Thread: Editing custom field codes to hide phone numbers or emails

Editing custom field codes to hide phone numbers or emails

Hi,

I am going to use Vantage as an agents directory.
To prevent spambots from harvesting emails and telephone numbers, I need to hide the email and Tel fields that my users enter and only show them to user who are logged in.
Assuming that I can hire coders or code myself, can it be done?

Or maybe hide certain fields until the user LIKE my facebook page.

Regards.
Will

Hi Will, there is no functionality within the theme that would hide these fields as described, so yes it would require customization of the default theme on your part. There is no encryption in Vantage that would prevent you making these changes, so technically it can be done. Thanks.

Thanks for your reply pepsi.

You're welcome :)

Hi,

Has this functionality? (inability to hide certain fields from public or non-admins) changed in version 1.2 ??

hiding by css i presume would not provide protection from a dedicated searcher. So it would need to be a function (i'm guessing). Would there be any chance of getting a function for ( only show this field - field id == 23 to users who are -say- level 7 or above)

It's still not an available feature of the theme, so customization would be required. There is a plugin available in the AppThemes marketplace which "somewhat" hides the data but only until clicked (to collect geo data). You can view that plugin here.

If you wish to seek community based support of this customization question, please do post in Vantage General Discussion. Thanks.