hackblog@wonderwinds

Thanks EdB, great to have this classy plugin for v2.

At the option of registering, plugin presents this error:

Notice: Array to string conversion in /home/asamblea/public_html/inc/_core/ui/forms/_form.class.php on line 425

Can orient me?

That sucks! I left a comment on your blog just to see if I had a problem with that part of it, but it went through okay. I'll set up a test installation with your locale to see if I can duplicate it. Registering with my locale (en_US) works okay so ... ?

Gimme some time on it and I'll get 'er done.

What multi-lingual multi-user multi-blog open source app powers this blog?
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/jummecom/public_html/inc/_misc/_misc.funcs.php on line 3197
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A:
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JB I see that you're not using the plugin at this point. Were you getting that error with comments or with registration? Oh okay. I see now that you are running v1.10.2 which is fine, but this plugin won't help you with that version. Somewhere around here there is an older version of the plugin that I'm pretty sure will work with 1102.

Miguel it's a bug. I will email you when I kill it.

Thanks for reviewing the problem ..
I pending...

Thanks to solve the problem ...
Maximum efficiency friend EdB.

Thanks for the plugin - great idea!

I just installed it and encountered a bug; I get

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in .../inc/_misc/_misc.funcs.php on line 3197

and the test always fails. The answer box also shows up as A: A[box]AAA

TIA!

(b2evolution-1.10.3-2007-11-01)

Same problem as JB (above) with the same reason: you're version of b2evolution is too old for this plugin. Somewhere on my blog is an older version of this plugin. That's what you need.

For those using b2evo v1.10.3 and want this feature you need the older version of this plugin.

Thanks much, EdB - the old version works great! Sorry I posted before RTFM.

Will this work for trackbacks too?

Sorry, read the readme.html and it answered my question. I would sure like to see a good way to keep people from spamming my trackbacks.

taydeko

Hi taydeko. I hear you! I would like to turn on trackbacks, but so far I haven't found a method to stop the spam that I like.

I've been thinking lately about trying to make this plugin work for trackbacks, but really what is needed is a way to generate unpredictable trackback URLs that will change over time. That way even when the spammers get you through search engines it won't matter because your TB_URL changed.

Sorry about that, but hey it works GREAT on comment spammers. D

What a great plugin. I've been looking for something to encourage commenting and this really fits the bill. Most people aren't going to register just so they can leave a comment

Hi wdawe. Yeah this one is good clean family fun eh? Exremely easy for your server to deal with, and even easier for real humans out there, but spam-bots simply aren't getting through it.

BTW I *love* your question and answer D

Another Gem, so where's the mine eh!

This one is probably my best contribution to b2evolution because it flat-out stops comment spam. Unfortunately I think sometimes it stops people from commenting because maybe ... I dunno. Like, they maybe don't see the box down below or can't figure out what the answer is supposed to be or ... I dunno.

The mine? I see what I don't like then see things I like then beat the two together with a keyboard until something shows up that makes me happy

Hello EdB,
I always though it was hammer it to fit (ok, you are using your keyboard), and paint it to match (the end results).

Well, you do seem to chip away at the problems.

EdB

Thanks for this plug in. Haven't tried it yet but just wanted to pass on best wishes and make this observation. I searched and I mean searched - google and b2evo for a non-image based captcha plugin or hack.. I never thought to use turin test, but did search on every combo I could think of around text-based question, text captcha, non-image captcha, you name it, but never found a reference to yours. I finally got help in the hacks forum inb2evo.. I have a similar hack on my website PhpBB forum for registration and it works beautifully. I just wondered if you could find some way to get yours wider recognition for more general searches by newbies like me. I am sure it deserves to be more widely "findable"

Hi richard. um... "Turing Test" pretty much means text-based testing to determine human or not, so why wouldn't I call it that? Anyway I can't help what the search engines index and pretty much don't put too much effort into it anyway. I guess I could ... should submit this link as an antispam plugin for v2.* since it doesn't show up in that listing.

Hey dig this: CAPTCHA according to wikipedia means "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart". I didn't know that until just now, but that means a captcha is, technically speaking, a turing test! Since this plugin is actually not completely automated it makes sense to not refer to it as such eh?

Anyway I'm glad you like it. This and visiglyphs are two of my faves out of the plugins I've done. I should try to make it work on trackbacks but ... well heck I'm not into trackbacks so I'm not really bothered by not having it do it's thing there

EdB,

Thanks for another plugin. We've started to get a lot of junk from our Contact Form.

I wonder if it would be easy to add a checkbox to "Display on Contact Form" only checkbox. This would be great for us because comment spam is rare.

Just wanna say thanks for Plugin for V220

EdB, I think I found a bug with either the turing test plugin or b2evolution, to wit:
First, enable the Turing Test plugin. In the backoffice, under Posts/Comments, pick a published blog post and click on the "Comment" button below the post. This should enable the logged in user to leave a comment on that blog from within the backoffice. I'm using b2evo 2.4.5, and I don't have any anti-spam measures (i.e. Turing Test) displayed for this comment form. Clicking on the "Send Comment" button generates a failed Turing Test error message (my comments and message form "Answer if Wrong" reply).

If I disable the Turing Test plugin, I can submit comments from within the backoffice without a problem.

Just FYI and I'll be happy to provide any additional information to help resolve this issue.

Thanks for a great plugin!

Holy crap that is awesome. What I'm thinking is that it doesn't know you're okay to comment because you didn't comment from the public side BEFORE commenting from the admin side.

What a totally cool bug!

And yeah when I confirm this it'll still be a bitch to know if it is me or b2evolution. See if b2evo gives a hook that can affect commenting in public but not private AND the thing that affects public affects private then it is b2evo at fault. OTOH if the hook exists to duplicate in private what is done in public then it is my thing to fix.

What version of b2evo are you running? NM - I'll just check out your web page and find out

Yeah so now I see that you are running the same version that I am, and I must confess I think it is possible I've never commented from this location before.

Holy Moley you're the reCAPTCHA person! AND you have the only visiglyph I've ever noticed that looks like it is smaller than all others due to the outer blocks being plain empty white space.

Investigation into this bug begins the moment I click "send comment" from my admin area...

TESTING FAILED!

Here I am on the public side after pasting in a comment from the admin side that failed to post due to TuringTest. Therefore "bug confirmed - thanks for the report". I absolutely will do something about this ... but I don't know what or when.

Thanks for the follow up. I'm glad to know it wasn't just me ('cause that happens more than I'd like!).

Yeah, I'm the reCAPTCHA person.
Let me know if I can help out in anyway.

Just real quick, I did leave the message above (@13:29), but I noticed that the visiglyph was different from my original one. I used a different email address for the second comment which explains that. Hope I didn't throw anyone off following the conversation!

Damn but I totally love smart visitors!

if( ckm == male ) {
:tits: for you!
} else {
:dick: for you!
}

(here's hoping everyone loves an immature bastard )

Here's a quick hack I did to fix the bug I found above (I'll quote the whole function):

_turingtest.plugin.php:
function BeforeCommentFormInsert( & $params ) {
if( ! empty($params['is_preview']) ) {
return;
}
// added code to check for logged in users
if ( ! (is_logged_in() ) ) {
// end added code
$submitted_answer = isset($_POST['answer_turing_test']) ? $_POST['answer_turing_test'] : '';
if( $submitted_answer != $this->Settings->get( 'answer' ) ) {
$this->msg( $this->Settings->get( 'reject' ), 'error' );
}
// added code to check for logged in users
}
// end added code
}

This works for me, but YMMV. HTH.

Hi ckm. Just wanted to say I haven't forgotten about this. I marked the email as unread so's I'd remember to get back here

So that'll work but the thing is if a user selects "no one gets a free pass" then logged in users actually would get a free pass even if they were commenting from the public side.

So I finally dug deep. We need a new hook else a 'clean' solution is out of the question. Meanwhile I'm thinking I can use $_GET to make sure you're coming from the back office - then give you a free pass. It is almost the same, only a little bit more tight in terms of matching the solution to the problem.

Blue Skies!

Okay using $_GET was a bad idea because comment_form.php isn't in the back office. BUT I mixed ckm's solution with a bit more code to make sure it doesn't over-ride the settings. So I'm writing this from the back office, which is actually a nicer place to read comments than the front side. If all goes well this comment will post!

And then I get to see if my visiglyph plugin can work from back here...