Community Server CAPTCHA control

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In case it wasn't incredibly obvious, I run my web site on CommunityServer, an open source Community portal written in .NET.

While it's a great product, it doesn't have everything you might need, so that's where controls and addins come in. I wanted a way to prevent Comment SPAM in my blog, as well as false registrations. So I tried a couple of different solutions for adding CAPTCHA to CommunityServer, and didn't like any of them.

So like the old adage says, if you want something done right, do it yourself. Actually, it's more of a case of wanting something done to my liking, but anyway, the code here is based off of Dave Burkes Post, but encompased in a convienient, self-validating, templated, Server control.

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Posted May 11 2005, 05:39 PM by michael
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Parick wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-11-2005 8:55 PM
Hey I'm trying to set this up on my site and its not working. I don't see anything on my comment page after adding the code\html in the readme. Any ideas?
Patrick wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-11-2005 8:59 PM
Hm... it does work with the registration page, but not the comments. Have you tried this with the LuxInterior Skin?
Patrick wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-11-2005 9:15 PM
OK, never mind it works fine... I was logged in as UberAdmin. :-)
michael wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-11-2005 9:16 PM
I did forget to mention that there's an attribute called VisibleToAuthenticated If that property is set to true, you will se the captchA when you're logged in. It defaults to false, since if the user is logged in, he's probably not spamming you.
Here's some stuff that I like. wrote Take that blog spammers.
on 06-26-2005 5:11 PM
Here's some stuff that I like. wrote Take that blog spammers.
on 06-26-2005 5:17 PM
oykica wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 08-29-2005 3:37 PM
Very nice thank you Michael. Dead set easy to use mate.
Nix's Blog wrote MIGRATION DES BLOGS DE .TEXT A COMMUNITYSERVER 1.1
on 10-27-2005 7:20 PM
Les blogs CodeS-SourceS viennent d'être migré sur CommunityServer. (Peut-être avez-vous remarqué un "léger"...
Nick wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 01-18-2006 10:24 AM
Great control. I made the following minor modification to the code for the Src property so it would allow you to use a path relative to the application root rather than having to use an absolute URL:

Public Property Src() As String
Get
Return _Src
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
Dim AppPath As String = HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath

If (AppPath.EndsWith("/") = False) Then AppPath = AppPath & "/"
_Src = AppPath & Value
End Set
End Property

With this change if CaptchaImage.aspx resides in the application root you can just set the source property to "CaptchaImage.aspx". If you have it in a sub-directory under the application root, such as third-party, you can set the Src property to "third-party/CaptchaImage.aspx". This eliminates the need to modify the Src property as you move your code from your development environment to your final production site.

Nick McCollum
Principal Consultant
NuSoft Solutions
Nick McCollum wrote Captcha control for Community Server
on 01-18-2006 10:38 AM
James Geurts' Blog wrote Small update to the site
on 02-26-2006 11:03 PM
It has taken far too long for me to implement something to guard
against blog spam.  But lately,...
Robert Haken wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-12-2006 1:48 AM
Nice implementation, thanx a lot!

BTW: Would it be possible, to auto-scroll the page down i case of invalid input the same way as the page is scrolled in case of valid entry (blog comment)?
Blog de Humpty wrote Community Server Captcha web control
on 05-13-2006 12:32 PM
I've finally released it, yay!  You can download it from my web site, http://timothyhumphrey.name/cs....
James Newton-King - Newtonblog wrote Preventing Spam With An ASP.NET CAPTCHA Control
on 05-29-2006 4:46 AM
A CAPTCHA image displays text that is readable to humans, but not to computers. The concept is useful...
James Newton-King wrote Preventing Spam With An ASP.NET CAPTCHA Control
on 08-18-2006 2:41 AM
The source and dll for the project can be downloaded here: CaptchaControl.zip About A CAPTCHA image displays
I Got Rhythm wrote Anonymous Comments Enabled
on 02-07-2007 3:24 PM
I didn't notice that when I set up the blog, anonymous comments were disabled! I just enabled them, and
Anders Norås' Blog wrote CAPTCHA
on 03-18-2007 8:15 AM
After moving my blog I have managed to hide from the dreaded spambots . But as I suspected when I posted
傑克誌 wrote 傑克誌開啟留言輸入檢查碼功能
on 10-29-2007 11:19 AM
之前由於站上經常有許多不明人士留一大堆垃圾留言，每次都要花上好一、兩個小時來清，真的很麻煩。
其實很早就有許多入口網站要求使用者在留言時，要輸入檢查碼，以避免垃圾訊息。但是由於我用的系統是 Community...
oyunlar wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 12-30-2007 4:58 AM
OK, never mind it works fine
Imesh Gunaratne's Web Log wrote Stop Spam on Community Server Blog Comments
on 01-10-2008 7:05 AM
I had a great problem with spam in my blog post comments till yesterday. When I try to review the post
seo guide wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 01-26-2008 1:54 AM
great addon
Oyun wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 09-14-2008 4:58 AM

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on 09-16-2008 5:27 AM

I had a great problem with spam in my blog post comments till yesterday. When I try to review the post

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on 09-16-2008 5:29 AM

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oyunlar wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 09-27-2008 1:55 AM

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on 10-12-2008 8:14 AM

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on 10-13-2008 6:52 PM

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on 10-14-2008 7:29 AM

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on 10-14-2008 7:30 AM

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on 11-05-2008 1:40 AM

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on 11-14-2008 5:55 AM

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Rick Minerich wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 11-14-2008 9:26 AM

It seems like your download links are broken now.

Estetik wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 11-16-2008 9:27 AM

I'm guessing the only way to do this in Javascript would be to use the onresize event, and then using the resizeTo method to attempt to keep the window at the size you want?

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on 11-22-2008 10:13 PM

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on 11-28-2008 6:57 PM

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on 12-23-2008 3:40 PM

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on 12-23-2008 6:16 PM

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on 12-26-2008 12:00 AM

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on 12-29-2008 2:29 AM

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on 01-04-2009 7:40 PM

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on 01-10-2009 2:00 AM

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on 01-13-2009 2:10 PM

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on 01-14-2009 9:37 AM

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on 01-16-2009 12:31 AM

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on 01-17-2009 9:05 AM

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on 01-18-2009 1:38 PM

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on 01-21-2009 2:52 AM

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on 01-22-2009 2:32 PM

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on 01-24-2009 3:38 AM

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I Got Rhythm wrote Anonymous Comments Enabled
on 01-26-2009 1:45 PM

I didn't notice that when I set up the blog, anonymous comments were disabled! I just enabled them, and

okey wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 01-28-2009 3:30 AM

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on 01-29-2009 1:13 PM

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okey oyna wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 02-02-2009 12:47 AM

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Oyun wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 02-02-2009 4:47 PM

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okey oyna wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 02-04-2009 1:54 PM

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on 02-13-2009 5:50 AM

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on 02-13-2009 5:51 AM

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on 02-14-2009 11:31 AM

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on 02-28-2009 4:56 PM

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on 03-04-2009 12:52 PM

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on 03-14-2009 6:18 PM

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on 03-17-2009 8:45 AM

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e okul wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 03-17-2009 2:17 PM

I had a great problem with spam in my blog post comments till yesterday. When I try to review the post..

plastik cerrah wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 03-24-2009 3:30 PM

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film izle wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 03-28-2009 8:46 PM

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dinleme sistemi wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 03-31-2009 4:23 PM

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on 03-31-2009 4:24 PM

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on 04-01-2009 3:37 AM

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on 04-10-2009 10:21 AM

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on 04-10-2009 4:33 PM

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on 04-10-2009 4:36 PM

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on 04-10-2009 4:45 PM

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on 04-20-2009 2:31 PM

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on 04-21-2009 11:24 AM

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on 04-21-2009 4:08 PM

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on 04-29-2009 12:11 PM

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on 05-01-2009 4:16 PM

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on 05-12-2009 2:52 AM

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sohbet wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-13-2009 4:55 PM

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on 05-13-2009 5:34 PM

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on 05-15-2009 2:38 AM

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Okey wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-18-2009 12:29 PM

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gömlek wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 05-29-2009 1:21 AM

great thank you

Rick Reszler wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 06-06-2009 1:27 PM

Mike the download is not working?  Does this still work with CS 2008.5 SP2

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on 06-08-2009 5:23 AM

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on 06-08-2009 7:56 AM

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on 06-12-2009 6:51 AM

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bayrak wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 06-18-2009 4:36 AM

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giydirme oyunları wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 06-25-2009 11:06 AM

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tolga wrote re: Community Server CAPTCHA control
on 07-02-2009 10:53 AM

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