[Encrypt seed=abcd]Any Text[/Encrypt]

Encrypts text.

To convert text from plain to encrypted, put it inside an [Encrypt] context.

Example (normally you would put the following text into a .tpl file on your server and use a web browser to link to it):

[Encrypt seed=abcdefg]Some Text that is private[/Encrypt]<br>
[Decrypt seed=abcdefg][Encrypt seed=abcdefg]Some Text that is private[/Encrypt][/Decrypt]

Try It!

In the example above, the first line of displayed text will be unintelligible, as seen below. The second line decrypts the text and displays it as it was before:

;)(*&#$KLJFLKjkhegdlksdfg09814
Some Text that is private

Use [Decrypt] to decode the text. To decrypt a sequence of text, you must set the seed value to exactly the same as when you encrypted it. The seed may be a sequence of up to 8 characters (anything you can type on the keyboard, except '&' or '=' or '[' or ']'). Do not ever let anyone know what the seed value is, because that would allow them to decrypt the text.

This context is most often used to store passwords in a database (such as WebCatalog's own Users.db), so that in the unlikely event that someone is able to download the file, the passwords will be unreadable.

Note: Do not ever forget your passwords or seed values! Even Pacific Coast Software cannot decrypt something once it has been encrypted!