Messages posted by: Carbonize

Well Lazarus has the ability to use a question/asnwer anti spam or have a look at this very old mod i wrote - http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic/4678/Adding-a-simple-human-verification-test.html

Well one way would be to read the source code and get the delete link from that or you could use phpMyAdmin if your host provides it and delete them directly from the database.

Failing that take a look at Lazarus.

Sites not even loading for me.

Back up your existing files then simply overwrite the old ones with the new ones EXCEPT config.inc.php.

Sounds like your IP has been blocked.

You can try deleting it in phpMyAdmin then I can give you the query to run in phpMyAdmin to recreate it.

As I stated earlier your host really needs to delete the file in question so you can remake it fresh. Wonder what they did to screw it up.

If you have phpMyAdmin simply go to the database that holds the guestbook tables and tick the book_captcha table. Then below the list of tables you will see the With selected: drop down list. Select Repair table.

You won't have acces to the file in question. Given that MySQL cannot touch it possibly it cannot delete it neither. Just pass my suggestion on to your hosts to deal with.

To be honest that says a lot about Godaddy's incompetence. MySQL stores it's data in files and the error is saying it cannot open the book_captcha.myi file possibly because the permissions have been changed on the server, it has run out of disk space or the file is somehow corrupted. You should be able to safely delete book_captcha and make a new one since it is only used to store the captcha characters.

Lol yes which is why I chose the name. I had been using AG for a few years and it hadn't been updated. Spam was becoming a problem so I started writing anti spam modifications for it and then other modifications. In the end I decided it was easier to just release my own version of AG. I chose the name Lazarus as it was symbolic of bringing the script back from the dead.

BTW you will find most hosts offer AG through Fantastico.

How can it be a front when there is only the free version? AG has only ever been updated sporadically anyway and the last update was over a year ago. This is one of the reasons for Lazarus.

Just made a test entry and it worked fine. The trouble is that error message covers a multitude of sins and entering the wrong captcha code is one of them. You may want to take a look at Lazarus if you want more accurate messages.

You just installed it and didn't edit anything at all? I would look for myself but your link doesn't seem to work for me.

It would depend on exactly what it is you require.