Advanced Guestbook

[wampthing]

I am always worried about putting my email address in forums or guestbooks. It seems that the people who sign my guestbook (including my wife) don't share the concern.

Is there a way that I can either disable emails or make it so they can't be farmed? I have searched the options in Advanced guestbook and am having no luck.

[TCH-Bruce]

Can't you remove the email address from the guestbook form?

 

I've never used the advanced guestbook program so I am only guessing here.

[TCH-Don]

As far as I know you would have to edit the entry form.

 

I gave up and am switching to viper guest-book

which hides e-mail addys and can also be moderated.

[wampthing]

Can't you remove the email address from the guestbook form?

 

I've never used the advanced guestbook program so I am only guessing here.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I guess I can go in and delete/change the email addresses. Kind of a pain in the rear though...

If I change the "@" to "(at)", is that enought to fool the robots, or are they smarter than that?

[boxturt]

Just my 2 cents here but as it's not a required field I wouldn't worry about it. I do think it's a very nice thing you're trying to do but you're not the one who's going to get spammed.

 

Perhaps it would be easier to add a disclaimer?

[wampthing]

Just my 2 cents here but as it's not a required field I wouldn't worry about it. I do think it's a very nice thing you're trying to do but you're not the one who's going to get spammed. 

 

Perhaps it would be easier to add a disclaimer? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yeah,

It'd be nice if there was an easy fix. I cant really see one though. If I change the "@" to "(at)" the guestbook doesn't include the email, because it doesn't look like one.

I guess you do have to ask yourself how much effort you should spend helping someone who never asked for help...

Maybe I will save the world a different way...

Maybe I will invent something that makes it so no one ever gets wedgies anymore... Yeah! Ill do that!

[curtis]

Carbonize has a mod for Advanced Guestbook to encrypt email addy at

http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3778&highlight=hide+email+address

 

it changes the way an email is shown from something@yourmail.com to

something[at]yourmail[dot]com

Edited June 15, 2005 by curtis

[wampthing]

Perhaps the wedgie thing will have to wait.

Thanks Curtis!

[carbonize]

if you are using Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 from proxy2.de then simply update to 2.3.2 which encrypts emails. Or use my mod but I'd recommend 2.3.2 for security fixes as well.

[wampthing]

if you are using Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 from proxy2.de then simply update to 2.3.2 which encrypts emails. Or use my mod but I'd recommend 2.3.2 for security fixes as well.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am using 2.3.1.

I looked on proxy2.de, but didn't see how to update. Am I missing something obvious?

[carbonize]

Just goto http://proxy2.de/scripts.php and click the download icon (looks like a PC with a down arrow) to download 2.3.2. Then simply replace all the guestbook files on your site, EXCEPT config.inc.php, with the new files.

[wampthing]

Thanks for your help

[carbonize]

Hmmmmmmmmm I click the guestbook link on your main page and for some reason it ends up downloading the page and showing me the downloaded page. Might just be my works PC/Proxy as they are dodgy at the best of times.

[TCH-Rob]

Doing the same thing for me.

[wampthing]

what are you saying? It is downloading the page like a file, and not showing up in the browser?

[carbonize]

It's weird. You click the guestbook link and my computer then downloads the guestbook page and shows it in a new browser window. As you are using the extension .htm and the guestbook is .php I'm guessing you have messed about with your server or .htaccess file to get the page passed to the PHP processor and maybe some of the code is messed up ?

[wampthing]

I have changed my .htaccess file. I have the following in there

>AddHandler server-parsed .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

I added the second line so that I could include PHP in an htm page. I added the first so that I could have normal includes in an htm page.

I have actually just seen the same thing happen, though I cant reproduce it.

 

any Ideas?

[carbonize]

Personally i'd just stick with using .php but I think the problem is with the mime type you have specified. Not 100% sure on this but I don't think it should be an application.

[wampthing]

Hmm.

I was suggested to add

>AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

in order to parse PHP in HTML pages. I added the other on my own. As I have only the knowledge to fill the navel of a gnat, I would love suggestions.

[wampthing]

I can get it to do it in firefox, but explorer is showing it fine for me...

[carbonize]

It's explorer it's messing up in here. I just checked my test server and indeed it is

>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml

 

Try losing

>AddHandler server-parsed .htm

and see what difference that makes. This is new ground for me so I'm feeling my way.

[wampthing]

Ok, I lost the

>AddHandler server-parsed .htm

but had to change the extention to shtml. so that my includes would work. THat is how the rest of my site is done.

It doesnt seem to be happening anymore with FIrefox on my end, What about Yours?

Also, THanks for your help.

[carbonize]

Working fine now.

[wampthing]

Thanks for your help! As you can now see, I also got my guestbook updated as per your suggestion.