As Joomla! users already know, Joomla doesn’t come configured with any security regarding forms out of the box. Why this isn’t already part of Joomla, eludes me.

Spending a lot of time searching for a good method to use, that was not complicated to implement, I found two that do the job. However, for a person new to these kinds of things, everything is complicated… The first listed below is the one that most people try to implement first because it’s listed at Joomla’s Extension site. The second isn’t actually an extension for Joomla. It is written in PHP and, basically, it can be implemented anywhere you need it, in any php environment.

1. Security Images by Walter Cedric
:: works pretty much ok if you install it correctly and patch it etc and you also have the GD Library with linkage to TrueTypeFonts installed but from reading some of the comments from the Joomla Extension site about this, it seems there are quite a few people who either a) “don’t get it”… or b) don’t get it to function properly or even c) don’t get it to function at all. It is kind of bloated and does interfere the design.

2. Math Guard by Code Gravity
:: this functions superbly, is unobtrusive, doesn’t fudge up the design and is my method of choice – I also reckon that most users are able to add up two single digits. =p It’s not bloated – only 1 file really. However, with this one some files need to be changed manually, per hand and you need to know what to change. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to do just that:

How to Implement Math Guard 2.0

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