Turing Test Plugin ~ readme / help file

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Big Picture

Turing Test is an antispam tool that protects you from comment spam, message form spam, and registration spam.

When a visitor wants to leave a comment, or contact someone using your message form, or register for your blog they will see a question that you write. If they don't give the right answer they will see the "reply if wrong" message that you also write. Your question can be as simple as "what color is red?" (answer: red, reply if wrong: no ... think of fire or apples or something that is "red" and you'll get it). You can even use this to make your blog be 'invitation only' by asking "What is the secret code I sent you in email" ;)

Note that this does NOT protect you against trackback spam. Maybe one day, but not today.

Installation & Usage

Installation:
  1. Upload the "turingtest_plugin" folder, the one that this file is in, to your /plugins/ folder on your server.
  2. In your admin panel, go to the Global Settings -> Plugins sub-tab.
  3. Click on "Install new" (right side, near top), locate the Turing Test plugin, and click "Install" in the "actions" column.
  4. In your admin panel, go to Global Settings -> Plugins -> Turing Test to access the plugin's settings.
Usage:
  • Once you set your questions and answers (on the plugin's settings page) you don't actually use this plugin.
  • Commenters, message form users, and registrants are the ones who will 'use' it by answering the question you asked.
  • You can ask a question with no obvious answer like "Enter the access code from the email you got from me" in order to have comments open only to people you give the access code to ;)

Settings, Settings, & Settings

Primary Plugin Settings:
  • Question: This is the question that commenters will see when they attempt to post a comment. There is a 120 character limit.
  • Answer: This is the answer you expect from the commenter. There is a 32 character limit.
  • Answer Label: This is the label that will precede your "answer" field. There is a 16 character limit.
  • Reply if Wrong: This is the message the commenter will see if they did not provide the correct answer. There is an 80 character limit.
  • Free Pass: Here you decide who, if anyone, will have the answer automagically filled in to the reply field.
    • No one Everyone will have to answer the question every time. Even you!
    • Registered Members Registered members of your blog who are logged in will have the answer pre-filled for them.
    • Previous Commenters Registered members of your blog AND visitors who have commented and checked the "remember me" box will have the answer pre-filled.
Secondary Plugin Settings:
  • all...: The same as "primary settings", only for the message form.
Even More Plugin Settings:
  • all...: The same as "primary settings", only for the registration form.
User Settings:
  • This plugin has no user settings.
Blog Settings:
  • This plugin has no blog settings.
Widget Settings:
  • This plugin has no widget settings.

More Info, Credits, & Links

More Info:
  • This does not protect against trackback spam and probably never will. Sorry, but the author is lazy and doesn't use or care about trackbacks :(
Credits:
  • The author credits no one for anything :)
Links:

Release History:

0.1
initial release (27-Apr-10)