Prevent Skype Overwriting Phone Numbers In WordPress Themes

4 responses to “Prevent Skype Overwriting Phone Numbers In WordPress Themes”

1. I would say that this is a perfect example of an opportunity to follow Otto’s example of putting code in a site-specific Plugin.

   I created a Gist for the very simple Plugin drop-in code:

   <?php
   /**
    * Stop Skype from hijacking phone numbers
    * 
    * Adds a META tag to the HTML document head, that 
    * prevents Skype from hijacking/over-writing phone
    * numbers displayed in the Theme.
    */
   function mysite_skype_meta() {
       ?>
       <meta name="SKYPE_TOOLBAR" content="SKYPE_TOOLBAR_PARSER_COMPATIBLE" />
       <?php
   }
   add_action( 'wp_head', 'mysite_skype_meta' );
   ?>
   

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2. Chip,

   I actually thought about creating a simple plugin and submit it to the repository… But most theme devs would like to have the snippet rather than activating a snippet.

   But I will submit this as a plugin to the repository now…

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3. Update: Here is the plugin:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/prevent-skype-overwriting/

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4. Forget the plugin. Here is a simple snippet you can add to your CSS file.

   span.skype_pnh_container {
   display:none !important;
   }
   span.skype_pnh_print_container {
   display:inline !important;
   }

   That’s it. No hacks, tricks, plugins, addons, or anything else.

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