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

Simplicity itself



Posted on 19 July 2012
My Joomla/Virtuemart site has been plagued with rogue signups and I've been searching for an easy to use Captcha option to prevent this. OSOLCaptcha is it! It installed instantly, I published it and enabled the options I wanted and away it went. The only thing I had to tweak was the VM registration page, but adding the code given in the plugin info page to the VM registration page was the work of a minute and it works a treat. Thank you!



If anyone else wants to know how to make it work in the VM registration page I'd be happy to tell you.



Thanks to the OSOLCaptcha developer for such an easy to use plugin. :)
Using OSOLCaptcha in Joomla 1.5 since version 1.0.6 (February 2011).

Advantages: Integration with different forms, ease setup. You can configure the extension to your own website design.

Disadvantages: does not support reCAPTCHA/

Once in Joomla 2.5 appear reCAPTCHA, there was no longer to use the OSOLCaptcha

Formerly used as a captcha to the form of contacts on the blog.

Engaged in web technologies since March 2007. Use Joomla since December 2009.
Owner's reply: for those who have read this review,THIS IDIOT is complaining that there is no recpatcha in my plugin which actually is a feature request.please check http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_Extension_Directory_FAQs#Reviews( which clearly states that feature request could not be posted as user review ).please read the forum thread(http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=2550978) about other instances these types of craps as well

Simple and perfect



Posted on 09 May 2012
Very good extension, simple and perfect. Thank you

That's pretty good



Posted on 14 February 2012
Thanks for the extension, it was really helpfull because I could insert it in my own form.

But I want to ask something: if I try to modify osolCaptcha.php, it breaks all my website with the message "unexpected T-STRING in .\plugins\system\osolCaptcha.php line 1". If I only download the file and upload it without modifications, the error is displayed too.

Is it normal?

Thank you very much!

Wow!



Posted on 27 January 2012
Adding CAPTCHA has never been so easy! Download, install, publish, test in less then 10min. Thanks guys!

Just Great



Posted on 14 December 2011
Simple and does the job, I wish one could play with the layout a bit more but as it is is just great !!! and pure Non-Commercial !!

Fantastic Extension!



Posted on 16 November 2011
This is an absolutely fantastic extension and does exactly what they claim it will do. It is very clean, can be customized to color adapt to any website theme colors. With bot filtering too that helps even further to keep the spammers away. Great work and I look forward to future releases.

Awesomely Good Captcha



Posted on 11 November 2011
What an excellent extension. And yet, its free. Thanks developers. You've done it again.

Peace!
Installs quick and smooth.



As far as I tested, works great.



Thanks so much.

Simple & Fast



Posted on 20 October 2011
Very simple and fast to install.

It can be emproved with more options linke letter number, image size.

Good Extensions

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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