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February 18, 2008 10:22am
Subscribe [3]#1 / Feb 18, 2008 10:22am
This seems like a basic thing, but I can’t find any tips ...
How can I obfuscate commenters’ e-mail to protect them from spam? Unless they have a URL, I’d like their name to link to their e-mail in order to promote accountability. (I only allow members to comment.)
Currently I’m doing this:
{if url}<a href="http://{url}">{if:else}<a href="mailto:{email}">{/if}{name}</a>Is there an elegant way to swap out the @ in the email with a simple Turing test or something?
#2 / Feb 18, 2008 10:38am
Check out {url_or_email_as_author}
The email ought to be obfuscated with javascript by default.
#3 / Feb 18, 2008 10:41am
Near as I can tell it’s not.
Here’s a sample output: http://www.chicagobikeracing.com/index.php/site/post/a_few_changes/#comments
#4 / Feb 18, 2008 10:44am
Duh. I just needed to use {url_or_email_as_author}
Nevermind! Thanks!
#5 / Feb 18, 2008 10:48am
The email address looks obfuscated to me. Looking at the view source, for the comment made be Rooster displays this:
<div class="comment">
<div class="comment_name"><b>
//<![CDATA[
var l=new Array();
l[0]='>';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]=' 114';l[5]=' 101';l[6]=' 116';l[7]=' 115';l[8]=' 111';l[9]=' 111';l[10]=' 82';l[11]='>';l[12]='\"';l[13]=' 109';l[14]=' 111';l[15]=' 99';l[16]=' 46';l[17]=' 114';l[18]=' 101';l[19]=' 105';l[20]=' 114';l[21]=' 117';l[22]=' 111';l[23]=' 99';l[24]=' 114';l[25]=' 97';l[26]=' 116';l[27]=' 115';l[28]=' 114';l[29]=' 117';l[30]=' 111';l[31]=' 102';l[32]=' 64';l[33]=' 102';l[34]=' 102';l[35]=' 101';l[36]=' 106';l[37]=':';l[38]='o';l[39]='t';l[40]='l';l[41]='i';l[42]='a';l[43]='m';l[44]='\"';l[45]='=';l[46]='f';l[47]='e';l[48]='r';l[49]='h';l[50]='a ';l[51]='<';
for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){
if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') [removed]("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";");
else [removed](unescape(l[i]));
}
//]]>
</b> | Feb 17, 2008 | <a href="http://www.chicagobikeracing.com/index.php/site/post/931/name=3410></a><a">8://55 pm</a></div>
First of all, the Terms and Conditions are hilarious.
I just looked over the new team site and it looks really good. Keep up the good work.
</div>A javascript obfuscation. The mouseover displays the email, as normal.