New Extension: reCAPTCHA
Development and Programming
reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows.
Installation: copy ext.recaptcha_extension.php and recaptcha dir into extensions directory copy lang.recaptcha_extension.php into language/english dir
Usage in template:
{if captcha}
{captcha}
{/if}A few notes: This is my first extension so I’m looking for a guru to tear it up and tell me what I could have done better.
I’ve tested successfully with ee v1.5.6 and v1.6.2
You can see it in action on my personal website http://www.supportthewall.net
To use the extension you will need to get public and private keys for your domain, you may do so by creating an account @ http://recaptcha.net/
Finally, if you find this extension helpful and end up using it, please feed free to drop by my website http://www.supportthewall.net/ and make donation by visiting the Support page. I lost my job when I broke my neck in a diving accident and any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help improving the code.
flx
Cool extension.
Looks like recaptcha_validate.php doesn’t pass the name, email, URL or location fields… plus, it breaks the back button a little (i.e. you have to click twice).
The first is a bug, the second, well, I think it’s a small issue compared to getting ReCaptcha working…
TTFN Travis
One other question: Aren’t you supposed to keep the private key private?
TTFN Travis
Yes, the fact that the keys are visible in the page source is probably not a good thing. 😛
The public one is supposed to be there. The private…well, should be private.
Has this bug been fixed?
Yeah, just tired this and it doesn’t work at all. When I submit a comment form, it throws a validation error because EE doesn’t pick up the name and email of the comment.
Also, when I go back from the error message, the reCapatcha validates again and throws me back to that same validation error page. Thus, I have to hit the back button quickly twice to get back to the article where I placed my comment.
Running 1.6.8 (which I’d encourage you to make this extension to work on, as this version addresses a lot of bugs in the previous versions your running.)
Thanks!