Thank You Health for getting the forum working again

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Re: Thank You Health for getting the forum working again

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one question: When I use the same computer normally it goes to the last post I read. But sometimes I arrive 4 posts later than I have read bevore. So I do have to ge manually back not to loose an answer. Normal???
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Re: Thank You Health for getting the forum working again

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I just saw someone on FB who said he was unable to register as a new member. The CAPTCHA wasn't working he said.

Is there a way to test this or get Heath to take a look at it?


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I've brought this to Heath's attention multiple times, Russ. Perhaps if other folks also sent emails?
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RussMT wrote:I just saw someone on FB who said he was unable to register as a new member. The CAPTCHA wasn't working he said.

Is there a way to test this or get Heath to take a look at it?


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I was working on my boat in front of the house and had a guy stop. He has an :macx: also. I told him about this site and he said he was having the same problem trying to become a member.

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Re: Thank You Health for getting the forum working again

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Captcha can be a problem - not just here. Any way to get rid of it? I have had situations where it's an "endless loop" - always more images, 8)
C Buchs wrote:
RussMT wrote:I just saw someone on FB who said he was unable to register as a new member. The CAPTCHA wasn't working he said.

Is there a way to test this or get Heath to take a look at it?


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I was working on my boat in front of the house and had a guy stop. He has an :macx: also. I told him about this site and he said he was having the same problem trying to become a member.

Jeff
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Re: Thank You Health for getting the forum working again

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Well, we need to have some sort of defense against 'bots and spammers. I've asked Heath to look into using Google's reCaptcha product, since that's becoming more commonly used and it's fairly effective without introducing the issues you noted.
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What if "reCAPTCHA V1 IS SHUTDOWN" were the actual confirmation code to type in?!!
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dlandersson wrote:Captcha can be a problem - not just here. Any way to get rid of it? I have had situations where it's an "endless loop" - always more images, 8)
C Buchs wrote:
RussMT wrote:I just saw someone on FB who said he was unable to register as a new member. The CAPTCHA wasn't working he said.

Is there a way to test this or get Heath to take a look at it?


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I was working on my boat in front of the house and had a guy stop. He has an :macx: also. I told him about this site and he said he was having the same problem trying to become a member.

Jeff
I've run phpBBS before and without CAPTCHA it gets infested with bot (fake) registrations and porn ads etc. You NEED some validation.

We all hate CAPTCHAs but they are important. Sometimes simple validation works well. Like "What is the first name of the boat builder this site is named after?"

Bottom line is without new members, a site will deteriorate. I've been promoting this site and didn't know it hasn't had new members all year.

--Russ
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No arguement regaqrding validation. Just not sure that CAPCHA's is the only way to go. :wink:
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dlandersson wrote:No arguement regaqrding validation. Just not sure that CAPCHA's is the only way to go. :wink:
Agreed. I absolutely HATE the "photo" CAPTCHA.

"Choose the street signs". Does that include the pole it's mounted on? Arrrrg.



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I realize Heath has a life and appreciate the massive task to rebuild the PHP tables here. Not to be too critical, but phpBB has auto db backup extensions.

But if he doesn't have time to maintain/fix the registration page, perhaps he needs to give someone admin rights or we should abandon this site and create a new one that can allow new members.

There is a wealth of great information here, but the search no longer works and without new members, it's just a club. I can no longer promote this site elsewhere.

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I could say that the way it is now makes my job as a Moderator a cake-walk, but I agree with you Russ. I just don't have the time to do it. Why don't you make Heath an offer he can't refuse. It would be wonderful to see the site updated and come alive again.

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