Email Button in Contact Footer

[bricktoast]

Hello!

Thank you so much for building this theme, I like it a lot.

I was wondering where the Email button in the footer should eventually link to? I see right now in my preview that the word Email is hyperlinked, but I cannot figure out how to get the value out of this link. I have the value typed into my _config.yml

I also looked on your personal site (in screenshot) and I'm not sure how to find what is linked there.

My next idea is to just replace the word "Email" with my actual email address.

Thank you ! :)

[eliottvincent]

Hey Megan!

I was wondering where the Email button in the footer should eventually link to?

You can change the value of the link via your _config.yml, see screenshot:

but I cannot figure out how to get the value out of this link

That's normal, the email is "cloaked" / protected, meaning that the actual value is kind of hidden in the DOM, into multiple pieces. Then when a user clicks on your link, all the parts are retrieved, and the correct email value is generated. This is to avoid bots and scrappers to get your email by scrapping your website (and then sending you spam emails). This is what the email address looks like:

If you want to disable this feature, simply add cloak: false to the contact part of your config file. In that case, your email will be visible in the HTML. I wouldn't recommend that though.

Let me know if that's clear enough!

Eliott

[bricktoast]

Hi Eliott!

Thanks so much for your reply. I tried it on a different computer and was able to get through to the email value on a Windows computer using Firefox, but I'm unable to open it on a Macbook using Google Chrome. I'm not really sure what's causing that, but wanted to let you know.

Thank you again! -Megan

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:08 AM Eliott Vincent @.***> wrote:

Hey Megan!

I was wondering where the Email button in the footer should eventually link to?

You can change the value of the link via your _config.yml, see screenshot:

@.*** (view on web) https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6961650-7024-4abf-ab20-a374ecb3f766

but I cannot figure out how to get the value out of this link

That's normal, the email is "cloaked" / protected, meaning that the actual value is kind of hidden in the DOM, into multiple pieces. Then when a user clicks on your link, all the parts are retrieved, and the correct email value is generated. This is to avoid bots and scrappers to get your email by scrapping your website (and then sending you spam emails).

@.*** (view on web) https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd3654f3-cf74-4244-afe4-55a431ac3039

If you want to disable this feature, simply add cloak: false to the contact part of your config file. In that case, your email will be visible in the HTML. I wouldn't recommend that though.

Let me know if that's clear enough!

Eliott

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[eliottvincent]

So if I understand correctly, you click on "Email" but nothing happens. Interesting. I just tried on my MacBook + Chrome and it works fine.

Are you trying on https://eliottvincent.com/? Or your own website that uses the Bay template?

If possible, I'd like to have a screenshot of your browser's dev console when you click on the "Email".

[bricktoast]

Hi,

Yes, I took a screen recording with the console open.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM Eliott Vincent @.***> wrote:

So if I understand correctly, you click on "Email" but nothing happens. Interesting. I just tried on my MacBook + Chrome and it works fine.

Are you trying on https://eliottvincent.com/? Or your own website that uses the Bay template?

If possible, I'd like to have a screenshot of your browser's dev console when you click on the "Email".

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[eliottvincent]

Ok, can you send it here please? :)

[bricktoast]

Sorry about that! I think the github to email client did not allow attachments. Here is a drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNODkY9jZDI4iwNhNoC7G7JVmWDDZsLO/view?usp=sharing

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 3:38 PM Eliott Vincent @.***> wrote:

Ok, can you send it here please? :)

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[eliottvincent]

I don’t really know what’s happening sorry, I tried to reproduce but can’t. I’d advise disabling the cloak feature :)

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