option to hide emails

I have just downloaded the latest version of your guestbook ... looks good and still finding my way around the various files - but:
Is there an option to hide email addresses displayed in the 'view' part of the guestbook ?
I would like to have the email address of the visitor so as to bee able to respond but not let the whole world - and spammers - have access to individual emails ... ?

Yes, the option is in the configuration file. Here is how to enable the option to hide the email field:

1. Open the file "/includes/config.php" in Notepad or any text editor.
2. Find the following line (line 17):


Change it to the following:

That's it. Enjoy!

Pete

Mornin' Pete

Thanks for your response but perhaps I did not explain myself correctly.

Your solution of ... "$email_optional = 0; // Set "1" for optional email, "0" to make it required" ...
means visitors have the option to input their email address ... this is not a mandatory field, but they can if they so wish, yes ?

I changed the '0' to a '1' ... filled out all fields including my email address and submitted my entry.
On subsequently viewing the 'guestbook' ... my email address was displayed.

Is there any way I can require visitors to submit their email addresses (make this a mandatory field - i.e. $email_optional = 0;) but NOT have their email address displayed in the 'view' part of the guestbook ?

Ah, I see what you mean now. Go ahead and revert the email optional value to the following:


Next, open the file list.php in notepad, and remove this line from it (line 137):


This should do it for you. The email field is now not displayed, but is required to be submitted by the user. If you also don't want to show the field label, open the file "/themes/default/list.html", and remove this line from it:


You will still be able to see the emails in the administrative dashboard at "/admin".

Thanks,
Pete

Many thanks for this one ...

Beeman