Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of ProtectionFromSpam
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- Nov 20, 2007, 4:07:51 PM (17 years ago)
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ProtectionFromSpam
v5 v6 3 3 4 4 == Preventing automated participant profile creation == 5 5 === Using reCAPTCHA === 6 6 User profiles may be used by automated bots for advertisements. To prevent automation, [http://recaptcha.net/ reCAPTCHA] system can be used. For every profile modification it displays an image containing two words that the user needs to input. While the image is quite easily solvable by human visitors, automated systems have problems solving the CAPTCHA image, and are therefore denied access. 7 8 === Enabling reCAPTCHA ===9 7 10 8 In order to use reCAPTCHA, you have to register your web site on [http://recaptcha.net/] and acquire a set of keys. Once the web site is registered, you need to add your keys to config.xml: 11 9 `<recaptcha_public_key>Alphanumeric string</recaptcha_public_key>`[[BR]] 12 10 `<recaptcha_private_key>Alphanumeric string</recaptcha_private_key>` 11 12 === Minimum credit === 13 You may also require a minimum amount of credit to create or edit a profile. 14 To do so, put a <profile_min_credit> element in your config.xml file 13 15 14 16 == Protecting message boards from spam ==