Geneone Update: Comments, CAPTCHA, Report

April 3rd, 2006

I've updated the copy of Geneone running here to the latest development version. Main changes are:

Comment UI

I've changed the look of both discussion comments and blog comments to use the new design I discussed yesterday. See a demo of it on the forums at the Geneone website. It's also been adapted and modified for blog comments (see comments on this blog; note I modified the colours for this blog). There's no avatars at the moment; these will be put in when they work properly.

CAPTCHA

I put in CAPTCHA support for when guests try to add comments. Unfortunately it seems like they were cracked pretty easily when I added them onto my blog (seems like all my spam comes from the same guy) so for the moment, guest commenting is still disabled. It's just not worth the hassle.

Report Comments

There is now an easy way for users to report comments for objectional material and a way for moderators to manage these reports. 

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4 Responses to “Geneone Update: Comments, CAPTCHA, Report”

  1. # The Wolfon 04 Apr 2006 at 9:11 am

    Know your pain about the spam, using WordPress I've been able to block my spammers via their IPs and using code words.

    But I'm looking for new blog software as WordPress is useless in other areas. 

  2. # Daguron 04 Apr 2006 at 9:36 am

    i've never been a big fan of captcha. It doesn't always work right and the last time I heard it doesn't have support for colorblind people (which is a pretty big percentage).

  3. # Khloon 04 Apr 2006 at 9:48 am

    Actually to be honest, I don't particularly like CAPTCHAs much either. The CAPTCHAs used here seem to be black and white so shouldn't affect any colourblind people but will affect blind people or those who may have trouble recognising letters in a load of junk.

    At the moment my blog doesn't support code words, IP blocking and other spam prevention methods so the CAPTCHA was the only line of defense and it was quite easy to implement. Perhaps when I put in the rest and it works effectively then CAPTCHAs can be turned off.

  4. # Clearon 04 Apr 2006 at 3:22 pm

    you need to create your own images? obscure enough fonts…

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