Hide referrer link to prevent spam
[Note: This is now included in Wikka by default starting with Wikka 1.1.3.1]
A simple workaround discussed with DreckFehler (See comments in: WakkaWiki) to avoid massive linking from spambots. The link to the referrers page is only visible to registered users (and not to search engines). Make the following modification in footer.php:
original:
<a href="<?php echo $this->href("referrers") ?>"
title="Click to view a list of URLs referring to this page.">Referrers</a> ::
title="Click to view a list of URLs referring to this page.">Referrers</a> ::
modified:
<?php echo ($this->GetUser() ? "<a href='".$this->href("referrers")."'>Referrers</a> :: " : "") ?>
-- DarTar
Thanks. -- JsnX
Yeah, thanks a lot.
Additionally, I added
if ($this->GetUser()) {to the top and
} else {
print("<em>You have to be logged in to access referrer information.</em>");
}to the bottom (at the appropriate places, of course ;) of both referrers.php and referrers_sites.php (handlers/page/, Wakka 0.1.2) to generally prevent access to these pages for beings who are not logged in.
--RalfLehmann, 2004-08-07
