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Post by skyfire on Sept 12, 2009 6:00:56 GMT -5
Another thing I was considering. Some browsers, like Explorer, have it set up so that you can view the source code of different internet pages (Toolbar -> Page -> View Source). I was toying with the idea of encoding some Easter Eggs into things as notes. Mostly, it'll just be some jokes and random notes. However, periodically there'd be things to deal with oddball bits of fan wank that might surface. Similar things have been done before, such as with certain games having things buried deep in the Readme file (one version of Command & Conquer ID'd the NOD assault helo as an Apache before this was confirmed elsewhere, one version of Doom had the script for a comedy skit, and Crusader: No Remorse had an entire game manual stashed away in its) or other games having oddball bits and pieces of code left in for players to find and fool around with (such as a Sonic the Hedgehog game that has several incomplete levels). Thoughts?
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Post by Mordeak on Sept 12, 2009 6:25:15 GMT -5
Another thing I was considering. Some browsers, like Explorer, have it set up so that you can view the source code of different internet pages (Toolbar -> Page -> View Source). I was toying with the idea of encoding some Easter Eggs into things as notes. Mostly, it'll just be some jokes and random notes. However, periodically there'd be things to deal with oddball bits of fan wank that might surface. If you do this, just make sure not to flood your code with these comments, keep them short. And btw, every browser will let you see the source code of a webpage. Use firefox to test your website. It has 2 great add-ons (webdeveloper + firebug) that help a lot with debugging your code (at least help with the css part if you're just going to build a html page)
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Post by skyfire on Sept 12, 2009 8:16:27 GMT -5
Another thing I was considering. Some browsers, like Explorer, have it set up so that you can view the source code of different internet pages (Toolbar -> Page -> View Source). I was toying with the idea of encoding some Easter Eggs into things as notes. Mostly, it'll just be some jokes and random notes. However, periodically there'd be things to deal with oddball bits of fan wank that might surface. If you do this, just make sure not to flood your code with these comments, keep them short. And btw, every browser will let you see the source code of a webpage. Use firefox to test your website. It has 2 great add-ons (webdeveloper + firebug) that help a lot with debugging your code (at least help with the css part if you're just going to build a html page) I use the "Validator" program over at www.w3c.org whenever I need to test my code. As for the comments, they'd be things like: <!--- If it helps you piece together the timeline for the backstory, X is in his early 30s. ---> <!--- The colleges I had different characters attend are entirely fictional. ---> <!--- There's a joke behind the name "Walter Ellis Wrangwit University." Break it up into the syllables "wal ter ell is wrang wit u" and go from there. --->
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Post by mistermuncher on Sept 12, 2009 12:47:45 GMT -5
Honestly, not something I'd do in an online document. Fine in an offline one, by all means, but not online. Empty/spare disk space is, to all intents and purposes, free. Bandwidth isn't. At the end of the day, it's just making everyone piss away bandwidth for an egg very few will have cause to find. Bloat is bad, mmm'kay?
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Post by Distind on Sept 12, 2009 14:54:14 GMT -5
You may want to look into a few of the javascript solutions to this out there Sky, more or less what they do is populate the mail to link only AFTER the page has been loaded by a real client rather than a bot.
They aren't perfect, and there are a few bots out there that can overcome it, but they cover most bases.
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Post by skyfire on Sept 17, 2009 19:52:07 GMT -5
For both professionalism & nerd props, I'm not only having my pages validated via the HTML Validator over at www.w3c.org, I'm also looking to stick the Validator tag on my site. Should I simply slap it on the home page, or should I go ahead and stick it on each individual page? Thanks.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Sept 18, 2009 0:54:07 GMT -5
The home page should be enough. Of course, I think you could add it via CSS. Wouldn't know, as I don't use much CSS.
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Post by Mordeak on Sept 18, 2009 4:53:23 GMT -5
Slap it on every page that has been validated. Because your homepage has been validated, doesn't mean every page is. I've seen this happen before. A site that has a good homepage, but is an utter disaster for the rest of the pages.
Css isn't a solution seeing that the code you get form the validator is a link.
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Post by skyfire on Sept 18, 2009 7:35:04 GMT -5
Slap it on every page that has been validated. Because your homepage has been validated, doesn't mean every page is. I've seen this happen before. A site that has a good homepage, but is an utter disaster for the rest of the pages. Css isn't a solution seeing that the code you get form the validator is a link. Reason why I'm asking is because I'm more or less done. I still need to change the contact info page and get a picture or two of myself on the home page, but beyond that what little remains is cosmetic.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Sept 18, 2009 15:20:49 GMT -5
Css isn't a solution seeing that the code you get form the validator is a link. Like I said, my knowledge of CSS is minimal at best.
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Post by johninoz on Sept 22, 2009 8:19:34 GMT -5
Really don't Rick-Roll. The Bots won't care; your visitors will. Images don't work, for the reasons already discussed. Unfortunately, my experience shows me that forms don't either. HOWEVER there are still some solutions. One is to use forms but with a selection box- E.G. "Your Gender": None, Male, Female. The Bots will generally leave that at the first choice. You can automate 'None's' to go into your trash. Apologies to those who might find that solution insensitive. Another is simply to use a gmail or yahoo mail account from the link. Their spam filters are impressive and heuristic. You'll still get some spam, but very little.
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Post by Tiger on Sept 22, 2009 9:36:24 GMT -5
Really don't Rick-Roll. The Bots won't care; your visitors will. Images don't work, for the reasons already discussed. Unfortunately, my experience shows me that forms don't either. HOWEVER there are still some solutions. One is to use forms but with a selection box- E.G. "Your Gender": None, Male, Female. The Bots will generally leave that at the first choice. You can automate 'None's' to go into your trash. Apologies to those who might find that solution insensitive. Instead of gender, just ask "Are you a spambot?": No, Yes.
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Post by skyfire on Sept 23, 2009 16:22:50 GMT -5
For the address bit, I'll probably just do something like this:
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Post by mistermuncher on Sept 23, 2009 17:10:44 GMT -5
That's definitely the way to go. Even changing the last part of the domain identifier to "dot com" as well. Perfectly human readable, not much use to a bot,
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