Captcha & Front Page

[larry.k]

Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page website. Is
there any application like Captcha which can force verification of human
response on the comments page?

I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the forum, but
they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.

thank you, larry.k

 

[Tom Willett]

Google for "free captcha" and see what pops up.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
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: Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page website.
Is
: there any application like Captcha which can force verification of human
: response on the comments page?
:
: I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the forum,
but
: they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.
:
: thank you, larry.k

 

[larry.k]

I've been through the Google search sites. People at the Code Project say
"Nope, Captcha won't work on a Front Page Site". They suggest going to
reCaptcha. People at the reCaptcha site say "unfortunately no, it doesn't
work on Front Page Sites". I'm hoping for a solution possibly generated by
Front Page, or maybe by Microsoft, or by others who have Front Page sites
which have the same problem. I was hoping someone had a working example I
could learn from. If I've missed one, I'd like to know what it is!!

 

[Ronx]

You need server side scripting as opposed to FrontPage extensions - without
server side scripting the only thing that will work (most of the time) is to
remove the forms from the web site.

See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/anti-spam/ for some ideas.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

I've been through the Google search sites. People at the Code Project say
"Nope, Captcha won't work on a Front Page Site". They suggest going to
reCaptcha. People at the reCaptcha site say "unfortunately no, it doesn't
work on Front Page Sites". I'm hoping for a solution possibly generated
by
Front Page, or maybe by Microsoft, or by others who have Front Page sites
which have the same problem. I was hoping someone had a working example
I
could learn from. If I've missed one, I'd like to know what it is!!

Google for "free captcha" and see what pops up.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
---------------------------
: Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page
website.
Is
: there any application like Captcha which can force verification of
human
: response on the comments page?
:
: I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the forum,
but
: they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.
:
: thank you, larry.k

 

[larry.k]

Thanks Ron, I was afraid that would be the answer. Well, now I must
get to work learning Dreamweaver, Ha!!

larry.k

You need server side scripting as opposed to FrontPage extensions - without
server side scripting the only thing that will work (most of the time) is to
remove the forms from the web site.

See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/tests/anti-spam/ for some ideas.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

I've been through the Google search sites. People at the Code Project say
"Nope, Captcha won't work on a Front Page Site". They suggest going to
reCaptcha. People at the reCaptcha site say "unfortunately no, it doesn't
work on Front Page Sites". I'm hoping for a solution possibly generated
by
Front Page, or maybe by Microsoft, or by others who have Front Page sites
which have the same problem. I was hoping someone had a working example
I
could learn from. If I've missed one, I'd like to know what it is!!

Google for "free captcha" and see what pops up.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
---------------------------
: Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page
website.
Is
: there any application like Captcha which can force verification of
human
: response on the comments page?
:
: I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the forum,
but
: they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.
:
: thank you, larry.k

 

[OldLee]

Larry,
Try placing this code at the bottom of your form above the </body> tag. I
have it on several of my Front Page forms and it seems to work.

<div style="display:none;">
<p>These fields are present to prevent automated submission systems. If
you see it, please do not fill in a value.</p>
<script type="text/javascript">var
varname='nospam1';document.write('<inp'+'ut name="'+varname+'" type="text"
value="1"/>');</script>
<input type="text" name="nospam2" value=""/>
</div>

Lee Steele

I've been through the Google search sites. People at the Code Project say
"Nope, Captcha won't work on a Front Page Site". They suggest going to
reCaptcha. People at the reCaptcha site say "unfortunately no, it doesn't
work on Front Page Sites". I'm hoping for a solution possibly generated
by
Front Page, or maybe by Microsoft, or by others who have Front Page sites
which have the same problem. I was hoping someone had a working example
I
could learn from. If I've missed one, I'd like to know what it is!!

Google for "free captcha" and see what pops up.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
---------------------------
: Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page
website.
Is
: there any application like Captcha which can force verification of
human
: response on the comments page?
:
: I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the forum,
but
: they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.
:
: thank you, larry.k

 

[Ronx]

Those fields will do nothing unless you have something to validate the
contents - FrontPage JavaScript validation will not work if JavaScript is
disabled (usual condition for spambots) and FrontPage extensions' serverside
validation is unreliable at best - this is where asp, asp.NET, PHP, etc.
scripting is required.

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

Larry,
Try placing this code at the bottom of your form above the </body> tag. I
have it on several of my Front Page forms and it seems to work.

<div style="display:none;">
<p>These fields are present to prevent automated submission systems. If
you see it, please do not fill in a value.</p>
<script type="text/javascript">var
varname='nospam1';document.write('<inp'+'ut name="'+varname+'" type="text"
value="1"/>');</script>
<input type="text" name="nospam2" value=""/>
</div>

Lee Steele

I've been through the Google search sites. People at the Code Project
say
"Nope, Captcha won't work on a Front Page Site". They suggest going to
reCaptcha. People at the reCaptcha site say "unfortunately no, it
doesn't
work on Front Page Sites". I'm hoping for a solution possibly generated
by
Front Page, or maybe by Microsoft, or by others who have Front Page sites
which have the same problem. I was hoping someone had a working example
I
could learn from. If I've missed one, I'd like to know what it is!!

Google for "free captcha" and see what pops up.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
---------------------------
: Hi, I'm facing spam attacks in my Comments page on my Front Page
website.
Is
: there any application like Captcha which can force verification of
human
: response on the comments page?
:
: I'm sorry if this is a redundant question; I found others in the
forum,
but
: they are dated in 2007. I'm hoping there is an answer by now.
:
: thank you, larry.k