>-----Original Message----- >From: dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of Chris G >Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:45 PM >To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [dokuwiki] Re: Can one make a heading also a link? > >On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:53:30PM -0300, Luis Machuca wrote: >> Chris G escribió: >> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:49:05AM +0100, Michael Klier wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:44:48AM +0000, Chris G wrote: >> >>> Is there some easy way of making a section heading also a link? It >> >>> would seem that this is a pretty normal requirement but I can't see >> >>> any obvious way to do it? >> >> No this is not possible due to how the parser works because headlines >> >> are >> >> "special" - also this has been asked and answered a gazillion of times >here >> >> on the mailinglist as well as the forum - and sursprise surprise - it's >even >> >> a faq entry: >> >> >> >> http://www.dokuwiki.org/faq:headerlinks >> >> >> > Oops, sorry! Doesn't actually help much though as the tips it points >> > to show lots of ways of changing the style of a heading but no way to >> > get a link in a different style. >> > >> > There is a workaround if you do it in HTML though:- >> > >> > <html><h3><a href="http://www.somewhere.com";>Heading >Text</a></h3></html> >> > >> > Maybe this could go in the FAQ? I'm quite happy to add it if it's >> > thought reasonable. (It needs htmlok to be ticked of course) >> > >> That's understandable -- no links or any other sort of content in headers >> is >> *wanted behaviour*, since titles are titles, and also a god thing >accesibility >> wise. >> >Well I wanted it! :-) > >> A link in a / as a header, IMHO, essentially says: "sorry, what goes below >> here should go into its own page instead, but can't get myself to move it". >> It strongly deviates attention from the current content, and what is linked >in >> a header may not even be in sync with what the encompassing article says. >> >I agree with you that in many/most cases one doesn't want a link as a >header but it can be sensible sometimes. > [JS] I agree. In my particular case, I want the links to appear in the TOC; but they can't. This requires redundant entries: ===== Publishers ===== ==== Arrow ==== [[arrow]] ==== Bow ==== [[bow]] ==== Bullet ==== [[bullet]] And so forth. It would be a lot cleaner if I could put the links themselves in the TOC, somehow. Regards, Jerry Schwartz The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 www.the-infoshop.com >In the case in point it's on a page which is a collection of >information about businesses and such, the headers would be links to >the business' own web sites and the text underneath is extra >information that I have collected. It feels very logical to me in >this case to have the header being a link. It's a very commonly used >approach, I found an example very quickly:- http://www.htmlhelp.com/ > >> The practical way to solve the issue is, of course, not a link in a header, >> but a link right below a header with some indication such as "See also" or >> "Main article". > >IMHO that's a bodge working around something you want to do but can't do. > > >-- >Chris Green > >-- >DokuWiki mailing list - more info at >http://www.dokuwiki.org/mailinglist -- DokuWiki mailing list - more info at http://www.dokuwiki.org/mailinglist