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Adding a simple human verification test

Carbonize — GMT

Ok after numerous requests I have decided to write this mod to let you add a test to make sure the poster is human. It's not infallible and will not stop human posters from spamming. If you don't fancy trying to edit the files yourself you can find them pre edited at http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/

For Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 (instructions for 2.2 are after)
For 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 follow 2.3.2

Open templates/form.php

Find[code]if(document.book.gb_comment.value == "") {[/code]

replace that with[code] if(document.book.bottest.value == "") {
alert("$LANG[ErrorPost12]");
document.book.bottest.focus();
return false;
}
if(document.book.gb_comment.value == "") {[/code]

next find[code]

$HTML_CODE
$SMILE_CODE
$AG_CODE

[/code]

Replace that with[code]
Human Verification:
To prove you are not a bot please type the word ARMADILLO into the box below.

$HTML_CODE
$SMILE_CODE
$AG_CODE

[/code]

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php UNLESS you are using the guestbook as a module in PHP Nuke in which case make these changes to index.php

For 2.3.1 find[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';[/code]

replace with[code]$gb_post->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';[/code]

For 2.3.2 find[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($_POST["gb_name"])) ? $_POST["gb_name"] : '';[/code]

replace with[code]$gb_post->bottest = (isset($_POST["bottest"])) ? $_POST["bottest"] : '';
$gb_post->name = (isset($_POST["gb_name"])) ? $_POST["gb_name"] : '';[/code]

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find[code]var $name = '';[/code]

replace that with[code]var $name = '';
var $bottest = '';
var $bottestanswer = 'armadillo'; /* this is the answer to the question. It must contain no ' */[/code]

Next find[code]if ($this->name == "") {[/code]

and replace that with[code] if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
$this->bottest = addslashes($this->bottest);
$this->bottestanswer = addslashes($this->bottestanswer);
}
if ($this->name == "") {[/code]

Now find[code]} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

Replace with[code] } elseif ($this->bottest == '') {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost12"]);
} elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->bottestanswer)) {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost13"]);
} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

Next find[code]$HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";[/code]

and replace it with[code]$HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "bottest."\">\n";[/code]

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find[code]$LANG["ErrorPost11"] = "You forgot to fill in the Comment field. Please correct it and re-submit.";[/code]

and replace it with[code]$LANG["ErrorPost11"] = "You forgot to fill in the Comment field. Please correct it and re-submit.";
$LANG["ErrorPost12"] = "You forgot to fill in the Human Verification field. Please correct it and re-submit.";
$LANG["ErrorPost13"] = "The Human verification answer you supplied is wrong. Please correct it and re-submit.";[/code]

Save and close the file and you are done.

[b]INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2.2[/b]

Open templates/form.php

Find[code]if(document.book.comment.value == "") {[/code]

replace that with[code] if(document.book.bottest.value == "") {
alert("$LANG[ErrorPost12]");
document.book.bottest.focus();
return false;
}
if(document.book.comment.value == "") {[/code]

next find[code]

$HTML_CODE
$SMILE_CODE
$AG_CODE

[/code]

Replace that with[code]
Human Verification:
To prove you are not a bot please type the word ARMADILLO into the box below.

$HTML_CODE
$SMILE_CODE
$AG_CODE

[/code]

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php

find[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"] : '';[/code]

replace with[code]$gb_post->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"] : '';[/code]

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find[code]var $name = '';[/code]

replace that with[code]var $name = '';
var $bottest = '';
var $bottestanswer = 'armadillo'; /* this is the answer to the question. It must contain no ' */[/code]

Next find[code]if ($this->name == "") {[/code]

and replace that with[code] if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
$this->bottest = addslashes($this->bottest);
$this->bottestanswer = addslashes($this->bottestanswer);
}
if ($this->name == "") {[/code]

Now find[code]} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

Replace with[code] } elseif ($this->bottest == '') {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost12"]);
} elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->bottestanswer)) {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost13"]);
} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

Next find[code]$HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";[/code]

and replace it with[code]$HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "bottest."\">\n";[/code]

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find[code]$LANG["ErrorPost11"] = "You forgot to fill in the Comment field. Please correct it and re-submit.";[/code]

and replace it with[code]$LANG["ErrorPost11"] = "You forgot to fill in the Comment field. Please correct it and re-submit.";
$LANG["ErrorPost12"] = "You forgot to fill in the Human Verification field. Please correct it and re-submit.";
$LANG["ErrorPost13"] = "The Human verification answer you supplied is wrong. Please correct it and re-submit.";[/code]

Save and close the file and you are done.

Carbonize — GMT

there was a small cock up above. In add.class.php it should be
[b]var $bottest = '';[/b]
and not
[b]var bottest = '';[/b]

Jozilla — GMT

I integrated the mod in my guestbook this morning, and it works fine. Thanks! Let's hope that it stops the spam.
However, I had to correct a slight mistake in the last change in lib/add.class.php, otherwise the answer would always be empty:

In the following line, the '$' in front of [i]bottestanswer [/i]is wrong.
[code]elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->$bottestanswer))[/code]

Correct line:
[code]elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->bottestanswer))[/code]

Carbonize — GMT

Two mistakes isn't bad for a mod I made up as I typed it in here lol. Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

fng — GMT

I have included the mod into one of my guestbooks, including the error fix but now i'm getting a
Guestbook - Error
You forgot to fill in the Name field. Please correct it and re-submit.

i''m running ad_guestbook 2.3.1 and double checked all the changes, of course i put in a name in the name field as well as the human verification check.

Any ideas?

Carbonize — GMT

You've either made an error in addentry.php or add.class.php. Email the two files to me at webmaster@carbonize.co.uk

Carbonize — GMT

Whoops just fixed the error I had above. It should of been
[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($_POST["gb_name"])) ? $_POST["gb_name"] : '';[/code] in 2.3.x :oops:

fng — GMT

working really good now! thanks for the great mod and the fast fix.

Lady Rando — GMT

[quote="fng"]I have included the mod into one of my guestbooks, including the error fix but now i'm getting a
Guestbook - Error
You forgot to fill in the Name field. Please correct it and re-submit.

i''m running ad_guestbook 2.3.1 and double checked all the changes, of course i put in a name in the name field as well as the human verification check.

Any ideas?[/quote]

I'm getting this same error.

Carbonize — GMT

Check the updated version of the instructions at the top.

Lady Rando — GMT

Carbonize, even though my guestbook says it's 2.3.1 the coding in addentry.php looks like this:
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"] : '';

instead of this:
$gb_post->name = (isset($_POST["gb_name"])) ? $_POST["gb_name"] : '';

Carbonize — GMT

Actually 2.3.1 should say
[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';[/code]

Looks like I will have to alter that bit so it has sections for 2.2, 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 :|

Lady Rando — GMT

Thanks, I'll go give that a try.

Lady Rando — GMT

This is what I did and I'm still getting the error:

$gb_post->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';

Carbonize — GMT

got a link?

Lady Rando — GMT

http://www.dowitstudio.com/AdvancedGuestBook/

Carbonize — GMT

Ah you messed up the form.php file. Send me an email and I will send you a fixed form.php.

Carbonize — GMT

And you need to open email.php and add [b]border="0"[/b] to the image tag.

Lady Rando — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]And you need to open email.php and add [b]border="0"[/b] to the image tag.[/quote]

Where do I insert that in the email.php?

Carbonize — GMT

Ok just added fix for when they preview the entry.

parse error

soundoholic — GMT

Sorry if this is stupid but I'm still learning html.

When I click on sign the guest book i get:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/juddhoo/public_html/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 191

Carbonize — GMT

email me the file in question.

Carbonize — GMT

Somehow you messed the file up and added extra characters
[code]† † †$this->bottest = addslashes($this->bottest);
† † †$this->$bottestanswer = addslashes($this->$bottestanswer);
† † }[/code]
I have fixed it and sent it back to you.

soundoholic — GMT

Thank you!!!!

Now that is service!

Lady Rando — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]And you need to open email.php and add [b]border="0"[/b] to the image tag.[/quote]

Thanks, I pasted this to my email.php. I'm still getting the same error from the messed up form.php file.

Lady Rando — GMT

I got your form.php and replaced mine with yours. Still getting the error message.

Carbonize — GMT

In your addentry.php do you have
[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';[/code]
which is what you soild have or do you have
[code]$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"] : '';[/code]
which only 2.2 users should have.

Carbonize — GMT

Ok just fixed a minor typo I had where I had put $this->$bot when it should just be $this->bot. Anyway I know it is now working fine as I have implemented it on my sites guestbook.

Human Verification Not a Required Field

tienlung — GMT

Hi there!

I made your changes to my guestbook, but the verification isn't a required field.

Any ideas what I missed? I thought I got everthing.

Is there a quick fix?

Thanks in advance!

KC O'Brien

Carbonize — GMT

hm yes javascript would be a good idea. it is a required field technically as you cannot post without it ;)

open form.php and find
[code] if(document.book.gb_comment.value == "") {[/code]
and replace with
[code] if(document.book.bottest.value == "") {
alert("$LANG[ErrorPost2]");
document.book.bottest.focus();
return false;
}
if(document.book.gb_comment.value == "") {[/code]

Can't find the line of code in the 2.3.2 update form.php

tienlung — GMT

I can't find that particular line of code in the most recent version of the form.php file.

I've tried searching and I've gone through it manually...Do I need to upload a different version?

TIA

KC O'Brien

Carbonize — GMT

What version you using ?

Carbonize — GMT

For 2.2

open form.php and find
[code] if(document.book.comment.value == "") {[/code]
and replace with
[code] if(document.book.bottest.value == "") {
alert("$LANG[ErrorPost2]");
document.book.bottest.focus();
return false;
}
if(document.book.comment.value == "") {[/code]

I made a mistake in my last post for 2.3.x which is now fixed.

I've got to be missing something...

tienlung — GMT

I made the changes you noted and I can still post without verification. Could you give it a try...maybe it's just my browser??

www.falkorboxers.com/comments/index.php

TIA

KC O'Brien

Carbonize — GMT

Did you make all the changes required to add.class.php ?

phark — GMT

I installed this mod on my 2.3.2 Guestbook and it seems to work. One bug I did find, though...

If you leave the verification word blank, a message window pops up saying that "You forgot to fill in the Message field. Please correct it and re-submit."

Any advice on how to fix this?

Thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

Yes I fixed that earlier today. You must of done the mod before then. Anyway open up form.php and replace
[code]alert("$LANG[ErrorPost2]");[/code]
with
[code]alert("$LANG[ErrorPost12]");[/code]

phark — GMT

Thanks buddy... works like a charm now!

sheena — GMT

In 2.3.1 it says look for that code so does that mean to replace with the codes in 2.3.x? It's not detailed enough. Some versions have full instructions.

Carbonize — GMT

If it states 2.3.x then it applies to 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 but if it states a specific version then it is for that version only. There are some changes between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 that I had to fit in.

stoli — GMT

I've tried the mod a few times, but always get the same results. The headers for the guestbook change, taking away the date info, and the links to sign the guestbook and to go to the admin.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Carbonize — GMT

Send me your form.php, addentry.php and add.class.php files.

Simple Human Test Repost ?

GarySmith — GMT

Carbon,
Could you please edit your patch directions to correct the different errors/issues and then repost it here? It would make having to do this so much less of a pain in the *ss.

Thanks,
Gary Smith

Carbonize — GMT

Looked simple enough to me. Now rewritten which means I am not expecting any more emails/posts that it's not working.

Hso — GMT

could someone possibly post the entire page of code, please? i can't seem to find some of the code to replace...
also, is there any way to add a registration page for Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1? some stupid spammers are constantly posting poker links on our guestbook Y_Y

JTD — GMT

[quote="Hso"]could someone possibly post the entire page of code, please? i can't seem to find some of the code to replace...
also, is there any way to add a registration page for Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1? some stupid spammers are constantly posting poker links on our guestbook Y_Y[/quote]

If you would do some reading and use the [size="18"][color="red"][b]SEARCH[/b][/color][/size] function located at the top of the forums. You would see all sorts of ways to stop spammers.

GarySmith — GMT

JTD,
Please don't be condescending.

JTD — GMT

[quote="GarySmith"]JTD,
Please don't be condescending.[/quote]

Gary Smith please teach people how to use the [size="24"][color="red"][b]SEARCH[/b][/color][/size] button. Thats what the stickies that carb and aron have made so we dont have to constantly repeat ourselves!

addentry won't write to db after modifications

sunshine — GMT

Hi there,

I implemented the mods for human verification and all looked good until I tried to post a test message - no go. No error - just no entry to the book. I think I may have gotten lost in the lib/add.class.php mods for 2.3.1 - any suggestions? (Like the original file? I didn't keep a backup, of course )

Thanks so much!

Auron — GMT

get the original file and apply the mod to it again and then upload it replacing the old.
see if that works.

electra — GMT

Could someone point me in the right direction. My problem is that if I enter a wrong verification word, it still posts. If I enter the correct word, it posts like it's supposed to. If I leave the line blank, I get the error message. I've upgraded to 2.3.2 from 2.3.1, I've done the mod 3X, checked my chmod permissions and triple checked my pasting of the mod to the files. I don't want someone to fix it for me, I can only learn by doing it myself, but I am just stuck. Thanks much in advance.

Carbonize — GMT

Email me your addentry.php and add.class.php files. I wil check them and return them fixed and your original copies with the mistakes marked.

Auron — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Email me your addentry.php and add.class.php files. I wil check them and return them fixed and your original copies with the mistakes marked.[/quote]

If I had any money Carb' I'd send you some!

Carbonize — GMT

Whoops my bad. I missed off one of the replacements when I did the rewrite :|

in lib/add.class.php

Now find[code]} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

Replace with[code]
} elseif ($this->bottest == '') {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost12"]);
} elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->bottestanswer)) {
return $this->db->gb_error($this->db->LANG["ErrorPost13"]);
} else {
$this->url = trim($this->url);[/code]

electra — GMT

Thanks Carbonize, you made my day. I was pulling my hair out.

Error message when trying to post

Ahroo — GMT

Hi! I'm running Adv. GB 2.3.1. I made all the corrections, including this last one to add.class.php, but when I try to add a new entry, I get the following message:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONCAT_EQUAL in /home/httpd/vhosts/swampboogieband.com/httpdocs/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 398

I think (maybe THAT's my problem! ) I made all the substitutions correctly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And thank you SO much for helping us all out with these modifications and f/u assistance!

Laura

Carbonize — GMT

Line 398. At a guess this is the HIDDEN stuff. Open add.class.php and paste in here for me everything from
[code]} else {
$HOST = '';[/code]
to
[code]if ($this->image_file) {[/code]

As requested...

Ahroo — GMT

This is what I have in that part of the file:

} else {
$HOST = '';
}
$HIDDEN = "\n";
$HIDDEN .= "";
$HIDDEN .= "\n"; //Hidden Random Value
HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "bottest."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "email."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "url."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "comment."\">\n";
$HIDDEN .= "location."\">\n";
if ($this->image_file) {

Thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";

should be

$HIDDEN .= "name."\">\n";

DUH!!!!!

Ahroo — GMT

Thanks! And I thought I had proof-read it so carefully . Amazing what one little "$" can do!

But here's another question. All of the recent spam I've gotten the last few days has been as added "comments" to someone else's original message, and these modifications don't require any verifications to add a comment. Is there some way that can be added?

Again, thank you VERY much for all of your help!

Laura

Carbonize — GMT

There is no need to write a mod to do that as there already is the option to password protect comments to posts. You could simply edit the comments form to show a question to which the password is the answer.

Ahroo — GMT

Not having any idea as to what I am doing with php, I tried to change the comment.php by adding the following line, thinking it might direct the poster to the test:
$gb_com->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';

It did not work! So, I'm afraid I have to ask for just a bit more hand-holding and more specific info for what I need to add/change to the comment.php file (and/or other files) to add the verifications there. Once again, I was flooded this morning with spam comments.

Thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

As I said you do not need to do anything to the comments as you can password protect them via the General Settings section of the admin.

Ahroo — GMT

Sorry - I misunderstood. I made the change and it now requires a password, so hopefully that will keep all of this spam out. Thank you again for your help and patience!

Laura

Re: Adding a simple human verification test

johnny_r — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Ok after numerous requests I have decided to write this mod to let you add a test to make sure the poster is human. It's not infallible and will not stop human posters from spamming.
[/quote]

Hi Carbonize,

Thank you. We are running guestbook 2.2 and have implemented both the admin and form ... solutions on the guestbook. So hopefully
we will see an end to all the spam generated by scripts....

Page clears on input ????

tony — GMT

I have just added the human verification by changing the code as shown, but I have hit a snag.

Whenever I try to input a new message into the guestbook it simply clears without accepting the comments.

There is no error the page just simply resets.

If I try to omit any information I get the usual error messages or if I try to omit the human verification word, it throws up the proper error message.

If I even put the wrong verification word in the page clears just the same

I am using version 2.3.1 and have double checked my inputs but can see no errors – although there obviously must be one somewhere.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Tony

Carbonize — GMT

Do you have a link ?

Page clears on input ????

tony — GMT

Thanks for the quick response !!!

http://belljuniornetball.co.uk/guest/

Carbonize — GMT

The problem lies in your addentry.php file. It's to do with the simple anti spam mod.

I'm guessing you have
[code]echo $gb_post->process($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_action"]);[/code]

when it should be
[code]echo $gb_post->process($_POST["gb_actionWORD"]);[/code]

Page clears on input ????

tony — GMT

I have changed the line you quoted

using both the actual word 'WORD' and my verification word 'BELLJUNIOR'

e.g.
echo $gb_post->process($_POST["gb_actionWORD"]);

and

echo $gb_post->process($_POST["gb_actionBELLJUNIOR"]);

but i still get same results

Carbonize — GMT

it should be just BELL as thats what you have in your form.php. [code]echo $gb_post->process($_POST["gb_actionBELL"]); [/code]

On a different note you need to open config.inc.php and replace[code]$GB_PG['base_url'] = '';[/code]

with[code]$GB_PG['base_url'] = 'http://belljuniornetball.co.uk/guest';[/code]

Carbonize — GMT

lol almost thought you were a site for my old school when I saw the school name. Anyway on a different note your site's main page is seriously messed up on Firefox/Mozilla.

tony — GMT

I changed both lines in my form.php to say BELLJUNIOR

but still no sucess

I have also changed my defualt URL

tony — GMT

I must thank you for all your assistance it is much appreciated!!

tony — GMT

Problem sorted with expert adivse from Carbonize

Many Thanks

Delarossa — GMT

Hello there,

I've been busy with this topic all day, but I can't seem to get it right. I did make the changes that are all over this thread I believe, but I still get the message: You forgot to fill in the Human Verification field. Please correct it and re-submit.

Please help me, I'm just a baby in this php stuff....

There are so many messages here and my english is just basic....I hope there is someone that wants to look at my files?

Greetings from Holland,
Delarossa

Carbonize — GMT

the only post you need to read is the first post as that is the instructions as simply as they can be put. Email me your addentry.php and a link to your site.

errorist — GMT

as i was getting tired of the mass spamming of my guestbook, i've applied all the modifications mentioned on this forum. Didnt stop it. I now added the human verification, and i thought that would finally stop them. To my suprise, 3 more entries appeared in my [url=http://ucpzone.com/madagascar/guestbook2]guestbook[/url] today.
Im wondering, are these bots, or are there actually such lame people spamming personally?
Also i wondered, is there a possibility to take out the homepage field? That would make spamming kinda useless..

Carbonize — GMT

No taking out the homepage field would not stop spamming. Check this sites guestbook to see. If you are still getting spam after implementing the Human Verification it is down to one of three things

1 - They are being posted manually (rare but does happen).
2 - You have a second, unmodded, guestbook set up using the same database tables (I made this mistake).
3 - You missed something out in the modification and it is not working.

edit: Just looked and he's forgotten to remove the homepage field when he updated to 2.3.3 but for about a month he has not had it as an option.

errorist — GMT

i have no other guestbook. Its unlikely i missed out something as i did the changes very carefullly and doublechecked it, so it must be manual spammers.
-edit just looking at it, 2 identical postst both at different times cant be done by manual spammers. Is there any way somebody can see what's wrong?

word generator

jatsss — GMT

Hello guys can some of you contribute on how to automate or randomize the word? (default: "armadillo")

please help!

Thanks

Carbonize — GMT

This would not stop the spamming. If anything it would just be as simple. Right now all a spammer has to do is send the answer. To make it randomised we would have to send a marker to explain to the script which question/answer we are using and all the spammers would have to do is send the marker for the answer they are sending.

Re: word generator

BassX — GMT

[quote="jatsss"]Hello guys can some of you contribute on how to automate or randomize the word? (default: "armadillo")

please help!

Thanks[/quote]

Maybe I'm not understanding your question completely but it should be possible using CAPTCHA.

I integrated the VeriWord CAPTCHA class into Advanced Guestbook and went from ~20 Spams a day to 2-3 a month.

Here's the link:
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/1768.html

Carbonize — GMT

There already is an image verification mod for the guestbook. The reason I chose to tell people to use this method is because this was easier to integrate and not all hosts have GD support.

Takara — GMT

Thank you for this, Carbonize. I have added it to both of my guestbooks and for the first time I've gone 24 hours without spam being added. [img]http://photos.imageevent.com/takara_soong/smilies/GiveFlowers.gif[/img]

ChrisFlyer — GMT

Hi can you pleae help me.

I have implemeented the Human verification and posting main messages is now protected. However, if I try and place a comment I get the following message:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/chri172/public_html/forum/lang/english.php:110) in /home/chri172/public_html/forum/lib/comment.class.php on line 152

I can;t find an error.

By the way I'm using version 2.2

Any help most greatful

Thanks
Chris

Carbonize — GMT

How did you edit the language file because you have ended up with some space or new lines after the closing ?>

fatjacK — GMT

The Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at . . .

Is usually caused by a blank line or "white space" at the end of an edited file.

Look for this in both the files mentioned in the error message

fatjacK — GMT

sorry carbonize crossed posts there
I'll butt out

Carbonize — GMT

Your help was valid so no need to apologise.

Warning message

ChrisFlyer — GMT

Thanks for your speedy comments.

The error was indeed blank lines at the end of my edited files.

Many thanks for the speedy response.

errorist — GMT

i added the human verification but it got only worse...got about 60 spammers in the last 2 days!
Is there anyway i can verify what i've done wrong?

Guestbook location
http://www.ucpzone.com/madagascar/guestbook2

Carbonize — GMT

That is the only copy of Advanced Guestbook on your server?

errorist — GMT

yes
btw manually deleted all the entries in case you wondered where they are

Carbonize — GMT

Change the verification question/answer. Usually when they get past this test it's because the person has a second guestbook set up pointing to the same database.

errorist — GMT

i set the question on the day i installed the verificationmod, but the spam never stopped, even not on the first day. They seem to get past it nomatter what the answer is.
So i must have set up something wrong. Problem is i dont know where to look.

Carbonize — GMT

I tested it with the wrong word and I got the error message as I should.

errorist — GMT

yep i know its supposed to work...but i get spammed like crazy. Do you have ANY idea what's up? Im absolutely sure i have only one database installed. And these are really not manual spammers.

errorist — GMT

i'm browsing the database, and they appear in the same database as the other entries (sorry if this sounds too obvious im no expert) in the table book_data. Used http client: httpclient (http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient $Revision: 1.40 $)

Carbonize — GMT

No what I meant is that sometimes a person, for various reasons, has two copies of the advanced guestbok script on their server and has them both using the same database and tables.

errorist — GMT

so if i would in some way rename the tables my guestbook is using the problem would be solved? or is this more difficult than i make it sound.

Carbonize — GMT

you said you only have a single version of the guestbook script on your site so this is not the problem.

errorist — GMT

two more entries just appeared.

christiano — GMT

hello I've got problem with my guestbook after adding verification test some people can't write anthing in it I really don't know why.... but can someone check my guest book??

it's the link http://www.christiano.szu.pl/guestbook/

for make it easier for U
[color="red"]Dopisz swoje zdanie..[/color] ->> means [color="red"]Sign the Guestbook[/color]

verification word is [color="blue"]christiano[/color]

please check it and help me

Carbonize — GMT

Had a look and saw no problems. Posted fine for me. Are they getting an error message?

errorist — GMT

dont want to open a new thread for this but..why is it possible somebody just posted a html link into the message field while i disabled html?

http://www.ucpzone.com/madagascar/guestbook2/

Carbonize — GMT

Wow there's a lot of spam entries in there. Anyway you may have HTML disabled but you do have AGcode enabled. They simply used [url=http://www.someaddress.com]someaddress.com[/url]

errorist — GMT

many spam, yes i know..and i maneally delete about 20 of them on a daily basis

Thanks for the advice.

Carbonize — GMT

You only just added the human verification?

errorist — GMT

no, months ago..see my previous msgs in this same thread.

Error Message after Human Verification Test added

NoeyG — GMT

Hi there. I added the Human Verification test to my guestbook. I believe I have AG 2.3.3. (I didn't see specific instructions for 2.3.3. so I used the ones for 2.3.2 I think - hope that isn't wrong)

Anyway, I made the changes to the code, and now I get an error message that says "Guestbook - Error
You forgot to fill in the Human Verification field. Please correct it and re-submit. "

I filled in the field with the correct word, but it's not seeing it. Any idea what I did wrong and how I can fix it?

~Noelle

NoeyG — GMT

OK, I noticed that in the General Settings section of the admin panel, there is something called comments password. I thought about this and figured that maybe the reason there were no specific instructions for AG 2.3.3 was because the feature was included. So, I changed everything back to the original code and then enabled the comment password. My guestbook is working again, but there seems to be no password needed to post.

Can you tell I have no clue what I'm doing. Sorry. What should I do next? I was thinking about upgrading to the Lazarus GB, but I'm sort of afraid of doing this. I don't want to have to start from scratch as far as the layout and other cosmetic changes I made.

~Noelle

Carbonize — GMT

.Comment password is for COMMENTS not ENTRIES.

Spam mod seems to be working...

ndscott — GMT

Hi Carbonize,
I just wanted to mention that I followed your directions and seem to be having no problem with my newly upgraded spam protection. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Thank you for your clear instructions.

NoeyG — GMT

OK, I started from scratch and re-did the human verification mod and figured out what I had done wrong. All is well. It works great.

Thanks!
Noelle

I have a short between the keyboard and chair

integam — GMT

Hi,

I installed the Human Verification mod, but I screwed it up somewhere. Not being a php expert, I am also in the midst of a multiple sclerosis attack that makes my brain hit on about two cylinders (our of 8 total). LOL My client's site has been inundated by spammers, and one has even modified the admin login. Thanks to Carbonize's reset program, I was able to recover the admin login though.

The site is http://www.treyhensley.com and the guestbook is at http://www.treyhensley.com/agb . If a guest tries to sign the guestbook, he gets the following error messages...

[b]Warning: main(/home/treyhens/public_html/agb/lib/add.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/treyhens/public_html/agb/addentry.php on line 9

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/treyhens/public_html/agb/lib/add.class.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/treyhens/public_html/agb/addentry.php on line 9

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: addentry in /home/treyhens/public_html/agb/addentry.php on line 11[/b]

Normally, I could sort this out myself, but my brain is not working very well now.

Bill K.

JTD — GMT

This is the clue as to whats wrong. [b][u] No such file or directory in [/u][/b]

Forget It

integam — GMT

I will just replace the guestbook with a different program. That is the problem with these forums... there are a few that take it upon themselves to be the arrogant jerks with all the answers. I know to search, a**hole. I know to look over the forums. I also know that I have a client who needs answers, and my health is not conducive to that right now.

My apologies, Carbonize, but I'll look elsewhere.

Bill K.

Re: Forget It

JTD — GMT

[quote="integam"]I will just replace the guestbook with a different program. That is the problem with these forums... there are a few that take it upon themselves to be the arrogant jerks with all the answers. I know to search, a**hole. I know to look over the forums. I also know that I have a client who needs answers, and my health is not conducive to that right now.

My apologies, Carbonize, but I'll look elsewhere.

Bill K.[/quote]

Did I tell you to search? No I didnt! Did I point out what your problem is? Yes I did! Seems to me you are the one with the atttitude problem. This is what I said.
[quote][b][u]No such file or directory in [/u][/b][/quote]

Which was referring to this.

[quote][b][u]Warning: main(/home/treyhens/public_html/agb/lib/add.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/treyhens/public_html/agb/addentry.php on line 9 [/u][/b][/quote]

Now get off your high horse!

Last Post

integam — GMT

You didn't tell me to search??? Read your signature, bozo.

Re: Last Post

JTD — GMT

[quote="integam"]You didn't tell me to search??? Read your signature, bozo.[/quote]

That is my signature you are correct. Was it directed at you? No it wasn't! Can it be directed at you? Yes it can. [size="24"][color="red"][b][u]Hey integam Go SEARCH for your answer pee brain![/u][/b][/color][/size] Are you happy now. It is now directed solely at you. Now may I suggest since you have such a sensitive nature you go visit a site which my better suit you. http://www.disney.com

integam — GMT

No problem. Have a good day.

NoeyG — GMT

[quote="JTD"]This is the clue as to whats wrong. [b][u] No such file or directory in [/u][/b][/quote]

How was that being helpful? Integam said he wasn't an expert at PHP, if you couldn't have offered help, perhaps you should let Carbonize take care of it when he gets a chance.

By the way, JTD it is not necessary to shout at someone. It reaks unprofessionalism. While I know you are not a professional, these boards should still be respected as such as should their users.

~Noelle

Carbonize — GMT

As stated above your add.class.php file is missing. You must not of uploaded it to the lib folder.

integam — GMT

Thanks, Carbonize. Actually, it wasn't missing... it had been renamed for some strange reason. It was called add.class.php.up

Anyway, I loaded your Lazarusgb files in a new guestbook installation, and it seems to be working very efficiently. Another member of your forum pm'ed me with the Lazarus info and website.

Thanks again.

Bill K.

template files do not exist?

Otti — GMT

Heloo,

I'm fairly new to php and I'm using the Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 provided from my hosting provider.
Since I'm getting spamed I would like to put a verification test on my guestbook. I found you article and tried to find the files in administration. I only found "form.php" and all the other ones do not existy (i.e addentry.php, lib/add.class.php). Where will I find them, or is this something I can;t do because I'm just using the scriopts provided??

Thanks very much for your help.
otti

Carbonize — GMT

addentry.php is in the guestbook folder, add.class.php is in the lib folder

Error

worldofjeff — GMT

Carbonize,

I've been getting flooded with spam in my guestbook lately, so I tried adding the human verification. I keep getting errors whenever I go to the sign in page though.

Here's what it says:

Parse error: parse error in /home/virtual/site10/fst/var/www/html/wedding/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 191

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: addentry in /home/virtual/site10/fst/var/www/html/wedding/guestbook/addentry.php on line 11

I tried going through everything twice, but it keeps giving me the error. I'm using 2.3.2. The link to my guestbook is: http://www.worldofjeff.net/wedding/guestbook/index.php

Any help you could give would be appreciated.

Carbonize — GMT

Sounds like your add.class.php file has either been renamed or deleted. Seems to have been a spate lately of them getting renamed to add.class.php.up

Airpower — GMT

How can I fix this error?:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSEIF in /..../guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 201

It shows up if I want to sign the guestbook.
url to the guestbook.
http://www.milaviapress.com/guestbook/index.php

Carbonize — GMT

Shouldn't even be a elseif on that line. Which version of the guestbook are you using and can you post your add.entry.php file.

Airpower — GMT

i'm using Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1

$include_path = dirname(__FILE__);
include_once $include_path."/admin/config.inc.php";
include_once $include_path."/lib/$DB_CLASS";
include_once $include_path."/lib/image.class.php";
include_once $include_path."/lib/template.class.php";

include_once $include_path."/lib/vars.class.php";
include_once $include_path."/lib/add.class.php";

$gb_post = new addentry($include_path);

if (isset($_POST["gb_actionspamless"])) {
$gb_post->name = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_name"] : '';
$gb_post->email = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_email"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_email"] : '';
$gb_post->url = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_url"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_url"] : '';
$gb_post->comment = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_comment"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_comment"] : '';
$gb_post->location = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_location"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_location"] : '';
$gb_post->icq = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_icq"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_icq"] : '';
$gb_post->aim = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_aim"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_aim"] : '';
$gb_post->gender = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_gender"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_gender"] : '';
$gb_post->userfile = (isset($HTTP_POST_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"]) && $HTTP_POST_FILES["userfile"]["tmp_name"] != "") ? $HTTP_POST_FILES : '';
$gb_post->user_img = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_user_img"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_user_img"] : '';
$gb_post->preview = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_preview"])) ? 1 : 0;
$gb_post->private = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["gb_private"])) ? 1 : 0;
echo $gb_post->process($_POST["gb_actionspamless"]);
} else {
echo $gb_post->process();
}

Carbonize — GMT

Download 2.3.4 from this site and replace all your files EXCEPT admin/config.inc.php

add.class.php isn't missing or modified

worldofjeff — GMT

The add.class.php file is there & named correctly. I tried reloading it again just to be sure, but it's still not working. Any ideas?

Airpower — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Download 2.3.4 from this site and replace all your files EXCEPT admin/config.inc.php[/quote]
I'm now running 2.3.4 but I have still the spam problem. Do I have to add the codes for the simple human verification test again?

Carbonize — GMT

Unfortunately yes but atleast now you are protected against 2 known exploits that existed in 2.3.1.

New release?

Jim_at_BES — GMT

When will these very valuable changes be incorporated into a new release?

(Thanks for addressing this annoying issue!)

BTW, there is a class to do graphic-driven human verification on the PHP classes site ([color="blue"][url]http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/1914.html[/url][/color]). You may need an account to get the code. Haven't looked to see if the code is any good. Also, there probably are other implementations on the other php snippets sights.

Just thought I'd mention it.

Carbonize — GMT

I released a image verification (captcha) mod about 2 years ago. These mods (except the image verification) are implemented into Lazarus but as to if he will implement them into AG I could not say.

Whitespliff — GMT

Tnx for this mod, damn spammers can go to hell now

Whitespliff — GMT

Damned, 1 week & I've got spam again, is there another way to keep the b*st*rds away?

JTD — GMT

[quote="Whitespliff"]Damned, 1 week & I've got spam again, is there another way to keep the b*st*rds away?[/quote]

Yea upgrade to Lazarus guestbook if you havnt already.

Error Message

jenbrink1 — GMT

I have made the changes to the files and when I go to sign the guestbook I get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/jenbrink/public_html/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 17

(Line 17= var $bottest = '';)

class addentry {

var $db;
var $ip;
var $include_path;
var $template;
var $name = '';
var $bottest = '';
var $bottestanswer = CEILINGS;

I did remove the ' ' as noted : /* this is the answer to the question. It must contain no ' */

I dont think that I missed anything (?)

Thanks for any help!!
Link to guestbook: http://sbceilings.us/guestbook/

Carbonize — GMT

No I mean the actual answer must contain no ' but it must be between two '

jenbrink1 — GMT

OK. I wasnt sure so i did it both ways and still got the error.

class addentry {

var $db;
var $ip;
var $include_path;
var $template;
var $name = '';
var $bottest = '';
var $bottestanswer = 'CEILINGS';

Carbonize — GMT

Jst to confirm that var $bottest = ''; is two ' and not a single " ?

jenbrink1 — GMT

Yes they are 2 single '
not the " (inch or quote mark)

Carbonize — GMT

email me your add.class.php

Spike — GMT

Hi, I added this but I have a new problem now.

When i put in my email in as Spike@live2bmx.co.uk it comes up in the guestbook as Spike[at]live2bmx[dot]co[dot]uk

what have I done wrong?

my guestbook is

http://www.live2bmx.co.uk/book.html

Carbonize — GMT

thats the way emails have been displayed since version 2.3.2

Help

Doug Farish — GMT

I guess that I just don't understand? I have two entrys in the code that say

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

One is ErrorPost1 and the other is ErrorPost2

I am using 2.3.1

PhP is not my forte.

Doug

Carbonize — GMT

Email me your addentry.php file. webmaster@carbonize.co.uk

Doug Farish — GMT

Thanks,

Your a life saver.

Doug

Human Verification

AtomBomb — GMT

I have Advance GuestBook 2.3.1 and followed the first set of instructions exact. I only changed the word Armadillo where applied, to my own word. It now works great and I have had no problems or errors whether I leave it blank, type it in wrong, or type it in correctly. I was having problems with spamming, and now I do not. Thank you!!

Missing Code?

gypsylounge — GMT

OK... Don't freak out and get mad at me. I read the whole thread. All 11 pages. I have advanced guestbook 2.3.4 and am reciving a heap of spam. i want to install the human varification but can not find the code needed to be changed. are there different instuctions for this version?
Thanks,
Ryan
www.gypsylounge.com

Carbonize — GMT

No the instructions for 2.3.2 should also apply to 2.3.4

Human Verification Word

gypsylounge — GMT

I have installed the Human Verification code to my Advanced Guestbook 2.3.4 and it seems to work except for the fact that you can use any word in the verification field and the message will go through without going to the error message. What did I screw up this time???
Thanks for the help!
Ryan

Why are these people spamming all of our guestbook’s? How do they find our guest books? I have tried to search for mine using Google but can't. Is there a word that is being registered with search bots that is making it easy to find our guestbook’s?

Carbonize — GMT

They search Google for something like "Powered by advanced guestbook"

Carbonize — GMT

OK due to the amount of people appearing to have problems with these simple instructions I have added this to the required 2.3.4 files and uploaded them to http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/

Thank You

gypsylounge — GMT

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! It took a while to get it all working but no spam for a week!

Ryan
www.gypsylounge.com

Thanks!

Capella — GMT

I registered here just to say THANKS!

I was very tired of recieving TONS of spam. deleting it, and tracking down IP addresses to block them.

I feel much better now

not yet successful

archieapostol — GMT

tried the corrections posted but now i get
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSEIF in /home/bikeroo/public_html/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 201

please help, as i seemed to have messed things up somehow.
i can send the files over if needed.
thanks
archie.apostol@gmail.com

Carbonize — GMT

This is why I modded some files already and made them available to download www.carbonize.co.uk/AG

archieapostol — GMT

a million thanks for the help
everything works fine now.

josephk — GMT

Carbon,
thanks for your work!

I modified all the files, including lang/italian.php because my gb is in italian.

But my addentry screen displays no comment box to type in.

Could you help, Please?

Sure I've mistyped something...

Thanx.

The gb address is http://www.josephk.it/Guestbook/index.php

Carbonize — GMT

1 - upgrade to 2.3.4 by replacing all the files except admin/config.inc.php
2 - Goto www.carbonize.co.uk/AG where I have pre modded files.

josephk — GMT

Thanx Carbon!!!!

All seems ok!!!

You're Great!

JK

Random verification text!

grelli — GMT

For those who want to have a random verification text, I made some addtions to the MOD which enables this!

[b]BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES, TAKE BACKUP OF ALL THE FILES THAT WILL BE EDITED![/b]

Follow the changes in the original MOD and [i]then[/i] follow the following instructions::

[u]Open lang/English.php[/u] (or the language file that you are using)

Find
[code]$months[11] = "December";
[/code]

After Add
[code]
# BotTest

$randomText = array("ARMADILLA","GUESTBOOK","VERIFICATION","HUMAN","APACHE","PROXY2");
$index = rand(0,count($randomText)-1);

$LANG["randomText"] = $randomText[$index];[/code]
You can of course choose any words you like for the verification and also add more than 6 of them.

[i]Save and close the file.[/i]

[u]Open lib/add.class.php[/u]

Find
[code] var $bottestanswer = 'armadillo'; /* this is the answer to the question. It must contain no ' */[/code]

Replace that with
[code] var $randomText = '';[/code]

Find next
[code] $this->bottestanswer = addslashes($this->bottestanswer);[/code]

Replace that with
[code] $this->randomText = addslashes($this->randomText);[/code]

Find next
[code] } elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->bottestanswer)) {[/code]

Replace that with
[code] } elseif (strtolower($this->bottest) != strtolower($this->randomText)) {[/code]

Find next
[code] $HIDDEN .= "bottest."\">\n";[/code]

After Add
[code] $HIDDEN .= "randomText."\">\n";[/code]

[i]Save and close the file.[/i]

[u]Open addentry.php[/u]

Find
[code] $gb_post->bottest = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["bottest"] : '';[/code]

After Add
[code] $gb_post->randomText = (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["randomText"])) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS["randomText"] : '';[/code]

[i]Save and close the file.[/i]

[u]Open templates/form.php[/u]

Find
[code] To prove you are not a bot please type the word ARMADILLO into the box below.
[/code]

Replace that with
[code] To prove you are not a bot please type the word into the box below.
[/code]

Find
[code] [/code]

Replace that with
[code]
[/code]

[i]Save and close the file.[/i]

Thats all!

These changes worked for me on my 2.3.1 Advanced Guestbook! I will NOT offer any support concerning this addition to the MOD, I just don't have time! So if you have problems with these changes, you are on your own!

/Grelli.

Carbonize — GMT

your last instruction would end up with there being two input boxes for the anti bot test.

grelli — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]your last instruction would end up with there being two input boxes for the anti bot test.[/quote]Thats not true :)

The second input field...
[code] [/code]...is a [i]hidden[/i] field and its only purpose is to transfer the random text that was generated to the next step of the posting process to be able to compare it to the text that the user inputs!

/Grelli.

Carbonize — GMT

Yeah sorry was speed reading. Nasty habit of mine. Just to make it clear to people that this mod only works if you use the "Type this word into the box below" type of test as opposed to an actual question such as "What colour is the sky".

imhungry — GMT

hey there, this is an awesome script, im having a smallish problem though, just like someone else did earlyer - i can write whatever i want in the verification box, and it lets me post. checked the code over but i it all seems ok, not sure what ive done wrong, heres a link

http://dj-triquatra.com/guestbook

Carbonize — GMT

1 - update to 2.3.4 by downloading the full package from this site and replacing all but the config.inc.php file. This patches a couple of exploits. It does mean you will have to edit the templates again though.

2 - I believe the error lies in either addentry.php or add.class.php. Goto www.carbonize.co.uk/AG and have a look at the pre modded files I put there.

testar81 — GMT

I have downloaded the file to make the changes to my guestbook but now i get an error when i should write messages, it says that i havent write anything in the name filed though i have done that what should i do?
I forgot to take backup of the old files.
Plese help.

Carbonize — GMT

[quote="testar81"]I have downloaded the file to make the changes to my guestbook but now i get an error when i should write messages, it says that i havent write anything in the name filed though i have done that what should i do?
I forgot to take backup of the old files.
Plese help.[/quote]

You using 2.3.4 ?

mabrychis — GMT

I am using version 2.3.1 and tried using the revised code provided here and of course I have done something wrong somewhere I just don't know where! This is the error I am getting only when you click sign the guestbook:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSEIF, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/jmn1888/public_html/guestbook/lib/add.class.php on line 202

Can I just use the already provided files and upload them? I wasn't sure as it says its for a different version and I didnt know if that would conflict with my current version. Would be much easier

So, here is the link:

http://www.mabrychihuahuas.com/guestbook/index.php

Click sign the guestbook and that is where the error message comes in. Please help! Also, I took no backups of the files, now I am sorry.

JTD — GMT

Just reload the add.class.php file.

mabrychis — GMT

Thank you, it appears to have worked

error

rvargas — GMT

Hi,
I follow the instructions step by step, and I seem to have problems.
when I try to add a new entry on the guest book I get the error that I need to type the word for the human verification,
I tried to change the word and it did not work,

I went through my code several times and I could not find the error.

could you please give me a hand on where I messed up.
Thank you

I'm using version 2.31

Carbonize — GMT

Sounds like you messed up something. You really should update to 2.3.4 but anyway you can get the premodded files from www.carbonize.co.uk/AG

grelli — GMT

EDIT to the random verification text MOD:

[u]Open lang/English.php[/u] (or the language file that you are using)

Find
[code]$months[11] = "December";
[/code]

After Add
[code]
# BotTest

$randomText = array("ARMADILLA","GUESTBOOK","VERIFICATION","HUMAN","APACHE","PROXY2");
$index = rand(0,count($randomText)-1);

$LANG["randomText"] = $randomText[$index];[/code]
You can of course choose any words you like for the verification and also add more than 6 of them.

[i]Save and close the file.[/i]

The change is "count($randomText)[b]-1[/b])", this needs to be done to prevent the index to be OutOfBounds when choosing the random index.

/Grelli.

P.s. This has been changed in the instructions in the previous post!

Will link on http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/ work with AG 2.3.3

daithi — GMT

I have a spam problem and I like the idea of this captcha test. My hosting company is currently autoinstalling Advanced Guestbook 2.3.3. Will the link you provide on http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/ work with this version?

Thanks for all your great work - you certainly do put the effort in!

Carbonize — GMT

I'd recommend the human verification over my image verification as it is integrated better but yes that link is valid.

Complete new Download

Schokkaert — GMT

Hello,

can we download a whole new version of the Advanced Guestbook with the Human Controle included ?

Thanks

Schokkaert Johan
Belgium.

Carbonize — GMT

No but Lazarus has it built in.

Cash — GMT

Nevermind, prob solved

Clawhammer — GMT

Hey Carbonize,

I have added the human verification test in my advanced guestbook 6 weeks ago. So the Spam stopped for ~ 4 weeks, but now i have again a lot of spam in my guestbook!

What do i have to do?

Carbonize — GMT

1 - Do you have a second copy of the guestbook on your site?

2 - Change the question/answer

3 - Is it all coming from 1 ip? There are some sad people who post spam manually.

Clawhammer — GMT

1 - No i don`t have a second copy of the guestbook on my site

2 - Thanks, i`m going to change the question/answer

3 - I don`t think that it was posted manually and i will look if it was the same ip all the time

Thank you very much for your help!

Ronnie — GMT

Thanks for this fix. I tryied to make the changes that others suggested but could not find them on the script. Am I missing something? Thanks...Ronnie

Carbonize — GMT

To which changes are you refering?

Ronnie — GMT

Hi Carbonize - First of its a great script and I love it. I am referening to the spam changes listed on page one of this topic. Has that script been updated? Thanks...Ronnie

Carbonize — GMT

Well you can download the prepatched files from www.carbonize.co.uk/AG as stated on the first page.

Ronnie — GMT

Thanks.

Human Verification code

Megawatt — GMT

[color="darkblue"]Many Thanks Works a treat.[/color]

bebob — GMT

Only a few minutes work. Works great!
Now hopefully the spam stops flooding in...

SimooZ — GMT

Great, thank you very much for the Script!

Only a little change: I would recommend to change the following line
[code] Human Verification:
[/code]
to
[code] Human Verification*:
[/code]

because it's a required field.

:D

Carbonize — GMT

Yes I did make that change to Lazarus a while back but I forgot about this.

bebob — GMT

Still works great, no spam-postings in Guestbook.

The only thing is, I still get notification-mail when spam is tried to be posted (with no success ).
How to eliminate those notifications?

(Notifications of non-spam-entries must be sent)

Carbonize — GMT

Weird because this stops spam before it gets to that stage.

Ok...so I downloaded the script...now this...

Chad — GMT

Warning: get_content(): Failed opening '/home/u1/rudemood/html/guestbook/lang/english.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in /home/u1/rudemood/html/guestbook/lib/template.class.php on line 40

what's the problem here?

Carbonize — GMT

The error message says it all. It cannot find the english.php language file in the lang folder.

Tom4us — GMT

hi,

I have try to impliment the changes on Random human verification as per the instructions but i dont know where im going wrong. Whenever i try to sign in and filling the Verified word and submitting, i get error that i You forgot to fill in the Human Verification field. Please correct it and re-submit.

Where did i went wrong?. anybody help pls?. here is my link [url]http://www.afrodream.com/guestbook/addentry.php[/url]

akhkharu — GMT

Hello,

Carbonize, you tried to help me awhile back, but I was too ashamed (I suppopse) to come back and admit I wasn't able to do what you said because I just don't know how. I've spent hours in this post, having it open and copying/pasting from the instructions in this post, but I always get an error message and the changes aren't made. I really am a novice when it comes to PHP, and need step by step help I've finally had to admit it because I've gone from 5-10 spams a day to 10-100 a day. I spent too long yesterday cleaning out as much spam as I was sure was spam, but I'm getting sick of deleting all these spam posts (plus according to my web stats, some of these are being directed to my site from other guestbook entry pages somehow now !)

I tried a few times to add the script in the 2.2 instructions at the beginning of this post, but I don't have the right Guestbook Templates. This is what I have:

Advanced Guestbook 2.2

Guestbook Templates

- admin_enter.php
- body.php
- entry.php
- error.php
- form.php
- preview.php
- preview_entry.php
- header.php
- footer.php
- icq.php
- url.php
- aim.php
- com.php
- email.php
- success.php
- form_icq.php
- form_aim.php
- form_gender.php
- form_image.php
- com_pass.php
- comment.php

Am I even able to add the human verification test with this guestbook?

Help would be tremendously appreciated, I am so tired of deleting these spams manually, every day.

Thanks!
Cari McKnight

sophia — GMT

Hi,
The first post in this long thread - is it modified with all the changes from the other posts? Or should I go through an entire thread to create human verification test?
Thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

If you are using AG 2.3.4 there are premodded files at www.carbonize.co.uk/AG

sophia — GMT

Thanks.
If i do that that wouldn't delete any of the replies in my guestbook, right?
also, i forgot my password and username for the guestbook. How can I find that out?
thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

http://lazarus.carbonize.co.uk look under FAQ

deleting spam...

sophia — GMT

I have to delete over 500 messages (Spam). how can i do it other than thorugh easy admin? (that takes too long..) any way to get into mysql database and delete them that way?
thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

phpMyAdmin which is usually supplied with cPanel under Databases.

sophia — GMT

I don't get it, i added human verification test last night. I got at least 10-15 spam messages today.
What is going on?

Carbonize — GMT

test that it is working by making an entry, putting in a wrong answer and clicking preview.

sophia — GMT

I did and it took the wrong word. What did I do wrong?

Carbonize — GMT

How did you add this? By hand or did you use the premodded files?

sophia — GMT

I used the premade files...

Mr C — GMT

Hello

I adjusted the files and everything went great. I used a wrong word and got a friendly error message. But I still get junk posts from bots. Is it possible that those bots can read the word or can they work around this bot control? What about an image that show the word, so bots can't scan the page... ???

The advanced guestbook is really great, but those bots just make it terrible.

Carbonize — GMT

If you update to 2.4.1 it now comes with image verification.

xprt007 — GMT

Hi,

After using the human verification script I downloaded from that site, I had peace for sometime, but then I got some evil people managing to get some spam stuff into the guestbook, though not anywhere near to what I was getting before.

After finding this thread, I went & downloaded & tested version 2.4.1 as recommended on my pc. Without filling in that verification code, I got as anticipated:

[quote]Guestbook - Error
One of the input fields does not seem to be valid.[/quote]

When I tried filling in the wrong code, Firefox which I was using totally ignored the Submit button click, as if I had not submitted at all! That was also the case after typing in the correct code.
Could that be a local problem or more than that?

When I tried out IE, the submission worked and in case of the wrong code, the same error message as above.

Has anyone else had the same problems? If so How did u deal with them?

I do request the maker (Carbonize?) to help.
My first suggestion is that some text be added near that image verification to explain what it is/what is supposed to be done with it and that it is a compulsory field. In my world and probably in a number of others', there are unbelievably many PC/Internet greenhorns who simply dont know what that is and would end up giving up on submitting entries & not understanding why. Just a simple text..., probably similar to the one used in that patch before.

In case other people dont have the same problem, I do suggest showing me in which file I can make the necessary changes, before I upload the newest version to a university site I look after, hopefully with this spamming problem done away with.

Meanwhile, regarding the database, is it not enough to just add the table "book_captcha" to the already existing ones with their data or I have to redo everything anew?

Thanks!

Carbonize — GMT

I am not the maker of Advanced Guestbook just some mods for it. I do not recommend my anti bot test with 2.4 or 2.4.1 as they already have an anti bot system built in.

xprt007 — GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the response and that correction ...
Well I was not suggesting adding that anti-bot test, rather some text label in/near that box with that image verification just explaining what it is and some asteriks or other clarification that just like the *Name & *Message .. it is a required field.

If no other person needs this, I do again request for the name of the file where I could do it myself.

Carbonize — GMT

I believe there is a template with the word captcha in it's name.

ivibes — GMT

Hi, i'm not an phpbb expert and i'm now working with Advanced GuestBook v2.4 for phpBB by Dreamy & Kooky.

Can you please tell me the easiest way to prevent spam once and for all. I want to keep the current messages in the guestbook and the layout.

Many thanks...Jeroen,
the netherlands

Carbonize — GMT

Open the config.inc.php file and set USE_CAPTCHA to true.

ivibes — GMT

There's no USE_CAPTCHA in my config.inc.php file

Jeroen

Carbonize — GMT

When you updated to 2.4.x you were meant to copy your database info from your current config.inc.php file to the 2.4 one.

ivibes — GMT

I never updated my guestbook.

I started with this version....and it's still the same...

Jeroen

http://forum.valthermondonline.nl/guestbook.php

ivibes — GMT

Do you want to see the code in my config.inc.php file ?

Jeroen

Carbonize — GMT

Ok email me you config file to webmaster@carbonize.co.uk

ivibes — GMT

Ok, i mailed my config.inc.php file...

Jeroen

Auron — GMT

Could always do it over pm's.
I think they are enabled for all users not just mod's.

Re: Adding a simple human verification test

3360Guestbook — GMT

Nice job on the mod. I'm new to all of this and was getting very aggrevated with our cub scout web guest book being spammed.

Human verification also tracked

sid.mohanty — GMT

Thanks for the excellent work for modifications in the code. I modified the code and it worked very fine, and i received no spam bot entries for some time. But after some days the "fixed word" also is being tracked and the same problem of Machine entries follow posting in my guest book.
Can u help me in creating a randomly generated word for human verification. thats the only solution to it.
I am using advanced guest book 2.3.1
Would be a great relief if i can solve this problem.
thanks in advance

Carbonize — GMT

Update to 2.4.1 as it uses CAPTCHA (the poster has to type in some characters that appear in an image).

nucleusrt — GMT

finally! . . . .
I've been getting about 20 - 30 spam entries a day for the past two weeks. None of the anti-spam mods I used worked. So, I finally did the verification mod, . . . and not one spam entry in three days!!
Let's hope it stays that way.

Thanks for the forum!

Still getting spam

stinkywea — GMT

I've put the human verification test on my guestbook, but I'm still getting spam. Any other recommendations? How hard is the image thing to do, I'm not too good at this stuff. I'm just running a basic guestbook as a remembrance to a friend who got killed.

Carbonize — GMT

Updating to 2.4.1 is relatively simple. The instructions are in the forum somewhere.

stinkywea — GMT

I am using godaddy.com servers, and Advance guestbook was an add-on. Does this make a difference? As I stated earlier, I know hardly anything about this stuff.

Carbonize — GMT

No you just need to copy database information from the config.inc.php file you have now to the one that comes with 2.4.1. hen upload 2.4.1 and run update_db.php that is found in the misc folder of 2.4.1.

Trucoto — GMT

I'm using 2.4.1 with captchas. It worked stopping spam during a long time, but now somehow spammers are getting through this as well. Is it possible that they worked out all possibly images and now they pass automatically the test or something? Any ideas or suggestions?

Carbonize — GMT

There will always be sad people who sit there and manually enter spam. Or are we talking about comment spam as opposed to entry spam?

Trucoto — GMT

I'm talking about entry spam (comments are password protected, and they never appear as spam). I'm pretty sure it's not manually entered, as I began to receive 10-20 daily, when before they were mostly stopped by the captchas. I don't think it's even a single guy doing it; seems more like the dam is broken and the water is pouring in. Perhaps if there were some way to stop spam by words... the guestbook has an option to censor single words, but it would be very useful to prevent posts based on words, or regular expressions. For example, if I could avoid whole posts that contain "phentermine", or variations of it, that would be a great solution.
On the other hand, the other day I read somewhere, in some tecnical news site (Slashdot or similar), that spammers began to hire people to solve captchas; that way the real people are part of an automated process for spamming, really discouraging. If that's the truth behind what I am experimenting, we're completely lost, and the only solution would be to reject posts based on patterns like poker, phentermine, viagra or whatever word variation may occur.

Again spam

MarcoH — GMT

Same here..
After a month of no spam, this week they are back. (also on the Guestbook on this site i see)
Looks like they bypass the captcha input. At the moment i block every ip where it comes from, so if the are posting manual, this solves it in time..i hope.

Carbonize — GMT

Weird. A few people have reported an increase in spam. One is now logging the entries and says they are valid inputs (putting captcha in). Could it be one person is so sad as to sit there manually entering captcha or have they wrote a script that guess the captcha. Maybe I will look into it. I doubt they have a script to read CAPTCHA yet as I've not heard of any spam increase in Lazarus. But then AG's CAPTCHA uses the servers time to generate a random sequence.

MarcoH — GMT

I dont think its manual done...
Just checked my logs quick, and there where strange entries.
Without visiting the site, they GET the addentry.php page, and right after that (within 3 secs) the image.php page with this.

2006-09-21 10:52:02 W3SVC4062 ROME **.**.**.** GET /guestbook/image.php id=325ccaf6cdb9a0e2cc8b729a70432120 80 - 72.184.15.221 HTTP/1.0 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.0) - http://www.mysite.nl/image.php?id=325ccaf6cdb9a0e2cc8b729a70432120 www.mysite.nl 200 0 0 968 266 374

after that within 4 sec, they POST the addentry.php...and some spam is added.

Hopes this helps.
(I'am searching also for a solution)

MarcoH — GMT

Carbonize,
i have found maybe a possible workaround/solution..correct me plz if i'am wrong.

Because they get the addentry page automatic, i have changed the name to someting different. someting like addentry_**.php.
I also changed this in the config.inc.php, to kept everything working

I will look if this helps today.

Carbonize — GMT

You could also stop search engines spidering your guestbook using a robots.txt file.

JTD — GMT

I am sure glad my copy of lazarus is inside of a very highly modded version of phpnuke. No spam at all. Plus if they try it will automatically ban them and post there Ip addy on my main page. Plus I [b]DO NOT[/b] allow comments at all.

They have cracked CAPTCHA... now what?

gypsylounge — GMT

It was great. A few months of only an occasional spam that was added manually. Now my guestbook is getting hammered by spam and there is no way they are all putting this in manually?

I like the idea of changing addenty.php to another name. Do I only have to change it in the config.php file?

Are there any other new ideas? I love the guest book but I hate having to manage it daily. There has to be an easier way.

Thanks,
Ryan
www.gypsylounge.com

Carbonize — GMT

Ok this is getting a bit weird. Looks like somehow they are figuring out the CAPTCHA. I don't have AG here nor do I have it installed as I use Lazarus (for obvious reasons). From the above post I can see they are hitting the guestbook to get the form and are then submitting it complete with CAPTCHA. They have to get the form first for the captcha to have been generated and put into the database. I will look into it if I get time/motiviation.

As to renaming addentry.php rename the file then edit config.inc.php to reflect the change.

Carbonize — GMT

Marcoh email me please.

MarcoH — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Marcoh email me please.[/quote]

done..

p.s. renaming the addentry.php works ok here.. (no spam since i changed him)

Also the robots.txt solution must work.

Example if you dont know:
Put a robots.txt in the root of your site.
Put in the the robots.txt file, at least:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /guestbook/

No More Guestbook Spam

gypsylounge — GMT

I think this will be a long term solution to fight spam on your guest book.
I don’t know how but the spammers find our addentry.php, comment.php files and our www.yourpage.com/forum/ folder. On my site the addentry page is the number one entry page and comment is a close second.
I have changed the name of both addenty.php and the comment.php file and renamed the directory all of my guestbook is stored in. You need to update the config file to reflect all of the changes you make but this is pretty easy.
(Just to keep it interesting I have left a “forum” folder and two files titled addenty.php and comment.php in the folder. Instead of linking to my guest book the spammers are now welcomed by a giant picture of a can of spam that loops to the comment.php page and back. www.gypsylounge.com/forum/addentry.php . Hopefully this will slow them down a bit)
If you are having the same problems with spammers as I am I recommend you change the name of the directory and the name of those two pages.

Good luck,

Ryan
www.gypsylounge.com

Carbonize — GMT

The spammers find your site using Google or any other major search engine. This is why it's a good idea to block them from viewing the guestbook by using a robots.txt file.

Easy download

Ninanauk — GMT

Hi,

I just went through these 17 pages...

And it is all very confusing for me.
I am just not so good with php coding

Is there no easy download available with the complete edited files.
Just replacing some files, edit password and go?

I work with 2.4.2

By the way, any idea if in the next release an anti-spam feature (like this) will be build in?

thanks.
Peter

Carbonize — GMT

2.4.2 already has anti spam protection in the form of CAPTCHA (image verification).

ehhh...

Ninanauk — GMT

Thanks,
That is what I hoped for when I earlier today upgraded to 2.4.2

But the upgrade did not went how I would like it.
(Just replacing all the files)
After reading your post, I tried to add a message, and this is what I got.

Query Error
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MySQL Error : Query Error
Error Number: 1146 Table 'ninanauk_agbook1.book_captcha' doesn't exist
Date : Thu, October 19, 2006 09:58:44
IP : 84.26.211.219
Browser : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Referer : http://www.ninanauk.net/gastboek/index.php
PHP Version : 4.4.4
OS : Linux
Server : Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b
Server Name : www.ninanauk.net

Carbonize — GMT

You needed to run the update_db.php file. I have ran it for you so guestbook should work fine now.

Thanks

Ninanauk — GMT

You were right (whats new....)
Works like a charm

Thanks for the great and fast help!

manual updates needed

benwalsh — GMT

Hello Carbonize and all,

Are the manual upates posted at the start of this topic http://www.proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4678&start=0
the latest?

we run Advanced Guestbook 2.3.2 with several mods, i wish to add image verification but will have to do it manually.

TIA Ben

Carbonize — GMT

Whilst my original mod works it's half arsed. Updating to 2.4.2 not only adds captcha but addresses other issues with the guestbook.

Thanks Carby

benwalsh — GMT

[color="darkblue"]i have upgraded, i was worried about my mods, but in fact it was easy enough. [b]Thanks Carby[/b][/color]

http://www.tubal-reversal.net/feedback/

human interface mod

road-dragons — GMT

my guestbook has beenb getting flooded with bot entries. I add your mod from you downloadable zip file and made the suggested changes. Now my guestbook requires a typed word to submit a comment! So far so good. Thank You for you mod, it will keep our guestbook alive!

Carbonize — GMT

My mod is no longer needed since Image verification was added in Advanced guestbook 2.4.1

Webbie — GMT

Hi Carbonize,

I run 2.4.1 and the image verification works fine, but I still get spammed about 4 times a day, usually with Russian addresses about pills, xanax etc. They look like automated spammessages. Is there a possibility that spambots can also decrypt these image verification images?

Regards,
Webbie

PS - One more thing, does anyone know of a way to block all countries of the world, except two of them? Preferrably through my .htaccess-file?

Carbonize — GMT

Yes you can block IP rangs using your htaccess file. Do a Google search for it.

Webbie — GMT

Yes, I am doing that currently, but it's too bad that, as far as I know, you can only block per ISP-range as opposed to blocking an entire country in one sweep. That would really put an end to 99.9% of the spam in my case (my website, forum and guestbook is only meant for dutch-speaking countries i.e. the Netherlands and Belgium).

Also, I don't think you can specify a range between 2 IP-adresses, you can only specify it like:

123.123 (if you want to block 123.123.0.0 through 123.123.255.255)

or can you put a start and end IP in the .htaccess file?

Webbie — GMT

Despite my efforts to contain the number of spammessages in my Guestbook, it became too much of a daily hassle. Also because my website attracts lots of underaged people the quality of my website is being lowered by all those sexmessages.

Therefor I decided to remove the Advanced Guestbook from my website alltogether. It would've been great if there'd be a feature in AG to approve new guestbook entries before they become visible.

Carbonize — GMT

I don't get any spam at all. I found a good .htaccess file helps. Block servers like layeredtech.net and asia.co.th I think. I'd have to look at mine to be sure but Layeredtech is a big culprit. I'd see a request from a layeredtech IP and then staright after one or two attempts at posting on the exact page the layeredtech ip just requested.

SnowDemonKennel — GMT

Ok, I added the human verification to my Advanced Guestbook and it is working fine but there is another problem. If you go to the following link, you will see that the box for name (I only found out it was the name box by trial and error) is out to the side and has no title.

[url]http://www.xtremedetails.com/CustomerFeedback/addentry.php[/url]

Can you please tell me what I need to change in the code to fix it? I searched all through this forum and thread and have seen nothing related, sorry if I missed it.

This is a "Customer Comments" rather than "Guestbook" for our Siberian Husky Kennel and I did some modifications to change a lot of things and hopefully I didn't do to much damage, lol, still learning here! On our site, I already have a "guestbook" setup but this one is for "customer comments" and I will not add a link to it until I have it right.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Jessie
[url]http://www.xtremedetails.com/snowdemonkennel[/url]

Carbonize — GMT

My advice is just update to version 2.4.2 of the advanced guestbook as it has Captcha built in.

Why You dont answer my emails please?

Sting — GMT

[b]Carbonize![/b]

Why You dont answer my emails please?

Really I need help with my guestbook!

This is a copy of the email I've sent to You:

*********************************

Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1

Hi, I see the guestbook Forum and I follow step by step the instructions to mod with the simple human verification test and did not work to me?

Im sending to You in ZIP the files I think U need to modify the lines!

I DONT want to upgrade because I personalized my guestbook and took to much time to me!

Some codes like ---> $AG_CODE, I cant find!

THE URL is of the instructions is: http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4678

Thanks,

Best regards,
Philippe aka. Sting!

*********************************

Carbonize — GMT

Because I receive around 30 emails a day that are not spam and sometimes I either forget or am to busy doing other things.

You said yourself your files have been modified so possibly you do not have the variable in question. The variable in question should be in form.php. I cannot look at your file as work has blocked zip files from being downloaded.

Sting — GMT

Do want I send the files again?

In ZIP or RAR files?

Carbonize — GMT

Send as a zip file but change the extension to .laz so I can bypass the filter.

Sting — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Send as a zip file but change the extension to .laz so I can bypass the filter.[/quote]

Email sent.

Rename it to .zip

Bye

Carbonize — GMT

Yes I received your email. To be honest you can update without changing the template files. You'd just have to add the new captcha template files to the folder and add the new $CAPTCHA variable to two template files.

Sting — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]Yes I received your email. To be honest you can update without changing the template files. You'd just have to add the new captcha template files to the folder and add the new $CAPTCHA variable to two template files.[/quote]

Whats two templates files?

Thanks!

**********************

EDITED: I've Your email.....I will made the changes...

Thanks!

Sting — GMT

Parse error: parse error in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\clanpana\ija\ijaboard\guestbook\lib\add.class.php on line 397

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: addentry in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\clanpana\ija\ijaboard\guestbook\addentry.php on line 29

Sting — GMT

BUMP!

Any help?

[size="24"][b]HELP HELP HELP[/b][/size]

Carbonize — GMT

If I get chance I will look into it later.

Question about the human check

josbia — GMT

I installed the human check and it seems to work.
Only i have 1 question i use version 2.3.1
I changed the word what you have to fill in and it seems so work.
Only 1 thing, when i fill in another word, the message is also placed.
So it does not matter what word you type?
What is wrong?

Carbonize — GMT

I'd recommend updating to 2.4.2 as it has image verification built in and fixes some major bugs/exploits.

josbia — GMT

I understand that upgrading is the best solution, but is it also possible with this version, because I use it with phpWebsite as a mod

bethcrook — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]I'd recommend updating to 2.4.2 as it has image verification built in and fixes some major bugs/exploits.[/quote]

My apologies if this has already been posted, but I've been online staring at this forum for answers to our spam issue for an hour now.

Is there any easy way to upgrade to 2.4.2 without loosing what I already have with 2.4.1?

Carbonize — GMT

Just replace your existing files EXCEPT config.inc.php. If you are updating frmo 2.3.x you will also have to visit the update_db.php script which is located in the misc folder.

Valdation

TopCat — GMT

Installed the code about an hour ago. Passed the test as far as I can see. I read down some of the entries in the forum and saw some of the questions other had. I looked up the first two and it seemed like the corrections had already been made in the code. Is the code up to date at this time? Were the corrections that you and others pointed out made? Thanks. Top

Carbonize — GMT

The code is up to date as far as I can see although it's not really needed with version 2.4.x of the Advanced Guestbook.

Thanks

TopCat — GMT

I am still on 2.3.1 at topcatlive. Is there an update only zip that I can run and still hang on to my settings, style, and entries? I will search for it, I am just asking in case I don't find it or am not comfortable with it. Plus the main thing is keeping my settings, style, and entries. Top

Carbonize — GMT

Settings, style, entries etc are all stored in your database. You just ned to download 2.4.2, copy the database information from your 2.3.1 config.inc.php file to the 2.4.2 config.inc.php file then upload 2.4.2 and visit misc/update_db.php in your web browser.

Okay

TopCat — GMT

Let me make sure I am clear on this. I got the copy confi.ini.php part. All I do is upload to the same folder and the 2.4 will overwrite the 2.3? Will I have to delete files after it updates? I had to delete a couple of files after it was installed (I think... it was a while ago). Never heard of misc/update. Will it be easy to follow? Top

Carbonize — GMT

very easy.

Oops

TopCat — GMT

I copied config.inc.php, overwrote 2.3 with 2.4, reloaded config with the one from 2.3, then dialed in the misc/update_db.php, and received a "Please update the config.inc.php file" first. Am clueless. Top

Carbonize — GMT

No yo ucopy the database information FROM your current config.inc.php file TO the one in 2.4.2 as it has some new stuff in it.

It just feels like I am panicking

TopCat — GMT

Okay. Will do.

Now I'm Panicking

TopCat — GMT

As I look at it, I am thinking that you are saying that I should copy the stuff the has GB_DB. And the scary part is it makes sense to me. Top

Whoah

TopCat — GMT

You did it again. Thank you. Top

talkto_menow — GMT

Please help, I followed instructions from the beginning of the topic. It seems to be working, however form looks odd, submit button got pushed all the way to the right

can someone please take a look at my guestbook and help me out?

http://www.nowy-jork.com/Ksiega3/addentry.php

I would appreciate any input, unfortunately PHP is a new thing to me

Carbonize — GMT

This mod is not needed for AG versions 2.4 and over as it has captha. Replace all your files except config.inc.php with the new ones.

talkto_menow — GMT

I do not believe this is a case. Advanced Guestook I am using is 2.3.1.

I tried to upgrade to latest version, but I was getting some errors

"1146 Table 'guestbook.book_captcha' doesn't exist"

and after running updadet_db.php another error

"1044 Access denied for user 'yscr_gbuAj7'@'localhost' to database 'guestbook'"

which does not make any sense since I updated config file with databse info, and guestbook connects to the right table

version 2.4.3
http://www.nowy-jork.com/Ksiega2/

Carbonize — GMT

Once you update you need to visit the misc/update_db.php file in your web browser.

talkto_menow — GMT

I tried that, and I still get errors. At this point, I think, is easier to modify code. Can please, someone take a look at it and tell me what is wrong

http://www.nowy-jork.com/Ksiega3/TempCode.html

and this is how form looks

http://www.nowy-jork.com/Ksiega3/addentry.php

Please I am getting frustrated with all that spam. Please help

Carbonize — GMT

In form.php you have two empty table cells. Look for them both

The first is

and the second is

in both cases delete one of the

talkto_menow — GMT

Works, great! thank you

blank — GMT

thanks much. worked great

Re:Adding a simple human verification test

blank — GMT

I had to go back and renable captcha, while leaving this on.

Lately bots are able to get passed this alone.

Adding a simple human verification test

Carbonize — GMT

If they are getting passed then I suggest changing the question/answer regularly. they will actually have to visit your guestbook at least once to get the answer.

Re:Adding a simple human verification test

blank — GMT

Wow i have both this, plus captcha enabled, and they are still getting through.

kinda annoying, but i guess its life on the web anymore

I wonder if there is a way to incorporate one of the anti spam services such as Akismet into it...

Adding a simple human verification test

Carbonize — GMT

I suspect your spammers are actually manually visiting the site. To be honest the captcha in AG is very simple and, judging by the spam in this sites guestbook, was broken a long time ago by bots.

Adding a simple human verification test

blank — GMT

[quote=Carbonize]I suspect your spammers are actually manually visiting the site. To be honest the captcha in AG is very simple and, judging by the spam in this sites guestbook, was broken a long time ago by bots.[/quote]

yeah i was thinking that, When looking at server logs, it seems many visitors go directly to the addentry.php page so the bots, and spammers know about it...

I was going to switch to your version of the guestbook, but i dont really wanna recreate the template i made right now but soon i will.

Adding a simple human verification test

Carbonize — GMT

I'm looking at adding Solve Media as an option to my guestbook. If you go to my website and click Contact at the top of the blog you will see Solve Media in action. I may make a mode for AG to use it as well.

Adding a simple human verification test

UmeTube — GMT

[quote=fng] working really good now! thanks for the great mod and the fast fix.[/quote]

really its grat mod. thanks for post.

Re:Adding a simple human verification test

Oliver_queen — GMT

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