Hide Phone number

  • Resolved senextech

    (@senextech)


    4 years, 7 months ago

    New to directories and I was wondering why there is no feature to hide phone numbers in the directory/detail pages. Isn’t scraping from spam bots an issue? I would think leaving a number in plain view would cause a lot of spam calls. Wouldn’t it?

    High end directories use JavaScript or other methods to initially hide the number and make the user click a drop down or link which then displays the number.

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  • Plugin Author Paolo

    (@paoltaia)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    hi,

    we have a way to add it via badge and require a click to view the number but there is no real scraping prevention there either.

    I asked to the developers to follow up with you to see if we can find a permanent solution.

    Thanks,

    Plugin Author Stiofan

    (@stiofansisland)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @senextech,

    With the “GD > Post Badge” you can setup click (or hover) to reveal any field.
    The click to reveal feature should trick most basic scrapers as the info is stored in data attributes.
    We have no obfustication except with the email field by default, but I will look into adding this for phone numbers also.

    A block example would look like this (you can copy past it) 

    <!-- wp:geodirectory/geodir-widget-post-badge {"key":"phone","condition":"is_not_empty","badge":"Phone (click to show)","link":"%%input%%","popover_text":"%%phone%%","content":"\u003cspan class=\u0022bsui gd-badge-meta\u0022\u003e\u003cbutton type=\u0022button\u0022  class=\u0022 gd-badge border-0 badge\u0022  data-id=\u00221329\u0022  data-badge=\u0022\u0022  data-badge-condition=\u0022is_not_empty\u0022  data-toggle=\u0022popover-html\u0022  data-placement=\u0022top\u0022  data-content=\u0022%%phone%%\u0022  onclick=\u0022 if(typeof ga == 'function' \u0026\u0026 !jQuery(this).hasClass('gd-event-tracked')) { ga('send', 'event', {eventCategory: 'CTA',eventAction: '',transport: 'beacon' });jQuery(this).addClass('gd-event-tracked');} \u0022  style=\u0022background-color:#0073aa;border-color:#0073aa;color:#ffffff;\u0022  \u003ePhone (click to show)\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e"} -->
[gd_post_badge id=''  key='phone'  condition='is_not_empty'  search=''  icon_class=''  badge='Phone (click to show)'  link='%%input%%'  new_window='false'  popover_title=''  popover_text='%%phone%%'  cta=''  tooltip_text=''  hover_content=''  hover_icon=''  type=''  shadow=''  color=''  bg_color='#0073aa'  txt_color='#ffffff'  size=''  alignment=''  position=''  mt=''  mr=''  mb=''  ml=''  list_hide=''  list_hide_secondary=''  css_class='' ]
<!-- /wp:geodirectory/geodir-widget-post-badge -->

    A shortcode example:
    [gd_post_badge id='' key='phone' condition='is_not_empty' search='' icon_class='' badge='Phone (click to show)' link='%%input%%' new_window='false' popover_title='' popover_text='%%phone%%' cta='' tooltip_text='' hover_content='' hover_icon='' type='' shadow='' color='' bg_color='#0073aa' txt_color='#ffffff' size='' alignment='' position='' mt='' mr='' mb='' ml='' list_hide='' list_hide_secondary='' css_class='' ]

    If I can help further please let me know.

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