BinaryWolf

Email Address Hiding with CSS

Previously we detailed the Enkoderform method to avoid spam from posting your email address on the web.

Here’s another technique using the :before and :after pseudo-elements of CSS. The reader’s comments are pretty interesting.

A lot of people seem to be missing the point of this article. What’s described is nothing more than a proof-of-concept technique; it is by no means perfect, or even the best way of masking your email address. I wrote this because it demonstrates some under-used CSS features that happen to solve a common problem. In the worst case scenario, it works as well or better than most other techniques, and at full steam, it’s pretty nifty.