As reported earlier in Trackback HELL!, trackbacks without serious spam protection are just a big, wet kiss to the spammers.

Updating another site to Drupal 6, I tried to first export the database via phpMyAdmin for backup purposes. Alas, I simply couldn't get the thing to export using .zip; it always timed out. I had to export it without compression – and that made for a slow 71 MB. Read more about Trackback devilry again

Drupal's got a funny quirk when it comes to the "Read more" link it places after node teasers: the link hides, all shy-like, among other links below the teaser. "Aw, shucks, if you really want to read more... I mean, gawrsh, don't go out of your way or nothin'..."

Bah! I want that link to throttle the reader and demand that he read more! That he read it all! I'M WATCHING! Read more about Tweaking the Read More Tweak

Good God, I've been at the graphics software again. Restraining order be damned, I say!

The work I've now dubbed SEO, Traffic, and Revenue: Drupalace's Online Manual (STARDOM) is still very much in progress, with the next round of updates in the oven. But now that the upgrade to Drupal 6 is mostly taken care of, and a new theme garishly under way, I'll take up the long-neglected task of announcing the thing, and coughing up a STARDOM logo. Read more about Reach for STARDOM!

For the benefit and amusement of others, here's a rundown of some of the troubles adventures I had upgrading this site from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6. Read more about Checking out Drupal 6: Update upsets!

Yow! It's an all-new look! And not a great one, either – though that's my fault, not that of the wonderful 4 Seasons theme currently sitting in as a theme placeholder. (Text size or color not to your liking? See spiffy controls at upper left.) Read more about Checking out Drupal 6: What's going on around here!?