Captcha Craptcha! How to remove captcha.

WELCOME!

Welcome everyone to the 
Captcha Craptcha Blogfest of 2012.

and a special welcome to James Van Der Beek
and my co-hosts James Duckett, Randy Lindsay, and Jolene Perry

I'm sure you are familiar with captcha even if you don't know it by that name (AND even if you have no idea who James Van Der Beek is or what he has to do with any of this.) Captcha is defined below* but basically it's those squiggly words and photos of numbers that you are asked to type in to 'verify you are not a robot.'

As a new blogger it didn't take me long to realize that this affected whether I would comment on someone's blog or not. It is a hoop that is sometimes too hard (come on, look at that blob above!), impossible (like on mobile phones or when your computer is just being weird), or, let's be honest, I'm feeling too darn lazy to take the extra time.

Then one day it hit me. DO I HAVE THIS ON MY BLOG? Guess what? I did!

But not any more.

And neither should you.

As promised I will help you to remove captcha* from from Blogger

(If you blog with another host I would love to hear about it in the comments.)

BLOGGER:

If you go into your SETTINGS at the bottom of the left side bar you will find that it has a subset of choices. The second choice there is POSTS AND COMMENTS. Choose that one and you should have something that looks like this:

I have scrolled down past POSTS and into COMMENTS.

To remove captcha just go down to SHOW WORD VERIFICATION and say, NO.

JUST SAY NO.

If you want extra security you can do a few things. Under WHO CAN COMMENT you can narrow it down to Registered Users, or only people with Google Accounts, or even only people who are in your GFC. But just know that the more you narrow it down the fewer comments you will get.

Another option is COMMENT MODERATION. If you want to verify all of the comments through your blog you can do that. It really isn't that hard to do and people generally don't mind waiting to see their comments. The only no-no with moderation is to captcha THEN moderate. It feels so redundant.

Then make sure to SAVE SETTINGS in the top right corner.

ONE LAST WORD:

I can't let this go unsaid. Though I love being a hyperbole-kinda person I must admit that there is some good going on with captcha. If you have some time watch this video which illustrates the good and the bad of captcha. (Plus, it's just plain inspirational)



*What the crud is Captcha?
-Wikipedia says: A CAPTCHA ( /ˈkæp.tʃə/) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a human being...A common type of CAPTCHA requires the user to type letters and/or digits from a distorted image that appears on the screen. Such tests are commonly used to prevent unwanted internet bots from accessing websites.

Still not convinced?
HERE IS A WHOLE SITE DEDICATED TO HORRIBLE CAPTCHAS
HERE IS A FUNNY FOUR MINUTE VIDEO OF SCOTT STRATTEN HATING CAPTCHA
HERE IS AN INTERESTING ALTERNATIVE TO CAPTCHA (are you a human)

I'm not the only one hating on captcha today.

Pop around to my friends sites below and hear what they have to say about it.

and if you wanna join the fun feel free, the linky will be up all day!

Book Review: The Next Door Boys

by Shelly Brown

Oh. My. Cute.

and I'm not just talking about the cover.

Back Cover:

Leigh Tressman has been known as a lot of things- the girl who sings, the girl who sews, Jaron's little sister, and, last year, the girl with cancer. With her body still recovering from the cancer treatments, she's determined to be independent and convinces her parents to let her follow her overprotective brother to BYU.

With an ever-expanding line of young men ready to be in love with her-not to mention physical frustrations and spiritual dilemmas-Leigh almost misses the opportunity to be with the one person who has been quietly falling in love with her since they first met. The Next Door Boys proves that even with (or maybe in spite of) independence, love can be found in unexpected but delightful places.

I just finished reading Jolene Perry's The Next Door Boys and I feel like I should share a secret with you; I don't usually read contemporary romance...or LDS fiction...and this is both of those...and I LOVED it.

I don't read contemporary romance because I blush WAY too easily. I try to keep my romance to Victorian era propriety. Am I obscenely archaic? Perhaps. But knowing that this was published by an LDS publisher probably meant that the romance would be kept to my absurdly high standards (necklines up to the ears, skirts to the ankle, no eye contact, arranged marriages...just kidding ;) But the problem then becomes the fact that I have read some terrible LDS fiction in the past and nearly gave up on the genre.

I should thank Becca Wilhite and My Ridiculous Romanic Obsession for opening the gate for me. Jolene did a wonderful job of keeping it wide open. I recommend both books for a fun, clean, romantic, happy-ending, contemporary LDS story.

I loved reading Jolene's book about Leigh and her battle with cancer, herself, men, school, roommates, family, and her sewing machine. (Actually Leigh does pretty well mastering the sewing machine, it's me who can't seem to tame the beast.)

Jolene did a good job of writing characters without the feeling of stereotyping. They were people with their strengths and their weaknesses. They were trying to be good, the best thems they could be, and yet were capable of slipping into bad habits, saying things they would regret, and struggling with anxieties and complex emotions. They were relatable.

The story was well crafted (despite the occasional typo -but I blame those on the publisher.) It was thoroughly enjoyable. If I didn't live in a home full of little distractions I would have read it all in one sitting. 

I look forward to seeing what else Jolene Perry comes up with. Perhaps I will have to throw her on my couch and find out what she's writing right now.

So if I had to give it a grade based on an A thru F scale, I would give it a strong B+. Adorable, wonderful, and worth your time and money.

So dig out that gift card your mom gave you and pick up a great little read.

The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc. (October 8, 2011)

Jolene Perry

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