How to hide the iframe link (not the iframe)

rmjr · 02-21-2013, 05:09 AM

I need to make the iframe link not recognizable. I offer this as a subscription site and I can't have the real link visible.

<tr>
<td height="100%">
<iframe src="ebindx.html" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe>
</td>
</tr>

I do not program, but I can make sure things are put in the right place.

Brandnew · 02-21-2013, 06:35 AM

i'm may not be answering this correctly, but i don't think you can 'hide' the link if you're referring to the src found in the iframe element:
<iframe src="ebindx.html" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe>

Based on someone else' response, "The user agent can't load the iframe's content without knowing where to get it from."

joliett89 · 02-21-2013, 03:07 PM

If you want to hide a link by putting it in an iframe, you can block it in robots.txt. You can't hide the iframe itself. It would be like trying to hide <body> or <head> tags in your website's code.

rmjr · 02-21-2013, 04:25 PM

Maybe I should rephrase. I do not need to hide it, just make it unrecognizable, maybe through javascript or php.

Frankie · 02-21-2013, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmjr

Maybe I should rephrase. I do not need to hide it, just make it unrecognizable, maybe through javascript or php.

But if you make it unrecognizable, how will the browser know which page to load into the iframe? What do you need it for?

rmjr · 02-22-2013, 01:19 AM

I have seen examples using Javascript and php. I just don't know how to write the code.

felgall · 02-22-2013, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmjr

I have seen examples using Javascript and php. I just don't know how to write the code.

None of the examples you have seen work - anyone can easily decode them using any web browser.

Also using JavaScript will prevent those without JavaScript using your page while not preventing anyone from viewing the output of the script that the browser is using to determine what to display.

A PHP version wouldn't work at all because it has to generate the HTML before sending it to the browser.