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McGrady56:
I recently created a forum on x10 hosting, and installed smf into it, then installed a pre-made theme.

My problem: the image verification image is broken and thus, is preventing user from registering on the site.

I am hoping to find a quick fix, or learn how to install reCaptcha onto the site.

MrPhil:
You're talking about the CAPTCHA letters image? The first thing to do would be to make sure your host has all the prerequisites required, including the proper level of the GD image library (version 2, IIRC). If you're not sure, run the script

--- Code: ---<?php phpinfo(); ?>
--- End code ---
and it will list the installed PHP libraries. If that doesn't help, there are many discussions on this forum concerning problems with display of CAPTCHA images -- I suggest you search for them, you'll probably find the answer.

Note that CAPTCHA doesn't seem to be all that useful any more for stopping bots from signing up. reCaptcha is supposed to be practically useless now. You might want to disable CAPTCHA and use Questions and Answers to weed out the bots and spam farms. SMF 2.0.2 has this built in; I don't know for sure if SMF 1.1.x still has a mod available to do this. There are also various mods (especially for SMF 2) to check signups against lists of known spammers (e.g., BadBehavior, HoneyPot, et al.).

By the way, why are you starting a new forum with SMF version 1? While SMF 1.1 is still receiving security patches, it's nearly End of Life. All new development is taking place in SMF 2, which is where you should be.

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