IconCaptcha is a popular and easy to use captcha tool that utilizes icons instead of traditional text. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install IconCaptcha on the latest version of Elementary OS.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following installed on your system:
The first step is to download IconCaptcha. You can download it from the official website at https://www.fabianwennink.nl/projects/IconCaptcha/. Once the download is complete, extract the file to your desired location.
Once you have downloaded and extracted IconCaptcha, navigate to the extracted folder in your terminal and run the following command:
npm install
This will install all the necessary dependencies required for IconCaptcha to run.
To start IconCaptcha, run the following command in your terminal:
npm start
This will start the IconCaptcha server and you should be able to access it by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
To add IconCaptcha to your website, you will need to include the necessary CSS and JavaScript files. You can find these files in the dist folder of the extracted IconCaptcha folder.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/iconcaptcha.min.css" />
<script src="/path/to/iconcaptcha.min.js"></script>
Once you have added the necessary files, you can place the IconCaptcha widget on your form by adding the following HTML:
<div class="iconcaptcha">
<div class="iconcaptcha-wrapper"></div>
<input type="text" name="iconcaptcha_answer" />
</div>
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install IconCaptcha on your Elementary OS system. We also showed you how to add the IconCaptcha widget to your website. IconCaptcha is a great alternative to traditional text-based captchas and can help improve user experience while keeping your site secure.
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