Confident CAPTCHA
Version
2.3 (last update on Oct 16, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
7
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
29 June 2010
Tough on Bots. Easy on People.
Rather than forcing people to decipher warped and distorted characters or words, Confident CAPTCHA presents the visitor with a grid of randomly-generated pictures and asks them to click on specific pictures to verify that they are human and not a bot.
Confident CAPTCHA is a FREE web service provided by Confident Technologies. Use it to stop spam and bots on Web forms, comment posts, new account registrations, polls and surveys, and many other areas of your website.
The CAPTCHA does not take up much space on the web page. It is displayed as a small button. When the user clicks on the button the CAPTCHA image grid is appears as a fly-out or a light box.
Configuration Options
Website administrators can choose:
• The grid size and number of images to display
• The number of images users must click
• Optional audio verification for the visually impaired
• Fail open or Fail Close
• International languages
• Mobile-optimized version available
• Optional: Earn revenue by allowing advertisements in the CAPTCHA. Learn more about monetizing your CAPTCHA here: http://confidenttechnologies.com/products/captcha-advertising
Live Demo:
http://www.confidenttechnologies.com/Confident_CAPTCHA_Demo
Get It Now:
You must register to get the unique key credentials needed to make the Confident CAPTCHA web service run on your website. Register to get key credentials here: http://www.confidenttechnologies.com/Get_Confident_CAPTCHA
Follow the easy to use documentation to get Confident CAPTCHA running on your site:
http://login.confidenttechnologies.com/docs/joomla
Watch this short video tutorial showing how to get Confident CAPTCHA up and running on your Joomla site in less than 5 minutes: http://www.confidenttechnologies.com/content/how-install-confident-captcha-joomla-website
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So I followed the instructions, created an account, downloaded plugin, entered key yadda yadda yadda. enabled and nothing happened. Search for more instructions but came up with nothing. Looked at code and found huge API... not for me. the plugin should just work.
So I emailed contact us. got nice and quick reply saying this is self service but supply the details and we'll have a look.
waited a few days, nothing so I installed and followed instructions of another plugin that does the same thing. small code to add in php pages but it was cut and past into 2 files... all done
Sorry but it just didn't work as per promised.
So I emailed contact us. got nice and quick reply saying this is self service but supply the details and we'll have a look.
waited a few days, nothing so I installed and followed instructions of another plugin that does the same thing. small code to add in php pages but it was cut and past into 2 files... all done
Sorry but it just didn't work as per promised.
This is a very good CAPTCHA. It took only a few minutes to install and my spam stopped immediately. I would recommend this to anybody.
Would be nice if the author would develop this for 1.7 too.
Would be nice if the author would develop this for 1.7 too.
I installed Confident Captcha and it didn't show up on my sites (history animation sites). I contacted their support and received an instant and very correct response. Works great - like it much better than word Captcha.
Instructions I received:
* Go to the administration pages, log in
* Go to Extensions tab, Install/Uninstall
* Install Confident CAPTCHA plugin
* Go to Extensions / Plugin manager (follow suggested link)
* Add API credentials, Save
* Enable the plugin (select then Enable)
* Go to Components / Contacts / Contacts, select Name
* Enter parameters:
* Name: Site Admin
* Alias: admin
* Contact Position: Admin
* Email: Yours
* Miscellaneous: Let me know what you think of our new CAPTCHA
* Parameters (right side): show Name, Misc., hide everything else
* SAVE
* Go to Menus/Main Menu, select Home
* Click the "Change Type" button
* Select Contacts, then Standard Contact Layout
* In right toolbar, select first entry in Contact "Site Admin - Admin", Save
* Logout, go to "Return to site Home Page"
* Admire your CAPTCHA
Instructions I received:
* Go to the administration pages, log in
* Go to Extensions tab, Install/Uninstall
* Install Confident CAPTCHA plugin
* Go to Extensions / Plugin manager (follow suggested link)
* Add API credentials, Save
* Enable the plugin (select then Enable)
* Go to Components / Contacts / Contacts, select Name
* Enter parameters:
* Name: Site Admin
* Alias: admin
* Contact Position: Admin
* Email: Yours
* Miscellaneous: Let me know what you think of our new CAPTCHA
* Parameters (right side): show Name, Misc., hide everything else
* SAVE
* Go to Menus/Main Menu, select Home
* Click the "Change Type" button
* Select Contacts, then Standard Contact Layout
* In right toolbar, select first entry in Contact "Site Admin - Admin", Save
* Logout, go to "Return to site Home Page"
* Admire your CAPTCHA
and you should be good to go. Would recommend, I had not trouble getting the plugin up and running.
Time will tell how the users take to it.
Time will tell how the users take to it.
It takes too long to complete the capatcha, and on top of that to download the plugin you have to go through a lengthy process to set up an account with the author.
All in all too hard.
All in all too hard.
Although it says there's an option for audio for the Visually Impaired, It seems that they forgot to put this on their sign-up page. I am visually impaired, and this is the only one that said there was an option for visually impaired people. When I went to sign up, I had to have a sighted person sign up for me because I was unable to see the image. Now, I'm going to try to install this and see if the option is there after downloading.
