Preventing spam on Joomla: Difference between revisions
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==Google's recaptcha== | ==Google's recaptcha== | ||
===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?=== | ===What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?=== | ||
For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha) | For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha) | ||
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**example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png) | **example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png) | ||
* Navigate to the admin | * Navigate to the admin panel of your joomla instalation | ||
** Select plugins from the extentions | ** Select plugins from the extentions panel in the top menu. | ||
* Search for recaptcha in the search box | * Search for recaptcha in the search box | ||
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* One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly | * One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly | ||
** Go to | ** Go to recaptcha's configuration page by selecting recaptcha in the above mentioned panel | ||
** '''make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)''' | ** '''make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)''' | ||
** Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha administrator page | ** Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha's administrator page | ||
* Once done joomla | * Once done joomla will begin to require recaptcha's | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 23 February 2016
Google's recaptcha
What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?
For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha)
Installation
This installation guide requires joomla 3.4 (or higher).
- Go to google's recaptcha administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site
- example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)
- Navigate to the admin panel of your joomla instalation
- Select plugins from the extentions panel in the top menu.
- Search for recaptcha in the search box
- Enable recaptcha by clicking on the status icon next to recaptcha
- One complete it is critical that you configure your recaptcha properly
- Go to recaptcha's configuration page by selecting recaptcha in the above mentioned panel
- make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)
- Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha's administrator page
- Once done joomla will begin to require recaptcha's
