I've made another change to my dasBlog theme. I was feeling paranoid about getting spam through my contact link, and dasBlog doesn't seem to appreciate mangled e-mail addresses, so I just removed the contact link from my theme.

I was also feeling paranoid about other people getting spam because of their comments. I know I didn't force them to enter their e-mail address when they left a comment, but the comment area does prompt them for one, so I decided to get rid of the prompt. Unfortunately, dasBlog doesn't make it easy to get rid of the e-mail prompt; I managed it with my theme, but it's a hack, probably dependent on how ASP.NET automatically generates element IDs. Well, it works for now. I also purged the comments database of any already-entered e-mail addresses, so my conscience is clear.

Commentators still have the option of leaving their home page. If they really want to leave their e-mail address, they can put it after their name, e.g., "Nobody (nobody@nowhere.com)".

CustomDasBlogTheme.zip (3 KB)