Comments not working only for registered users, if I put it to record not only leaves a comment and if I put it to everyone fill me with spam, using joomla 1.5.14 and k2 v2.1

Hi. If you choose to enable comments for registered users only then check that the user has the appropriate permissions to post comments ( you can set this on K2 user group edit form ). If it is set up correctly then ensure that you are using the template files that are bundled with K2. Finally and regarding comments you should enable reCAPTCHA to avoid spam. Note that you need an api key for this. You can get one from recaptcha.net.

Many thanks, my problem now is that it fails to operate the captcha, I've installed and activated as illustrated in the instructions but do not appear anywhere

Hi. Check that your page has no javascript errors as reCAPTCHA is loaded through an AJAX requrest.

nano02 said:Many thanks, my problem now is that it fails to operate the captcha, I've installed and activated as illustrated in the instructions but do not appear anywhere

Thanks again, the problem were some images that did not have one last question is this captcha only works with user registration?, I need a captcha for comments so you can activate for all visitors of my website.

Hi. reCAPTCHA works even for non-registered users. So something else is wrong.

nano02 said:Thanks again, the problem were some images that did not have one last question is this captcha only works with user registration?, I need a captcha for comments so you can activate for all visitors of my website.

I had captcha working in the comments section after finding it not enabled and there where 86,000 spam comments.  Just took over this site and I had to fix that.  Did the enable and got public and private keys from recaptcha at google and it worked.  I then went to the mysql database and the comments table was full like I said.  I emptied the comments and then went back to the site and found that the comments section was not showing up on my items.  I went in to parameters and changed the setting from registered only users to everyone.  Now the comment form shows up but no captcha.  I have two bugs now.  No captcha and when I turn the comments form to registered users only it does not show up when a registered user logs in.

Help...fairly new to joomla

OK here is what I see.  Non-registered users see the full comments form and reCaptcha information.  Registered users see the comments form, the name and email is already filled in and not accessible with a line for any url website and no captcha option showing.  Is that normal operation?

One other thing.  I have it set so the comments have to OK'd before they get published.  Does anyone of the administrators get an email when a comment is posted so we know to check it or do we just have to go and check comments once a day?  Not sure how that works and could not find any settings in parameters for that.

Thanks for the help