Continuing the discussion from hCaptcha support in Grav forms? : I would like to see some more practical examples for the honeypot field. The documentation now seems to me kind of short and doesn’t show and explain the mechanism. An example with some explanation would help a lot. [image] R…

@AquaL1te , Does the docs prohibit your from implementing honeypot? Not sure what more needs to be said. Btw. there are loads of docs on the web if you need more background information on the intricacies of a honeypot.

I’ve seen the confusion in more topics on this forum. So I think it wouldn’t hurt to make it a bit more verbose. Here’s my form below. On a weekly basis I get at least 3 spam messages. So my assumption is that it doesn’t work, or doesn’t protect well enough. Even though I also use the DNS blacklist…

@AquaL1te , I’ve seen the confusion in more topics on this forum. So I think it wouldn’t hurt to make it a bit more verbose. Feel free to create a PR to improve the docs as you see fit. On a weekly basis I get at least 3 spam messages. So my assumption is that it doesn’t work, or doesn’t protec…

[image] pamtbaau: Feel free to create a PR to improve the docs as you see fit. I can do that. However, the mechanism isn’t clear to me either. So I would be the least qualified to improve the documentation. Sure, I get what HTML it generates and I get the general idea. But how to make a good …

It’s as simple as it gets. There’s no good or bad honeypot field. It’s just an invisible empty field, which is checked after submission - if it’s not empty, then it’s a bot and form fails. The topic I link to in the first post shows some tricks that are not documented Your link points directly …

@AquaL1te , I can do that. However, the mechanism isn’t clear to me either. So I would be the least qualified to improve the documentation. The docs on the Honeypot field are sufficient imho. The suggested custom improvement you’ve linked to (which requires a custom plugin) does not fit there. T…

I was corrected I was checking the wrong link :man_facepalming: I agree with @pamtbaau that custom solution would better fit the cookbook

Honeypot field could use better documentation

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AquaL1te July 30, 2022, 11:13am 10

I was referring to this topic I link to: hCaptcha support in Grav forms? - #8 by ondrejv

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