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Changing the default URL for the Contact Form

Post by Peace Freak » Thu May 25, 2023 11:53 am

Currently I’m in the process of rebuilding my personal website since upgrading to Joomla 4.

My contact form is currently not visible to anyone as the two pages that are published have no link to it, yet I’m getting spam through the contact form.

I guess a robot recorded the original contact form url (which still actually exists) and is continuing to use it. (I do have reCAPTCHA installed but it doesn’t seem to work.

My current contact URL is: index.php/en/contact

I’m wondering if there an easy way to modify it?…

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Changing the default URL for the Contact Form

Post by pe7er » Thu May 25, 2023 12:48 pm

You can change the URL of your contact form by changing the "alias" in the menu item that links to your contact form.

However, it won't prevent spam, because a contact form can be accessed
by the non-SEF URL like index.php?option=com_contact&view=form&id=1

You might consider adding a CAPTCHA protection to your contact form.
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Re: Changing the default URL for the Contact Form

Post by Peace Freak » Fri May 26, 2023 5:01 am

Thank you for taking the time to explain things.

I will try to get Captcha working properly which should solve the problem.

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Re: Changing the default URL for the Contact Form

Post by pe7er » Fri May 26, 2023 5:21 am

You're welcome!
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