Change email contact form to use customer's email client

[siwalker]

OK, I thought I'd seen a thread that mentioned this but can't find it now.
Ideally I need to replace the Contact form with a link to pop up the user's email client with our contact email address ready-pasted, but ideally our actual email address should be hidden from the spam brigade.
Reason is that entering their own email address accurately is something that a small percentage of our prospective customers find just that bit too challenging.

Cheers,
simon
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[magicalwonders]

Hi Simon,

Check out this thread for some javascript that will do what you're looking for.

http://community.actinic.com/showthr...+email+address

There is also some code in the Knowledge Base.

I've just switched from the above method to using a different technique at the following url:

http://willmaster.com/master/spambotbuster/

It goes one better than javascript in that the email address appears nowhere on the page being viewed. Check out my url and look at the source code. It works very well.

Hope this helps.

Myles

[siwalker]

Excellent. Thank you Myles.

The former looks like it'll get hacked at some point by our spam-loving friends, so I'll investigate the second option you mention.

Cheers,
simon

[Bob Isaac]

Where would the javascript function code go for this in Actinic?

Bob

[magicalwonders]

Hello Bob,

With the first method, the script goes anywhere you want the email function to appear. Somewhere in the act_primary is probably the best place.

The second method requires some javascript within the head tags of the template, plus a bit of script at the place on the page you want the email function, and a script in the cgi bin on your web server. The instructions for installation are pretty good.

Myles

[Bob Isaac]

It was the second I was refering to, should have made that clear. Which template does the code go on?

[magicalwonders]

Hi Bob,

I haven't implemented this in my Actinic pages yet, but again the act_primary seems like the best place to use it.

Myles