[Forum] Installing CAPTCHA

[Hyncharas]

Now that I have a lot more time to commit to my forums I want to install CAPTCHA.

I've registered our site's DNS and are ready to use the PHP Library to display the widget, though I'm a little confused on exactly where and how I do this.

[ENF]

Go to their (reCAPTCHA) website and register for your keys, then use those keys that they give you to setup the CAPTCHA system in the AdminCP.

Step #1: http://www.google.com/recaptcha

Step #2: AdminCP -> Settings -> Human Verification Manager -> Enable reCAPTCHA -> Click Save -> Enter the Public & Private Keys you get from Step #1. (There should be a new box below where you enable reCAPTCHA, asking for this information)

[Hyncharas]

Thanks, that should cut back on the spambots a little bit

[ENF]

Thanks, that should cut back on the spambots a little bit

It helps, but it's not enough.

Check out the Stop Forum Spam modification. This will help a lot, if you have a lot of users registering daily.

There are a few other options such as question & answer as well as moderated user approval.