Email Contact Button

[millsey]

Hi Guys,

Sorry if I have missed a similar thread but I cannot find one to match my problem.
In WD I have created a button marked "Contact me" . In web properties I have selected Link to Anchor on the Link Tab, and in the Placeholder Tab I have selected Replace with HTML code. This code is a Javascript to hide my email address:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
var name = "john";
var domain = "xxxxxx.co.uk";
document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');
document.write(name + '@' + domain + '<\a>'); // -->
</script>
When I publish to web, the button dissapears and shows just my email address, xxxxxx.co.uk. Clicking does bring up my mail client, but why does the button disappear ?
Help appreciated, I think I'm missing something obvious here ??

John

Happy New Year to you all as well !!

[steve.ledger]

This code is a Javascript to hide my email address:

Remember that Web Designer and Xtreme disguise mailto: links by default

eg source view of an email link:

[covoxer]

Clicking does bring up my mail client, but why does the button disappear?

Because that's the way placeholders work. The object you use as a placeholder in Xtreme is not exported. It's position and size is used for the <div> element that contains your code. So that whatever you place there will be correctly positioned and scaled if possible.

Happy New Year!

[millsey]

Remember that Web Designer and Xtreme disguise mailto: links by default

eg source view of an email link:

Thanks Sledger, I hadn't realised that. I'll just make a link in text stating Contact Me in that case.

John