Compatibility
For SMF 1.1.x (No new features are added)
For SMF 2.0, SMF 2.1 Alpha 1

Requirements
GD-lib 2.x

Introduction
REQUIRED: A manual edit is REQUIRED for ALL themes (other than SMF Core Default) which have a custom Register.template.php
If you don't do perform the edit, nobody will be able to register using those themes.

Features
o Adds a verification of 10 avatar images when people try to register
o Uses images from the forums avatar folders. You can control which folders to use*
o Adds bans to the ban list on failed attempts. Can be disabled in the admin center.
o Decide how long people should be banned by first hacking attempt
o Decide how long people should be banned by the following hacking attempt(s)
o Receive email on every bann attempt, only continousy ban attempts, or disable email
o If there's not enough avatars in the forum, a simple image with numbers are used

*) As standard, the standard avatar folders of SMF are used (For SMF 1 & 2.0.x Actors & Musicians, for SMF 2.1 Oxygen)

Installation
Simply install the package to install on the SMF Default Core Theme ONLY.

A Manual edit will be required for ALL themes (other than SMF Default Core Theme) which have a custom Register.template.php
If you don't perform the manual edit, nobody will be able to register using those themes.


Unistallation
Just uninstall the mod as usual from the package center.

Where to change settings for the mod
In SMF 1.1.x: Goto the admin center, choose registration -> Settings
In SMF 2.0 xx: Goto the admin center -> Security and Moderation -> Anti-spam

Additional Notes
GD lib is required for the mod to work.
Note that GD Lib cannot create thumbs from corrupted images. That you can view images via your browser, doesn't nessescarily mean they are not corrupted. Check your avatars! You best do that by trying out the mod several times to see if some avatars are not generated.
Servers that have Sleep() disabled, will give an error in the log. I have no solution, but to enable the sleep function! Ask your host.

Supported languages
Danish
Dutch
English
English British

Translators
Thanks to the translators who bothered making a translation:
Dutch by JulesW

Changelog
1.0 beta 1 - 18th December 2008
o First beta
o SMF 2.0 support

1.0 beta 2 - 19th December 2008
o Made a few functions to make the code more right

1.0 beta 2 rev. 1 - 20th December 2008
Edited some texts

1.0 beta 2 rev. 2 - 05th February 2009
Few edits and checked the mod to work with SMF 1.1.8 and SMF 2.0 Beta 4

1.0 beta 2 rev. 3 - 22th May 2009
Checked the mod to work with SMF 1.1.8 and SMF 2.0 RC1-1

1.0 beta 2 rev. 4 - 1st June 2009
When guest access was disabled, the mod didn't show the images.

1.0 beta 2 rev. 5 - 9th August 2009
Corrected a few small errors when spiders checked old links

1.0 beta 2 rev. 6 - 3rd October 2009
! Corrected an error that made errors in the log when the mod was disabled.
! Corrected that png files didn't work
+ Made a check for jpg, gif and png files only
+ Splitted the languages from the installation files
! Corrected a helptext in SMF that should not be there
+ Added Dutch language

1.0 beta 3 rev. 1 - 3rd October 2009
+ SMF 2 RC2 support

1.0 beta 3 rev. 2 - 27th October 2009
! When logged in users browsed to the register page, errors were generated in the log

1.0 beta 3 rev. 3 - 7th November 2009
! Corrected an error in the Dutch language

1.0 beta 3 rev. 4 - 9th November 2009
+ Added final SMF 2.0 RC2 support
! Split the language files into UTF-8 and non UTF-8 files

1.0 - 7th December 2009
! Fixed .gifs could make an error and not being generated
+ Finally went out of beta
+ Improved stretch and rotation of images
+ Cleaned up code to use divs instead of tables (RC2 version only)

1.1 - 27th April 2010
Added RC3 support
! Added a fix provided by butchs

1.2 - 24th May 2010
! Fixed spiders generating errors in the error log

1.3 - 2nd November 2010
+ Made an update to work with SMF2 RC4

1.4 - 14nd December 2010
- Removed SMF 2 RC1.xx support
+ Added redirect to the modsettings after installation
! Fixed users without an avatar got a default avatar when saving their profile
! Fixed GD 2.0 doesn't support rotate

1.4.1 - 7nd January 2011
! Changed the mod to use $modSettings['avatar_directory'] to make sure the mod works with a custom avatar folder (thanks to baggeroli for the idea).

1.4.2 - 12th february 2011
+ Upgraded to SMF 2 RC5 and SMF 1.1.13

1.4.3 - 17th June 2011
+ Upgraded to SMF 2.0
- Removed official support of RC's, although the mod will still work with those in an emulated enviroment
! Fixed avatars using tables in SMF 1

1.4.4 - 10th June 2012
+ SMF 2.0.2 support (no changes)

1.5 - 17th November 2012
+ Added SMF 2.1 (Alfa) support
! Fixed mod not working with SEF support (Tested with SimpleSEF & PortaMx SEF).
! Fixed the verification not showing up, when the registration agreemenent is not in use.

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Manual installation info 1.1.10 1.1.11 1.1.12 1.1.13 1.1.14 1.1.15 1.1.16 1.1.17 1.1.18 2.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3 2.0.4