Title: Captcha Issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Captcha Issue
* [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/)
* On pages that i want people to be able to leave a comment without being a member
of our site it automatically uses the captcha to prevent spam. This is great
but there is one problem, the text box that you type the captcha into is only
wide enough to see one character at a time so you cant see the whole captcha
when you type it in. Is there any way to make that box wider so they see all
6 characters once they type the captcha in? Any help would be appreciated!
* Len
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* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732032)
* Unless you provide a link to a page demonstrating the problem, no one will be
able to offer much in the way of specific help.
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732036)
* Sorry, here you go…
* [http://socialskillscentral.com/forum/](http://socialskillscentral.com/forum/)
* Len
* [coopersita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coopersita/)
* (@coopersita)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732042)
* Which browser are you using. I went to that page in Safari and FF for Mac, and
the text field is fine. You can see all 6 characters at once.
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732049)
* i am using IE… here is a screen shot of how it looks on both my work computers
in IE…
* [http://www.socialskillscentral.com/captcha.jpg](http://www.socialskillscentral.com/captcha.jpg)
* Len
* [coopersita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coopersita/)
* (@coopersita)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732099)
* The code that adds the input field set the size to 0:
* ``
* And in the css, the size is reset to 45%:
* ```
.format_text input, #commentform input, #commentform textarea { width: 45%; padding: 0.214em; border-width: 0.071em 0.071em 0.071em 0.071em; }
```
* I guess Internet Explorer is having an issue with the 0 or the 45%. I would try
setting the width to a pixel size instead of %, and if that doesn’t work, I’d
try finding the template that is putting that size 0, and changing it.
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732277)
* cooper,
* The only site i been managing for someone i used an ftp since we hosted it so
i am not sure where to find that part of the code to edit. If i could download
all the folders for the site i would be able to find it but since i am new to
using their actualo editor i dont know where to go lol can you let me know where
you swe those 2 pieces of code? Thanks!
* Len
* [coopersita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coopersita/)
* (@coopersita)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732325)
* In the WordPress admin side, go to Appearance > Editor.
* In there, select “Stylesheet (style.css)”.
* Scroll until you find “.format_text input, #commentform input, #commentform textarea”
* In it, change the 45% to 25px (or any other number you think will do).
* If that doesn’t work. click on “Comments (comments.php)”, and look for
``
* Change the 0 to 6.
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732381)
* Not trying to sound like a total moron but i cant find either of those in either
page. I seem to not find any width for the comments form.
* [coopersita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coopersita/)
* (@coopersita)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732383)
* Sorry, the stylesheet is custom/layout.css I don’t know if you can access it
through the editos, since it’s in a separate folder. You may have to access it
via FTP.
* As for the comments template, I assumed it was in comments.php, since that’s
where most themes have it, but your theme may have it in a different file.
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732384)
* i searched both files and others i was able to access in the editor but couldnt
find that info anywhere. damn lol
* Thread Starter [SocialSkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialskills/)
* (@socialskills)
* [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-issue/#post-1732385)
* AHHH i got it! had to go into the thesis custom file editor not the other one
and there it was! Thanks everyone!
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