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Use a web form to CAPTCHA that info!
By DaveM | December 22, 2006
There hasn’t been much to blog about lately because I’ve been too busy writing content for the new site. But I was in my SBI SiteBuilder creating a form today and discovered a new feature I was anxiously awaiting. You can now add a CAPTCHA word verification to all forms you design with Form Build It. And it’s as simple as selecting a radio button on the screen!
If you recall, I mentioned CAPTCHA in a previous post about SBI’s spam & virus protection features. I wasn’t expecting them to add it so soon, but who’s complaining?
CAPTCHA isn’t a word you hear every day, so here’s a full explanation over at Wikipedia. Basically it’s a simple little verification step that ensures hackers and automated “bots” can’t blast your web forms with spam. CAPTCHA requires a human to read a word embedded in a graphic and then type it in.
Here’s an example:
So that should help cut down a bit on the garbage emails coming in from my new site. This isn’t really so much of a problem with my contact form here at Mauder.com, but then again I don’t get near as much traffic here as I plan to have at the new site!
Of course, SBI added this CAPTCHA feature at no additional cost to SBI owners. That’s pretty standard practice over at SiteSell… They are constantly adding value to SBI, but they don’t seem to ever increase the price. Again I ask you — how does this company make money??
By the way, expect to see an announcement here by January 1 about my new website! 