Re: Editing URLs

<xsl:template match="*|@*">
  <!-- this is an identity template that will match your 'a'
       along with everything else -->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@href">
  <!-- this template will match the @href attribute, and has a
       higher precedence than the other (so is preferred) -->
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:text>http://</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="a">
  <a href="http://{@href}">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
  </a>
</xsl:template>

I hope that helps--
Wendell

I am writing an XSLT that I want to edit HREFs. Currently my XHTML source files do not include http:// in the cross-references. They are phrased as "<a href="maps.maps.html">blah, blah, blah</a>". Because of my process I need to add in "http://" at the beginning of the URLs. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to make this work. Any suggestions?

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