= Simple CAPTCHA for new user registration = == Description == A simple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA CAPTCHA] for new user registration using Trac's AccountManagerPlugin that uses [http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/ Skimpy Gimpy]. The plugin requires that AccountManagerPlugin has been patched to include an IRegistrationConfirmation extension point by the RegistrationConfirmationPatch. An unmaintained version of this plugin that does not require modification to AccountManagerPlugin is [https://svn.openplans.org/svn/trac/CaptchaAuth/ available here]. == Bugs/Feature Requests == Existing bugs and feature requests for SimpleCaptchaPlugin are [report:9?COMPONENT=SimpleCaptchaPlugin here]. If you have any issues, create a [http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=SimpleCaptchaPlugin&owner=nicholasbs new ticket]. == Known Issues == This plugin does not work with Safari because it uses [http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/ Skimpy Gimpy]'s pre-formatted text CAPTCHA which does not render properly. == Download == Download the zipped source from [download:simplecaptchaplugin here]. == Source == You can check out SimpleCaptchaPlugin from [http://trac-hacks.org/svn/simplecaptchaplugin here] using Subversion, or [source:simplecaptchaplugin browse the source] with Trac. == Example == To use you SimpleCaptchaPlugin you should: 1. Have patched AccountManagerPlugin to provide the IRegistrationConfirmation extension point using the RegistrationConfirmationPatch. 2. Add the following to your trac.ini file {{{ [simplecaptcha] dictionary_file = /path/to/dictionary.txt }}} where /path/to/dictionary.txt is the path to the text file used to generate the words for the CAPTCHAs. If you do not provide your own dictionary file, the plugin will download the dictionary file [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/collections/interfaces/examples/dictionary.txt here] on startup. ATTENTION! The words must have at least 5 chars, otherwise they are not accepted! Here's a screenshot of the SimpleCaptchaPlugin in action: [[Image(captcha.png)]] == Recent Changes == [[ChangeLog(simplecaptchaplugin, 3)]] == Author/Contributors == ''Originally developed at [http://openplans.org The Open Planning Project]'' '''Author:''' [wiki:nicholasbs] [[BR]] '''Contributors:''' [wiki:k0s]