Introduction

Captcha, Site Security

Captcha for joomla core and custom forms.Inserts captcha in registration,contact,reset password, remind username forms on enabling this plugin.To add captcha in custom forms without changing any existing codes or admin settings, follow the steps mentioned below.
Just have to follow 3 steps for core forms.
1.install the plugin
2.publish the plugin .
3.Check the 5 forms(mentioned above).
OSOLCaptcha Version 2 and above developed for joomla 2.5 and 3 uses regexp and AJAX verification .if the captcha doesnt appear in any of the core forms, you need to edit osolCaptcha/coreForms.php and update the regexp for the particular form based on the template you are using.


---Important step for Custom forms/Non core Joomla forms---

If you are familiar with regexp ,you could add OSOLCaptcha for any forms.For this you need to add a file in 'osolCaptcha/nonCoreForms' folder.you can check 'virtuemart.php' to see how to set regexp for any non core form.

PS: Inorder to have this plugin insert captcha ,the form should have an id or name and a submit button inside 'form' tag.Though by default it usually will have,I am explicitly mentioning it because I have seen users developing custom forms and template overrides without name or id attribute and compalining that the captcha oesnt work there.

It is recommended that this be done by coders or with their help though installing and publishing the plugin could be done by anyone(which in turn will add the captcha to the core forms mentioned above)

Further there is a layer of backend spam protection with the help of botscout api which could prevent even human spams to an extend.We reccomend you to enable this as well.

Currently there are 2 limitations for this plugin

1.If the html part is customized for comuser,modlogin or com_contact,it may not work.Since this is aimed for non techy joomla users it wont affect them as they dont edit any files.However if there is a template override with form id/name change and submit button tag change you should edit
plugins/system/osolcaptcha/osolCaptcha/coreForms.php
and change the 2 variables for that form properly

'formId' =>
'tagToPlaceCaptchaBefore' =>

Enabling auto add for modlogin(not available from version 2.0 onwards) is subject to conditions and is disabled by default.if you enable it, make sure that it is in a unique position ,position must be any of these('left','right','top','user2','user3') .The position occupied by modlogin should not contain any other modules

I have included a link to the download page of this plugin with the captcha image.You are free to remove it,though I will be happy to have that link with the captcha image :)

This is my first extension to JED.Any suggestions and help on improving this plugin will be much appreciated

PS:Please check the technical requirements section and FAQs section in the download page of the plugin,first if you are having any issues with the plugin

AJAX verification

Highly recommend it.



Posted on 16 October 2013
Good Extension,and support is very fast and friendly,more than 30 messages back and forth,support still so friendly

Good alternative



Posted on 26 September 2013
I did not want to use the default recaptcha plugin. This is the only alternative I could find that is easy to set up. And it works well. Thanks.
Very easy to use, and fast customization, colors etc. I had to contact support and got back to me very fast, and the issue was solved downloading the new version. I highly recommend it.

Excellent!



Posted on 14 August 2013
This captcha worked right out of the box for me and it seems to stop the spammers on my website. The Google recaptcha just did not do that at all. I have activated the botscout option though.

Thank you for this wonderful extension!

OSOLCaptcha



Posted on 14 July 2013
I have used OSOLCaptcha on my personal site for years! It is a great extension. I put it on my newest site and forgot how easy it is to install and get going. It doesn't get any easier to install! Thanks for a great and professional captcha! [I also have it working with my site with community builder site]
it was excellent plugin.This plugin was using well defined REGEX pattern we can also create the captcha for other component extension by placing the created capatcha file "nonCoreForms" folder.



Super Ajax feature validation



Super Development



Thanks
That's a useful plugin, just installed and got it working. No pain, it worked immediately.

Worked right away



Posted on 25 January 2013
worked right out of the box. Took us less than 1 minute to get it to work.
This plugin is so easy to install and configure - I choose to use the newer version plg_osolcaptcha_2.0_for_Joomla1.5 and it automatically adds it self to contact forms. It will never get easier than this - thanks for a great plugin and keep up the good work.

Great Plugin :)



Posted on 22 July 2012
I just downloaded version 1.6 for joomla 2.5 and enabled it done some settings and works rights away !



Thanks alot keep up the good work!

OSOLCaptcha

Version:
3.1
Developer:
Sreekanth Dayanand
Last updated:
Sep 14 2017
6 years ago
Date added:
Mar 11 2010
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
p
Compatibility:
J3
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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