security image

mirnot · Post by **mirnot** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:45 pm

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i have a working guestbook script
HOWEVER,
it has a securtyt number to copy, Not a security image!
How and where do i change the script so that a security IMAGE appears on the form?

Henrie · Post by **Henrie** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:25 am

Do you have GBook as your guestbook or another script?
No support for other guestbooks here than GBook.
If you have GBook, please post a link so we can see what the problem is. I don't clearly understand what you mean.

Greetings,
Henrie

mirnot · Post by **mirnot** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:45 am

the sign in form is on

http://www.moshiachforkids.com/gbook/gbook.php?a=sign

Henrie · Post by **Henrie** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:53 am

Hi mirnot,

First of all, i see you have version 1.43 it is advised to upgrade to the latest version 1.60.
But that is your choice to make.

To activate the security image, set $settings['autosubmit']=1;
I see this is not clearly written in the settings.php file itself, but it is in the readme.htm file with is included in the GBook package.

From the readme:

Updated in 1.43
$settings['autosubmit']

Setting this to 1 or 2 will require entering a "security number" in order to successfully submit a new entry to the guestbook. I have added this to prevent SPAMing the guestbook. Set to 0 if you want to disable the security number check.

Setting to 1 will display the security number in a generated image. For this to work your server must have GD library installed. You can test if your server supports all the required functions by uploading the gd_test.php file to your server and open it in your browser. If you get a red image with text WORKS your server shouldn't have problems with it. If you get an error when opening gd_test.php try using the text version as explained below or ask your hosting company to install the GD library for PHP.

Setting to 2 will display the security number in text format. While this is not as effective as an image it will still block the majority of known spam robots.

RECOMMENDED SETTING: $settings['autosubmit']=1;
OR if the above doesn't work try
RECOMMENDED SETTING: $settings['autosubmit']=2;

Greetings,
Henrie