We’ve had some problems with spam registrations for some of the Joomla websites I run. After a little browsing I found a free,  easy to use joomla plugin which solves the problem.

It’s called OSOLCaptcha and is a captcha plugin for the user registration, login, reset password, contact us and remind username forms. You only need to install and then publish the plugin for it to work and you can download it for free from here.

I finished the Warwick University Dancesport website last night and it’s now live at www.warwickuniversitydancesport.co.uk

That’s the last of the University Society websites I’ve been working on this summer.

I’ve been using WPTouch on this blog for a while now. WPTouch is a plugin for WordPress which allows you to use a different theme for mobile browsers. Test it by going to JoshuaScotton.com on your mobile!

The default theme is fine for my needs and since installing it and doing the initial configuration I haven’t needed to touch it for months. The plugin page is here but you can also click on ‘Add New’ from the Dashboard Plugins menu and install it from there. I’d highly recommend using it if your blog is on WordPress.

I’m now looking into a similar plugin which works with Joomla for some other websites I’m currently working on. It’s called Mobile Joomla and looks pretty good as well.

I’m on the exec as Webmaster/Photographer for the Kempo Ju Jitsu club at Warwick so one of my jobs this summer has been to redesign the club website. It went live last week at www.warwickkempojujitsu.com. Take a look!

I’ve been messing around with Google’s AppInventor following the invite I got last week.

Here’s my first app, it’s fairly simple and uses the TinyDB and the OrientationSensor objects which were fun to play with.

Ever had an argument about which direction North is? You haven’t? Just me? Well, if you had, you could have solved it on the spot with “Where’s North?!?”. Two players try to point the phone North. The closest player wins…

You can’t upload AppInventor apps to the market yet so you’ll need to download here or scan the barcode below. Make sure you have Settings->Applications->Unknown Sources ticked otherwise you won’t be able to install it.