Feedback on BotStop Plugin

peregrine

nice little plugin.

did see this though

A typo in settings page -

Enter the second acceptable ansewr:

brainache

Me and my typos... corrected and uploaded.. thanks for the spot!

whu606

Thanks very much to @brainache for the original add-on, and @peregrine for the additions.

I've been getting plagued by bots recently, and this seems like just the ticket.

Huzzah! (A word, I feel, that doesn't get out as much as it should.)

markcbain

Could I point out a typo on the registration screen: it says "Not bots allowed", when it should be "No bots allowed". Could you fix that? We're running a forum for, ahem, English teachers, so...

impuwat

Peregrine,

In /plugins/Botstop/locale/en-CA/definitions.php that you have listed above you have an error in line 3.

$Definition['two'] = 'one';

whu606

Question deleted.

Sorry, ignore me!

LeftBrain

Yes, this seems to be working for me now.

brainache

Me and my typos... corrected and uploaded.. thanks for the spot!

tannerc

This is AWESOME , thank you @brainache . i have a private community-w/registration approval for 4000+ users and in the last month** have had to manually delete up to 30 bot reg. a day...since setting this up -not one! so e relieved..i added it to my custom theme > views> registrationapprovalphp file-
thanks again
**( prior to - never had a problem)

brainache

Glad its helping out!

Xrnw

Is this strong enough protection that I can turn off the recapcha & use this in place of it?

Thanks

Pamela

Great, we do not like image capcha and external service, many thank to you too @brainache

Andy K

Heya, solid! However, First/Last Names is an integral addon to my site, and unfortunately they won't work together. Is it possible to adjust this addon to work in conjunction with FirstLastNames or other similar "additional registration info" plugins?

Thanks!

Silvia

Hi, and thank you for this plugin.
How can I enable this plugin when somebody will start new discussion or reply post ?? ( I will use it for new users or guest posting)

peregrine

I made a change for the plugin for my personal experimentation.

This one will allow you to make changes in definitions file to change questions and answers just for internationalization and locale.

This only works if you use Registration : Approval as your registration process.

if you want it to work with others e.g. Basic Captcha - you can use the code I post to make your own mods.

in class.BotStop.plugin.php

replace the old function with this code:

    public function UserModel_BeforeRegister_Handler($Sender)
    {
        $test = $Sender->EventArguments['User']['BotCheck'];
        $a1 = C('Plugins.BotStop.Answer1');
        $a2 = C('Plugins.BotStop.Answer2');

           $randnumber = $Sender->EventArguments['User']['BotResult'];

       //  test for random question
         if ($randnumber != $test)
       // unrandomized answer one and two commented out 
       //  if ($test != $a1 && $test != $a2)
        {
        $Sender->Validation->AddValidationResult('BotCheck',T('Your humanity is suspect... Please try again.'));
        $Sender->EventArguments['Valid'] = FALSE;
        }
       // return FALSE;
    }

/botstop/views/registerapproval.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>
<h1><?php echo T("Apply for Membership") ?></h1>
<div class="Box">
   <?php
   $TermsOfServiceUrl = Gdn::Config('Garden.TermsOfService', '#');
   $TermsOfServiceText = sprintf(T('I agree to the <a id="TermsOfService" class="Popup" target="terms" href="%s">terms of service</a>'), Url($TermsOfServiceUrl));

   // Make sure to force this form to post to the correct place in case the view is
   // rendered within another view (ie. /dashboard/entry/index/):
   echo $this->Form->Open(array('Action' => Url('/entry/register'), 'id' => 'Form_User_Register'));
   echo $this->Form->Errors();
   ?>
   <ul>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Email', 'Email');
            echo $this->Form->TextBox('Email');
                echo '<span id="EmailUnavailable" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T('Email Unavailable').'</span>';
         ?>
      </li>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Username', 'Name');
            echo $this->Form->TextBox('Name');
            echo '<span id="NameUnavailable" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T('Name Unavailable').'</span>';
         ?>
      </li>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Password', 'Password');
            echo $this->Form->Input('Password', 'password');
         ?>
      </li>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Confirm Password', 'PasswordMatch');
            echo $this->Form->Input('PasswordMatch', 'password');
            echo '<span id="PasswordsDontMatch" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T("Passwords don't match").'</span>';
         ?>
      </li>
      <li class="Gender">
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Gender', 'Gender');
            echo $this->Form->RadioList('Gender', $this->GenderOptions, array('default' => 'm'))
         ?>
      </li>
        <li>
         <?php
            echo "<br><hr>".$this->Form->Label(T('Humanity Check...  Not bots allowed!'), '');
$q = C('Plugins.BotStop.Question');


                   $num[1] = T("one");
                   $num[2] = T("two");
                   $num[3] = T("three");
                   $num[4] = T("four");
                   $num[5] = T("five");
                   $num[6] = T("six");
                   $num[7] = T("seven");
                   $num[8] = T("eight");
                   $num[9] = T("nine");

                   $frand = rand(1,9);
                   $srand = rand(1,9);

                   $frandname = $num[$frand];
                   $srandname = $num[$srand];
                   $operand = "and";
                 //  $operand = "times";

                   if ($operand == "and") 
                   $answer = $frand + $srand;

                   if ($operand == "times") 
                   $answer = $frand * $srand;


                // show answer
                //  echo "the answer is $answer";




                  echo $this->Form->Hidden('BotResult',array('value' => "$answer"));

                  $q = sprintf(T("How much is %1s %2s %3s?"),$frandname,$operand,$srandname);


            echo $this->Form->Label($q, 'BotCheck');
            echo $this->Form->TextBox('BotCheck');    
         ?> 
            </li>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->Label('Why do you want to join?', 'DiscoveryText');
            echo $this->Form->TextBox('DiscoveryText', array('MultiLine' => TRUE));
         ?>
      </li>
      <li>
         <?php
            echo $this->Form->CheckBox('TermsOfService', $TermsOfServiceText, array('value' => '1'));
         ?>
      </li>
      <li class="Buttons">
         <?php echo $this->Form->Button('Apply for Membership'); ?>
      </li>
   </ul>
   <?php echo $this->Form->Close(); ?>
</div>

definitions.php placed in /plugins/Botstop/locale/en-CA/definitions.php

    <?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
    $Definition['one'] = 'one';
    $Definition['two'] = 'one';
    $Definition['three'] = 'three';
    $Definition['four'] = 'four';
    $Definition['five'] = 'five';
    $Definition['six'] = 'six';
    $Definition['seven'] = 'seven';
    $Definition['eight'] = 'eight';
    $Definition['nine'] = 'nine';
    $Definition['Your humanity is suspect... Please try again.'] = "Your humanity is suspect... Please try again.";
    $Definition['How much is %1s %2s %3s?'] = 'How much is %1s %2s %3s?';
    $Definition['Humanity Check...  Not bots allowed!'] = "Humanity Check...  Not bots allowed!";

the above code will give a different set of numbers to add each time.

whu606

Thanks very much to @brainache for the original add-on, and @peregrine for the additions.

I've been getting plagued by bots recently, and this seems like just the ticket.

Huzzah! (A word, I feel, that doesn't get out as much as it should.)

markcbain

Could I point out a typo on the registration screen: it says "Not bots allowed", when it should be "No bots allowed". Could you fix that? We're running a forum for, ahem, English teachers, so...

peregrine

To keep your english teachers from getting out the red pen - you could....

change your definition in locale/en-Ca/definitions.php in the plugin to

$Definition['Humanity Check... Not bots allowed!'] = "Humanity Check... No bots allowed!";

whu606

Went from 20+ a day bot registrations to 0 right after setting this up.

It's reet champion!

tonex

I've been bombarded by spam bots in my registration lately. Hope this helps, just installed it.

carllavoie

It is not working for me. Please update your pluging. I got BONK : Something funky happened. Please bear with us while we iron out the kinks.

Thanks

whu606

@carlavoie

read this thread, and also search for Bonk on this forum, to see how to get a detailed error report.

The plugin works fine - so it's something you need to sort at your end.

crowds

This looks great, and while it appears to be working (it the fact its not throwing a bonk) at the start of my registration application page the first line of the php code from the class script is being echoed out !
?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>
Minus the opening <
Ive checked over the code and its verbatim to that above with the changes peregrine suggests
Any ideas why this may be ?

Cheers
Jim

peregrine

I've cut and pasted it and it works for me.
verify if the definitions.php, registerapproval.php, and
class.BotStop.plugin.php

all have

        <?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>

or try starting over and cutting and pasting.

crowds

Ah clearly my checking was not up to scratch ! I had indeed missed the < when copy and pasting it seems. Thanks works great

impuwat

Peregrine,

In /plugins/Botstop/locale/en-CA/definitions.php that you have listed above you have an error in line 3.

$Definition['two'] = 'one';

peregrine

@impuwat said:
Peregrine,

In /plugins/Botstop/locale/en-CA/definitions.php that you have listed above you have an error in line 3.

$Definition['two'] = 'one';

good spotting. let the record be corrected

$Definition['two'] = 'two';