If you have ever heard of a computer virus called
Stuxnet, watch this fascinating infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia's ABC1
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Any website no matter what type of software it's running on is vulnerable if certain elemental steps are not taken and carried through. A couple of high profiles websites have been attacked recently and in some cases a serious amount of data stolen. While some attacks are by sql injections and other back-end black magic into insecure code, it has also been revealed that something as simple as a weak password can allow
blackhat hackers gain full access to your site and it's content.
Read On...
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Watch this excellent video by Graham Cluley of
Sophos Security about how to choose, remember and store difficult to crack passwords. If everyone took his advice, information theft from websites would be much rarer.
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This is a small left side panel with a button members can click to report Spam on a particular page. Once reported, no one else can report that page.
Admins are notified of a spam report in the panel with a link to a page that displays the reported page, who reported it and the date.
Once the Spam has been dealt with, the report can be deleted and the button will reset for that page.
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The Tags system panel has been updated to include downloads. Just download the latest version
here. If you are using a previous version just overwrite all files and infuse. Do not defuse first as this will delete all previously inputted tags.
First time users, read the included readme for installation and configuration. This Addon is a standalone system and does not require the modification of core files. It can be installed and uninstalled without affecting your site.
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What it does:
Displays the latest Photo, Members, Forum Posts, Articles, Downloads, Comments and News Items in a collapsible side panel with an admin panel allowing you to set which sections display as well as the number of files to show in each category.
This is a great way to amalgamate several "Latest" panels into one, saving you a ton of space in your side panel.
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I'm currently working on a new theme "white". It's the theme this site is using at the moment and is a work in progress. It's designed to be a minimalist theme suitable for blogs, etc and will be a fast load, minmal graphics theme when finished. The header image on this site will not be part of it as it is too big most most tastes. The finished product will have a standard sized header and be fully tableless.
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