Thanks for getting back to me. I'd like to try and sort this without assigning admin priveleges in the first instance.

The pages display and function as if No Spam! were not enabled.

Hmm.

First off, although this is kind of obvious, are you certain that the plugin system is enabled and all the NoSpam! plugins are active?

AWESOME. Just installed it and tested it.

I have *NO IDEA* why scripts, web sites, forums, etc, etc.. .have EVER used "image verification" stuff. It's hard for humans to even read, and chances are the spam bots can read them better and continue on to whatever it is as a fake user...

It's SO EASY to just have a simple question + answer combination - why hasn't this been used since the beginning of new user verifications instead of image identification???? (I'm not asking you of course - I'm just frustrated the image identification system was EVER INVENTED)

Thanks a bunch for this hack!!! I've been receiving 2-3 spam posters a day for the those damn "pharmacy" messages. Hopefully this will clear up the problem!

Installed and test it. Great hack.
Thanx

Hi,

I imported the product and got this error during import :

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO plugin
(`active`, `executionorder`, `title`, `hookname`, `phpcode`, `product`)
VALUES
('1', '5', 'Cache the NoSpam! template', 'cache_templates', 'if ($vbulletin->options[\'nospam_onoff\'])\r\n{\r\n switch (THIS_SCRIPT) {\r\n case \'register\':\r\n if ($vbulletin->options[\'nospam_use_reg\']) {\r\n $globaltemplates[] = \'nospam\';\r\n }\r\n break;\r\n case \'search\':\r\n if ($vbulletin->options[\'nospam_use_search\']) {\r\n $globaltemplates[] = \'nospam\';\r\n }\r\n break;\r\n case \'newreply\':\r\n case \'newthread\':\r\n if ($vbulletin->options[\'nospam_use_post\']) {\r\n $globaltemplates[] = \'nospam\';\r\n }\r\n break;\r\n case \'sendmessage\':\r\n if ($vbulletin->options[\'nospam_use_contactus\']) {\r\n $actiontemplates[\'contactus\'][] = \'nospam\';\r\n }\r\n break;\r\n }\r\n}', 'nospam');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'executionorder' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Monday, April 9th 2007 @ 05:50:57 AM
Script : http://www.singapore-christian-netwo...ncp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.singapore-christian-netwo...?do=productadd
IP Address : 165.21.154.15
Username : admin
Classname : vb_database

Can u advise how to resolve?

Maybe it helps to install the hack that is meant for 3.5.x.

OK I have it installed. Please double-check my math --

1 + 2 equals...:3:three
2 + 1 equals...:3:three
1 + 3 equals...:4:four
3 + 1 equals...:4:four

Eric

Don't laugh, one other possibility is Roman Numerals. :rolleyes: Everytime I think I've covered all the bases, some new user complains about some weird (but other correct) answer it should have accepted. :p

Just a small question, if i install this mod on my forum and then download a style used on my forum (which i release here for free) will there be any template changes made to the style?

Or will i need to revert the template before downloading them?

Are any other plugins working? Do you have a line that says define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); or something similar in your config.php file?

You may need to make a template edit to the style, depending on whether the style has changed the strings that the hack searches for in the templates to include the NoSpam! template. Just test it on the style, and if it doesn't work, make the template edit described in the troubleshooting.txt file.

There's no line similar to that in the config.php file.

I've added $nospamfield above $imagereg in the reg and contact page templates, as suggested in the troubleshooting doc.

Here are some more questions:

What is 2 plus 3?:5:five
Please type "le m on s" without any spaces below.:lemons
Please type "c and y" without any spaces below.:candy
Please type "cho c ola t e" without any spaces below.:chocolate
What is 5 plus 4?:nine:9
Please type "ga m e s" without any spaces below.:games
Please type "m usi c" without any spaces below.:music
Please type "r em o te" without any spaces below.:remote
Please type "s p am" without any spaces below.:spam

Those won't do anything if the plugins aren't running, which they clearly aren't if information submitted through the forms is getting through just fine even without a NoSpam! input. You did definitely define your questions correctly and everything, I hope?

Thanks, installed and working fine. :)

nice, clicks install

I've found the problem! At the top of the Plugin Settings page there's the setting "If you would like to disable the NoSpam! system, please select No here."

It's set to 'No' by default. I've set it to 'Yes' and it all works. Mind you the question appears twice but I guess that's something in the template code!

I would suggest that the option question is simplified to make it clearer:

Disable the NoSpam! system? Yes (Disable) No (Active)

This is very useful, and I can see where it will come in handy. Glad I installed this before it becomes a problem.

/me click's install.

Just what i've been looking for

/Jamie1 installs

Installed and Thank You!

I still have version 2.0 installed and would like to upgrade to 3.0.
Do I need to uninstall the old version before installing the newer one? Or can I install 3.0 without uninstalling 2.0?

Yes you can. But remember to allow overwrite when you import the 3.0 version from ACP. :)

Thanks!

Going to give it a go right now...we're getting tons of spam at AfterHim.com

Thanks!

Much thanks for this mod - love it. Absolutely love it.

Installed, nice to see you have integration for my hack. Just an FYI. I'll be updating it so it works with 3.6, you may need to look over the integration code.

the images are not working for me i get a broken image with a bunch of %%%% to it

what images there are none?

that just gave me an idea...
wouldn't it be even more difficult for a (future) bot if the text of the question was written in a image?

the bot thinks its a normal image.. and... writes the question text instead of the answer..

so we know its a bot and not a stupid user.. and he can be automatically banned without risking to ban a normal user..

example:
question: HoW much i s two and 2?
written in verdana font on a transparent gif. A user will think it is normal text..
A bot will think its a captcha image... and will enter the text as written in the image ..
so if he writes it exactly (with spelling errors, typos and strange capitalization,
but not respecting the spaces in the sentence)

.. we know its a bot.. (even a "not so bright" user will at least add one space in the sentence)


Felix

Wow! Sounds like an AWESOME idea - I wonder how difficult it would be to implement though? Anyway - perhaps in the next "update"

Jacquii.

Great add-on! I was getting hit by tons of spambots and this killed them all.

How do I install this plugin. I can't seem to find the "product manager" under the Admin CP.

Is it the plugin manager that the instruction is referring to? If that is the case, what do I select for the following:

Hook Location?
Title (Does it matter what title I put?)
Plugin PHP Code ( Where do I get this code?

That image that im talking about i've added the html even tried bbcode and nothing comes up but a broken image

not sure I just use it regular with the 2 + 2 deal this way I know it works everytime and does what its suppose to do. maybe ill test it with images to see how it works but in that case I would use the other spam mod that has the images already.

wich?

ill have to find the link there way one that had 3 images and the user had to pick which one was like a dog or cat and the images were random.

i got it its cool

I upgraded just so I could use this one.

I would love to use this but when I try to import, after I enter my customer number, I get this:

Connection to source server failed. Check username and password

Can anyone help me?

EDIT:

Ok never mind. I found that I was trying to import it when I should have been doing it through the Product Manager.

Question:

Should captcha still be running? Mine is and I deem it pointless having two anti bot things.

So does anyone disable the captcha and just use this?