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    • CommentAuthorbarfnuts
    • CommentTimeSep 26th 2007
     
    Hello..

    Although there is a new option in Beta 3.0 to "moderate" the comments, I have been getting an alarming amount of spam postings. Is there any possibility of adding a text/image validation code to be entered in before the post gets accepted? I'm not exactly sure of the proper name for the system, but it's where there's an image with a random code inside of the picture that the user would have to enter in before the post is accepted, with lines and dots and such where it would fool spam robots. Just a suggestion as it would definitely help in my case, and would alleviate any "moderation" that would have to be done. If not, is there any way to implement my own version of it?

    BTW, Thanks for the wonderful software.. other than this pesky spam business, it works extremely well. Congrats.

    Thanks,
    Travis
    • CommentAuthorjammindice
    • CommentTimeSep 26th 2007
     
    you're looking for a captcha... plogger has a captcha.php but i'm not sure if its used (no admin setting for "require captcha" that i could find).

    you could add you're own it shouldn't be too hard just google php captcha and you should get a bunch of hits... and they should have some easy directions on how to integrate it with your site.
    • CommentAuthorbarfnuts
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2007
     
    Thanks... I've read up on it now and it seems pretty straightforward... but I'm kind of a dunce with PHP... do you happen to know where in the Plogger code I would stick it?
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    you would add it to pictures.php in the theme you use between the form tags for adding a new comment, then make sure you validate the captcha before the comment is added

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