Mailto link generator

[Cheapprices4u]

hi i just foudn this little gem

helps generate code for any mailto links you need including

bcc cc body etc

http://www.cmg02.com/cg2/mailto.htm

have fun now to implement the var to eliminate the bots

[NormanRouxel]

I'm afraid that it generates a plain text mailto: type link that will easily be picked up by spambots.

Also the generator above produces broken code if you have any & characters in your parameters.

It would be a good idea to hide your e-mail address on your web pages. Either use a contact us form or use JavaScript to obfuscate the e-mail address. I.e. Instead of:-

<a href="mailto:myname@mydomain.com">Email us</a>

use instead:-

<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
document.write('<a hr' + 'ef="mai'
+ 'lto:'
+ 'myname@'
+ 'mydomain'
+ '.com">Email us</a>');
// -->
</script>

[Cheapprices4u]

thanks norman i did say i needed to tweak it to include protection ill try your way now
ive been trying to implment the AUG version

ive been working on this all day if you read my other posts i can include the spambots protection and fill in the subject line or the body but some how i cant merge the two


http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=28965

[Donald Gray]

<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
document.write('<a href="mai'
+ 'lto:'
+ 'myname@'
+ 'mydomain'
+ '.com">Email us</a>');
// -->
</script>

I tried this in a normal html page generated in Dreamweaver & Works fine...

However the identical code in the contact us page in Actinic doesn't work - I added a small table below the </form> tag to contain the 'alternative' contact methods and added the above code - all it gave was a '404 error Page not Found' !!!

Investigating, I discovered that Actinic was adding the absolute web address to the beginning of the compiled string...

Digging further, I discovered that it worked fine if the word/command 'mailto' was not split...

FYI

[NormanRouxel]

Actinic is probably seeing the href="... bit


So changing to

document.write('<a hr' + 'ef="mai'

would probably fix things generally.

If you've time to check this please let me know and I'll amend the original post.

[Donald Gray]

I did mess with it an got it working, however I opted for a minor vaiation of the AUG one:


<img src="envelope11x11.gif" />
<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "sales";
var _d = "domain.co.uk?subject=Website enquiry...&body=";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "<img src='envelope11x11.gif'/>";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'> Email us.</a>");
</script>

The 'envelope11x11.gif is a small envelope graphic - you can 'borrow' it from our Yandles Contact Us page...

[NormanRouxel]

Why not do it like this

<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "sales";
var _d = "domain.co.uk?subject=Website enquiry...&body=";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "<img src='envelope11x11.gif'/>";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>");
</script>
<img border=0 src="envelope11x11.gif" />Email us...</a>

So that the last line is plain HTML and is easier to alter without javaScript tinkering.

[Donald Gray]

Why not do it like this

<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "sales";
var _d = "domain.co.uk?subject=Website enquiry...&body=";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "<img src='envelope11x11.gif'/>";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>");
</script>
<img border=0 src="envelope11x11.gif" />Email us...</a>

So that the last line is plain HTML and is easier to alter without javaScript tinkering.

Thanks Norman

'cos mine now works... I've moved on to tinkering with something else (See what else I can break! )

[TraceyHand]

Actinic is probably seeing the href="... bit


So changing to

document.write('<a hr' + 'ef="mai'

would probably fix things generally.

If you've time to check this please let me know and I'll amend the original post.

ok...this is an old thread, I know..but I was linked directly to the original code post only from THIS THREAD and had the same problem implementing it.
It DOES need the adjustment made above...if there's any chance of editting the original post then anyone else being directed from the thread I came from will get working code straight away

Cheers

[NormanRouxel]

Hi, Tracy

I followed your THIS THREAD link which took me back to post #2 in this thread! Anyway, I've gone and updated #2 as required.

[TraceyHand]

Hi, Tracy

I followed your THIS THREAD link which took me back to post #2 in this thread! Anyway, I've gone and updated #2 as required.

that's what I meant..but as the link in that thread only showed post #2, it meant that it directed to code that didn't completely work as it was, IYSWIM

It didn't display the whole thread which would have shown that an edit was needed. Hence my post

Thanks, Norman