CFFormProtect 1.0 Released
I've finally released version 1.0 of CFFormProtect, my spam bot protection project. This new release has a couple of minor bug fixes, and I've added a feature to inform the Akismet guys if a form submission was spam but Akismet didn't mark it as spam.
For more information, and to download CFFormProtect, head over to the RIAForge project page.
Background info: CFFormProtect is an open source project that I started and maintain. It allows you to have spam protection for your web forms, and it is all completely invisible to your users. That means, no hard to read CAPTCHA images, and no moderation queue. This works because CFFormProtect has a series of tests that a form submission has to pass before it will be posted to your site. These tests are:
- Check for mouse movement
- Check for keyboard usage
- Check the time it took to fill out the form (both an upper and lower limit are imposed)
- Check a hidden form field to make sure it's empty (spam bots usually fill in all fields)
- Send form contents to Akismet for validation
Jake Munson
36 Yrs old
I use Akismet on my blog (which is PHP) and it is incredible! I'm the same as you...zero spam on has got through as a 'comment' since activating it. To all those who haven't tried this type of spam blocking...give it a go!!!
Akismet has blocked over 1500 real spam for me since December! Nice :)
As soon as I move to a CF blog I'll be looking at CFFormProtect
When you do get a CF blog, I'd recommend BlogCFC. It's not as good as wordpress, but it's getting better all the time. But I've also heard good things about AVBlog.
What I didn't mention (that I recall anyway), is we are also using it for a couple of our clients now, and it is also working quite well for them too. Their problems weren't comments, but automated signing up for accounts, or automated joining email lists and the sort.
Anyway, it's a great product, and I'm glad you gave it to us.