CAPTCHA problem

[snermin]

I am having problems with Captcha. It used to work fine, but after 2.2.3 upgrade I can't make the letters to appear.
FreeSerif.ttf is uploaded to the root of the system and appropriate link is added to config file.
I checked my server, it has gd installed. Have a look and try to register at http://saliniana.com.ba

Anyone with an idea what to do?

Nermin

[snermin]

Anyone?

[jmacgreg]

Hi snermin,

I'm now just getting a blank page when I click the 'Register' link on your site. Are you having other problems besides the Captcha issue? Regarding Captcha -- I would double-check that the other configuration lines in config.inc.php are not only set to reasonable settings, but are also uncommented.

Cheers,
James

[spatialguru]

I struggled for about an hour to figure out how to enable captcha. I checked php.ini, I ran phpinfo() to confirm it was built with gd and font support and was still at a loss. There were only two things remaining, now I have success.

1 - Installing freeserif.ttf fonts. I assume you could point your config.inc.php file to another other .ttf file, but I went to ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/ and downloaded the latest ttf bundle and unzipped it into the folder specified in the OJS config.inc.php location setting for fonts (in captcha setting). I don't think the fonts were the main problem, but I fixed it anyway and thought you might like to see what I did.

2 - But that's not all I finally triple-checked my config file and found a duplicated [captcha] section - I had only turned on captch in the first section, so the second nullified my change I'm sure this is a leftover of my various patches and upgrades over the past couple years - but once I removed the second section everything worked!

Bravo and thanks for adding this excellent support!
Hope this helps!

[snermin]

After reuploading the latest font, everything works fine. TNX

[RickMath]

Hi

Is this a path that should exist on the main server or in the OJS path. The path in config.inc.php is font_location = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf

Where should this be located. Would it work if I created a path within my OJS path and pointed the setting there?

I really need help with this. I am on a shared server and can't add anythin upstream of the the OJS folder.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rick

[RickMath]

I resolved this and have posted the results here viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5610

Sorry for participating in several posts for this problem. The great thing about this forum is that we work out the issues and the PKP team is understanding and helpful.

Thanks to Alec, Mike, James and whoever I have forgotten for your help.

Rick

[solty]

I need help... We have many bot spam users...

I am using OJS 2.1.1

I was add php code in the my config.inc.php file

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Captcha Settings ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[captcha]

; Whether or not to enable Captcha features
captcha = on

; Whether or not to use Captcha on user registration
captcha_on_register = on

; Whether or not to use Captcha on user comments
captcha_on_comments = on

; Font location for font to use in Captcha images
font_location = "/var/www/vhosts/xxxxx.com/httpdocs/journal/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf"
--------------------------------------------------

I was created new FONTS location. but I was not see anything during the registration
http://www.xxxx.com/journal/index.php/nq/user/register

Can you share me your solution about this problem?

Where is the my problem!

[asmecher]

Hi solty,

CAPTCHA test support wasn't added until OJS 2.2.0; version 2.1.1 is nearly 4 years old, and I'd suggest upgrading.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[solty]

Ok. I was try OJS 2.2.3.0
Font location OK. All files Rw-RW-Rw
Location : /httpdocs/freefont/FreeSans.ttf
But I was not see anything during the registration...

Config.inc.php

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Captcha Settings ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[captcha]

; Whether or not to enable Captcha features
captcha = on

; Whether or not to use Captcha on user registration
captcha_on_register = on

; Whether or not to use Captcha on user comments
captcha_on_comments = on

; Font location for font to use in Captcha images
font_location = "/usr/hosts2/domains/ilahiyatstud091/www.xxxxx.org/httpdocs/freefont/FreeSans.ttf"

[solty]

Hi James and Alec,
I am trying 2.3 version of the OJS.
But I was not see ANNOUNCEMENTS pluings. Is there Announcements plugins in the 2.3 version?
And also I was see database error during the database import (from 2.1.1 to 2.3).

And also, I was not create our journal old (template) style in the new common.css. There are compex relationship common.css, vanilla.css and also rightsidebar.css.
Is there ay way use old style???


-------------------------------
CREATE DATABASE `neuroquantology` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

MySQL
#1044 - Access denied for user 'neuroquantology1'@'%' to database 'neuroquantology'
------------------------
Error
SQL query:
-- Dumping data for table `announcement_types`
--
INSERT INTO `announcement_types` ( `type_id` , `journal_id` , `type_name` )
VALUES ( 1, 1, 'Journal' ) , ( 2, 1, 'General' ) ;

MySQL said: Documentation
#1054 - Unknown column 'journal_id' in 'field list'
------------------------------
http://www.ms-aktif.com/trialx/index.php/abc/index

Hi solty,

CAPTCHA test support wasn't added until OJS 2.2.0; version 2.1.1 is nearly 4 years old, and I'd suggest upgrading.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[jmacgreg]

Hi Solty,

Regarding the font location -- doublecheck that the location you gave is in fact correct. You give two paths in your response: /httpdocs/freefont/FreeSans.ttf and /usr/hosts2/domains/ilahiyatstud091/www.ilahiyatstudies.org/httpdocs/freefont/FreeSans.ttf. I suspect that the latter is actually the correct path, but please again doublecheck it.

Regarding the Announcements issue: announcements actually isn't a plugin functionality, it's in the core. You can enable it in Journal Management -> Setup Step 4.4. (I would also suggest going through all setup steps again to refamiliarize yourself with the configuration options, and to see any new options.)

Regarding the css issue: IIRC, there were a number of large changes to the css from 2.1.1 to 2.2. You will likely have to spend some time reimplementing your old style. OJS 2.3 does come with an updated Vanilla theme, which you can still use.

Regarding the database error: what do you see? Is it the error that you posted to the bottom of your last post? How are you doing the upgrade?

Cheers,
James

[solty]

Hi James,
I was setup OJS 2.3
Upload old .../files/ and, .../public/ directory, and I was import old OJS database.

I was find many spam user account with sex URL links in the database.
last error after the import:
DB Error: Unknown column 'locale' in 'field list'

Sincerely,

[solty]

There are many (600!) useR like as
AAillusedut, AAillusedut AAillusedut

AAdritekCentund69, AAdritekCentund69 AAdritekCentund69

in the Home > User > Journal Management > Enrollment section.
Iwas not delete this users. Is there anyway?

[jmacgreg]

Hi Solty,

You can use the Merge Users feature to remove those Spam users from your system. There are also instructions on doing this in batch here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5221&p=21624#p21670.

Regarding the database error: have you also tried to upgrade your database following the instructions in docs/UPGRADE? If you are upgrading from an old release of OJS, you have to also upgrade the database -- just moving it over won't work.

Cheers,
James