If I encrypt my web page to prevent "visitors" from viewing and reusing my web page source code , will affect my site in search engine?
Alexandro 0 Light Poster
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
Simple answer: YES. Encrypt JavaScript if you'd like. Not your HTML code.
stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
Just so you know, it is kind of silly to try to protect your source code. Not only can you not stop someone who is determined from getting it, but you almost certainly don't have anything someone else can't write or mimic themselves. That's why you will never see a remotely serious website trying to hide its source code.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Just put a copyright notice in the code and be prepared to sue if you see someone blatantly flaunting your code. No need to encrypt if you dont have anything to hide
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
I run my JavaScript code through www.javascriptcompressor.com which does encrypt it, but more importantly (to me, anyways) it compresses it to 1/3rd the size. I think this is important for any site that uses a lot of JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML, etc. because it does really add up.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Is that why the java is slow ;)
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
No, I've played with both encrypted and non-encrypted versions of the script in an effort to speed it up. I am going to try working with a different javascript UI library in the near future.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
hmm
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