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sitewards/captcha
=================

Additional functionality for magento captcha extension.

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Since Jun 20Pushed 11y ago28 watchersCompare

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Sitewards Captcha
=================

[](#sitewards-captcha)

The Sitewards Captcha Extension provides functionality to add captcha to "Email to a Friend" form.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- adds captcha for unregistered customer to "Email to a Friend" form.
- you can configure "Number of emails without captcha" and "CAPTCHA Timeout (seconds)"
- opens "Email to a Friend" form in popup window.
- adds Product Name field to "Email to a Friend" form.
- by default message field is filled by product description

File list
---------

[](#file-list)

- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\Sendfriend\\Send.php
    - update the Mage\_Sendfriend\_Block\_Send to allow customer edit product description and name
    - check if captcha required
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\controllers\\ProductController.php
    - Override Mage\_Sendfriend\_ProductController action sendmailAction to work with the pop up and not the normal form
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\etc\\config.xml
    - Set-up model declaration
    - Set-up helper declaration
    - Set-up layout configuration
    - Set-up translations
        - Frontend
    - Rewrite Mage\_Sendfriend router
    - Add product\_sendtofriend\_form\_captcha to the list of captcha forms
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\etc\\system.xml
    - Assign admin config fields to sections
        - Customers->Customer Configuration->Captcha
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\Helper\\Data.php
    - check if captcha is required
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\Model\\CaptchaChecker.php
    - check if captcha is required
    - validate captcha
    - increments successful form submit
- app\\code\\community\\Sitewards\\Captcha\\Model\\Sendfriend.php
    - override Mage\_Sendfriend\_Model\_Sendfriend
    - set the correct product url in the email sent
    - sent customer modified product name
    - validate captcha
- app\\design\\frontend\\base\\default\\layout\\sitewards\\captcha.xml
    - Set "Email to a Friend" template
    - Add popup java scripts to product page
- app\\design\\frontend\\base\\default\\template\\sitewards\\captcha\\sendfriend\\send.phtml
    - Added Product Name field
    - Massage field by default is filled by product description
    - If required display captcha
- app\\design\\frontend\\base\\default\\template\\sitewards\\captcha\\closepopup.phtml
    - Close popup window
    - Redirect to product page
- app\\etc\\modules\\Sitewards\_Captcha.xml
    - Activate module
    - Specify community code pool
    - Set-up dependencies
        - Mage\_Catalog
        - Mage\_Sendfriend
- app\\locale\\de\_DE\\Sitewards\_Captcha.csv
    - Translation
- js\\sitewards\\captcha.js
    - Show prototype popup window
    - Close popup window

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1398594?v=4)[Tobias Zander](/maintainers/airbone42)[@airbone42](https://github.com/airbone42)

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Top Contributors

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