October 09, 2007

Keep on blogging

It's been a long time since the last time update the Blog. Just got a mail from Daniel complain about no update of the Blog for a long time. Suddenly feel that someone is still interested in this crappy blog. how should I give up updating then?

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April 04, 2006

A small piece of anti-spam JavaScript code

I found out that there was a spam in my Blog several days ago and I deleted it manually. The spam is created by MoableType's comment system. Although MovableType has great anti-spam features. It blocked most of them, but it seems that there are some exceptions. My site is very small though, the spam still came up. I can imagine the serious problem when the traffic of my site increases. so I made some change in my site's comment system.

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March 17, 2006

An Analytics tool for Blogger

When I got the news that google has a website traffic analysis service Google Analytics, it’s too late for me to get the free service work on my blog. Because it has experienced extremely strong demand since google released this product and the sign-up has been closed alrealy. It’s so bad and I had to search for other tools to observe the traffic statistic of my Blog. Until now I have used 3 products: extremetracking, AXS and now Performancing Metrics.Although each of the 3 has both its and advantages and disadvantages, I prefer the last one, Performancing Metrics.

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March 02, 2006

Google Add My Site to its Index

It is general considered that Google is the largest and most significant search engine nowadays. Getting indexed by Google may give your site lots of traffic and page views especially your site locates at the first page of results returned from hot keywords search. About one week ago, the time I made this blog public, I submitted my blog to Google telling Google I had made a site about myself. I believe if Google accept my site, other search engine will follow its smart decision.

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February 27, 2006

Basename Bug in MovableType 3.2

Recently, I encounter a problem when I use the "preview" function when I publish my entries. I guess you may have suffered this bug with MovableType 3.2 if you are also a newbie of MovableType. The problem is when an entry is saved from the Preview screen; the entry basename may be incremented or, if the title was changed, altered to fit the new title. And the other pages such as category page and index page will automatically change to the new entry's permanent link.

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February 10, 2006

Feedback of This Site

I guess you have some interest in this site when you come here! Since this site is built not very long and only maintained by myself, of course, there are many bugs in this site. So if you have any unconvenience when browsing this site, please do not hesitate to post a comment here!
I appreciate all your suggestions!

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February 05, 2006

Movable Type Plugins installed in My Site

I have install many plugins in my blog since the site is built. And these plugins help me to extend my site's functionality perfectly. So thanks to all the talent plugin authors and I would like to list these plugins here to share with you. BTY, many of these plugins were originally installed for my web-based photo album.

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February 04, 2006

Googlify my Blog

When I login in to movable type system today, I find a new feature for my blog is released. It is a new Google Toolbar button Movable Type template which came from Niall Kennedy's blog.

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February 01, 2006

Windows file permission influence my blog

Since I installed the Movable Type on my laptop which runs Windows xp, I have suffered a lot from the windows file system permission settings. Here is some typical errors if you do not set the proper permission of your files in the "Intepub\wwwroot\" directory.

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January 24, 2006

Update my CSS style

It is really complicated, I think, at least for me! I havn't learnt CSS before, therefore, it took me much time to change the default CSS style to the current one.

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January 19, 2006

Recommend a Website Host

I just find a website host service called dreamhost by accident when surfing on the internet. I am not using their service at present, but I think I will plan to transfer my site to dreamhost. (update: I am using their service now) The "Crazy Domain Insane!" level hosting cost $7.95/mo--as I know, it is not expensive,If you enter a promotion code when you sign up, the price will be much lower!

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January 18, 2006

How to Install MovableType on Windows

MovableType is a very popular blog platform and having seen lots of publishing system, finally I choose this one.
It tooks me about 3 hours to install the Movable Type in my Windows xp machine while it just took me much fewer time in Linux. I'd like to record the steps for other's reference. It is also a good resource for myself if I need to rebuild the server.

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