XF 1.2 Timer off

[whynot]

On registration is it possible to hide the timer?(Not to disable it!)
If I can see it than the bot can see it as well, easy to change its operation to wait.

What part of the code should be changed and how?

 

[Mike Edge]

Bots have eyes now? If a spammer is seeing it, it is a real person registering, not a bot.

 

[JulianD]

You can remove the HTML from the template:

In register_form search for

<span id="RegTimer">({xen:phrase please_wait_x_seconds, "seconds=<span>{$xenOptions.registrationTimer}</span>"})</span>

and remove it. I tested it and apparently it doesn't break the registration process nor produces a javascript error.

However, I think it would be confusing for users if they try to register before the timer is done.

 

[whynot]

Bots have eyes now? If a spammer is seeing it, it is a real person registering, not a bot.

Can they(bots) "see" the captchas?
No? How do they solve it so quickly?

 

[whynot]

However, I think it would be confusing for users if they try to register before the timer is done.

There is no way a user could complete his/her registration in 20 seconds.(My setup)
I could not do it in 30 seconds.

Thank you for the code!

 

[Jeremy]

Bots have eyes now? If a spammer is seeing it, it is a real person registering, not a bot.

Machines and software can very easily see and interpret HTML code. I actually make a living writing code that does just that: reads HTML to pull out data.

 

[JulianD]

Machines and software can very easily see and interpret HTML code. I actually make a living writing code that does just that: reads HTML to pull out data.

Scrapping.

 

[whynot]

<span id="RegTimer">({xen:phrase please_wait_x_seconds, "seconds=<span>{$xenOptions.registrationTimer}</span>"})</span>

and remove it. I tested it and apparently it doesn't break the registration process nor produces a javascript error.

If I comment it out would it be fine?

<!-- <span id="RegTimer">({xen:phrase please_wait_x_seconds, "seconds=<span>{$xenOptions.registrationTimer}</span>"})</span>-->

 

[JulianD]

If you comment it out like that, the browser will not render it but the code will still be visible in the HTML source.

Use XenForo comment tag instead:

<xen:comment>...</xen:comment>

 

[whynot]

I owe you a beer, Julian!