Per http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9679 the icons are configurable in Confluence, although it probably requires global admin rights to turn it on. But the CSS and icon used by confluence is probably hiding in some Confluence resource directory somewhere.
Anyway, this is low priority and can be done later. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Bob Harner <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like Confluence already tags the external links nicely: > > <a href="http://www.springframework.org"; class="external-link" > rel="nofollow">Spring</a> > > so we just need the css -- > http://meganmcdermott.com/2006/10/26/marking-external-links-with-css/ > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[email protected]> wrote: >> But cool to learn about the {float:right} macro! I'll be using that! >> >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think I'd rather determine a way to use CSS to highlight external URLs. >>> I think we have enough footnotes already! >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Bob Harner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey everybody (especially those editing the Confluence docs), >>>> >>>> I always like a clear distinction between internal and external links >>>> on a web site, particularly when I'm doing some focused reading on a >>>> subject and don't want to accidentally click off to a barely-related >>>> site. Many of the Tapestry documentation pages intermingle internal >>>> and external links, even in the same sentence, requiring very >>>> carefully clicking by those who want to just browse *within* the site. >>>> >>>> Earlier versions of confluence (or maybe a different theme?) displayed >>>> a little outbound arrow icon after external links to make them >>>> visually distinctive, but that feature seems to have gone away in >>>> recent versions of Confluence like the one Tapestry uses. >>>> >>>> But another way of making that clear distinction is by using >>>> Confluence's convenient {footnotes} tag for external links. >>>> >>>> I switched one page over to using footnotes as an experiment: >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TAPESTRY/IoC >>>> >>>> What do you all think? >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Howard M. Lewis Ship >>> >>> Creator of Apache Tapestry >>> >>> The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to >>> learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! >>> >>> (971) 678-5210 >>> http://howardlewisship.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Howard M. Lewis Ship >> >> Creator of Apache Tapestry >> >> The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn >> how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! >> >> (971) 678-5210 >> http://howardlewisship.com >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
