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Registration Security Question

Adds a randomly selected security question on registration page. Questions can be added/edited/deleted from the admin panel

Version: 1.2
Author: - G33K -
Submitted: 1st December 2010
Last Updated: 27th July 2011
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/* Registration Security Question v1.1 by -G33K - */
/* MyBB v1.6 Plugin */

Change Log:

Version 1.2

- Updated ajax json to be strict and to standard to make it work with mybb 1.6.3 and prototype 1.7
- Made some corrections to the templates to make them proper for IE mostly
- Fix for MySQL > 5.5
- Fix for non-english characters. Now the table is created using the same encoding and collation as the board
- Added feature to keep track of number of times question is answered correctly/incorrectly
- Hide change button if theres only one question in the db
- Hide the entire block if there are no questions in the db

Version 1.1
- Fixed bug where invalid action error was returned whenever updating usercp

Version 1.0
- Initial Release


CONTENTS

I. Description
II. Features
III. Install
IV. Update
V. Uninstall


I. DESCRIPTION:
Adds a randomly selected security question on registration page. Questions can be added/edited/deleted from the admin panel.

II. FEATURES:
- Add unlimited custom questions
- Set more than one answer for a question. Useful if a question might have more than one possible answer such as numerical and strings (4 or four)
- Uses ajax to verify the answer and show status on register page
- Integrates completely with the register page


III. INSTALL:
- Unzip/Unrar and upload ALL the files in the Upload folder to their respective folders.
The files are:
* /admin/modules/config/regsecureq.php
* /inc/languages/english/regsecureq.lang.php
* /inc/languages/english/admin/config_regsecureq.lang.php
* /inc/plugins/regsecureq.php
* /jscripts/regsecureq.js

MAKE SURE ALL THE ABOVE FILES ARE UPLOADED FOR THE PLUGIN TO WORK CORRECTLY
- Install and Activate the plugin from the Admin Panel, Plugins section.
- Click on Manage Questions to setup the questions. Also accessible from Config>Security Questions

IV. UPGRADE:
- Deactivate old version of the plugin from admincp
- Upload the files of the new version overwriting the old version files
- Activate the plugin from admincp
- Verify that the plugin has been updated by checking the version displayed

V. UNINSTALL:
- Deactivate/Uninstall the plugin from the Admin Plugins menu. Please note that uninstalling will also remove any questions you may have setup so please make sure you have a backup if you are planning to re-install.


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