Hiding email address

[camelot217]

I used web properties>link>link to web address (checked correct address auto.)>apply to create an email link. I was under the impression this would be hidden so bots can't detect it. I still see it in my source document.

Am I missing something?

Tom

[covoxer]

Can you please give us an example docement with this issue demonstrated?
It works well here.
One more thought, have you viewed html page source in a browser, or you simply see your email on the status bar when you mouse over it?

[camelot217]

Thanks for quick reply.

Answer to your thought: Both.

Here is the link: http://www.sbmobilervrepair.com/

Tom

[covoxer]

Well, the e-mail link is encoded here, it's the text, that you have inserted for the link is present. It's a plain text. Here:

<a href=......................... >
sb@sbme****cal.com
</a>

The long string after "href=" is the link, and the "sb@sbme****cal.com" is a plain text that you have in your design. You have applied the link to this text.
Do not write your e-mail as a text, it's not a link, it shall not be encoded. Instead apply link to image, or general text like: "e-mail" or something.
Hope it helps.

PS I have altered the actual address to not post it here in open form.

[camelot217]

Thanks john...

It's early here I need more coffee.

That href line was so long that I did not realize that was in fact my text showing. Duh! And that I wrote the email address in the web page blows my mind too double duh!!

I think I'm a bit too excited about this software!

Tom

[gwpriester]

I did a very simple page with just a circle and e-mail address grouped and linked and text linked. Here's part of the source code and my e-mail address is clearly visible.

[covoxer]

I did a very simple page with just a circle and e-mail address grouped and linked and text linked. Here's part of the source code and my e-mail address is clearly visible.

Gary, you doing the same mistake. You have added the text with you e-mail into page. The actual link is encoded, you see part of it in your screenshot (the series of numbers with ampersands and semicolons).
We do not encode anything that may be an e-mail address in the plain text, we only encode the links (those that look like "mailto:someone@somwhere.com" and placed as the "href" property of the <a> element)

[Charles Moir]

OK I updated the online Summary Manual to include a section about Email linking.