eddyb Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 My colleague and I are building a new phpbb2 website to be a car racing forum/marketplace for high end racing cars. We purchased a bb2 template because we liked the look and already knew about bb3.We can't seem to stop bots from signing up as members and posting up advertisements. We installed an anti-bot software program which doesn't do anything, and running out of options.We don't know to continue on or try to make another bb3 template look as the styling does with our old bb2. Or if there is a good anti bot program out there this would help out tremendously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny42 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What do you mean by anti-bot software? Stopping bots from signing up is usually done using captcha and requiring the user to reply to a confirmation email. Type "phpbb captcha" in google and you'll see literally tons of hints, tips and forumposts about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyb Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 there was some anti-bot software component which my webmaster installed but it seems to have no affect. we did put up 2 questions and 2 images as the bots can't understand questions nor look at images but I have no idea how they have gone around this, both those measures don't seem to work surprisingly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny42 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Bots can understand questions if they are simple enough, like "How much is 2+2?" But I can't imagine that phpbb doesn't have captcha plugins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guber-X Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 with phpbb have you change posting permissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xMatt Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Why are you using phpbb2? even phpbb3 is outdated having it's last release 3.0.11 come out 8/25/2012. Anyway, if you really insist on phpbb2 then I recommend a reCaptcha plugin which still works effectively well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyb Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 we are using bb2 because we purchased a forum template that was built on bb2, we bought it because we liked the styling of it than anything else available. but, a few more questions here; is bb3 much more secure from bots than bb2 is? what is the best anti-bot software program out there for bb2 and bb3? since we are 3 quarters of the way done with our bb2 website, would it be beneficial to drop the bb2 and convert over to the bb3 platform? if so, for what reasons?how easy or difficult is it to incorporate my styling features over to bb3? I assume that bb3 would be a better choice for in the long run for new added components coming out? but will there be any new components for bb2 coming down line for people such as myself in this situation with a bb2 website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch0cu3r Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 ut will there be any new components for bb2 coming down line for people such as myself in this situation with a bb2 website? phpbb2 support ended in 2009! 4 years ago. You may find small group of people maintaining that version but don't expect miracles. I would drop pphbb2 and convert to phpbb3 asap. I prefer security/support over what a forum looks like. Why not try skinning phpbb3 yourself or see if someone can do it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moja Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Bad choice to use bb2... Bad choice. I'd suggest you moderate it at the beginning and meanwhile develop some kind of anti-bot yourself. Code it. ~MoJa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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