New way to disable Skype phone number links on web site without breaking the number?

Question

The old way I was disabling Skype icons / links on webpages (which I found on this site) no longer seems to work.

I've tried: 1. Adding this to the head:

<meta name="SKYPE_TOOLBAR" content="SKYPE_TOOLBAR_PARSER_COMPATIBLE" />

2.

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

3. Adding these CSS rules:

span[class^='skype_pnh_container'] {display:none !important;}
span[class^='skype_pnh_print_container'] {display:inline !important;}

None seem to work for me anymore.

I don't want to resort to breaking the phone number with span tags as it won't be clickable on devices.

If anyone knows of a new way to disable the styles as of October 2013 I'd be very appreciative. Thanks,

Answer 1

Change all the numbers to anchor tags () and add the link for example:

<a href="tel:123456789">123456789</a>

href="tel:" works like the href="mailto:" so it works on mobile device and with Skype if it is installed on the clients computer.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Try adding also style:

img.skype_pnh_logo_img {display: none !important }

to remove the click-to-call icon.

You could also use some JQuery like

$(".skype_pnh_container").attr("onmouseover", "").attr("onclick", "")

to remove the onmouseover and onclick handlers added by Skype. In order to properly time it I would suggest a combination between $( document ).ready() and setTimeout.

You could also exploit the limitations of the click-to-call plugin documented here https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12006/how-do-i-script-webpages-to-find-phone-numbers-using-click-to-call

Important:

Do not use two identical delimiters together (for example, two space symbols or two hyphens). Such numbers will not be recognized.

Do not use two non-space delimiters together (for example, hyphen and round bracket): +1-(862)-3135071. If you wish to use several delimiters (two or more) at once, put a space symbol between the two non-space delimiters:

+1 - (862) - 3135071

+1 - 862 - 3135071.

Do not use unsupported delimiters (such as []).

So if you use two non-space delimiters right after the other (dash and bracket) or some unsupported delimiter, this would ensure that Skype click-to-call plugin would not be able to detect the phone number.

Answer 3

According to this article on the Demosthenes blog, all you need to do to thwart Skype's interaction with IE is to use at least 1 soft hyphen in the number. The HTML entity for a soft hyphen is ­ or ­.