I earn a living as a programmer. Ok.
i have to code/program a MOD in php language to update our oneyoosu forum-
+ to prevent the annoying stupid spam bots to enter the site.
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regular and basic php forum and user with captcha registration do not handle the computer-generated registration of spam bots. unless you provide a modification that will let the administrator add a few unique questions that can filter real-person registrations from the generated spam ones. i want to add this certain MOD, but aside from the mod coding, I still have to update the forum version that will require database configs - adds and drops. and that is just not that very easy to accomplish.
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- it's basically taking down the whole site to install the updates
- backing up everything, in case the modification was unsuccessful
- i have to research what folders to backup, what to retain, what to remove
- can i try this in stand alone first? but ah, this is not basic html!
- it's okay to do a trial run only if this is for my personal use, but it isn't!
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sheyt. this is not as easy as clubbox.
can't we do this using cobol or java, perhaps?
co-admins, co-mods, or anyone who's using/maintaining a forum, techie enough to php, HELPu?