UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Archived Mods [UBBT 6.0] Profile Email protection from Spam Bots

This small hack will protect member's "Fake Email" from spam bots by hiding the mailto address in javascript.

In your showprofile.php script find this:

code:
 
// ----------------------------- 
// Show the profile if it exists 
   $columns = 2; 
   if ($CheckUser) { 

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and change it to this:

code:
 
// ----------------------------- 
// Show the profile if it exists 
   $columns = 2; 
   if ($CheckUser) { 
 
      if ($Fakeemail) { 
         $FakeEmailArray = split("@",$Fakeemail); 
         $MailName = $FakeEmailArray[0]; 
         $MailAddy = $FakeEmailArray[1]; 
         $EmailJavaPrint = "<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var MailName = '$MailName'; var MailAddy = '$MailAddy';document.write('<a href="mailto:'+MailName+'@'+MailAddy+'">'+MailName+'@'+MailAddy+'</a>');</script>"; 
      } 
      else { 
         $EmailJavaPrint = ""; 
      } 

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Now in your showprofile.tmpl template file find this:

code:
 
<a href="mailto:$Fakeemail">$Fakeemail</a> 

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and change it to this:

code:
 
$EmailJavaPrint 

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As far as I know spam bots have no ability to read text dynamicly created with javascript. This will keep the member's email hidden from them and those users with javascript disabled. LoL


Working Example Here

Cool, thanks!
Hope Rick sees it and decides to add it to the main distro, I think it should be there.

Perhaps he will. It's not to big of a code change.

Something simular could be used anywhere email addresses are displayed.

Very Cool!

The Email link at the bottom is also a big source of SPAM

If you modify your ubbt_footer.tmpl file:

If you change this:

code:

<a href="mailto:{$config['emailaddy']}">

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To a link to your profile.... or a profile for a general amin user..... like this:

code:

<a href="{$config['phpurl']}/showprofile.php?Cat=&User=ADMIN&page=1&what=showmembers">

---

Where it says "ADMIN" above... substitute the username you want to display for "general contact info" from your userlist.

This works fine for 6.1

Unfortunately I have learned that bots have progressed. Some can load and process dynamic content created with java.

Use my spiderfood hack and make them fat on junkfood.