Let me know how Pete gets on with fixing comments to your blog to Slartibartfast since if he hasn't made any headway, I'll take a look and see what's going on. Seems a bit bizarre. I can only imagine that the A for Apple thing is somehow getting in the way of the validation of comment form data. I know you have chosen to not have this feature... but maybe something has crept into the mix since you made that decision?
I had forgotten about the MT Blacklist... that's a handy little utility since the Blacklist is site-wide and therefore everyone's blogs are protected against well known, listed spamming engines. I hate the fact that these spammers are geared purely for Google's benefit... I have to say that my spam has dropped from 300 odd, to zero! It was getting ridiculous!
I haven't got the URL as part of the comment submission form. Much of what I am trying to do is make commenting as simple as possible... when presented with a long form, I can lose interest in my original aim to share my experience, hence the simplicity of mine. I'm unlikely to change that to be honest, but as you will notice, am happy for people to hyperlink from within the comments - so long as the links support the context of the comment or author. I hear what you say about networking and the ability for the browser to save form data... I may think some more on this... cheers Andy.
Jonathan
Let me know how Pete gets on with fixing comments to your blog to Slartibartfast since if he hasn't made any headway, I'll take a look and see what's going on. Seems a bit bizarre. I can only imagine that the A for Apple thing is somehow getting in the way of the validation of comment form data. I know you have chosen to not have this feature... but maybe something has crept into the mix since you made that decision?
I had forgotten about the MT Blacklist... that's a handy little utility since the Blacklist is site-wide and therefore everyone's blogs are protected against well known, listed spamming engines. I hate the fact that these spammers are geared purely for Google's benefit... I have to say that my spam has dropped from 300 odd, to zero! It was getting ridiculous!
I haven't got the URL as part of the comment submission form. Much of what I am trying to do is make commenting as simple as possible... when presented with a long form, I can lose interest in my original aim to share my experience, hence the simplicity of mine. I'm unlikely to change that to be honest, but as you will notice, am happy for people to hyperlink from within the comments - so long as the links support the context of the comment or author. I hear what you say about networking and the ability for the browser to save form data... I may think some more on this... cheers Andy.