FAQ: VCard on Contact Form - hide, disable, make optional

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FAQ: VCard on Contact Form - hide, disable, make optional

Post by kenmcd » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:14 pm

Update
In Joomla 1.0.x - VCard now has a parameter setting to Hide or Show

From the Joomla Adminstrator (back-end) top menu:
Components > Contacts > Manage Contacts > Edit contact name > Parameters tab
Find on the Parameters tab -  VCard > Select Hide or Show button



Old info for Mambo 4.5.2.3

Q. How do I remove the "Download information as a VCard" from the Contact Us page?

A. Add the code below to make the VCard notice an option.
The code below will add a radio button in the Contact/Parameters in the Joomla back-end.
This will allow you to select whether the VCard info appears or not.


Find file:  administrator\components\com_contact\contact_items .xml
Add this at a nice spot. (I did put it just before show/hide image.)

Code: Select all

<param name="vcard" type="radio" default="1" label="Vcard" description="Show/Hide the Vcard">
<option value="0">Hide</option>
<option value="1">Show</option>
</param>
Last edited by kenmcd on Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:46 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: VCard Security hole? Re: VCard on Contact Form - hide, disable, ...

Post by j00be » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:37 pm

  It appears based on my sites logs that someone has figured out how to harvest Joomla e-mail address via Vcards even in they are set to 'hide' in the contact properties.

... Item moved to security section:
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,29031.msg165960.html#msg165960
Last edited by j00be on Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.


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