Updated user registration process
By Stephen | 
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Operating a website, and to the highest standards is (as i realize day by day) a very challenging task-but i love the challenge! There are numerous issues that have to be dealt with, most of which the regular visitor will never contend with. And one issue after another, day by day you realize what needs to be fixed, what needs to be improved and what is impeding website visitors and need to addressed.
Ok so i wont go the whole nine yards and tell you about the spam we have to contend with, the users whole register on the site with some nice username (which they will never remember, one that has spaces etc); i wont tell you about how we have to put a login button almost everywhere so people can see it (and people still complain). What i will tell you though is that i have modified the user registration process!
So this is what we’ve done;
- Anybody who registers can choose their password instead of having it emailed.
- We’ve also added a CAPTCHA image system that users have to enter before registration (this way we can restrict spam registrations)
Hopefully users will now be happy with the registration process and it will reflect in the stats 
!