Re: Hiding source code

> > Hello!
> > I have a client who wants his source code hidden.  Is there any relaible
> > way to do this without adversely affecting search engine rankings?

You can't hide HTML code (why would you want to anyway?) If you want to hide
your scripts, execute them on the server either using ASP or JSP. The
downside of this is that the number of trips between client and server is
increased.

Frank

Frank Boumphrey
Author:
 Beginning XHTML
 XML Unleashed
 XML for Dummies
 Professional Style sheets
 XML applications
  www.hypermedic.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Shadovitz" <DebShadovitz(at)mac.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: Hiding source code


> On 7/14/00 3:43 PM, Rebecca Hines <rebecca(at)thatnicecomputerlady.com>
tapped:
>
> > Hello!
> > I have a client who wants his source code hidden.  Is there any relaible
> > way to do this without adversely affecting search engine rankings?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Rebecca
>
> One thing you could do, rather than the impossibility of hiding it, is to
> remove all spaces from the code, causing one long, hard to read line. That
> may discourage many people from trying to see what you've done. And strip
> out comments that guide you too.
>

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