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From: Andrew Arch
Date: Oct 21, 2004 6:43AM




More on this story... (Was: HTML heading styles)



<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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One
site I provided some advice on recently that was being dynamically generated was
able to utilise the link title attribute to add some useful information. They
were able to modify the code so that, while the link text was still "Read more
....", it had an associated title that they could auto-populate with the article
title.
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Don't
know if this is an option for you - may be worth a try.
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 8:41
AMTo: WebAIM Discussion ListSubject: [WebAIM] More on
this story... (Was: HTML heading styles)<FONT
face=Verdana>On 10/19/04 3:05 PM, "mmoore"
simply typed the following:
We can do the
same with a link to the remainder of the article on a web site "More on
Accessibility" instead of "More on this story" This approach has two
advantages to someone using a link list for navigation. First it tells
them what to expect when they activate the link, second it tells them that
there is something important prior to this link that they may want to read
first. <FONT
face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I like your idea for a static
site... But for a dynamic one, this is not always possible. And I agree that
it's problematic and shouldn't be done. I've dealt with this on a couple sites
I subbed for and did the HTML/CSS coding only. I didn't have enough control
over the final product to affect the outcome (and thus, all the links say
"Read more..."), however, I'm not really sure what could have been done
differently either.The "Read more..." portion received its link (a
href) dynamically and each is a news story.I have a static site under
my control presently where I'm able to change all the "Click here" notes the
copywriter made into more descriptive links. I've even been able to educate
her on why "Click here" isn't a good idea. LOLStephanie
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