June 2015

Drupal 7: how to block the spam

A big problem for the owners of a web site is the spam by the bots. Me too in this little website that i made with Drupal 7 i had this problem and is for this reason that until some month ago i was usually moderate each single comment approving or deleting it and banning its ip but for me this was a boring operation. Really annoyed by the spam comment bots i decided to solve the problem and after...

Drupal 7: change the content type of a node

If we have to change the content type of some node in Drupal 7 the simplest solution is to work directly on the database. Drupal 7 stores the content type of a node in the database in the table node under the value type and if the node has comments there are references to them in the database in the tables field_data_comment_body and field_revision_comment_body under the value bundle . Understood...

Question mark in the battery icon on the smartphone Android Motorola

One of my Motorola Droid 4 yesterday decided to make me a little nervous, the phone in question has been purchased a few months ago in new condition, it has always worked perfectly, the battery is always lasted almost three days but always had a small problem with the GPS, to make the fix satellites he needed tens of minutes, a strangest thing considering that the other Motorola Droid 4 in my...

Remove the update notification to Windows 10 on Windows 7

In Windows 7 from few days is appearing an icon in the toolbar that notifies the possibility to upgrade for free to Windows 10 , clicking on it will start a guided tour that advertises the new OS and ends with the possibility of booking the free upgrade without offering the option to decline the invitation . I have not any intention of upgrade to Windows 10 , and i really do not like that icon in...