Advanced Guestbook - Markus Wepfer

Carbonize wrote:Yes your first mod is somethign I am adding to Lazarus for version 1.6 by request. The second is something I already have in Lazarus but I made Lazarus store both IP and Hostname.

great! I just finished work so that the human identification works with random words and not only armadillo. Just added a new table book_verify with an id and word field and than let it randomly pick a word that the user has to type. Maybe a good idea for you too?

I have already written the code for a Lazarus image verification option. I like my current human verification method because there is no limit to what it can be. You can use HTML to make it anything. Yes the random word option is good but would possibly confuse users as, and I mean this with respect, a lot of them are not that computer savvy. Trust me I should show you some of the emails I get asking for help

Lol

But aren't you afraid that they will adapt the bots to fill in smurphing (had a look at lazarus.. very kewl btw)?
Is it a realtime build jpg or one stored in a database?

I use GD to create the image so the image will be different every time. The characters are based upon an md5 hash of some characters generated with the form and the database username. Well the basics of it are anyway.

Carbonize:

I am having a problem with a spammer on guestbook version 2.3.1. I'm not a programmer so I'm limited per say. The spammer has different IP address all the time so its hard to stop. Do you have advice? Do you know if I can port over my guestbook entries into the new version of the guestbook and how to do it?

Update to version 2.4 of the Advanced Guestbook as it now comes with CAPTCHA (image verification).

Can I upgrade without losing my current entries in the guestbook? Could you help me in some way?

You copy the database information from your current config.inc.php file to the one in 2.4 then upload the lot and run the update file found in the new misc folder.

Dear Carbonize:

Can you do this for me? It's not my specality? I don;t wnat to mess stuff up. I trust you. I'll pay you to do this for us? I certainly can send you payment whereever you are in the world?

Scott

Never mind. I got it!

>>Hi I am also following this topic.

Not understanding too clearly.

The mod below is for v 2.3.1?

http://carbonize.co.uk/Board/viewtopic.php?t=125

Thanks
Dave<<

If you send me your FTP details I will do the update for you.

However I do not see this line of code in templates/form.php

if(document.book.comment.value == "") {

I see several similar ones however like

document.book.gb_comment.focus();

document.book.gb_name.value=trim(document.book.gb_name.value);

document.book.gb_comment.value=trim(document.book.gb_comment.value);

and so on but none like the one you mentioned on that page.

my gb v is 2.3.1

thanks
Dave

I know you said you would send me your FTP details but I never received them.

Okay. So I'm thinking of changing to Lazarus. Is there a way to transfer the current guestbook entries over to the new guestbook - with the current info intact; name, date, comments, etc?

Also, I had read a message a while back about coding Advanced Guestbook so it prompts you to enter an alphanumeric verification. I applied it to some of the guestbooks that I maintain and it reduced spam by 90%. But, I can't find it now to do the same to other guestbooks. Does anyone know of this coding?

Thanks.

Lazarus is based upon the Advanced Guestbook and as such it can use your existing AG database but requires you to run an update file.

Advanced Guestbook 2.4 and later comes with image verification to prevent spam.