Anti Bot Question MOD > History

2006-03-15 - Version 0.1.0
» Initial Release

2006-03-21 - Version 0.2.0
» Bugfix in the variable description (no functional impact).
» Definition of unlimited questions and answers of which ABQ selects one randomly.

2006-03-22 - Version 0.2.1
» Severe bugfix in the variable definition.

2006-03-22 - Version 0.2.2
» Bugfix: Variables not declared.

2006-04-04 - Version 0.3.0
» Questions and answers can be managed via ACP.

2006-04-05 - Version 0.3.1
» Bugfix: Different questions for different languages (broken in 0.3.0).

2006-04-07 - Version 0.3.2
» Fixed a bug in the installation instructions of 0.3.1.

2006-04-15 - Version 0.3.3
» IMAGE field and functions added.
» Option to set if answers are case sensitive.
» Up to 5 answers per question.
» Prevented display of same question when browser was refreshed.
» POST-Variable can be defined in ACP.
» Added support for guest postings.
» Minimum requirement for ABQ is phpBB 2.0.20

2006-04-18 - Version 0.3.4
» Bugfix: When ABQ had no question defined, guests where unable to post.
» Fixed two buggy SQL statements.

2006-06-12 - Version 1.0.0
» End of beta phase.
» Adapted installation manual to phpBB 2.0.21.
» Captcha is drawn with the help of file "bild.php". This method prevents bots from reading the image ad the picture ID is variable.

2006-06-14 - Version 1.0.1
» Name change from "Registration Anti Bot Question MOD" to "Anti Bot Question Mod".
» Added option to disable image creation with "bild.php".
» Picture selection in question creation form changed.
» Mod managemant in ACP optimized.

2006-07-10 - Version 1.0.2
» Simplified code.
» Added additional information about ABQ in registration form page.
» Added version check.
» Fixed spelling errors in German translation.
» Added French translation (plasma).

2006-08-08 - Version 1.0.3
» Bug fixed with database query.

2006-11-26 - Version 2.0.0
» Removed version check.
» Added automatic random question generation for text and image questions.
» Number of registration attempts limited to three.
» Not validated HTML corrected.
» Added picture upload function.
» Added font upload function.
» HTML is no longer allowed with Individual Questions. Instead BBCode can be used.
» Registration attempts that entered a non available language are blocked.

2006-12-09 - Version 2.0.1
» Added option to select *, x or X for displaying multiplication questions.
» Added multiple choice option to make answering easier for humans.
» Auto detection for GD- and Freetype-library updated.
» When uploading an image there is now checked if getimagesize() is available.
» Random display of Individual Questions adapted to syntax of MSSQL.

2007-03-06 - Version 3.0.0
» Option to manually activate/deactivate presence of GD- and Freetype-Libraries in case the automatic detection fails.
» New version of Individual Questions: The entire question is displayed as image (increases bot protection dramatically).
» Variable name of email field may be changed. This is not visible to the visitor but is a significant problem for the bots.
» The agreed variable and its value can be changed. It still contains a random component. This is not visible to the visitor but is a significant problem for the bots.
» The registration form now has the noindex-Metatag. Search engines will index the form thousend times without it because of the random component of the agreed variable.
» Links in the registration form now have rel="nofollow" added to them to prevent the registration form being indexed by search engines.
» Added a counter which counts the number of blocked registration and guest postings. Counter can optionally be displayed in the footer of the board.
» The images can now be splitted into so called multi images and then added up to one picture (like a puzzle). This increases bot protection considerably.
» Option to define the max. number of registration attempts in ACP.
» Option to define the max. number of guest posting attempts in ACP.
» changes for phpbb.com MOD valitation
» Bugfix: Without cookies the file abq_image.php doesn't show the images.
» ABQ-Session-Management optimized