reCAPTCHA for SMF

[青山 素子]

You should be able to log in with your administrator account without issue. Once in, disable the same way you enabled the modification.

[gingeee85]

unfortunatly it wont let me log into admin either

[青山 素子]

That is very odd as this modification does not change anything with that process.

If you want to disable the modification manually, you'll need to set "recaptcha_enabled" in the settings table to "0". This requires a manual database edit.

[gingeee85]

cheers will do this now thanks

[gingeee85]

were abouts do i change this value, i cannot find anywere, sorry

[青山 素子]

It's in the database in the settings table.

[gingeee85]

i still have no idea were abouts it is mate at all, cant locate the file

[青山 素子]

It's not a file. You need to edit the database directly.

[gingeee85]

how do i do that, im not that good with stuff like this, got my mate to do it originally and now he dissapeard lol

[青山 素子]

You'll need to use a database editing tool that your host provides, such as phpMyAdmin. If you are unsure what to do, your host may be able to make the edit for you if you ask nicely.

[gingeee85]

right finally sorted cheers, now to try again reading the instructions properly lol

[robertrael]

I am getting the error "Input error: k: Format of site key was invalid".  I did some googling and tried to switch my keys, but to no avail. 

I tried really hard to search the topic for my answer. I only found one person asking about it, and ultimately you had helped them disable. I really need the functionality to cut back on spam to my forum.

SMF 1.1.14

Please advise on how to fix, and thank you.

[青山 素子]

If you are selecting and pasting the keys, make sure you're putting in the whole key and that you don't have a space at the end of it. The space at the end is a fairly common issue.

[robertrael]

Thank you for the quick response.  I just finished triple checking that.  I was also concerned that maybe my version of reCAPTCHA for SMF was incorrect, but I have 0.9.8a.  That's correct right?  The link to generate a key is the old address though.  Is there a newer version?

Thanks for your help!

[robertrael]

I figured it out.. I had created the key for http://host.domain.com.  When I re-read the tips I decided to try hxxp:domain.com [nonactive] even though I am only using the reCAPTCHA on hxxp:host.domain.com [nonactive] and it worked!

Thanks for your help!

[xpubstargamingx]

I installed this Mod with no issues, but I have no extra option under my Registration Settings and when I go to the Registration page there is nothing new there.

1.1.14

[青山 素子]

You must enable the reCAPTCHA system to use it, so you won't see anything there by default.

You might be using a custom theme that has extra template files it probably shouldn't have. Switch to the default theme and the options should show.

[Steveiwonder]

Cannot get keys...
Get your reCAPTCHA key here. link is dead...

Not Found
Error 404

http://recaptcha.net/api/getkey?app=recaptcha_for_smf [nofollow]

Anyone got any idea?

[青山 素子]

Steveiwonder, use the newest version of the modification, which has the updated URL for getting keys. Heck, just going to "http://recaptcha.net/" will take you to the main page for the service, where you can register for a key pair.

If you're really lazy, just use this link directly: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create

[xpubstargamingx]

You must enable the reCAPTCHA system to use it, so you won't see anything there by default.

You might be using a custom theme that has extra template files it probably shouldn't have. Switch to the default theme and the options should show.

This was exactly what I needed to do.

Switch my Theme to Default edit the settings I wanted then switch my Theme back to my current.