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This installation guide requires drupal '''6,7 or preferably 8''' (or higher). | This installation guide requires drupal '''6,7 or preferably 8''' (or higher). | ||
'''Note this installation requires captcha and recaptcha, these are different plugins and not a type error.''' | '''Note this installation requires captcha and recaptcha, these are different plugins and not a type error.''' | ||
* Go to drupal's captcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/captcha) | * Go to drupal's captcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/captcha) | ||
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** Search for recaptcha and enable it | ** Search for recaptcha and enable it | ||
* Once complete it is | * Once complete it is '''critical''' to configure your captcha setting in the web interface (/admin/config/people/captcha) '''and do not forget to enable the captcha-points (/admin/config/people/captcha/captcha-points). | ||
Revision as of 22:02, 22 February 2016
Google's recaptcha
What is recaptcha and how/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 drupal 6,7 or preferably 8 (or higher). Note this installation requires captcha and recaptcha, these are different plugins and not a type error.
- Go to drupal's captcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/captcha)
- Go to drupal's recaptcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/recaptcha)
- Extract the archives into sites/all/modules/[recaptcha/captcha]respectively and relative to your own drupal installation (this folder may need to be created manually)
- Now navigate to your drupal administration page in your browser (/admin/modules)
- Search for captcha and enable it
- Search for recaptcha and enable it
- Once complete it is critical to configure your captcha setting in the web interface (/admin/config/people/captcha) and do not forget to enable the captcha-points (/admin/config/people/captcha/captcha-points).
