How would I display somethign only if javascript is enabled?

Hi

I'm getting a few spammers bypassing certain form elements on my site which I attribute to them having javascript disabled. Is there any way of diplaying the content if it's enabled and otherwise displaying a message saying "We are no longer taking registrations".

I'm not too concerned about losing the 10% of regular web surfers who have javascript disabled .

Last but not least is there any way of checking to see if javascript is enabled before a form action is processed?

Thanks a lot :)

cormee

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Easy, have JavaScript write that part of the page. If JavaScript is turned off, they'll never see it. That's a core principle of progressive enhancement.

stymiee

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I was going to suggest that too.

MidiMagic

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That might make his site extremly slow wouldnt it??

Trying to force ppl to use scripts isnt a good idea cause it causes problems,there are other anti spam measures you can enable though that would weed out spam bots........

The Dude

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Trying to force ppl to use scripts isnt a good idea cause it causes problems,there are other anti spam measures you can enable though that would weed out spam bots........

I ended up doing something completely different and it seems to work so the problem is solved hopefully - thanks for everyones suggestions :)

cormee

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Very good :)

The Dude

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