]]> By: RR http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 RR Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:20:04 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/#comment-1750 Here's a quick solution: stop displaying a category menu in the sidebar. I'm considering this, since my list is now at 15 categories, and since I'm not sure anyone actually searches via categories anyway . . . Here’s a quick solution: stop displaying a category menu in the sidebar. I’m considering this, since my list is now at 15 categories, and since I’m not sure anyone actually searches via categories anyway . . .

]]> By: sean http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 sean Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:55:15 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/#comment-1746 Robert, I can't seem to find an easy way to do batch category editing. I can select many blog entries that aren't next to each other, but i think I have to open each one to change the category. once I double-click to open, the actual categories appear on the right (check boxes) and I can change them in seconds flat. But, it's still cumbersome to do it individually. Sorry. Spam Karma is catching A LOT of comments on old posts for me as well. i just changed the settings to make a post old after 15 days and I changed the setting from Normal to Strong for determining whether a comment is spam or not. I had a few comments that were spam make it onto my site recently, but by and large, Spam Karma has been pretty good. I've only had 1 false negative (that I can recall) in all of the time I've used it, so it has that going for it as well. Robert, I can’t seem to find an easy way to do batch category editing. I can select many blog entries that aren’t next to each other, but i think I have to open each one to change the category. once I double-click to open, the actual categories appear on the right (check boxes) and I can change them in seconds flat. But, it’s still cumbersome to do it individually. Sorry.

Spam Karma is catching A LOT of comments on old posts for me as well. i just changed the settings to make a post old after 15 days and I changed the setting from Normal to Strong for determining whether a comment is spam or not. I had a few comments that were spam make it onto my site recently, but by and large, Spam Karma has been pretty good. I’ve only had 1 false negative (that I can recall) in all of the time I’ve used it, so it has that going for it as well.

]]> By: RR http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 RR Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:27:37 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2006/09/08/102/#comment-1745 Hey Sean, Does ecto have a batch category editing feature? I've been searching in vain for a way of reorganizing my categories (they're getting away from me), and Wordpress doesn't have anything avaiable for its 2.0 version yet. In other news, the spam spiders are driving me crazy. I've been trying to protect my blog with various plugins (Bad Behavior, etc.), but am still getting about 20 spam comments per day per day on old posts. Trying a new plugin that automatically moderates posts that are older than 15 days. Hey Sean,

Does ecto have a batch category editing feature? I’ve been searching in vain for a way of reorganizing my categories (they’re getting away from me), and Wordpress doesn’t have anything avaiable for its 2.0 version yet.

In other news, the spam spiders are driving me crazy. I’ve been trying to protect my blog with various plugins (Bad Behavior, etc.), but am still getting about 20 spam comments per day per day on old posts. Trying a new plugin that automatically moderates posts that are older than 15 days.

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