IconCaptcha is a captcha library that uses icons instead of traditional text-based challenges. It provides a more user-friendly and secure way to prevent spam and bot attacks on your website.
Here's how to install IconCaptcha on the latest version of POP! OS:
The first step is to download the latest version of IconCaptcha from its official website at https://www.fabianwennink.nl/projects/IconCaptcha/.
You can download the entire repository as a ZIP archive or clone it using Git:
git clone https://github.com/FabianWe/IconCaptcha.git
IconCaptcha requires jQuery and PHP GD extension to work. You can install them using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jquery
sudo apt-get install php-gd
Once you've downloaded and installed the dependencies, you can integrate IconCaptcha into your website.
Copy the following files and folders from the downloaded IconCaptcha repository to your website directory:
demo/ (optional)dist/iconcaptcha.min.jsdist/iconcaptcha.min.cssdist/fonts/You can then include the IconCaptcha library into your HTML document using the following code:
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/iconcaptcha.min.css">
<script src="path/to/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="path/to/iconcaptcha.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post">
<!-- Add the IconCaptcha markup here -->
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<script>
// Initialize IconCaptcha
$('form').iconcaptcha();
</script>
</body>
</html>
IconCaptcha provides several configuration options that you can customize to your liking. You can find the full list of options in the demo/index.html file.
For example, you can change the number of icons, the size of the icons, the background color, and more:
$('form').iconcaptcha({
iconSize: 48,
digits: 3,
backgroundColor: '#f6f9fc',
...
});
Congratulations, you've successfully installed IconCaptcha on POP! OS Latest! With its user-friendly and secure captcha challenge, your website is now better protected against spam and bot attacks.
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