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Hi

The text telling people to write the image appears, but not the image itself. I think it’s because I don’t have the correct server path to captcha folder set up in my admin captcha preferences. However, I don’t know what my correct server path to captcha folder is. I’ve taken a couple of stabs at it and done some internet searches to try to figure it out, but no dice.

h0lj0n,

You can find your server path by going to your General Configuration  and looking at the Theme Folder Path under

CP Home ›  Admin ›  System Preferences ›  General Configuration

so if your path is something like

here/here/public_html/themes/

then change it to

here/here/public_html/images/captchas/

for your Captcha Preferences

Make sure that folder has permissions of 777 on it

What code are you using to show the Captcha in your template?

Thanks John.

my Theme Folder Path says it is:

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html//themes/

I tried to change that to

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html//images/captchas

but it keeps coming up as invalid

i did set the permissions of the folder to 777

the code i’m using is the same code that is posted in the user guide:

{exp:comment:entries weblog="{my_weblog}" limit="25"}

<div class="comments">
{comment}

<div class="posted">Posted by {url_or_email_as_author}   on  {comment_date format='%m/%d'}  at  {comment_date format='%h:%i %A'}</div></li>
</div>

{paginate}
<div class="paginate">
<span class="pagecount">Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages</span>  {pagination_links}
</div>
{/paginate}

{/exp:comment:entries}


<div class="comments">
{exp:comment:form preview="{my_template_group}/comment_preview"}

{if logged_out}

Name:

<input type="text" name="name" value="{name}" size="50" />


Email:

<input type="text" name="email" value="{email}" size="50" />


Location:

<input type="text" name="location" value="{location}" size="50" />


URL:

<input type="text" name="url" value="{url}" size="50" />


{/if}


<a >Smileys</a>




<textarea name="comment" cols="50" rows="12">{comment}</textarea>


{if logged_out}
<input type="checkbox" name="save_info" value="yes" {save_info} /> Remember my personal information
{/if}

<input type="checkbox" name="notify_me" value="yes" {notify_me} /> Notify me of follow-up comments?

{if captcha}
Submit the word you see below:

{captcha}


<input type="text" name="captcha" value="{captcha_word}" size="20" maxlength="20" style="width:140px;" />

{/if}

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="submit" name="preview" value="Preview" /></p>

{/exp:comment:form}

just to be clear, i tried to update my captcha path to:
/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html//images/captchas

based on what i found under the general config

my Theme Folder Path says it is:

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html/themes/

I tried to change that to

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html/images/captchas

You are changing the captcha path, and not the themes path, right?

yes. right.

h0lj0n,

I tried to change that to

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html//images/captchas

but it keeps coming up as invalid

What is the invalid error you see?

Can you try removing the extra forward slash in there so it only appears as

/home/content/h/o/l/holjon/html/images/captchas

i removed the slash and i still receive the same error which is:

“the following path you submitted is not valid”

so it won’t let me update it

Try, using this php script to determine the correct path to that folder?

Does this make sense?

where do i use that script?

also, you typed “http:” twice. is that correct?

I finally have the server path correct. Now a “?” appears.

i have no idea if i have a gd library installed nor does any of the documentation from google searches make sense to me. is there a way to know if i have a gd library installed, and, if not, learn how to install it? i can’t find much info on the expression engine knowledge base.

h0lj0n,

is there a way to know if i have a gd library installed, and, if not, learn how to install it?

Use our Server Wizard from our Requirements page to determine if you have GD installed

Take a look inside your images/captcha folder. Are any images being generated in there?

I contacted my system admin folks and found out that the gd library is part of their standard installation.

and yes, there are images being created in the captcha folder. a whole bunch from today in fact.

i have the true type thing turned off. i don’t know what else to do.

Is the issue that you’re logged in when you look at the comment form?

What happens if you log out and try this as a non-logged in (Guest)?