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Michael Phillips wrote:
Hey Chris, glad to see you're back online! This could be helpful if I decide to switch from b2evo myself. (One day while at work I received comment spam on every single post!)
Looking forward to seeing your Perl-adventures blogged. ;)
Anand wrote:
I like b2evolution for its multiuser support, but I have to say, referrer spam is driving me insane. How well does the Referrer Bouncer plugin work? From the writeup, it looks like you have to manually add new spam domains to a txt file.
Bryan wrote:
Hey man. Nothing particularly relevant to add to the topic, just wanted to say nice job on the blog. ;)
ferrethouse wrote:
Referer spam is driving me insane too. I'm using b2evolution. Surely there is a way to deal with it without having to switch software. I really like b2evolution but am tired of banning IPs and domains in the .htaccess file. Let me know if your referer spam does go down on WordPress.
pamG wrote:
I adore b2evolution, but the lack of practical anti-spam tools took its toll. I switched to WordPress, which has seen dramatic improvement since I last checked it out over a year ago ( selected b2evo then). Bottom-line: its plug-in architecture, plus legions of fans, makes it kid's play to stop the spammers in their tracks. For the past 2 months, since the switch, I've done no tinkering with my .htaccess files, nor have I been forced to delete hundreds of spam comments. They can't get through, period. Between the BadBehavior & BadBehavior Blackhole plugins, plus Trackback/Pingback moderation plugins, I'm free to focus on blog content, as opposed to anti-spam efforts. Yes, I know it's a pain to even think about switching blog apps. But it can be done within a Saturday afternoon. Spam-free is worth the hassle, trust me!
BTW, don't worry if you have b2evo multi-blogs. They'll convert over to categories, using the above mentioned import script.
04/23/05: From b2evolution to Wordpress
Craving change, and having read up on Wordpress, I finally decided to give it a shot. The biggest catalyst for this change was probably the referrer spam and the occasional comment/trackback spam that I was getting with b2evolution.
The installation was a breeze, taking no more than 5 minutes. The problem, however, was getting my b2evolution data imported into my Wordpress tables. Wordpress has a number of importer scripts, including one for the original b2, but unfortunately b2evolution is different enough that this one doesn't work. After some searching on the Wordpress support forum, I found this thread linking to this file, which once renamed to b2evo2wp.php, did the trick.
Wordpress also seems to handle spam better, with some more configurable options for comments, and a plugin I found that bounces referrer spam, so hopefully there will be a noticeable difference in the next few days.
Overall, Wordpress looks to be a very nice blogging engine, though I cannot knock b2evolution either. Both have their benefits, but I think Wordpress is a better fit for me. Maybe now somebody googling to find out how to import b2evo data will find this.