Google ReCaptcha Updated

<  Blog Home
March 07 2018
March 07 2018
By

Some time ago, Google had updated it's reCaptcha spam filtering plugin to be more user-friendly, labeling it as V2. In case you're not familiar with it, reCaptcha is a powerful tool that has been used on most Gutensite forms and contact pages to prevent robots from obnoxiously sending spam emails out to you.

Effective February 28th, 2018 the original reCaptcha V1 spam filter has been deprecated and can no longer be used. What this means for you is that if you have not made use of and added the new reCaptcha to your website yet, you'll find that the old verification box has now been removed from your pages outside of your preview domain.

If you're still looking to protect your mailbox from potential spam, be sure enable reCaptcha V2 on your website.

This change is automatic if your website is accessed through your preview domain, e.g. foobar.gutensite.net. But unfortunately, unlike the previous plugin, the new reCaptcha plugin only works with an API key that specifies the exact domains that it works on. So you'll have to fill out a form to get your own API key, and enter it in your Gutensite control panel.

Getting an API Key

  1. To create an API key, go to Google's reCaptcha admin page and register a new site.
  2. Enter the domains that this Key is valid for.
  3. Copy your "Site Key" (public) and "Secret Key" (private).

Adding your Google reCaptcha

  1. Login to your Gutensite Admin
  2. Go to Admin > Tools > Third Party Settings
  3. Find the section for Google reCaptcha and Paste in your Public and Secret key into the right fields and save.
Tags : ReCaptcha, Google, Spam, API


Archives

June 10, 2022

Common Questions about Migrating Your Website from 1.0 to 2.0

Common Questions about Migrating Your Website from 1.0 to 2.0
Your website on the retro 1.0 version of our platform will continue to function until at least June 2023, and after that we will keep the old platform working as long as is necessary/reasonable to ...
June 06, 2022

Upgrade Your Old Website to Prevent Lawsuits and Improve Marketing

Upgrade Your Old Website to Prevent Lawsuits and Improve Marketing
Over the last few years, we have been working on the overly ambitious project of rebuilding our Website Builder and Content Management System based on modern coding standards, cutting edge design, ...
June 10, 2022

The New Gutensite Website is Live on Our New Platform!

The New Gutensite Website is Live on Our New Platform!
Did you notice we just launched a new version of our website? Go to https://gutensite.com to see what's new. Look around and imagine how your business could be helped if we transformed your website ...
October 06, 2021

ADA Compliance and Website Accessibility Standards

ADA Compliance and Website Accessibility Standards
Chadwick Meyer
In the last few months clients have had a growing paranoia about a growing number of ADA lawsuits (Americans with Disabilities Act) for website accessability. There have been reports of "serial ...
September , 2021

New IDX Widget Going Live for Everyone

Chadwick Meyer
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our system and also stay up to date with the changing technology requirements of each MLS, we have created an entirely new IDX Widget that was released to ...

2022 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2021 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2020 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2018 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2017 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2016 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2015 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2014 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2012 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2011 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2010 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2009 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

2008 Archives

Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec