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Hi there,

I’m trying to create content managed email links.

I’ve got a matrix containing Staff name, job title, thumbnail, bio and an email link.

I’ve used the following code in my template:

{encode="{email}" title="> click here to email {name}"}

But when I view the site, it’s giving me the following:

<span>.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)</span>[removed]/*<![CDATA[*/var l=new Array();var output = ;l[0]=>;l[1]=a;l[2]=/;l[3]=<;l[4]= 109;l[5]= 111;l[6]= 99;l[7]= 46;l[8]= 101;l[9]= 116;l[10]= 97;l[11]= 101;l[12]= 114;l[13]= 99;l[14]= 45;l[15]= 98;l[16]= 114;l[17]= 64;l[18]= 100;l[19]= 114;l[20]= 97;l[21]= 104;l[22]= 99;l[23]= 105;l[24]= 114;l[25]=>;l[26]=\;l[27]= 109;l[28]= 111;l[29]= 99;l[30]= 46;l[31]= 101;l[32]= 116;l[33]= 97;l[34]= 101;l[35]= 114;l[36]= 99;l[37]= 45;l[38]= 98;l[39]= 114;l[40]= 64;l[41]= 100;l[42]= 114;l[43]= 97;l[44]= 104;l[45]= 99;l[46]= 105;l[47]= 114;l[48]=:;l[49]=o;l[50]=t;l[51]=l;l[52]=i;l[53]=a;l[54]=m;l[55]=\;l[56]==;l[57]=f;l[58]=e;l[59]=r;l[60]=h;l[61]=a ;l[62]=<;for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ) output += &#+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+;; else output += unescape(l[i]);document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_MMxcBSzorI')[removed] = output;/*]]>*/" title="> click here to email Richard Blake"}

Any ideas?

If there’s a better way to display email addresses that can be edited from the back-end, please let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

Hi, Tom.

Are you testing without Javascript turned on?

If you try this example from the docs, does that work?

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/single_variables.html#var_encode

Hi Sue,

If I use the encode tag it works perfectly, but this means hard-coding the email address into the template.

What I’d like to do is to allow the client to edit this email address if required.

I’ve setup a fields within a matrix for {name} and for {email}.

I’ve then entered the following code in my template:

{encode="{email}" title="> click here to email {name}"}

But this gives me the error quoted above.

Surely it’s possible to enter an email address in the back end within an entry and display this on the front-end?

When you say matrix, do you mean the third party add-on Matrix, or do you mean custom fields?

I mean the third party matrix. If that’s a problem, please ignore that and let me know how to do this anyway?

Tom,

In your Channel Management preferences under Channel Posting Preferences do you have Automatically turn URLs and email addresses into links? turned off?

BINGO!

John, you’re a star, thanks!

Hey Tom,

Glad John was able to help out! Feel free to post again as needed.

Thanks!