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Re: Duplicate linkage

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From: Simius Puer
Date: Sep 1, 2009 8:55AM

Hi Steven

Where sites are managed manually it is usually just down to lazy coding.
It's easier to write the CSS for a separate image and text link...easy but
lazy, unprofessional and not very accessible.

Most bigger sites where you see this it's the result of some default CMS
output. Many of these have built in publishing modules that output the code
badly (again, usually because the people writing the CSS, aka "themes", are
too lazy to put the effort in). They can be changed in most cases but
that's down to the skill and attention to detail of the people configuring
the CMS.

Having links inside heading is also not usually a great idea.

overall, it's not good practice from any angle.

...Now, just wait for some bright spark to say "well, everyone else is doing
it" ;)