Cryptographp_XH - a CMSimple_XH Plugin

Cryptographp_XH is a captcha plugin powered by cryptographp. It could be used as utility plugin for other plugins, such as Advancedform_XH (Version 1beta7 and up).

Please do read this documentation! Support might not be given otherwise. It's generally a good idea to read the documentation, before you encounter any problems!

Important Notice

Cryptographp_XH couldn't be tested so far in various environments. It is a so called BETA version. Use with caution!

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Requirements

Cryptographp_XH is a plugin for CMSimple_XH. It requires an UTF-8 encoded version.

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Installation

The installation is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins. See the CMSimple_XH wiki for further details.

  1. Backup the data on your server.
  2. Unzip the distribution on your computer.
  3. Upload the whole directory cryptographp to your server into the CMSimple_XH plugins directory.
  4. Set write permissions to the subdirectories config/, crypt/, css/ and languages/.
  5. Switch to Cryptographp in the back-end to check if all requirements are fulfilled. Missing requirements will be reported as a warning. You should not proceed using Cryptographp_XH until all it's requirements are met, as further checks are avoided for performance reasons, and that might lead to faulty behaviour.
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Settings

The plugin's configuration is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins in the website's back-end. Select Cryptographp from "Plugins".

You can change the default settings of Cryptographp_XH in "Plugin Config". Hints for the options will be displayed when hovering over the help icons with your mouse.

Localization is done in "Plugin Language". You can translate the character strings to your own language, or customize them according to your needs.

The look of Cryptographp_XH can be customized in "Plugin Stylesheet".

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Usage

Cryptographp_XH is a utility plugin serving other plugins. As such it has no usage on it's own. How it can be used by developers of other plugins is explained in the CMSimple_XH wiki.

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Limitations

The visitors of your site must accept cookies. No audio CAPTCHA for the visually impaired is available.

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License

Cryptographp_XH is licensed under GPLv3.

© 2011 Christoph M. Becker

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Credits

Cryptographp_XH is powered by cryptographp. Many thanks to Sylvain Brison for making this nice and quite flexible CAPTCHA available under a GPL compatible license.

This plugin uses free applications icons from Aha-Soft. Many thanks for making these icons freely available.

I want to thank snafu, who pointed me to cryptographp.

And many thanks to all developers of CMSimple_XH without whom this amazing CMS wouldn't exist.

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