Mollom

Mollom is a module which sits atop the Spam Protection module to reduce spam comments on your website.

3 minute overview is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZi-O9MkFYM (watch in HD mode.)

For more information on mollom see its website at http://mollom.com/

• SilverStripe 2.3+
• Spam Protection Module

• http://www.silverstripe.org/mollom-module

1. Unzip this file (mollom-0.1.tar.gz) inside your SilverStripe installation directory. It should be at the same level as ‘jsparty’, ‘cms’ and ‘sapphire’ modules. Ensure the directory name for the module is ‘mollom’.

2. Do the same for the Spam Protection Module (Download and unzip into a new spamprotection folder.)

3. Get a Mollom API Key from http://mollom.com/user/register . You will get a public and private key.

4. Copy the following code into your mysite/_config.php file:

Mollom::setPublicKey('enter-your-mollom-public-key');
Mollom::setPrivateKey('enter-your-mollom-private-key');
SpamProtectorManager::set_spam_protector('MollomSpamProtector');

(Replace the strings “enter-your-mollom-public-key” and “enter-your-mollom-private-key” with the public key and private key you obtained from Mollom)

5. Run dev/build. For example: http://www.mysite.com/dev/build.

7. Login to the CMS and go to the Mollom report. It should say “Your mollom key is working.”

8. If so, the following will now be spam-protected automatically:

• Page comments in the core, and in the blog module if that is installed.
• User registrations to a forum, if you use that module
• You can also add a CAPTCHA field to the user forms module, although this requires you to use the latest (dailybuild) of all code in question: userforms, mollom, spamprotection, v2.3 core. (This will be released shortly)

See how to use the Spam protection module on the Using Spam Protector Section