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Wayne Davis wrote: > > Here's what works...(also posting the code I'm using to create a web based > link, in the event that someone else finds it useful - _someone_ else out > there must be as green as I am with this stuff <g>) Good example, but (with your forgiveness) I can't resist 'tidying' it. I make some assumptions about EMAIL and WEB being exclusive, and the only options (which may not be the case). The select="." may have side-effects in other context. <li> <a> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="aqua"> <xsl:attribute name="href"> <xsl:if test="EMAIL[.!='']"> mailto:<xsl:value-of select="EMAIL"/> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="WEB[.!='']"> <xsl:value-of select="WEB"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:attribute> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </font> </a> </li> 2 Points. Your example, while good for an example and clarity, contains repetition which can be avoided. Two identical 'font' definitions especially could trip up later maintainence. I think it's better html if the "a" is inside the "li". NS in particular /may/ link strangely. Also, while I've not tested it thoughoughly, I usually get away with just test="EMAIL". I'm unsure of the legality of this tho'. Apologies, as this is only personal, stylistic opinion. Sometimes I pay so much attention to 'elegant' I forget about 'practical'. ( But my Perl one-liners are fab ;-) ) OTOH, you may want to move in the other direction and split it out into separate <xsl:template match="EMAIL">... chunks. Much more versatile. This is actually how I do it in practice, as I have freetext content which may include links at any position... I'll get down off my high-horse now... thud. .dan. Snippet from one of my template libraries... <!-- ################## Generic default template #################### ## 'EMAIL' ## ## Turns a 'EMAIL' into an 'mailto' tag. ## --> <xsl:template match="EMAIL"> <a><xsl:attribute name="href">mailto:<xsl:value-of select="." /></xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="." /></a> </xsl:template> <!-- ## ## ################################################################ --> -- :=====================:====================: : Dan Morrison : The Web Limited : : http://here.is/dan : http://web.co.nz : : dman@xxxxxxxx : danm@xxxxxxxxx : : 04 384 1472 : 04 495 8250 : : 025 207 1140 : : :.....................:....................: : If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? :.........................................: XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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