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  • Finally, I got a chance to work on this one but it didn’t go as planned, all because NodeBB wouldn’t save the page every time I click the Save button. I tried on both Safari and Chrome. Please see below. Do you know what the issue is?

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    @mventures It won’t save because you first have to enable the “Stop Forum Spam” tab and subscribe for a (free) key

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    I’ve enabled this, and provided you with my key temporarily, which you should change

    I then enabled hCaptcha using my details, and registered your site with my hCaptcha account

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    This now works as intended

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    You should of course register your own site and secret keys rather than use mine 🙂

  • @mventures It won’t save because you first have to enable the “Stop Forum Spam” tab and subscribe for a (free) key

    ece8b1fb-a356-4d55-9429-9d2b05765cb1-image.png

    I’ve enabled this, and provided you with my key temporarily, which you should change

    I then enabled hCaptcha using my details, and registered your site with my hCaptcha account

    8860d20d-ab1e-43bf-b71d-d877c2de0754-image.png

    This now works as intended

    98265af7-90f4-461a-bc33-5ab98912fce7-image.png

    You should of course register your own site and secret keys rather than use mine 🙂

    @phenomlab THANK YOU SO MUCH! Really much appreciated again.
    I shall definitely change everything and not use your values.

    I have the hCAPTCHA values already but not the stopforumspam one. I signed up on that site but I am yet to receive the password by email. Have written to the admin there and waiting for a response.

  • @phenomlab THANK YOU SO MUCH! Really much appreciated again.
    I shall definitely change everything and not use your values.

    I have the hCAPTCHA values already but not the stopforumspam one. I signed up on that site but I am yet to receive the password by email. Have written to the admin there and waiting for a response.

    @mventures Ok, no real hurry - just when you can.

    EDIT - I also updated your forum to RC2 as it was still at RC1.

  • @mventures Ok, no real hurry - just when you can.

    EDIT - I also updated your forum to RC2 as it was still at RC1.

    @phenomlab
    Thank you but what are RC1 and RC2?
    How do you find out what needs updating?

    And I am still waiting on the StopForumSpam password 😞

  • @phenomlab
    Thank you but what are RC1 and RC2?
    How do you find out what needs updating?

    And I am still waiting on the StopForumSpam password 😞

    @mventures the term RC refers to “Release Candidate” which is the version just before software is ready to release to market. Essentially, this signifies that software has successfully passed though both alpha and beta before reaching RC stage.

    For the record, there were over 99 beta releases of NodeBB before the devs were satisfied it was ready for release candidate 1 - let alone 2.

    The final release will tell you in the ACP when an upgrade is available.

  • @phenomlab
    Thank you but what are RC1 and RC2?
    How do you find out what needs updating?

    And I am still waiting on the StopForumSpam password 😞

    @mventures said in NodeBB: hCaptcha:

    And I am still waiting on the StopForumSpam password

    You might want to check your junk email. Typically, these emails are delivered in minutes and not days.

  • @mventures said in NodeBB: hCaptcha:

    And I am still waiting on the StopForumSpam password

    You might want to check your junk email. Typically, these emails are delivered in minutes and not days.

    @phenomlab Yes, but it never arrived. So, today I tried again and it worked. I have signed up for the free API key but I am yet to get the email with the details. However, they have the option to get the key from their website which I now have. I shall try using it and see if it works over your one.

  • @phenomlab Yes, but it never arrived. So, today I tried again and it worked. I have signed up for the free API key but I am yet to get the email with the details. However, they have the option to get the key from their website which I now have. I shall try using it and see if it works over your one.

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    Should I tick one of these? I know it’s optional but if there is a benefit in someway, I can tick.

  • Update: I have replaced your values with mine. It seems to be working now.

  • @mventures Screen Shot 2023-04-27 at 12.17.14 pm.png
    Should I tick one of these? I know it’s optional but if there is a benefit in someway, I can tick.

    @mventures none that I know of. I don’t recall selecting these either for mine.


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