How to add mailto:"" link to 142 email address at once?

[timothyi34297763]

I'd like to make all email address clickable. I can search for the email and 142 come up. How do I make them all clickable at once, ie assign a link with a mailto: parameter at once?

[osgood_]

Do a find and replace.

if you have something like <div>blah@blah.com</div>

Search for blah@blah.com

Replace with:

<a href="mailto:blah@blah.com" class="mailto">blah@blah.com</a>

Then use some css to style the email anchor:

.mailto {

text-decoration: none;

color: #999;

}

HOWEVER if you have 142 instances of an email address in your website you are going to be getting potentailly a massive amount of unwanted spam.

I rarely use an email address, prefering to use a contact form instead or at least try and encrypt the email address somehow, which you used to be able to do........I don't know now as I try to avoid using a direct email address in a website

[timothyi34297763]

Thank you osgood. This is the solution indeed. I got tired of waiting so I did it manually. There was only 42. Next time, I'll know.

How could I address the issue of spam. Is there a way to make it hidden to bots?

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

timothyi34297763  wrote

How could I address the issue of spam. Is there a way to make it hidden to bots?

No.  The simple answer is don't post email addresses on the web.   Use a contact form with secure server-side script that conceals email and thwarts spam. 

• Ask your hosting provider if they have form-to-email scripts you can use.  
• Or find out which server-side scripts your hosting plan supports and create your own script.  See tutorial below.
  Alt-Web Design & Publishing: Responsive Contact Form with Bootstrap and PHP (Part 1)
• Or use a form service like Wufoo.com.

[Nancy OShea]

I hope you're not publishing emails on the web.  If you are, this will be a huge magnet for email harvesters & spam bots.