Out of the box, Sitefinity ASP.NET CMS provides several tools to help manage the web site.  One of these tools is the SpamProtector control; this control can be used to prevent SPAM from being posted through public facing forms (blog comments, forums, guestbook, etc).

The SpamProtector control uses several techniques to identify SPAM.  One of these techniques is CAPTCHA.  By default, CAPTCHA is not enabled on Sitefinity blog comments.  Recently, I was forced to enable CAPTCHA for this blog. 

Below are the steps involved in enabling CAPTCHA for Sitefinity blog comments:

Locate the Blog Post SpamProtector Control

It’s very easy to modify many properties for the Sitefinity’s Blog Posts control.  However, the Basic Blog Posts control editor does not include an option to enable CAPTCHA.

To get access to the SpamProtector control, the embedded template used by the BlogPosts control needs extracted and modified. 

Extract the Blog ...

Robert quickly entered the conference room as everyone waited expectedly.  Sales had been down for 3 months in a row and rumors foretold the sh*t was about to hit the fan.

“Listen people” Robert began “we’ve had a few rough months.”

The words had the same impact as a cinder block being dropped onto the conference table.  Robert paused and dramatically let his gaze wander from person to person.  Without saying it, he was incriminating everyone and assigning each their portion of the blame.

Robert then let the hammer fall, “What I’m looking for, from each of you, are solutions!  How do we turn this ship around?”

The question was met with silence.  Everyone looked like a deer caught in the headlights.

Robert paused, but then pressed on. “Terry, you’re marketing, how do we raise awareness of our products?”

Terry cleared his throat and began sputtering nonsense in an attempt ...