Mephisto - stopping spam with Akismet
Everyone hates spam. One effective (and free) way of preventing spam comments being published is to use an Akismet API key.
Obtaining and installing an Akismet key is very simple with Mephisto.
Mephisto - thickbox install
Having thumbnail images on your article will reduce loading time and does not interrupt the 'flow' of the page. However, linking to a full sized picture can mean multiple browser tabs or, worst of all, opening them in the same page.
Thickbox opens the full sized image in the same page 'on top' of the article. Clicking anywhere in the image will then close it to allow the reader to carry on uninterrupted.
Mephisto - code highlighter
Presenting highlighted code (css, ruby, javascript, html, etc) not only looks good but it's also easier for the reader to follow.
Installing the mephisto code highlighter plugin is relatively simple; the problem seems to be a lack of accurate documentation. This tutorial will show how to install the plugin and how to code your articles to make use of it.
Mephisto - tag clouds
Mephisto has a wide range of plugins, one of which produces a simple tag cloud.
Installing this plugin is pretty simple and this article also demonstrates which files need editing to change default text sizes and how to limit upper text sizes in different areas of your site.
Mephisto - comment notification
We're all busy and automatic notification is nearly always preferable to checking RSS feeds or logging onto a site every day.
With this plugin, you will be emailed the moment someone has left a comment on your website.
Mephisto - highlight admin comments
When comments are added to an article, it's nice to be able to reply as the article author and for the reader to know that it is actually the author replying.
This simple code change ensures that any author comments are shown differently from guest comments
Mephisto - installing
In this article we will install the Ruby on Rails based Mephisto blogging system.
We'll install the svn version so we have facilities for plugins and further expansion of our new install.
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