How to encrypt footers

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by leftwheel, Aug 4, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi!

    I want to design some wordpress templates to make a little money and build links for my website. Does anyone here know how to encrypt the footer to protect the links?
     
    leftwheel, Aug 4, 2009 IP
  2. TheDataPlanet.com

    TheDataPlanet.com Well-Known Member

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    Is this what you want for some simple encryption of your php code?

    Basically, you need 4 functions: base64_decode(), base64_encode(), gzdeflate() and gzinflate().
     
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  3. leftwheel

    leftwheel Well-Known Member

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    actualy i was looking for a webtool which encrypts the code. Do you know such a tool? It's way more comfortable than self-coding
     
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    I think it's easy to decode the code encoded like this and change it.
     
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    TheDataPlanet.com Well-Known Member

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    It is. But it'd be some time before it's figured out and re-engineered and the hacker may give up.

    Especially useful for non-programmers who'd never know how to decode it.
     
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    Hmmm... this is very nice info for protect our footer backlink.. yeah..!!
     
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  7. leftwheel

    leftwheel Well-Known Member

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    Well, i was asking for a webtool that does this. I know that theese kind of tools exist because i used one once before. Doesn't anyone here know a link for such a tool?
     
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    It's kind of a waste of time, since a simple Google search will tell you how to decrypt a footer.
     
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    I googled it but couldn't found any proper decrypter for this job...:) it's not that easy for a newbie to decode easily.
     
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    True. A newbie probably won't investigate it at all. And for some people it's not a big deal.
    Personally, I don't like themes that are supposedly "free to use" but demand that you host a link from your site's home page. To me that is not free.

    I do agree with the trade off. I know themes are not easy to make and a link or credit is not too much to ask, but it's the nature of some of the links that people put in the footer that makes it come off as spammy to your blog readers (since theme makers sell the footer links to finance the time and effort) and turns people off from using the theme (Poker, drugs, diet pills and such).
    Just something to think about when you are putting links in your footer.
     
    hmansfield, Aug 7, 2009 IP