Commit: Blog Link Colour

Controllers/ContactController.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using clivelancaster.Models;
 using MailKit.Net.Smtp;
 using MimeKit;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace clivelancaster.Controllers
 {
@@ -27,36 +28,44 @@ namespace clivelancaster.Controllers
                 var message = new MimeMessage();
                 message.From.Add(new MailboxAddress("Clive", "clivelancaster@gmail.com"));
                 message.To.Add(new MailboxAddress("Clive", "clivelancaster@gmail.com"));
-                message.Subject = model.Subject;
+                message.Subject = "Website: Contact Form - clivelancaster.com";
 
                 var bodyBuilder = new BodyBuilder
                 {
-                    TextBody = $"Name: {model.Name}\nEmail: {model.Email}\n\nMessage:\n{model.Message}"
+                    TextBody = $"Name: {model.NameIncognito}\nEmail: {model.Email}\n\nSubject: {model.SubjectIncognito}\n\nMessage:\n{model.MessageIncognito}"
                 };
 
                 message.Body = bodyBuilder.ToMessageBody();
 
-                try
+                // Honeypot Check
+                if (model.Name != null | model.Subject != null | model.Message != null)
                 {
-                    using (var client = new SmtpClient())
-                    {
-                        // Retrieve SMTP settings from appsettings.json
-                        var smtpHost = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Host"];
-                        int smtpPort = int.Parse(s: _configuration["SmtpSettings:Port"]);
-                        var smtpUsername = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Username"];
-                        var smtpPassword = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Password"];
-
-                        client.Connect(smtpHost, smtpPort, true);
-                        client.Authenticate(smtpUsername, smtpPassword);
-                        await client.SendAsync(message);
-                        client.Disconnect(true);
-                    }
-
                     ViewBag.Message = "Message sent successfully!";
                 }
-                catch
+                else
                 {
-                    ViewBag.Message = "Error sending message.";
+                    try
+                    {
+                        using (var client = new SmtpClient())
+                        {
+                            // Retrieve SMTP settings from appsettings.json
+                            var smtpHost = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Host"];
+                            int smtpPort = int.Parse(s: _configuration["SmtpSettings:Port"]);
+                            var smtpUsername = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Username"];
+                            var smtpPassword = _configuration["SmtpSettings:Password"];
+
+                            client.Connect(smtpHost, smtpPort, true);
+                            client.Authenticate(smtpUsername, smtpPassword);
+                            await client.SendAsync(message);
+                            client.Disconnect(true);
+                        }
+
+                        ViewBag.Message = "Message sent successfully!";
+                    }
+                    catch
+                    {
+                        ViewBag.Message = "Error sending message.";
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return View();

Models/ContactFormModel.cs

@@ -4,21 +4,27 @@ namespace clivelancaster.Models
 {
     public class ContactFormModel
     {
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Your Name")]
-        public required string Name { get; set; }
+        public string? Name { get; set; }
 
         [Required]
         [EmailAddress]
         [Display(Name = "Your Email")]
         public required string Email { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Subject")]
-        public required string Subject { get; set; }
+        public string? Subject { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Message")]
-        public required string Message { get; set; }
+        public string? Message { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Your Name")]
+        public string? NameIncognito { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Subject")]
+        public string? SubjectIncognito { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Message")]
+        public string? MessageIncognito { get; set; }
     }
 }

Views/Contact/Index.cshtml

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
             <form asp-action="Index" method="post">
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Name"></label>
+                    <label asp-for="Name" class="incognito-field"></label>
-                    <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
+                    <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Name" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="NameIncognito"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="NameIncognito" class="form-control" />
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
                     <label asp-for="Email"></label>
@@ -29,14 +30,16 @@
                     <span asp-validation-for="Email" class="text-danger"></span>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Subject"></label>
+                    <label asp-for="Subject" class="incognito-field"></label>
-                    <input asp-for="Subject" class="form-control" />
+                    <input asp-for="Subject" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Subject" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="SubjectIncognito"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="SubjectIncognito" class="form-control" />
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Message"></label>
+                    <label asp-for="Message" class="incognito-field"></label>
-                    <textarea asp-for="Message" class="form-control"></textarea>
+                    <textarea asp-for="Message" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1"></textarea>
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Message" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="MessageIncognito"></label>
+                    <textarea asp-for="MessageIncognito" class="form-control"></textarea>
                 </div>
                 <div class="p-2"></div>
                 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send Message</button>

Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                             <a class="nav-link" asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Clients"><i class="bi bi-people-fill"></i> Clients</a>
                         </li>
                         <li class="nav-item">
-							<a href="https://blog.clivelancaster.com" class="nav-link"><i class="bi bi-substack"></i> Blog</a>
+                            <a class="nav-link" href="https://blog.clivelancaster.com" style="color:#ffffff8c;" onmouseover="this.style.color='#ffffffbf'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#ffffff8c'"><i class="bi bi-substack"></i> Blog</a>
                         </li>
                         <li class="nav-item">
                             <a class="nav-link" asp-area="" asp-controller="Contact" asp-action="Index"><i class="bi bi-envelope-fill"></i> Contact</a>

wwwroot/css/site.css

@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
     border-color: #0473b3;
 }
 
+.incognito-field {
+    opacity: 0;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    height: 0;
+    width: 0;
+    z-index: -1;
+}
+
 @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
     : root {
         --current-background: var(--dark-background);