NP_AntiSpamMail
We all hate spam and we all love comments. So we wouldn't want to get the visitors that post their email-address to get spam? right now, they might. if a spambot passes your site, it'll easily find all the email-addresses and add them to his mailinglist. With this plugin that's history!
| General Plugin info | |
|---|---|
| Author: | marijnnn |
| Current Version: | v0.21 |
| Download: | http://cellardoor.be/opendir/antispam/ |
| Code: | n/a |
| Demo: | http://blog.cellardoor.be (but the coolest thing is: you won't notice a thing :D |
| Forum Thread: | here |
Installing
Steps to get this plugin working on your site:
- Download the plugin
- Unpack the files. put Antispam.js in the /nucleus/javascript directory and put NP_AntiSpamMail.php in the /nucleus/plugins directory
- Within Nucleus, install the plugin
- Return to the plugin list and edit the options if you like. make sure the separator is NOT empty. by default, it's a whitespace. Also, don't put whitespaces in the replacemtstrings for the . and the @.
- change the file head.inc of the skin you are using. in the section between
<%if(skintype,item)%> and the first <%endif%> after that, paste this line:
<script type=“text/javascript” src=”/nucleus/javascript/AntiSpam.js”></script>
if you're not sure about this, just place it just after the first time <head> appears in this file. the file will be loaded every time then. it's a bit overload, but it won't hurt too much, it's a small file
What the Plugin Does
nucleus without the plugin: a visitor posts a comment and leaves his emailadres. when viewing the comments, you can click on the user's name to send an email. the link is something like mailto:john.doe@gmail.com. spambots scanning your website will add all these addresses to their mailinglist which is something you don't want for your visitors i guess…
nucleus with the plugin: before displaying the comments, the addresses are converted. instead of mailto:john.doe@gmail.com it now shows john dot doe at gmail dot com (by changing the separator and the . & @ replacementstrings, this can easily be changed to john|point|doe|apetail|gmail|point|com if you like) spambots will find nothing at all: no mailto:-links! BUT: when you or another visitor wants to send a mail to our dear john doe, he can still click the link. because right before he clicks it, a tiny javascript converts the link again!
as a little extra, from v0.21 on, the plugin also converts invalid hyperlinks (mysite.com) from users to valid ones (**http://**mysite.com)
Options
There are a few plugin options:
- the separator (default whitespace. it has to be something that doesn't appear in emailaddresses. like '|' or '#')
- @-replacement. default at. can't contain the separator
- .-replacement. default dot. can't contain the separator either
- emailaddress to show to spammers. if you want to play it dirty, you can enter the emailaddress of another spam-company here. all spambots will be show this emailaddress. if you leave this blank, it will show the john dot doe at gmail dot com-type of links (which is the default).
History
- v0.1 - initial version
- v0.2 - no longer need to change the javascript file when changing options.
