ProCaptcha: Put Testimonials on your web site in just 5 minutes! A CAPTCHA (IPA: /ˈkæptʃə/) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. Captcha is a contrived acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.”
The process usually involves one computer (a server) asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade. Because other computers are unable to solve the CAPTCHA, any user entering a correct solution is presumed to be human. Thus, it is sometimes described as a reverse Turing test, because it is administered by a machine and targeted to a human, in contrast to the standard Turing test that is typically administered by a human and targeted to a machine. A common type of CAPTCHA requires that the user type letters or digits from a distorted image that appears on the screen.
Captcha Example:
ProCaptcha offers a script that allows you to put a captcha testimonial box on your site. Everything is straight forward see the following:
Registration provides you with access to:
Two parts of the code
You probably noticed that our code consists of two parts.
The first part is marked as
<!– start of part one – testimonial form –>
It is a form which should be placed on the page where you ask your visitors to write a testimonial for you.
The second part is marked as
<!– start of part two – content –>
This part displays the testimonials. This same code can be placed on as many pages as you want; everywhere you insert it, you will see your testimonials!
See how it works
In this example we placed Part One and Part Two on one page for simplicity. Click here to see it.
Just want to remind you that you don’t have to keep these parts on one page – it is probably better to have a form for entering testimonials on one page and the testimonials themselves on another page.
Copy this code:
<!– start of part one – testimonial form –>
<form action=”http://www.SnapHost.com/captcha/WebFormSubmit.aspx” method=”post” id=”CaptchaForm”>
<input type=”hidden” id=”SnapHostID” name=”SnapHostID” value=”XPMLQJFH6HK9″ />
<input type=”hidden” id=”skip_SnapHost_type” name=”skip_SnapHost_type” value=”testimonials” />
<input type=”hidden” id=”skip_temp_email” name=”skip_temp_email” value=”your@email.com” />
Name:<br />
<input type=”text” id=”Name” name=”Name” maxlength=”70″ style=”width:400px; border:solid 1px #CCCCCC;” />
<input type=”hidden” id=”title_Name” name=”title_Name” value=”Name:” />
<br /><br />
Website:<br />
<input type=”text” id=”Web” name=”Web” maxlength=”70″ style=”width:550px; border:solid 1px #CCCCCC;” />
<input type=”hidden” id=”title_Web” name=”title_Web” value=”Website:” />
<br /><br />
Testimonial:<br />
<textarea id=”Comments” name=”Comments” style=”height:100px; width:550px; border:solid 1px #CCCCCC;”></textarea>
<input type=”hidden” id=”title_Comments” name=”title_Comments” value=”" />
<br /><br />
<table border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>
<tr><td>
<a href=”http://www.snaphost.com/captcha/CaptchaTestimonials.aspx”><img
alt=”Web Form Processing Code” style=”margin-right:6px; border:1px solid #999999″
src=”http://www.SnapHost.com/captcha/WebForm.aspx?id=XPMLQJFH6HK9&ImgType=2″ /></a>
</td><td>
<i>Enter code</i><br />
<input id=”CaptchaCode” name=”CaptchaCode” type=”text”
style=”width:70px; border:1px solid #999999″ maxlength=”6″ />
</td><td style=”width:170px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom”>
<input type=”submit” value=”submit” name=”skip_btnSubmit” id=”skip_btnSubmit” />
</td></tr>
</table><br /><br />
</form>
<!– end of part one – testimonial form –>
<!– start of part two – content –>
<iframe id=”SnapHost” frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”yes” height=”450″ width=”600″
src=”http://www.snaphost.com/captcha/LoadContent.aspx?SnapHostID=XPMLQJFH6HK9″>
</iframe>
<!– end of part two – content –>
Now simply change your@email.com (shown in red in the code) to your own email address.
More information
- You can add your own fields. A value of a hidden field “title_fieldname” will be used as a title for a field “fieldname”. An empty value of a hidden field “title_fieldname” means that you don’t need any title. If there is no hidden field “title_fieldname” for the corresponding “fieldname” field then FIELDNAME will be used as a title. Experiment with it; it’s very easy to customize.
- Change height and width of an iframe to fit your page better. We recommend to place part two at the end of your page.
- You can separate part one and part two and keep them on different pages.
- When you submit your form for the first time, the script will create an entity for your website based on SnapHostID, your email (skip_temp_email field), your HTTP_REFERER server variable (to return users to your website). Once your Testimonial page is working, you can remove skip_temp_email field so your email address will not get harvested by robots.
If the HTTP_REFERER is invalid the return address will be the following until you change it: http://www.snaphost.com/captcha/TemporaryReturnAddress.aspx
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