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Spam Blocker is a CakePHP Behavior that automatically before after a comment is made. Each comment is tested upon a point system to determine if it should be approved, set to pending (high points), or marked as spam / deleted (low points).

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Entries for March 2010

Mar
14

The widely unused and powerful setAction()

Tutorials, CakePHP // 8 comments
While working on this app, I thought I would give the not so used method, setAction() a spin. If you are unfamiliar with setAction(), its a method that will internally forward one action to another. This is incredibly useful as it allows you to switch actions without having to do another HTTP request, nor having to reload all the controller and related objects; could be a huge saver on overhead. Continue reading...
Mar
3

Upgrading the forum plugin to 1.8

CakePHP, Tutorials // 8 comments
I have been working on the new 1.8 version of the forum for almost 2 months, simply because version 1.7 was completely broken. It used PHP 5.3 constants which didn't work on 99% of the users machines. This problem has now been corrected in the new 1.8 version, but that's not all that changed. All topics, forums and forum categories now use the sluggable behavior for pretty URLs. Furthermore, the Installer has been rewritten completely for faster and easier usage. The main purpose of this post is to direct you in the 1.8 upgrade process as there are many things you need to do. Continue reading...