Fanupdate Problem...., finding it.... Options

[theerinkal]

I can't find Fanupdate 2.2.1

I go to prism-perfect.net/fanupdate but it takes me to yaybaby.com b/c the owner got a new domain.

I really want to use fanupdate because I've been getting SPAM on my cutenews.

If someone could email me an attachment with the fanupdate files in them that would be okay too, unless that's illegal.........I'm not really sure....but I'm pretty sure it's not.

THANKS!

[Mikeplyts]

I had the same problem with the spam comments. Try this:

1. Go to reCaptcha.net and sign up.

2. Once you sign up, save your private and public keys where you can access them quickly.

3. Download the latest version of reCaptcha for PHP here.

4. Copy recaptchalib.php into your /inc folder under you cutenews directory.

5. Open the shows.inc.php file under that /inc folder.

6. Find:

CODE

if($allow_add_comment){

And add this BELOW it.

CODE

    //----------------------------------
    // Recaptcha
    //----------------------------------

require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$privatekey = "###";
$resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey,
                                $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"],
                                $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"],
                                $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);

if (!$resp->is_valid) {
  die ("The reCAPTCHA wasn't entered correctly. Go back and try it again." .
       "(reCAPTCHA said: " . $resp->error . ")");
}

(Replace the ### with your private key.)

This code validates the captcha.

7. Now find:

CODE

$template_form = str_replace("{smilies}", $smilies_form, $template_form);

And add this ABOVE it:

CODE

require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$publickey = "###";
$template_form = str_replace("{captcha}", recaptcha_get_html($publickey), $template_form);

(Replace the ### with your public key.

This code will display your captcha.

8. Finally, find:

CODE

echo"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">This name is owned by a registered user and you must enter password to use it<br />
<form name=passwordForm id=passwordForm method=\"post\" action=\"\">

And REPLACE it with this:

CODE

echo"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">";
echo"<form name=passwordForm id=passwordForm method=\"post\" action=\"\">";

require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$publickey = "###";
echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey);

echo"

(Replace the ### with your public key.)

This code adds the captcha window to the page displayed when an admin needs to verify their password when they leave a comment.
The rearranging happens because recaptcha needs to be inside the <form> tag.

9. Save the shows.inc.php file.

10. Go to your cutenews control panel (i.e. - http://www.yoursite.com/cutenews/index.php) and select Options.

11. Click on Edit Templates.

12. Now click on the Add Comment Form part and add the below to wherever you want the captcha to be displayed.

CODE

    <tr>
      <td width="450" height="1">
      <small>CAPTCHA:</small>
      </td>
      <td>
      {captcha}
      </td>
    </tr>

I know it's not the most prettiest thing in the world but it works great and it provides cool features like audio. You can look around the reCaptcha site to find adjustments that you can make to the box itself. Good Luck.

[theerinkal]

Thanks. Oh! and I found fanupdate so you can close this topic now.

[Mikeplyts]

Damn, that was a waste.

[theerinkal]

Not really, I may go back to using cutenews.

[Mikeplyts]

Oh ok.

[manny-the-dino]

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