Kill SPAM

Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages, especially advertising, indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media. Spamming remains economically…

Support Forum Login Required

We’ve had a surge in SPAM and have suspended the public end of the support forum. You can of course login with your Ourlocality credentials to ask questions or to reply. I’ve reproduced the article I wrote on the Forum…

Free this week and the next

The OurLocality Network offers a free publishing network for anyone in or around East Lothian. Whether you have a one off project, need to setup an emergency website or have a slow burning idea that needs space to evolve, our…

Just a minute!

This post is not about the witty panel game that requires people to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, “without repetition, hesitation or deviation”. It’s even more boring than that. This post is about the often tedious record that follows an equally…

Ourlocality has just gone Green

We have just upgraded to WordPress 3.4. “Green” in honour of guitarist Grant Green, known for his soulful simplicity. Check for problems and report back. Simplicity is a refreshing constant in the WordPress philosophy so we try not to clutter…

Who gives a cookie?

Let’s face it the web can be a dangerous place. There are online scams. There are viruses. There’s phishing. There’s cookies, remember them? Crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle. While cookies are not likely to be exclusively…