I wondered about the dropping of this also. I originally submitted it
a few versions of BP ago.

I also use a link for mailto links:

a[href ^="mailto:";] {padding-right:20px;background:transparent
url(images/icon_mailto.gif) no-repeat center right;}



On Oct 22, 8:18 am, garethjmsaunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've been doing some work with Blueprint CSS, and was recently looking
> for the Link Icons plugin that Olav Bjorkoy wrote -- it's referenced
> in the discussion post archives on "Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:54" -- just do
> a search for "Link icons".
>
> It's the one that does this:
>
> /* --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    link-icons.css
>    * Icons for links based on protocol or file type.
>
>    See the Readme file in this folder for additional instructions.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------- */
>
> /* Use this class if a link gets an icon when it shouldn't. */
> body a.noicon { background:none; padding:0; margin:0; }
>
> /* Make sure the icons are not cut */
> a[href^="http:"], a[href^="mailto:";], a[href^="http:"]:visited,
> a[href$=".pdf"], a[href$=".doc"], a[href$=".xls"], a[href$=".rss"],
> a[href$=".rdf"], a[href^="aim:"] {
>   padding:2px 22px 2px 0;
>   margin:-2px 0;
>   background-repeat: no-repeat;
>   background-position: right center;
>
> }
>
> /* External links */
> a[href^="http:"]          { background-image: url(icons/
> external.png); }
> a[href^="mailto:";]        { background-image: url(icons/email.png); }
> a[href^="http:"]:visited  { background-image: url(icons/
> visited.png); }
>
> /* Files */
> a[href$=".pdf"]   { background-image: url(icons/pdf.png); }
> a[href$=".doc"]   { background-image: url(icons/doc.png); }
> a[href$=".xls"]   { background-image: url(icons/xls.png); }
>
> /* Misc */
> a[href$=".rss"],
> a[href$=".rdf"]   { background-image: url(icons/feed.png); }
> a[href^="aim:"]   { background-image: url(icons/im.png); }
>
> But I notice that it's not listed in the plugins page.  Is there any
> reason for this?  Was it purposefully left out, because it's a great
> little plugin, that I've been using and building on for our own
> filetypes (added QuickTime, https:// and a little shopping cart for
> our online shop URL).
>
> So, my question: Will the link-icons plugin be made available again
> within the plugins page?
>
> Gareth
>
> --
>
> Gareth J M Saunders
> Assistant Information Architect/Web Manager
> University of St Andrews
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