Allowing Anonymous Posts

DallasBomber · November 2010

I've seen some older questions (circa 2005, 2006) asking about the allowance of anonymous posters on a vanilla forum. Since the 2.0.14 release I figure it would be a good time to revive that kind of discussion. Is this something that can be built into the core or added on as a module or would I have to edit the core to give guest users permissions to view/post?

Also on my "can we do this" list is a different more customizable kind of "captcha" that's not a third party but a module/application. I'm not too familiar with Vanilla Forums yet so can any veterans chime in with their opinions?

So in short:

Allow anonymous editing how? (core, module)
Captcha as a module w/o 3rd party? (Possible?)

Thanks a bunch!

bobtheman · November 2010

hey @DallasBomber

I agree with both of your topics

Anonymous posting is a feature i would love to see. With two or three different options that the admin can set. like;

100 percent anonymous posting, no authentication
anonymous posting with validation of email address and captcha

the captcha question, i agree with, but i would assume it was easier and faster for the core developers to use a system that was already built and focus on other features that have more importance.

DallasBomber · November 2010

It's too bad this forum isn't as popular. I'm hoping I can use it for my site.

Duane · November 2010

right @dallasbomber , had vanilla needs the help from outside devs like smf and phpbb

DallasBomber · November 2010

`had vanilla needs`

that part doesn't make sense. clarify?

DallasBomber · November 2010

Whatever you're trying to say, it's grammatically incorrect and I can't parse it.

Davidis · November 2010

@DallasBomber i think he mean vanilla need more developers and contributors.

Lincoln · November 2010

Anonymous posting is already listed on GitHub as a request: https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issues#issue/465 Yes, it would be possible to do that as a plugin. No, it's not slated for immediate addition to core (to my knowledge).

Alternate anti-spam could definitely be done as a plugin or application. I don't recommend trying to develop your own image Captcha though. Hitting the point that's mostly unhackable but still legible is really difficult.

Remember that if you need a new plugin hook or option built into core to accommodate something like this, that's very doable.

DallasBomber · November 2010

thanks for pointing these out (both Davidis and Lincoln).

DallasBomber · November 2010

Who would I have to pay to get these kinds of changes implemented?

DallasBomber · November 2010

just curious, should I keep posting here to the forum about this or would it be better to submit something to a features request list on a TRAC somewhere?