Preventing bots from registering

[0ptima]

I added this to my forum

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=205214

which works great, except that if a user edits their profile, they have to answer the registration question. What do I need to do the get this to show up during registration only? Attached are my settings.

[Zachery]

You should change it to yes, only at registration.

[0ptima]

I set 'Field Required' to 'Yes at registration and profile updating' and it still does not work.

Under 'Field Required' I only have the following options

'Yes at registration and profile updating'
'Yes, Always'
'No''
'No, but display at registration'

vb 364, btw

[Caiman]

This works a charm:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=124828

Similar in principle, but better because you can add multiple questions and it doesn't affect user cp or anything like that.

[0ptima]

I don want to add another hack....

[Caiman]

I don want to add another hack....

Cool, just thought I'd throw it up anyway, others looking at your thread being drawn in by the title might find it useful too.

[Zachery]

Sorry I confused the settings, what you have now is correct and should never show it again to the end users.

[0ptima]

Sorry I confused the settings, what you have now is correct and should never show it again to the end users.

It still asks me to answer the question.....

[Alastor]

I'm having the same issue.

I have a profile field set up for registration. The title is simply "No Spam!"

Then I have a box for the text and it says, "Tell us how you found the site, who you are, who invited you, or otherwise indicate to us that you are a sentient human being. Failure to do so will result in a rejected application."

Then they can take my text out and put their own in.

It's also a "private" field, so once they're in no one can see it but me - and thus it shouldn't be a problem.

No problem, right?

Except that every time a user wants to update their profile, they get this box again and this time it's blank and they have to put something in it.

I want this box to only appear as part of the registration process so that I can view it when I moderate new members. I don't want it to be part of the profiles after that.

The only option I have is "Field Required? Yes, at registration and profile updating."

The other options won't show it at registration. So I want this field to be mandatory during registration, but I don't ever want to see it again after that and neither do my users. Can anyone help me with this?




I did notice that down at the bottom it has some options under Display Page that read:

Edit profile
Options: Log in/Privacy
Options: Messaging/Notification
Options: Thread Viewing
Options: Date/Time
Options: Other

What the Hell is "other?"


So... Two questions here.

1) How do I put a text field in for registration only so that it never appears again?

2) What is "other" under this menu for Display Options?