Workalone UK Sometimes, when you work alone, you need a little help

The classic option for preventing spam form submission is with CAPTCHA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) and there have been later improvements on this to benefit accessibility issues such as http://recaptcha.net/.

Content management and blogging systems like Drupal, Wordpress etc. all have a selection of plugins to prevent spam. So if you’re using a system such as these, check out their plugin directory for the most popular (e.g.

Recent experiences are:

6.5 is nicer than 5.x

5.x is better supported by stable modules

there are some cracking modules (like CCK and Views) that make it a framework not just a CMS

install is quick and easy, but building it up takes time.

I still haven't got my head round the theming.

it feels like it has loads of potential.

www.workalone.co.uk is now drupal powered and the wiki is now a 'book' that can be edited by authenticated users using mediawiki syntax.

the host you install it on determines some of the facility you can enjoy - e.g.

While looking at my relentless and un-diminishing task list this morning and wondering how I could be better organised, I hit upon a new plan.

Most of what I do falls into one of four 'areas of focus'

• Xebit Ltd
• Boldfish
• Future
• Domestic

The first two are obvious business areas and the last anything that isn't income generation but needs doing.

Having struggled for an age to work out how to get syntax highlighting for code blocks and the Pear wiki filter to work in harmony I thought it best to record the configuration here.

I've created an input format that allows for media wiki syntax to get headings, lists and some basic formatting using the following filters (listed in order).

• GeSHi filter
• PEAR Wiki Filter
• Inline images
• freelinking filter
• HTML corrector
• HTML Purifier

(I'm still tinkering with the Purifier to remove empty P elements)

The reason they are in that order is so that any code blocks are picked

color scheme themes and font choices are all personal, but i went with a bitmap font (ProFont 9pt) and the BBEdit theme (because I prefer dark text on a light background)

ProFont can be found here:
http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

note that 9pt bitmap is not as small as it sounds:
http://img.skitch.com/20080331-fc3chxdp7...

Themes:
http://wiki.macromates.com/Themes/UserSu...
http://www.tmthemes.com/

some useful links for TextMate

http://projects.serenity.de/textmate/tut...