Anti-Spam Options - reCAPTCHA v2 Human Verification

(Note: This mod was renamed. The original name was "New reCAPTCHA Human Verification")

What is it?
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This mod adds reCAPTCHA v2 as an option in the Human Verification Manager.

Note: The original reCAPTCHA used default keys if you didn't enter your own, so you could leave the key fields blank. This version requires you to have your own keys for your domain. To create them, go to this page (click on the "Get reCAPTCHA" button). It may take a short time after creating the keys before they will work, so if you get "ERROR: Invalid domain for site key", wait a while and try again.

vb3 version is here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=315964

Installation:
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1) Upload the file in the "upload" folder to your server.

2) Import the product XML file from the Product Manager.

3) If you don't already have keys, go to this page and create keys for your domain. (If you already have keys you can get them from that page as well).

4) Go to Settings > Human Verification Manager, select "New reCAPTCHA" for the Verification Library, and click Save.

5) Enter your keys on the options page, and select the light or dark widget as desired (apparently white and black are the only options at this time). You could select "Audio" to default to audio instead of image for the challenge, but the widget seems to have a bug in it at the moment so I recommend leaving it set to "image". Click Save when you're done selecting options.

6) You can check the configuration and do a test by clicking on "Click here to test connection" which appears under the description in the Human Verification Manager.

7) Do a test registration (or other action that requires hv) to test that your keys are entered correctly and everything is working.

8) If you are upgrading from version 0.9, you can remove the file includes/class_humanverify_newrecaptcha.php (the one without the third underscore) from your server.

History:
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1.0 (Feb 22, 2015)

• Cached template (required renaming the uploaded file from
  class_humanverify_newrecaptcha.php to class_humanverify_new_recaptcha.php)
• Removed default keys (which didn't work anyway)
• Removed trademark symbols
• Changed execution order of plugins from 5 to 4, to make sure this product
  works with another HV add-on that has a bug.
• If "New reCAPTCHA" is selected when this mod is uninstalled, the hv library
  is switched to 'disabled'.
• Added a test option to print out more information about verification failures

0.9 (Dec 11, 2014)

• Initial Release

[kh99]

Originally Posted by cduguay

I'm confused with step 2:

2) Import the product XML file from the Product Manager.

Do I install the file (product-kh99_new_recaptcha_v1_0) in the "Includes" directory as well?

Thanks, Carl

No, you just need to put the xml file somewhere on your local computer, then when you use the product manager you will select that file to import.

[J45PER]

I'm having an issue where it fails to find the php file in forums/includes/class_humanverify_new_recaptcha.php'. with the error Did you forget to upload?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by J45PER

I'm having an issue where it fails to find the php file in forums/includes/class_humanverify_new_recaptcha.php'. with the error Did you forget to upload?

Sorry for the delay, I was away for part of the week. Anyway, are you still having that problem? If so it means the file is not in the right place, or else maybe the owner or permissions is not the same as the other php files.

[Cjl313]

Originally Posted by kh99

Sorry for the delay, I was away for part of the week. Anyway, are you still having that problem? If so it means the file is not in the right place, or else maybe the owner or permissions is not the same as the other php files.

Hi kh99, Is this mod compatible with this current mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248042 Spam O Matic. Or would you use I would say I would be better off installing this system and using this new reCAPTCHA v2 Human Verification? This just seems so much simpler and better for the site. Would love to hear your feedback. Thanks

[kh99]

Originally Posted by Cjl313

Hi kh99, Is this mod compatible with this current mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248042 Spam O Matic. Or would you use I would say I would be better off installing this system and using this new reCAPTCHA v2 Human Verification? This just seems so much simpler and better for the site. Would love to hear your feedback. Thanks

I don't know if they are compatible, but I don't see hwy they wouldn't be. As for which is better, I don't know that either. There are those who say that recaptcha is useless, but others seem to get along OK with recaptcha. I know a lot of people recommend spam-o-matic. I don't actually use either mod myself (but I also don't run a forum myself), I just created this interface to the new version of recaptcha because people were requesting it.

[Cjl313]

Originally Posted by kh99

I don't know if they are compatible, but I don't see hwy they wouldn't be. As for which is better, I don't know that either. There are those who say that recaptcha is useless, but others seem to get along OK with recaptcha. I know a lot of people recommend spam-o-matic. I don't actually use either mod myself (but I also don't run a forum myself), I just created this interface to the new version of recaptcha because people were requesting it.

Thank you for such a quick answer. It's very much appreciated kh99. I'm going to go ahead and install and hope for the best. If you don't hear from me that means it incorporated correctly. Hope you have a great rest of your day!

Great mod... will it be available for VB 5 ? A friend wants it but cant

[KyleSmith]

I have this enabled on my forum but still, bots are able to bypass it.

[EvoDarrenshan]

vBulletin Message

XML Error: Invalid document end at Line 251

[kh99]

When is that happening, when you import the product xml? No one else reported that so I don't think it's the file. Try downloading a new copy.