This topic was partially addressed in the main VSD forum, but as I am not yet a registered user I can't post there.

I want an "E-mail me" button in my site, but don't want it readable by bots. In the past I have done this by inserting javascript generated by "Enkoder" (see http://hivelogic.com/enkoder/index.php). When I tried inserting this code in VSD the button shows as intended, but is not "clickable" - there is no link. Does anyone know how to make this work?

Thanks,
PT

I got it to work. Here's what you want to paste into the advanced form.
Adjust the html to your actual setup.

Eric, I'm not sure what you mean by "advanced form", but it appears that in your example the e-mail address is easily readable - not encrypted. Am I missing something?

Thanks,
PT

Adjust the code I provided with your actual information then Go to http://hivelogic.com/enkoder/index.php and paste the code into the advanced form near the bottom of the page.

OK, I understand what you're saying, but it gives me the same result: The button displays, but it's not clickable. Is it possible that this is a browser compatibility issue? I use Firefox. However, I used Enkoder before in hand-assembled html and it worked fine in either Firefox or IE.

PT

Eric, I just tried it in IE: Interestingly, in IE the link works, but the button doesn't show up correctly.

PT

I've used this one on a few VSD sites:
http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html

Another test: I saved a version of my "contact" page with no e-mail info or link, then pasted the javascript from enkoder (basic form) into the html file with a text editor and opened it with Firefox. It works perfectly.

So what is it about the html generated when I insert it using VSD that is different and makes it not work?

PT

Paintbrush, I haven't tried it, but have to assume that I'd run into the same problem with that.

FWIW, I think your technique is not very secure, as it is very easy to decode the characters AND it provides a very strong clue to the content because the text "mailto" is still there. The "Enkoder" technique hides everything in javascript. It's true that a bot could execute the javascript and thus get the same result, but it's very unlikely that a bot would take the time to do that with no clue that it might produce something useful.

Thanks,
PT

If you are using VSD have you tried using the buttoniser ?

Add a oblong object with object tool, size you want, select buttoniser tool, select change button style and choose a style, add text to the button using the tools button text option. and then use the buttoniser link tool to add the email address.

You can confuse the hell out of things by adding a hover over change as well using the buttoniser tool.

Not sure if technically this is what your after but it has prevented spam on my sites.