Use image verification before allowing comments?

  • geuis

    (@geuis)


    21 years, 4 months ago

    I forgot what the name of this technology is, but it seems like it would be perfect for stopping unwanted comments.
    Some websites like Yahoo require you to type in a code that appears in a graphic image before letting you register.
    I am in the process of adapting WordPress to be the CMS for an Indymedia site, http://www.imcmiami.org. One of the cool things about Indymedia sites is that they have an open-publishing policy. Anyone can post news articles anonymously.
    What I want to do is have an image verification process before people can post, and I think the same technology would help a lot of bloggers stop spam on their sites.
    Does anyone remember the name of this technology, and has anyone already implemented something like this?

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  • Mark (podz)

    (@podz)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    captcha
    http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam

    chiensavant

    (@chiensavant)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    I’m using Trencaspammers WP plugin and it works REALLLLY well 🙂 It’s called “Coffelius Graphic Code Generator” on the above web site.
    It took me 4 minutes to install. I tweaked it to my needs (I waisted most of my time finding which parameter to modify to create a smaller image) and the minute after I was freed of spam.
    I mean since I installed that plugin I’ve not been spammed ONCE. It use to be many dozens of spam a day before. So I really like this plugin, it already saved me a lot of time and I don’t find it too intrusive in my design.

    Thread Starter geuis

    (@geuis)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    I was trying an image hack I found AuthImage, but I can’t seem to get it to work. The last one that was recommended seems better and easier to implement.
    On a related topic, I want to disable comments from appearing in popup windows.
    The following code is in my index.php file for comments. How do I change it to make comments appear in the same page?
    <!–COMMENTS>
    <?php comments_popup_link(“comments ?”,”1 comment”, “% comments”) ?>
    <?php include (“wp-comments.php”); ?>

    Mark (podz)

    (@podz)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    Just inside the <head> section is this line:
    <?php //comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
    Yours might look like this:
    <?php comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
    Just make it like the top one to stop the popup – put the // back.

    Thread Starter geuis

    (@geuis)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    Ok, I added the Trencaspammer’s code. Works great!
    However, when you are done posting a comment, it refreshes the same comment screen without taking you back to where you were before.
    How can I get it to redirect the user back to the originating page they were at before making the comment?

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