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    Default Re: What modules are people using to prevent contact us page spam

    Quote Originally Posted by RAD1964 View Post
    Well I had already removed the Mega Menu from the top and the only link is in my footer which goes to the main form.
    Double check your source code of when the page is presented to the browser. As mentioned in the linked thread above, do not use css to hide the contact us form of the mega menu. The code is still present and can be acted upon by those that are out to send spam. The code must be modified to handle the situation.

    See, CSS (Cascade Style Sheets) apply formatting to the page, they do not modify the content of the original page. Therefore in a low-tech situation, the css can be ignored with the background page content "used"/shown. So even in the case of a link that is hidden by css, the link is still served. Now consider search engines, they have gone to "respecting" the css and ignoring the hidden content, though I could be wrong about the ignore part as they may also count that content against the site/page as it may be seen as stuffing the page with information...

    So like said, don't use css to "hide" the megamenu contact us form as it is still on the served page and possible to abuse when provided as is.
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    Default Re: What modules are people using to prevent contact us page spam

    Quote Originally Posted by bislewl View Post
    the most successful one I have used, that users seem to not mind is:

    1.) Creating an additional field in contact us form. Call it something obvious like email_address (email is used in the form).
    2.) Hide the field using CSS (most bots don't use CSS)
    3.) Change the form to not email, when the field has anything present, it skips the zen_mail function, there for not flagging spam that there was an error.
    Just to be clear, that's built in to Zen Cart by default. But it only works correctly if one uses the built-in template files. Adding another template that's not containing that feature defeats its protections.

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    Default Re: What modules are people using to prevent contact us page spam

    Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
    Just to be clear, that's built in to Zen Cart by default. But it only works correctly if one uses the built-in template files. Adding another template that's not containing that feature defeats its protections.
    In this case, there is code in the default template files that can be included/incorporated into the megamenu. Although, even with that some spammers have figured out a way to bypass it as well. But at a less frequent basis than not using the added code.
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