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I can turn CAPTCHAs on and off for Members or visitors when posting comments, but I’d like to be able to require CAPTCHAs for normal Members (group_id: 5) but not Contributors (group_id: 6).

Is this possible using the normal configuration options? If not, could I write an extention/plugin to do this?

Similarly I’d like to require CAPTCHAs for registrations off site (by IP, we already have a filter to determine this) but not on site.

TIA

Not sure about the offsite thing but for the other couldn’t you just surround the Captcha code in a conditional so it’s only there for that one group…

{if member_group == "5"}
Captch Code
{/if}

I have tested this approach and it hides the captcha but captcha is still enabled so the validation of the post fails.

Can I conditionally disable the captcha requirement from a template?

{if member_group == "5"}
{if captcha}
Submit the word you see below:

{captcha}

<input type=“text” name=“captcha” value=”” size=“20” maxlength=“20” style=“width:140px;” ID=“Text5”/>

{/if}
{/if}

You are right that it is based on logged in or logged out, and not member group.  You could possibly change this via extension, but one of our developers would have to address that.  A feature request to have this option per member-group would be ideal.

For the registration, the CAPTCHA is an all or nothing, again, it might be changable via extension.  You could put in a feature request for that but it’s a bit more specialized so a custom solution is probably your best bet.

CAPTCHA is an all or nothing, again

Ahhhhh. Don’t blog so don’t use captchas so was just taking a stab in the dark 😉

Randy, they could be useful for non-blogs.  Say, for adding comments on a product in a store… 😉

Ya, I’m aware of that, just haven’t used them since I stopped blogging a couple years ago. Will probably be using them again at some point I’m sure though.