I’ve been disappointed with MovableType recently, but the DOS attack by spammers on my blog this past week was the last straw. I added CAPTCHA, but that didn’t keep them away. (I should note that MT was smart enough to quarantine the spam comments so they never showed up.) My hosting company added a blocking mechanism (via my htaccess file), but by that point I had already decided to follow enjanerd‘s lead and move to WordPress. The blog needs some personalizing, but all the tech stuff is done: your rss feed should update seamlessly (right?) and permalinks still point to the right place.
And maybe a nicer blog will entice me to post more. (A guy can dream, right?)
Worked perfectly. Got the new post in my RSS feed as usual.
Glad the RSS feed is working. WordPress definitely did not stop the spam bots; the settings in htaccess did (for the most part). While my “posts” aren’t getting spammed, my one “page” (the Bookroll) is. Still trying to hunt down the issue there.
Update: Of course, I can just disallow comments from my “pages” (duh). Hopefully now I can focus on customizing my blog!
It’s a relief to find someone who can explain things so well