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| + | < [[Help FAQ]] | ||
| − | + | <!---- This image is very confusing. Disabling it as we no longer require <email> tag but the system converts it for you | |
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| − | This wiki has a feature which allows one to "protect" an e-mail address from spammers who "[[scrape]]" websites for e-mail addresses, and yet still allow humans to see it. Here's how it works. | + | ==Automatic Protect of Emails== |
| + | The [[AboutUs]] system now recognizes email addresses in text when you click the "save" button on [[WikiPages]] and will '''automatically''' add the [email] tags. | ||
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| + | '''Turning this off''' if for some reasons you'd prefer that the system not automatically protect email addresses, just click the "Don't automatically protect email addresses" option box (above the "Save page" button) | ||
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| + | == Protect an email from spammer "scraping" by turning it into a graphic. == | ||
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| + | This wiki has a feature which allows one to "protect" an e-mail address from spammers who "[[Definition:Scrape|scrape]]" websites for e-mail addresses, and yet still allow humans to see it. Here's how it works. | ||
Enter an e-mail address as follows: | Enter an e-mail address as follows: | ||
| − | : <nowiki> | + | : <nowiki><email>you @ email.com</email></nowiki> |
This address will now show on screen correctly, but as a graphic image instead of text: | This address will now show on screen correctly, but as a graphic image instead of text: | ||
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If you put '''<nowiki>[[ProtectEmail]]</nowiki>''' in the edit summary, others can learn how you did it! | If you put '''<nowiki>[[ProtectEmail]]</nowiki>''' in the edit summary, others can learn how you did it! | ||
| − | === | + | '''Note: When you use "show preview" the protected email address will not be displayed. When you save the changes, the image will be readable.''' |
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| + | == Adding email addresses without the protection== | ||
| + | If you prefer adding a clickable email link without this protection you can do so in the following way: | ||
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| + | : [mailto:<email>23463b99b62a72f26ed677cc556c44e8</email> Email Me] | ||
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| + | ...which would produce: [<email>5d4a0c034a41781b9b635d81a8d483fa</email> Email Me] | ||
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| + | {{SingleBasicBox | ||
| + | | body = You'll have to make sure you choose the '''"Don't automatically protect email addresses"''' option before you save, otherwise the link will automatically be replaced by an image. | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ==Discussion== | ||
| + | ===Solution to image-scraping?=== | ||
| + | reCAPTCHA has this great mailhide feature and they have a php library available. The user can't see the email address until he/she clicks on a link. A new window opens asking the user to answer a captcha. If the captcha is answered correctly, the email is shown. I was wondering if this could be used on AboutUs, even though it's a wiki. | ||
| − | + | [http://recaptcha.net/plugins/php/ More information] | |
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| + | {{ImprovedSig|Vartan|19:46, 5 October 2007 (PDT)}} | ||
| + | [[category:AboutUs Help]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:About Us:Glossary]] | ||
| + | [[Category:About Us Help]] | ||
[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]] | [[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]] | ||
| + | [[Category:AboutUs_Help]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pages_with_broken_file_links]] | ||
