Email hyperlink within fragment page

[PortsmouthS&L]

I guys, i have found the details for adding a "contact us" email link within the Advanced Users Guide, however this code appears only to work when inserted directly into html.
Is there anyway to place a Contact link within a fragment, that still works in the same way, ie is still invisible on the page, but doesnt require me to alter the html directly?

Pete @ PSL

[Duncan Rounding]

You could use a text only fragment and then place your contact link within the fragment text as follows:
!!< html code goes here >!!

[PortsmouthS&L]

Thanks for the quick response... But...

Do we have to use a text only fragment? I tried the exclamation points but they dont appear to make any difference, unless of course the code i am using for the email side of things is wrong?

I tried

<a href="mailto:info@roycharles.biz">Click here to email Roy</a>

But like the code suggested within the advance userguide of

<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "info";
var _d = "roycharles.biz";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "Click here to email Roy";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>"+_m+"</a>");
</script>

But am not sure if that code would work within the fragment page

Basically i am in the process of updating our customer homepage section, see here http://www.discosuperstore.co.uk/aca...Customers.html
and currently have the url link working ok, and thought it would be nice have the email text clickable as well.

Any Ideas?

Pete @ PSL

[leehack]

Have you tried the link tab on the fragment? Alternatively provide the full code you are including so we can see where you are going wrong. I am presuming you have followed Duncan's instructions properly and actually put the code in the markers that he told you to use?

[PortsmouthS&L]

Thats perfect, if i place mailto: within the url section of the link tab i can get the emails to work, then place the html code for the url hyperlink directly to into the fragment.
Brilliant, thanks

Pete @ PSL

[leehack]

My pleasure Pete, just be aware of having email addresses stored on pages and easily grabbable (is that a word) by the SPAM bots.

[PortsmouthS&L]

Thats what i was originally thinking, is there anyway to call the javascript code from a couple of posts up within a fragment, without altering html code directly?

Pete @ PSL

[leehack]

If you put:

!!<
<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "info";
var _d = "roycharles.biz";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "Click here to email Roy";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>"+_m+"</a>");
</script>
>!!

NOTE: the red bits tell actinic to process the part in between them (the green part) as html. Just paste the above into a fragment description field and you should see it, this is what Duncan was telling you in his post, i think you missed what he was saying.

[PortsmouthS&L]

Is there meant to be a space or new line between the !!< >!! and the code? as when i attempted that syntax earlier it just displayed the code, yet yours is working ok?

Pete @ PSL

[leehack]

No not at all, you can even do:

!!<<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "info";
var _d = "roycharles.biz";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "Click here to email Roy";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>"+_m+"</a>");
</script>>!!

I just separated it so i could illustrate what you need to do and how you need to do it. You must have made a slight mistake to be honest.

[PortsmouthS&L]

Oh well, not sure what i was doing wrong earlier, guess at the end of the day the code works now, and thats all that matters.

Many thanks

Pete @ PSL