Comments for The Burgess Blog http://burgessblog.wordpress.com Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Backup4All by alieksjii http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/10/26/backup4all/#comment-15 alieksjii Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:05:34 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/10/26/backup4all/#comment-15 <a href='http://985.3xb.at/' rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some links that I believe will be interested Here are some links that I believe will be interested

]]> Comment on links for 2006-04-12 by wsrhtrytui http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2006/04/11/links-for-2006-04-12/#comment-14 wsrhtrytui Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:30:28 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2006/04/11/links-for-2006-04-12/#comment-14 <a href='http://1674.ccws.at/' rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some links that I believe will be interested Here are some links that I believe will be interested

]]> Comment on Response to comments by Andy http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/02/response-to-comments/#comment-5 Andy Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:00:27 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/02/response-to-comments/#comment-5 <blockquote>Editing CSS does not have the same security issues involved</blockquote> Not so. It's possible to execute javascript code via CSS stylesheets.

Editing CSS does not have the same security issues involved

Not so. It’s possible to execute javascript code via CSS stylesheets.

]]> Comment on Microsofts hompages; live.com and start.com by JT http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/09/microsofts-hompages-livecom-and-startcom/#comment-4 JT Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:34:42 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/09/microsofts-hompages-livecom-and-startcom/#comment-4 Sounds and looks like another My Yahoo, and so on. From what I hear on the last episode of TWiT it will have features from Microsoft that you can use similar to Google. Also, Why is Microsoft always so behind? Sounds and looks like another My Yahoo, and so on. From what I hear on the last episode of TWiT it will have features from Microsoft that you can use similar to Google. Also, Why is Microsoft always so behind?

]]> Comment on Response to comments by JT Ray http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/02/response-to-comments/#comment-3 JT Ray Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:57:10 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/02/response-to-comments/#comment-3 Did you turn on word verification http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1203 if not that may have been the reason for all the comment spam, Dvorak mentioned it a few TWiTs back and it has worked like a charm for me. Did you turn on word verification http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1203 if not that may have been the reason for all the comment spam, Dvorak mentioned it a few TWiTs back and it has worked like a charm for me.

]]> Comment on WordPress needs work by JT http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/01/wordpress-needs-work/#comment-2 JT Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:04:04 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/01/wordpress-needs-work/#comment-2 I thought you were liking Blogger? Now the switch, what is next for your blog as well as the podcast? I thought you were liking Blogger? Now the switch, what is next for your blog as well as the podcast?

]]> Comment on WordPress needs work by Yulia http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/01/wordpress-needs-work/#comment-1 Yulia Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:19:05 +0000 http://burgessblog.wordpress.com/2005/11/01/wordpress-needs-work/#comment-1 It's quite simple really. Wordpress themes use raw PHP rather than the template tags used by other tools like Blogger and MT, and it simply isn't safe to give unlimited and possibly inexperienced users the power to write and execute PHP on a free hosted service like this. So HTML customisation is out, unless some kind of templating engine replaces the raw PHP and I know the developers have never been keen on that idea. Editing CSS does not have the same security issues involved, however discouraging people from personalising their blogs has the advantage of <a href="http://andy.wordpress.com/2005/09/16/kubrick-headers-part-one/" rel="nofollow">strengthening the wordpress brand</a> because all WP.com blogs are instantly recognisable as such. I guess in answer to your second problem, you could always try using the latest development version of WP on your self-hosted blog, very similar to wordpress.com but you have to be aware that it is not supported and could break at any time. :) It’s quite simple really. WordPress themes use raw PHP rather than the template tags used by other tools like Blogger and MT, and it simply isn’t safe to give unlimited and possibly inexperienced users the power to write and execute PHP on a free hosted service like this. So HTML customisation is out, unless some kind of templating engine replaces the raw PHP and I know the developers have never been keen on that idea.

Editing CSS does not have the same security issues involved, however discouraging people from personalising their blogs has the advantage of strengthening the wordpress brand because all WP.com blogs are instantly recognisable as such.

I guess in answer to your second problem, you could always try using the latest development version of WP on your self-hosted blog, very similar to wordpress.com but you have to be aware that it is not supported and could break at any time. :)

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