reCAPTCHA addon released in beta

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January 6, 2015 at 10:38 pm #26573

Paolo
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Dear Members,

please find the reCAPTCHA addon (beta) in the downloads area and if you are kind enough to test it, please report bugs (if any) here.

Thank you,

The GeoDirectory Team

January 7, 2015 at 1:05 pm #26604

przecie
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Hi,
I have small problem with the size of the Captcha field.
It is too big for the form.

.rc-anchor{
width: 300px;
}

I’ve tried to overwrite it with custom css code but without effects.

please see attached screen.
Przemek
http://wefrancji.pl

January 7, 2015 at 5:43 pm #26635
Paolo
Site Admin

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Hi,

the best option would be actually to make the registration form box a bit wider.

Try adding this to your custom css:
```
.registration_form_r {
    width: 34%;
}
```
Let us know,

Thx
January 7, 2015 at 7:35 pm #26661

przecie
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cool!
works fine!
Thank you!Przem

January 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm #26917

Paolo
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Just an update.

I’ve installed GD reCAPTCHA on wpgeo.directory where we had heavy spam since months (80 to 100 spam comments/day to clean up was the major problem).

We had about 830 comments when I installed it, it took Google reCAPTCHA about 50 new comments to start filtering bots effectively.

Now the spam comment count stopped at 883 since 4 days. No new spammy registration, send enquiry, send to friend or fake claim listings.

I think it is safe to say that this super lightweight addon alone does a great job and makes plugins like vanguard or wordfance totally useless and definitely an overkill.

Given that nobody reported any bugs, today we will release it officially as stable!

Thanks

January 11, 2015 at 4:41 am #26963

directory
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Hi Paolo,

Is recaptcha still on beta? It shows beta on the downloads section.

My site only offers paid listing plans. Do you recommend it even if I don’t offer free listings?

January 11, 2015 at 5:13 am #26965

Guust
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I guess Paolo meant that there is no change required since nobody reported any bugs, so all he has to do is to rename the beta to 1.0.0 or whatever.

Probably still a good idea if you get too many signups but they don’t list or comment. You are only growing your database for nothing then.

January 11, 2015 at 6:26 am #26966

directory
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Thanks, Guust. I am now using recaptcha on my site. So far it works. 🙂

I am not sure if I read it here or on another plugin vendor but does GD have a feature now that allows users to create passwords at registration?

January 11, 2015 at 8:36 am #26968

Guust
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Sure do.
GD > general > general tab > Allow user to choose own password > Yes

January 11, 2015 at 9:10 am #26970

directory
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January 11, 2015 at 10:19 am #26977

Guust
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Does it change if you enable registration?

January 11, 2015 at 6:38 pm #27040

directory
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Everyone can register is enabled. Should I disable it?

January 11, 2015 at 10:00 pm #27062

Guust
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It was not enabled before, and enabling it has not changed anything.
Can you post admin details, then I’ll get Stiofan to look at this.

January 11, 2015 at 11:16 pm #27065

directory
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January 12, 2015 at 7:43 pm #27203

Paolo
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Hi,

there seems to be a random issue with GD booster and the google recaptcha API.

Stiofan is looking into it.

Thx
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