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#1 2006-09-16 15:06:51

FireFusion

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Registered: 2005-05-10

Posts: 698

Internal and External links a problem

I want to use the following CSS 2.1 feature to add an image to all extenal links.

<code>a[href^=“http:”] { background: url(img/externalLink.gif) no-repeat right top; padding-right: 10px;
}</code>

The trouble is all my internal navigation is generated by textpattern, so all links come out as http://mysite.com/section/title. Is there any way to make them just section/title?

Last edited by FireFusion (2006-09-16 15:07:11)

#2 2006-09-16 15:25:20

Skubidu

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Registered: 2004-10-23

Posts: 611

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Re: Internal and External links a problem

I never used this method, but wouldn’t it be possible to define

a[href^="http://yoursite.com/"] {
  background: none;
}

for your internal links?

#3 2006-09-17 07:42:56

FireFusion

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Registered: 2005-05-10

Posts: 698

Re: Internal and External links a problem

Of course! That worked great. Thanks.

Why does TXP do internal URLs like that though?

#4 2006-09-18 00:37:17

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Internal and External links a problem

Because some people might install Textpattern in a subdirectory, etc. That means trying to fool around to figure out how to build a relative url. It’s just far simpler to output an absolute one, which works for everyone.

#5 2006-09-18 07:25:24

FireFusion

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Registered: 2005-05-10

Posts: 698

Re: Internal and External links a problem

Ah I see. Thanks.