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DocumentationNorrCompetition
  • 🚀Getting started
    • Technical Requirements
    • Installation and Updates
  • 🛠️Configuration
    • Component Options
    • General
    • Contests
    • Contest
    • Entries
    • Entry
    • Categories
    • Category
    • Images
    • Comments
    • Contest Form
    • Permissions
  • 🖼️Contests
    • Managing Contests
    • Creating Contest
    • Contest Layout Options
    • Closing Contest
  • 🏆Entries
    • Managing Entries
    • Adding Entry
    • Approving Entry
    • Entry Data Comparison
    • Entry Layout Options
    • Submitting Entry Form
    • Contestant's Profile
    • Votes Log
  • 📂Categories
    • General Information
    • Managing Categories
    • Creating Category
    • Category Layout Options
  • 🧩Fields
    • General Information
    • Managing Fields
    • Field Types
    • Creating Field
  • 🔋Modules
    • NorrCompetition Entries
    • NorrCompetition Contests
    • NorrCompetition Grid
  • 🔌Plugins
    • NorrCompetition Notifications
    • NorrCompetition Smart Search
    • NorrCompetition Search
    • NorrCompetition Sitemap
    • NorrCompetition Profile Link
    • Application for EasySocial
    • NorrCompetition Application for JomSocial
    • AUP plugin for NorrCompetition
    • NorrCompetition Image Moderation
      • Sightengine Setup
      • Plugin Configuration
  • 💬Comments
    • Integration with Facebook
    • Integration with JComments
    • Integration with Komento
    • Integration with Disqus
    • Integration with VK.com
  • ☁️Remote Storage
    • General Information
    • AWS S3
  • 🖥️Customisation
    • Template Overriding
    • Using content plugins on entry page
    • Link to contestant
    • Events
      • Content
      • Contest
      • Entry
      • Entry Form
      • Field
      • Vote
      • Other
  • ✍️Localisation
    • Language pack installation
    • How to take a part in NorrCompetition localisation
  • 📜Best Practices
    • Recommendations on image sizes
    • Use on multilingual sites
    • Tutorial: How to Create Photo/Video Voting Contest on Joomla
    • Tutorial: Monetize Voting Contests via Membership
    • Tutorial: Monetize Voting Contests via Points
    • Embedding HTML snippets on example of music contest
  • 💡FAQ
    • How the protection from unfair voting is implemented?
    • What notifications does the component send?
    • Create and edit contests on front-end
    • Submitting Entries by Unregistered Users
    • How to install sample data
    • How to change the order of tabs with comments
    • Using navigation module (breadcrumbs)
    • NorrCompetition and YOOtheme Pro
  • 🔍Troubleshooting
    • I do not get notifications from NorrCompetition
    • I get an error or white screen on photo upload
    • No images appear after submitting entries
    • Submit button is not working
  • User is not able to vote. Errors in the console
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  • Step 1. Permissions
  • Step 2. Select Entry creator
  • Step 3. Enable reCaptcha plugin
  • Permissions override in specific contest
  1. FAQ

Submitting Entries by Unregistered Users

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Last updated 1 year ago

You can allow unregistered users to submit entries. It can be useful if you need to provide the users an easy submission without registering on the site and finally save their time. Captcha is implemented to prevent spam and automatic submissions. You need to enable and configure core Captcha Joomla plugin. Also you have to select a user whom guest submissions will be assigned to. Lets set it up step by step.

Step 1. Permissions

Proceed to Site Administrator > Components > NorrCompetition > Options and click on tab. In the left sidebar click on Public tab or Guest tab to access permissions related to unregistered users. Have a look at the following permissions rules:

Rules in Permissions tab allowing user to submit the Entries
  • Create - Allows users in the group to create any content in this extension

  • Create Before Contest Start - Allows users in the group to create & submit entries when the contest is created, but not started yet.

  • Create After Contest Start - Allows users in the group to create & submit entries after the contest has started.

  • Create After Vote Start - Allows users in the group to create & submit entries after the vote has started.

These rules allow a user to submit entry. Set required params to Allowed and save the configuration.

Step 2. Select Entry creator

Creator is a required parameter to submit the entry. So if you allow entry submission form by unregistered users, then you have to set a user who will be the default creator of these entries. Proceed to Site Administrator > Components > NorrCompetition > Options and click on Contest tab and find Entry Creator parameter. Select user whom guest entries will be assigned to. For example it might be any Super Administrator or custom user. Please note that this user will be excluded from AUP integration and will not receive notifications about entries.

Below you will see Captcha parameter:

  • Captcha - Show or hide captcha for unregistered users in the entry form. Please note that only Google reCAPTCHA v2 is supported. Do not forget to setup and enable reCAPTCHA plugin.

Enable this parameter if you wish to.

Step 3. Enable reCaptcha plugin

Finally we will get something like this:

Permissions override in specific contest

You can override permissions in specific contest. It might be useful if you need to allow or deny submission in some selected contests. Proceed to contest edit mode, click on Permissions tab and override settings.

Select Entry creator

If you are re allowing guests to submit entries, it is highly recommended to enable captcha. NorrCompetition uses core Joomla plugin. Go to Administrator Panel > Extensions > Plugins and edit Captcha - ReCaptcha plugin. See official tutorial:

New Entry Submission by Unregistered User
Override Permissions Rules
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How do you use Recaptcha in Joomla?
Permissions
Override Permissions Rules
Select Entry creator
Rules in Permissions tab allowing user to submit the Entry
NorrCompetition - New Entry Submission by Unregistered User