bbAntiSpam: Discuss how to stop web spam

admin · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:54 am Post subject:

First try

Guest · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:56 am Post subject:

Are you sure that your path is correct? You could test it from browser:
http://www.yoursite.com/Forum/nfphpbb/bbantispam/bbantispam.php
I get a blank page then on my site.
It could also be a a permission problem. Folders should have permission 755 and files 644. Check that if you are sure that the path is correct.

Guest · Guest

Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it.

The first string didn't work, but the second one did. Now I'm getting my forum. But there's a new problem now. When I sign in, or when I try to post a message, I get the question page ('Say hello' or 'Are you human'). After I write my answer and submit it, I get ... "page cannot be displayed"... nothing. Why is this happening now? I have checked the permissions, they are correct.

How should I solve this problem now?

admin · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:06 am Post subject:

Give the adddress of your forum, I'll take a look.
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Guest · Guest

The address of the forum is -

http://writers4business.netfirms.com/Forum/nfphpbb/

Thanks again. I really do need to fix this.

admin · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:23 am Post subject:

Slacker · Guest

I have problems with the site in certain aspects. I can log in as a member just fine at the URL below:
http://writers4business.netfirms.com/Forum/nfphpbb/
But if I try to post a message in the forum the URL is changed and I have to login again and then I get the bbantispam page with question. After posting the answer comes an error message Server not found and the URL is changed to the last alternative below.
http://www.word-mart.com//Forum/nfphpbb/login.php?redirect=posting.php&mode=newtopic&f=4
http://forum/nfphpbb/login.php

Why do you have different URL-adresses for forum? Might cause your problem and it is very unpractical.

Guest · Guest

Yes, Slacker, these are the problems that I am having too, with the same URLs that you have mentioned.

I don't know about different URL addresses for the forum. The website was originally named writers4business, later changed to word-mart. It was word-mart when I installed the phpBB, but the hosts attached it to the previous name. Why I don't know. I also didn't say anything because it wasn't causing any problem and was functioning just fine. There was just one URL then, not two. The problem is only now with the Textual Confirmation attached. Why the second URL is showing now, I don't know.

The question is - how should I fix the problem now?

admin · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:12 am Post subject:

Hi!

I think I found what's the problem. It's a very small typo, multiplied by combination of features.

Your forum address is (underscores highlight a part of URL):
http://www.word-mart.com_____/_____Forum/nfphpbb/...

After you log in, phpBB redirects you to
http://www.word-mart.com_____//_____Forum/nfphpbb/...

When ATC activated, it asks the web server for the address of the script without the server name, and gets:
//Forum/nfphpbb/....

The browser interprets this URL as the path "/nfphpbb/..." on the server "Forum".

Very funny!

Solution?

You should avoid an additional slash. In the administration panel, on the page "General Configuration", check that "Domain Name" doesn't contain slashes, and that "Script path" starts with only one slash.
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Guest · Guest

Thank you so much. The Forum works just fine now. You were right - From the administration panel, I changed the script path to contain only one slash (there were two). And it worked Very Happy

I sincerely appreciate your helping me out. Thanks once again.

admin · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:36 am Post subject:

I'm glad to hear that everything works now. And thanks for reporting the challenging problem.
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anuj · Guest

I have a website which runs on a combination of PostNuke and PNphpBB.

I added the ATC files to extension.inc as mentioned.

It works brilliantly for posts on the forum, with questions popping up and only on the right answer getting posted.

I have a big problem though --> User registration on PostNuke does not work. Once the forms are filled in with the user details, the ATC page "attempts" to come up. The title bar shows the ATC heading, but there is no content on the page at all. The PostNuke sidebar modules are shown strangely, and nothing more.

PostNuke internally registers with the phpBB database and that is the reason I guess ATC is trying to come up.

How do I fix this?

admin · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:53 am Post subject:

Hi anuj,

PostNuke's phpBB is different from the usual phpBB. You need to follow these instructions: How to stop PHP-Nuke spam.
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Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

admin · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: