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JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.x
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JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.x

Posting this as it was rather rewarding to achieve and I hope will be of some use to others in the same boat. This article details how to replace jComments built-in kCaptcha with Google's ReCaptcha. Note that I have an article on how to do this with a ReCaptcha alternative called PlayThru by AreYouAHuman.com

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Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Can
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Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Can

This article is a note on how I fixed an issue on a client site. The website had a redirect on the login which would go to a page accessible by "registered" users but only "Super Users" could actually login. "Registered" users would not be able to login, despite their status in the admin panel saying "enabled" and "act...

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ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registration
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ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registration

This is an extract from a forum which solved our problem for why the ReCaptcha part disappears from the user registration form. We have Joomla 2.5.16 installed and no new updates for a plugin that comes with Joomla 2.5 install. How? Source: Joomla! • View topic - Cannot get recaptcha to display on registration form...

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Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMS
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Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMS

This is a quick note on one reason you may get the above error in a Joomla CMS environment. Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in /public_html/index.php How? Not really a solution here because this is indicating that the system can't find the core framework files. Yes the bad news is you have lost your si...

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