spam control

[leonieke]

it seems the spammers have discovered they can spam MvBlog

we'll need a plugin, but also some tools in the admin-section to delete any that come through

could we get:

• comments in smaller list with check/uncheck boxes for quick delete
• a permanent delete option (after we've taken the ip's)
• a spam-plugin, so people won't have to block ip's from their firewall (I wouldn't know how to do this myself)
• when deleting a comment on a 'next' page, you are automatically returned to the first page : with major spamming it's a bit of a hassle to delete all comments at the moment
• option to turn off the ability to make comments for older posts (this could be an automatic feature, for instance after 2 months or something)
• leave the comment-box unchecked unless we check it manually?

[leonieke]

forgot to add:

• when deleting a comment on a 'next' page, you are automatically returned to the first page : with major spamming it's a bit of a hassle to delete all comments at the moment

[leonieke]

ah, forgot another one:

• option to turn off the ability to make comments for older posts (this could be an automatic feature, for instance after 2 months or something)

[leonieke]

also, perhaps for now:

• leave the comment-box unchecked unless we check it manually?

[michiel]

You know how to block spammers in the firewall, simply mail me ;)

besides that you have some good points. Will work on it.

[michiel]

Put all comments into the main description.

[leonieke]

• another idea: use "captcha" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

[michiel]

(In [157]) keep track of changes

Re #60

[michiel]

In [156] :

Implemented users for a blog. Authors can now decide to turn of anonymous comments. This is a global setting. When activated authors can choose per post wether anon comments are allowed. This is disabled by default so only logged in users can comment.

This patch includes a database update

[michiel]

I dont like the captcha idea. Most of the time they are horrible and unreadable.

I think this ticket is no longer relevant now we have the ability to disallow comments for non-loggedin users