Re: Hiding Email Addresses
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply having the>email address as a hidden text variable.>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text]>Email: [email_address]>Would the bot read the actual email address?Yes, when it is given to the browser via WebDNA as:Email: test@test.com-DanOn Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:55:26 -0800 Brian Fries
wrote:>The bot, like any browser, will never see [email_address] because WebDNA will stick the value >of that variable there before the page leaves your server. No browser, human or bot, will ever >see your DNA code (unless you have some drastic configuration problem or intentionally wrap the >code in [raw]). A bot sees exactly what you see if you load a page in your browser then view >source.>>- brian>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 10:36 PM, Tim Robinson wrote:>>>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply >>having the>>email address as a hidden text variable.>>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text]>>Email: [email_address]>>>>Would the bot read the actual email address?>>>>Tim>>>>>>>From: Bob Minor >>>Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk)>>>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:37:25 -0600>>>To: (WebDNA Talk)>>>Subject: Re: Hiding Email Addresses>>>>>>Javascript is a worthwhile solutions assembling the address on the >>>page>>>via document.write syntax. It gets your email on the page, clickable>>>and not readable by a page scanner>>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Marko Bernyk wrote:>>>>>>>Well you can always use a graphice file if you just want to display>>>>the address on a page...>>>>This at least will hide the email from the bots but still display it>>>>to a user.>>>>...use this inconjuction with a form>>>Robert Minor>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply having the>email address as a hidden text variable.>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text]>Email: [email_address]>Would the bot read the actual email address?Yes, when it is given to the browser via WebDNA as:Email: test@test.com-DanOn Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:55:26 -0800 Brian Fries wrote:>The bot, like any browser, will never see [email_address] because WebDNA will stick the value >of that variable there before the page leaves your server. No browser, human or bot, will ever >see your DNA code (unless you have some drastic configuration problem or intentionally wrap the >code in [raw]). A bot sees exactly what you see if you load a page in your browser then view >source.>>- brian>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 10:36 PM, Tim Robinson wrote:>>>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply >>having the>>email address as a hidden text variable.>>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text]>>Email: [email_address]>>>>Would the bot read the actual email address?>>>>Tim>>>>>>>From: Bob Minor >>>Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk)>>>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:37:25 -0600>>>To: (WebDNA Talk)>>>Subject: Re: Hiding Email Addresses>>>>>>Javascript is a worthwhile solutions assembling the address on the >>>page>>>via document.write syntax. It gets your email on the page, clickable>>>and not readable by a page scanner>>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Marko Bernyk wrote:>>>>>>>Well you can always use a graphice file if you just want to display>>>>the address on a page...>>>>This at least will hide the email from the bots but still display it>>>>to a user.>>>>...use this inconjuction with a form>>>Robert Minor>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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