http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com Forums User Favorites: justjennifer en Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:14:47 +0000 http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-412274 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:12:04 +0000 muslimbhojani 412274@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Oops, that was too early! no it did not work! </p> <p>Some how the tab does not link to that category :( still live... for only a few more hours <a href="http://muslimbhojani.wordpress.com/." rel="nofollow">http://muslimbhojani.wordpress.com/.</a></p> <p>muslim </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-412265 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:55:47 +0000 muslimbhojani 412265@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Yup, got that to work, and works well with the redoable lite theme... </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411703 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:52:50 +0000 tellyworth 411703@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <blockquote><p>FYI, staff does check sometimes...well...less than most of us imagine at all.</p></blockquote> <p>Actually far more than you imagine. We catch and remove a mind-boggling amount of spam.</p> <p>The stuff you see is, by definition, the stuff that has evolved to escape our notice. It's small scale, usually individual bloggers who ignore the rules. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411640 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:16:08 +0000 justjennifer 411640@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Without a doubt, this has been a very enlightening thread (even though right now it looks like a search return in my browser).</p> <p>/head-desk </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411552 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:27:05 +0000 mark 411552@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>If when you have reported a blog you see nothing has happened then the owner probably sees this when they login:<br /> <a href="http://mark.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/flag-one.png" rel="nofollow">http://mark.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/flag-one.png</a><br /> and when they do get in touch we'll ask that the issue be fixed. It could be an ad, credit not given for content or other things that are solvable without the spam hammer dropping.<br /> So when people post here that they see the warning it's nothing to worry about - it is fixable.</p> <p>Replies. If you send in lots of reports - you know who are are above ;) - then I figure you don't want a reply to every single one. You know I'll be looking and dealing with them. If you do get one that hits a lucky patch of them I'll always let you know. I don't know what the biggest catch is from a single report because they branch out. If you have not sent a report or do so rarely I will always reply - I want you to know a real person did read what you wrote and did something about it.</p> <p>More info:<br /> You report a blog for a few spammy links. I check those links and find several other blogs linking to those same ones. I check those blogs too, look for spam patterns, look at signup dates, emails and check from there too. Some spammers are pretty stupid and they come here and get closed down fast. They are the ones you are more likely to see. The clever ones have been here for months if not years. They play a long and slow game. They look fine but they are really spammy. We are after those as much as the "get rich by clicking these links" people. So one report can lead a long way to a spiderweb of junk blogs while another report can be just the one blog.</p> <p>There is a lot of code that goes into catching these blogs and that is still developing. But there is also just me and in the end it's like any task priorities have to be decided. But between you, me and the code I think the bad blogs have a much sorter lifespan here and that's pretty good. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411546 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:54:47 +0000 husdal 411546@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Thanks for the clarification, Mark. Given the language barrier issues and my multi-linguality I guess I should become more specific in my reports, which will save you time when checking, so you can eradicate more spam blogs.</p> <p>After all, if there are half a million or so blogs created on WP every month, and if say 1% is spam that makes 5000, which is quite a number to wade through, especially if you need to sort the chaff from the wheat and not unduly penalize the accidental ad or affiliate link poster.</p> <p>On average 9 out of 10 of my reported blogs vanish from wp within 24 hours or less, and those who dont' I can most often understand why on closer inspection (usually just a small fish or a one-time offender), and sometimes Mark emails me back with a clarification or even thank you, if I got a big fish :-)</p> <p>wp.com is for blogging, not for splogging, that's why I keep reporting. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411545 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:40:58 +0000 bats0711 411545@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>I have been coming across a lot of 'spammy' blogs lately as I'm searching in wordpress. I've only reported a couple but Mark responded right away to my report. It must be so time consuming for you. and if it's frustrating to me, I can not imagine how frustrating it is for you. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411544 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:33:36 +0000 mark 411544@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Every report is looked at and acted on by me.<br /> There are a few ways I can tackle a blog from suspending to doing absolutely nothing to putting them on a list for irregular checking. It all depends what the reported offence is and what the actual offence is.</p> <p>If a spammer has more than one blog then they all go - if you report one blog I will always check for others and related blogs.</p> <p>Non-english blogs I do have a problem with. Between the staff we can read german, spanish, swedish, japanese, israeli, french and some others (vanillalounge is the multi-lingual guy). Google translate is used and if there is good detail in the report that is always helpful.</p> <p>I know there is a spam problem in the Indonesian blogs and that is for a variety of reasons. And it needs tackling. I want to do this in January. I want those who have made a genuine mistake to be able to fix their blog before the actual spammers are suspended.</p> <p>Searching.<br /> If I know an SEO contest term I'll get that tag feed. Some domains have automatic effects if linked to, other tag feeds are checked, signup information and targetted searches. It's trying to strike a balance between keeping the big guys at bay while also making sure enough of the little spammers get a very clear message. And also that people who are making a genuine mistake are not unduly penalised.<br /> How we deal with the bad stuff is getting more complex and that frees up time to then go looking for more. And it's because of time that one-off blogs may remain longer and I can only apologise for that.</p> <p>But please do report any blogs you think are spammy - they will be looked at.<br /> Promise. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411539 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:09:35 +0000 babaliciou5 411539@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Think I'll hunt some of them down tonite, husdal -- if got time!</p> <p>FYI, staff does check sometimes...well...less than most of us imagine at all. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411538 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:56:24 +0000 husdal 411538@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>@baba<br /> thanks for the tip...going hunting now...just kidding.</p> <p>As to <em>Methinks staff should go down checking more often and regularly</em>, methinks staff does not check at all. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411532 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:41:14 +0000 babaliciou5 411532@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>@husdal<br /> "dapat duit gratis" means "get easy money, free" and most of the times Indonesian wp bloggers use "uang panas" or "hot money" thus "online business. They can also be found on english speaking blogs because they neglect or simply don't know how to switch the language interface their blogs are primary written in.</p> <p>@rain<br /> I do THAT almost all the time at the other forums -Indonesian WP forums- and sometimes directly at those blogs but they go something like 'whotehfark arr yoo?' or 'knock...knock please KO my blog!'. GAH!<br /> I'm not anymore in the mood of reporting them anyway since they'll always create other like-minded blogs to denote their cretinoid malice againsts wp tos and types of blogs permitted. Methinks staff should go down checking more often and regularly. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411517 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:19 +0000 raincoaster 411517@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Yes, my Bahasa is rudimentary and I wouldn't even try. But I DID horrify an entire room of WP bloggers by saying that when i get cranky I deliberately go looking for blogs to ToS. </p> <p>Mwahahahahahahahaha </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411512 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:11:13 +0000 husdal 411512@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>/nod to baba<br /> I sometimes go spam hunting, and on occasion look for "dapat duit gratis" or whatever, but usually I have more than enough looking for English-speaking splogs. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411511 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:02:35 +0000 babaliciou5 411511@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>/nod to raincoaster<br /> And if you speak Bahasa, there are tons of free blogs here breaching and spoofing about wp.com tos either by putting ads or participating in seo contests or simply splogging whole bunch of automated contents for the sake of seo and sem. Bleh! </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411506 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:54:34 +0000 raincoaster 411506@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Apparently there are some cooking blogs playing these kinds of games as well. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411503 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:49:03 +0000 babaliciou5 411503@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>While you're at it, Mark, please check these tags too as they are SEO contest terms related. Thanks.<br /> <a href="http://www.google.com/m?client=ms-opera-mini&amp;channel=new&amp;q=site%3Aid.wordpress.com%2F+Kerja+keras+Energi+kita" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/m?client=ms-opera-mini&amp;channel=new&amp;q=site%3Aid.wordpress.com%2F+Kerja+keras+Energi+kita</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411502 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:34:05 +0000 mark 411502@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Superrefman is an SEO contest word.</p> <p>Chances the blog will be returned? Zero.<br /> We do not want blogs like that here.</p> <p><a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/seo-contests/" rel="nofollow">http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/seo-contests/</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411501 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:24:23 +0000 husdal 411501@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Please contact Support using the link provided in the dashboard when you log in. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411498 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:08:07 +0000 supportbot 411498@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.</p> <p>This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you'll find help at the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress.org forums</a>.</p> <p>If you don't understand the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, you may find <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/">this information</a> helpful.</p> <p>If you forgot to include a link to your blog, you can reply and include it below. It'll help people to answer your question.</p> <p>This is an automated message. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-suspended-9#post-411497 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:08:05 +0000 assurance01 411497@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I had another account with the url <a href="http://cretekikiboum.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://cretekikiboum.wordpress.com</a> and you suspended my account... i don't know why, my blog is clean and i didn't do anything wrong ?</p> <p>Can anyone tell me or re enable my blog ? please... </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408922 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:35:24 +0000 raincoaster 408922@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You're welcome. I don't know about your postal system, but the Canadian postal system makes it easy to calculate postal rates on the fly via their website. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408879 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:07:08 +0000 gorah 408879@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Raincoaster, forget the above – I cunningly managed to sort it by changing the example code from donate to buy now in the wordpress tutorial. </p> <p>All I have to do now is work out how to calculate different postage rates on paypal.</p> <p>I have to say, though, that this little foray into the underbelly of the internet has inspired me to educate myself and I will be starting a web design course as soon as I'm back in Bangalore</p> <p>thanks for your help </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408869 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:08:44 +0000 gorah 408869@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi Raincoaster</p> <p>I think I'm getting to the crux of it now.</p> <p>It seems the thing I am lacking is an appropriate image file. ie a Buy Now one. Can you give me any pointers as to where I can get one, as I'm lost?</p> <p>Cheers </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-408763 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:14:02 +0000 thesacredpath 408763@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>I've not tried this, but there is a possibility of using the trick of putting an HTML link as a page title that Panos has covered in this post: <a href="http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/page-tabs-as-external-links/" rel="nofollow">http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/page-tabs-as-external-links/</a> . Do note that it only works cleanly with the themes listed in the left column - for top navigation tabs - but it will work in all themes for the pages widget.</p> <p>What you would do is create a new page and then for the title of that page put the HTML code for a text link to the category page you wished to have as the main page. You would also need to create a standard "post page." You would then go to settings &gt; reading and set the page with the HTML text link as the "static front page" for the blog, and then set the posts page you created as the "posts page."</p> <p><a href="http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/page-tabs-as-external-links/" rel="nofollow">http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/page-tabs-as-external-links/</a><br /> <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-408753 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:32:11 +0000 raincoaster 408753@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>The only way I know of for the front (main) page of a blog to display only posts in a particular category AND update automatically is for the blog in question to contain posts in only that one category.</p> <p>You could make a static page and copy/paste everything onto that page, deleting one post from the bottom for each one added. That'll kill your search engine juice.</p> <p>Why not just register one blog for NEWS and one for Non-News trivia, and link from one to another in the sidebar? </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408720 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:31 +0000 raincoaster 408720@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>The information you got above is incorrect: the Buy Now button code does not work. The workaround you've done should function adequately, but if it bugs you just get a different image file and put the image in where the Donate button is. You can see that on my blog, where I've got the Operation Global Media Domination button instead of the Paypal one. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/selling-my-book-on-wordpress#post-408666 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:43:08 +0000 gorah 408666@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Okay, Mark and Raincoaster, maybe I'm Blog illiterate, but I'm really struggling here.</p> <p>I go through all the Wordpress Paypal help about creating a Buy Now button, then I create a Buy Now button ready to paste into the blog. The only problem I have is the actual clickable link ie the actual visual button. In the Wordpress tutorial, the example code says Donate and I can't find any information anywhere to help me make this a Buy Now button. So, to cut a long story short, I end up with a Donate button leading to a Buy Now Paypal scenario.</p> <p>I'm sure you're very busy people but I'd be very very grateful if you can help me with this, as the book is due out any day and I can't help think people are going to be put off by a Donate button when it should be Buy. </p> <p>Can you help at all?</p> <p>Cheers in advance. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-408460 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:13:46 +0000 justjennifer 408460@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>@rgeczi that site is not hosted on WordPress.com, so we won't be able to help you with that. You need to seek help over at <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/support/</a></p> <p><a href="http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1">Wordpress.COM or Wordpress.ORG? The difference</a></p> <p><a href="http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1"> 8 Things To Know Before Posting in WordPress.Com Forums</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-front-page-show-posts-just-to-one-category#post-408379 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:26:29 +0000 rgeczi 408379@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>This is something I am hoping to know as well. So, if anyone finds the answer, it will be X 2 people that will be greatful. :)</p> <p>I am a newbie to WP, and this thing is simple at times, and frustrating at times. At the moment, my site <a href="http://www.tf-jmsite.tflaa.com/blog" rel="nofollow">www.tf-jmsite.tflaa.com/blog</a> is SO bare bones, that nothing is being posted to the "home" area. I have a RSS feed that is feeding a category that I created, but I want that category to be displayed in the home page. With all the great things WP has, I thought this would be a major thing to include as one of the display options for new information.</p> <p>Or, maybe it's just me. ;) </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/appoint-blog-admin#post-405081 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:12:14 +0000 raincoaster 405081@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>But the admin deciding to delete the blog IS an admin, and can receive and approve that deletion. It happens quite frequently among certain flightless waterfowl. </p>