[RC1] Registration Auth Code (RAC)

[Marshalrusty]

In order to not release two somewhat varying MODs under the same name, I give you the RAC MOD

This MOD is based on the "VIP Code MOD" by Martin Aignesberger. A number of improvements have been made to the aforementioned MOD, including:
1) Proper usage of language variables
2) Proper usage of the phpBB MOD Template
3) The removal of 2 unnecessary steps
4) More detailed instructions

The idea remains the same. Users are asked to enter an authorization code during registration, which the administrator sets and displays somewhere on the board. Periodically changing the code and location will throw off bots that have been adapted to the MOD. Alternatively, you can ask a question, to which the code will be the answer.

View/download: http://www.marshalrusty.com/phpBB/rac.mod

Updating from 0.0.1 to 0.0.2 (released 22 July 2007)
Open includes/usercp_register.php
Find:

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         message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, $lang['rac_incorrect']);

Replace with:

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         $error = TRUE;
         $error_msg .= ( ( isset($error_msg) ) ? '<br />' : '' ) . $lang['rac_incorrect'];

Getting Support for this MOD

1. Ask any questions relating to this MOD directly in this topic; please don't PM me.
2. If you receive an error, please post the error.
3. If the error points to a specific line in a file, please post the code on that line with around 10 lines on either side of it (if the error is on line 30, post lines 20-40).
4. If you post code, please use the [code] bbcode tags.

[keith2005]

I installed this mod yesterday and so far it is working great! No spammers since. I modified it a little to require new registrants to email the board administrator for the code. Since there are no spammers now I was able to allow the newest user to be displayed and set the "Enable account activation" to none allowing users to immediately log in as soon as they register. Thanks Martin Aignesberger & Marshalrusty for a great anti spam mod!

[wentwooddownhill]

Great MOD !!!
Easy to install and it works immediately. I installed it a day or so afgo and instead of having 2 bots daily i now have 0
I strongly advise this mod

[Seaking]

I'd love to install VIP to my PHBB message board but not sure how it's done. I've searched through the forum here but I'm not finding how it's done. I'm looking to stop spam registration.

Version 2.0.22

I see the mod file and see the directions but it doesn't say where to put it, append it to what file or anything that I am familiar with.. Can anyone help a brudder out?

Thanks in advance.

[Marshalrusty]

Please read the MOD installation tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61611

Please also note that this topic is for the RAC MOD, not the VIP MOD. While they are similar, they are not the same MOD.

[Phantomess]

I tried to install the MOD, but I ended up with this message when I tried to go to my forum:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ''' in /home/phantom4/public_html/forum/language/lang_english/lang_main.php on line 1034

Is there any explanation?

This is an ingenious idea, by the way!

Phantomess

[Sapphire Luna]

I got a similar error too. I get this when clicking on Register. Please help.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/szfsoft/public_html/sapphireluna/forum/includes/usercp_register.php on line 153

[Marshalrusty]

Phantomess, please post lines 1030 to 1040 of your language/lang_english/lang_main.php file

Sapphire Luna, please post lines 140 to 160 of your includes/usercp_register.php file

[wentwooddownhill]

Long term report and still no bots or unwanted registrations. As for installing it. If you uopen the file in a text editor like wordpad etc it talks you through putting which code where etc. You dont just place the downloaded file into your forum directory

[patmay]

Just like to say thanks for the mod, I installed it a week ago and no longer have to spend 15 mins each day cleaning out the spam registrations, absolutely no spam registrations at all
As a novice was a little afraid of messing around with the forum script, if I can do it, anyone can!
Thanks again
Patricia

[gbungart]

When I edited all 3 files and tested the results I do not see a desciptive line of text on the registration page to tell the user what to enter. I left it as the defaul for now just for testing purposes.



Thanks for your help!

[Marshalrusty]

http://www.themeparks.com/forums/templa ... d_body.tpl

Firstly, remove the '#' that you have there, those are not necessary. It should just be:

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     </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_user_logged_out -->
   <tr>
     <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_RAC_CODE}: * </span><br />
      <span class="gensmall">{L_RAC_LOCATION}</span></td>
     <td class="row2">
      <input type="text" class="post" style="width: 200px" name="RAC" size="25" maxlength="32" />
     </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_user_logged_out -->
   <!-- Visual Confirmation -->

The template is modified properly, however I was able to register without entering the confirmation code (which shouldn't happen). That means that you did not make the necessary edits to includes/usercp_register.php. Please make sure that you fully install the MOD.

[adamnicely]

Hi, first, thanks for the time and effort you've put into this mod and instructions. I can't wait to get it going...

I've made all of the edits to the 3 files and triple checked everything. I cannot get the RAC question or the text box for the answer to show up on my registration page... I'm running 2.0.22...

I've rolled back to my backup files for the time being, but here are the edited portions of the edited files if someone can help.

Thanks,

Adam



includes/usercp_register.php

first edit...

{
if ( $user_id != $userdata['user_id'] )
{
$error = TRUE;
$error_msg .= ( ( isset($error_msg) ) ? '<br />' : '' ) . $lang['Wrong_Profile'];
}
}
else if ( $mode == 'register' )
{
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['RAC'] != '12')
{
message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, $lang['rac_incorrect']);
}
if ( empty($username) || empty($new_password) || empty($password_confirm) || empty($email) )
{
$error = TRUE;
$error_msg .= ( ( isset($error_msg) ) ? '<br />' : '' ) . $lang['Fields_empty'];
}
}

second edit...

'L_CONFIRM_CODE_IMPAIRED' => sprintf($lang['Confirm_code_impaired'], '<a href="mailto:' . $board_config['board_email'] . '">', '</a>'),
'L_CONFIRM_CODE' => $lang['Confirm_code'],
'L_CONFIRM_CODE_EXPLAIN' => $lang['Confirm_code_explain'],
'L_RAC_CODE' => $lang['rac_code'],
'L_RAC_LOCATION' => $lang['rac_location'],

'S_ALLOW_AVATAR_UPLOAD' => $board_config['allow_avatar_upload'],
'S_ALLOW_AVATAR_LOCAL' => $board_config['allow_avatar_local'],



language/lang_english/lang_main.php

$lang['Session_invalid'] = 'Invalid Session. Please resubmit the form.';

// RAC Code MOD
$lang['rac_incorrect'] = 'The authorization code you have entered is incorrect. Please try again.';
$lang['rac_code'] = 'Authorization Code';
$lang['rac_location'] = 'In order to make sure you are not a robot...how many eggs are in a dozen?';

//
// That's all, Folks!
// -------------------------------------------------



templates/subSilver/profile_add_body.tpl

</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_CONFIRM_PASSWORD}: * </span><br />
<span class="gensmall">{L_PASSWORD_CONFIRM_IF_CHANGED}</span></td>
<td class="row2">
<input type="password" class="post" style="width: 200px" name="password_confirm" size="25" maxlength="32" value="{PASSWORD_CONFIRM}" />
</td>
</tr>
<!-- BEGIN switch_user_logged_out -->
<tr>
<td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_RAC_CODE}: * </span><br />
<span class="gensmall">{L_RAC_LOCATION}</span></td>
<td class="row2">
<input type="text" class="post" style="width: 200px" name="RAC" size="25" maxlength="32" />
</td>
</tr>
<!-- END switch_user_logged_out -->
<!-- Visual Confirmation -->
<!-- BEGIN switch_confirm -->
<tr>

[Marshalrusty]

Are you using the subSilver template? The edits to profile_add_body.tpl need to be made to every template you have installed (or at least the template that users see during registration).

[adamnicely]

Thanks for the quick reply! I am using the default SubSilver. I installed using Fantastico in CPanel provided by by hosting company. Would that cause any problems? Does everything look right?

Thanks,

Adam