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(Guest) 2005-06-30, 11:25 #31
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try looking for just
$HTML_CODE<br>$SMILE_CODE<br>$AG_CODE

and replace with?
sorry to bother you, but I have actually no idea what I am doing ...

thanks gun
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-06-30, 11:29 #32
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send me your form.php file then.
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(Guest) 2005-06-30, 12:42 #33
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Quote by "carbonize":
try looking for just
$HTML_CODE<br>$SMILE_CODE<br>$AG_CODE

and replace with?
sorry to bother you, but I have actually no idea what I am doing ...

thanks gun
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-06-30, 12:45 #34
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You get my email?
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gunn (Guest) 2005-06-30, 19:52 #35
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You get my email?

sure did, the second post was a mistake i made sending the first one.
sorry and thank you for your help.

one question:
I implemented your Simple Anti Spam Modification for 2.2 and 2.3.1 and after a while as you put it "spammers got wise" and found a way around the mod.
Now (with your kind help) I have installed the Simple Human Verification Question. Is the latter method more secure or could a spambot spy out the verification word and then submit it itself?

Thanks for your help and your apparently infinite patience.
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-06-30, 20:00 #36
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they got round the simpla anti spam by making their script/program visit the add entry page first and get the names of the inputs. A bot wil be unable to get the answer for the human verification due to the fact that the question can be anything and in any format. I don't even use a question I just say type this into the box below.
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SpamSucks (Guest) 2005-07-25, 15:09 #37
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Hi!

First of all I have to concratulate you to your great site and thank you for all the support.. I've got the following problem:

spam protection regarding the "normal" entries works fine but the comment fields always get spammed.. i read somethiny about password protection (like you use it in your guestbook) but I can't find a tutorial for it.. could you please tell me where to find it or how to solve this problem..
Thanks

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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-07-25, 15:34 #38
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You can password protect comments via the General Settings of the Admin section.
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(Guest) 2005-07-26, 15:17 #39
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Oh.. I didn't think that it would be that easy  ;)

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply!
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Can someone please post instructions for adding this to version 2.3.3
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-07-30, 15:54 #41
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Follow the instructions for 2.3.2
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John (Guest) 2005-09-21, 15:04 #42
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I screwed up something bad and made it wose by trying to correct it.

Where can I find the original codes to:

templates/form.php

addentry.php

lib/add.class.php

lang/english.php

If I can get those (I'll keep a copy like I should have) and try again.. for some reason the snapshot did not indicate a change..
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-09-21, 15:16 #43
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Just redownload the guestbook.
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glenn (Guest) 2005-10-03, 15:55 #44
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suddenly out of nowhere my guestbook was inundated!  i was ready to drop it completely today. one last google brought me here and hopefully a solution to the problem. the mods are in place and seem to be working.  nice job! O-))

for your information, i'm using advanced guestbook v2.3.1 pretty much out of the box. it took me a while to figure out a couple of things:

the addentry.php doesn't show up in the cpanel templates screen because it's not in the templates directory, i found it in the main guestbook directory.

the editor in cpanel is close to worthless. i ended up bringing them down via ftp, editing them in notepad and uploading again.

some files were CRLF delimited, others were just LF delimited, go figure. i went ahead and made the mods anyway, finishing up with two files that were both CRLF and LF!!  seems to work ok though O-)

the nice thing about this approach is it's simple to change the verification question and you can make it more complex than a simple word. for example: "type in the sum of two plus two in words".

cheers!
glenn
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carbonize (Administrator) 2005-10-03, 16:16 #45
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Don't worry. Most of my scripts end up as a mix of both dos and unix line endings. I use PSPad to edit the files on the server via FTP.

You really should update your guestbook to either 2.3.4 or Lazarus as there are some exploits in2.3.1.
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