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

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by DarkTinman

Thank you! Works like a charm.

I am a bit new to vbulletin, meaning I have only used it for about 3 months. The part of the super simple guide that I got a bit confused on was the import function.

My only thought is if you could make it more clear about the import function. I had never done a product import and accidentally didn't read into your import XML file very well. Even something simple as saying "Use the product import at the bottom left of your admincp" or something like would help.

Anyway, thank you so much for this. It looks like it works and I am hoping I can avoid having 500 bots register each week this time

Reading this article should give you a better idea on how to add various mods to your site, www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=201864

[kh99]

Originally Posted by DarkTinman

My only thought is if you could make it more clear about the import function. I had never done a product import and accidentally didn't read into your import XML file very well. Even something simple as saying "Use the product import at the bottom left of your admincp" or something like would help.

Sorry about that. As I'm sure you realize, most members know that part already. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to use a few more words for those who don't. In any case, you might want to check out the online vbulletin manual that's available on vbulletin.com (in the "support" section). It has some instructions for things like that.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Cool, thanks for the reply.

Of course.

[RichieBoy67]

Make sure you guys use a new key for each site. The global keys do not work.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Make sure you guys use a new key for each site. The global keys do not work.

Yes, and I had actually removed them from the code at one point but they somehow found their way back in to the release.

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by kh99

Yes, and I had actually removed them from the code at one point but they somehow found their way back in to the release.

lol That is google for ya bro!

This is a great mod! Thanks for doing it! :up:

[phriek]

Hi together,

i really would like to use this addon, but i have a general problem enabling these security features: i get the error "reCAPTCHA™ could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later.".
its the same when using the already implemented, old recaptcha or the image-verifikation, which says that the letters are not typed in correctly. does someone have an idea how to solve this?

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by phriek

Hi together,

i really would like to use this addon, but i have a general problem enabling these security features: i get the error "reCAPTCHA™ could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later.".
its the same when using the already implemented, old recaptcha or the image-verifikation, which says that the letters are not typed in correctly. does someone have an idea how to solve this?

You tried this new one and got that same error?

Check your server logs. It sounds like recpatcha cannot connect to your site. It could be your server firewall or something blocking.

[Snowhog]

Originally Posted by phriek

Hi together,

i really would like to use this addon, but i have a general problem enabling these security features: i get the error "reCAPTCHA? could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later.".
its the same when using the already implemented, old recaptcha or the image-verifikation, which says that the letters are not typed in correctly. does someone have an idea how to solve this?

We are afflicted with this as well. I obtained new keys by registering a second domain for our forum (the earlier one; registered pre-New reCAPTCHA; was for www.ourdomainname.com) without the www.

With New reCAPTCHA checked, and our chache cleared, we are also getting the error "reCAPTCHA? could not be verified due to server issues. Please try again later."

We really need an answer as to why, when others, who have posted in this thread, say they don't have this issue.

[Snowhog]

Discovered what is causing this error. It's the GlowHost Spam-O-Matic mod. I disabled it and made a test registration with the New reCAPTCHA option enabled. No error.

Update:

Maybe not! Still researching this problem.