Messages posted by: bluescat

Image verification has been added to the script. It randomly generates a graphic with 4 or 5 letters and/or numbers on it. Before you can post a new message to the guestbook, you are asked to enter those 4 or 5 numbers in a box. If your numbers match the graphic, then your message gets posted.

Spam bots that scrounge around the internet looking for guestbooks to invade are unable to read the graphic and thus unable to "verify" the numbers therefore they are denied permission to access the guestbook. So far it has worked effectively for me. Of course if a human spammer wants to attack your website, then he can enter the correct image verification ... but I dont think there are too many human spammers out there going from guestbook to guestbook.

That's it! It worked. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the info but I ran into a problem. Here's what I did - I downloaded 2.4.1 and saved it into a directory called GB. I then opened up my FTP program and went to version 2.3.3. guestbook on my server. I went to the admin directory on my server and copied the config.inc.php file down to my hard drive into the admin directory of 2.4.1 where it overwrote the original config.inc.php file.

I then uploaded all the files in 2.4.1 to my server where it replaced the 2.3.3 files.

I then opened my browser and went to www.mywebsite.com/misc/update_db.php and I got the following error message:

"Please update config.inc.php first."

I thought I did update it by replacing the original version in 2.4.1. with the version I had in 2.3.3

Not sure what to do now. Any suggestions?

I just installed Advanced Guestbook 2.3.3. through an automatic script provided by my hosting service. I would realy, really like to upgrade to 2.4.1 so I dont get flooded with spammers. Can anybody tell me where I can find instructions on how to update from 2.3.3. to 2.4.1
Thanks.