Re: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong!

[Brian Butterworth]

John,

Why not use the "favicon" for the external site to indicate an external
link?

You can get this file by:

a) look in the target page's HTML header section for the <link rel="shortcut
icon" href="........"> section; or

b) look in the site's root folder for a file called favicon.ico

The icon can be a .ICO file (Microsoft Icon format), PNG or GIF.  They are
usually 16x16 with a transparent background, but sometimes they are larger
and need rescalling back to 16x16.

If it were me, I would be tempted to convert the icon to an 80%
transparency, or perhaps use a grey-scale or a colour-tint.

2008/8/19 John O'Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>  I think we will take note that perhaps the links are perhaps a little too
> small :o)
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> Thanks for all the feedback so far.
>
> Cheers,
>
> jod
>
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> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of D P Ingram
> *Sent:* Tue 8/19/2008 18:29
> *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong!
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> I must be going blinder than I already am (partially sighted) as with OS X
> and Safari I didn't see the little icons either.
> Darren
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Brian Butterworth

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