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I built a website for our band, and put a guest book on it using Frontpage, (Note that Im not a professional website builder, in fact thats the leasts of my talents) The last month though somone or something has been posting Junk on our guestbook, is there any way I can block that? I got to think of something.
Originally posted by reader1107Yea, I guess It wouldnt be smart to do that. Thanks
I scrolled down a while but didn't get to anything yet. Do you realize that you are putting the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all those people out on a public forum for anyone to see? Might want to just give us the info without the link.
So using a FrontPage Web submission form, is there anyway to block BOTS from posting in the website
Originally posted by flyUnityLol, I thought you were going to ask which RHPer was responsible for the graffiti.
I built a website for our band, and put a guest book on it using Frontpage, (Note that Im not a professional website builder, in fact thats the leasts of my talents) The last month though somone or something has been posting Junk on our guestbook, is there any way I can block that? I got to think of something.
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Originally posted by flyUnityNot easily.
So using a FrontPage Web submission form, is there anyway to block BOTS from posting in the website
You could go with the standard anti-bot tactic that google uses for site submission or the dns registrars use for whois lookup. Have a graphic with letters/numbers in a strange/random font and force the user to confirm what the image says. This works because it is difficult for a computer to understand what is in the graphic. But like I said, not easy.
Other options:
1. Manually clear out the bad submissions (they are probably stored in a text file on your website)
2. Make the submissions non-public until YOU approve them. probably not easy for you either
I would just suggest just getting rid of the guestbook. That is soooooo mid-nineties. Or change the guest book into an email form, and you can post the guest comments yourself.