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

2008-08-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong! 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 ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ extn 8001 ¦ darren

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

2008-08-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
too small :o) Thanks for all the feedback so far. Cheers, jod -- *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! I must

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

2008-08-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
It's probably worth having a look at this story on the BBC News The Editors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/08/new_ways_of_linking.html I can't think of a better example of doing something really simple and straightforward completely wrong. Instead of a a href=/a there loads of

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

2008-08-19 Thread Dave Crossland
For the trial we're linking to our own content as well as relevant external sources, including Wikipedia articles, YouTube and Flickr content. We wanted to include these sources because they promote sharing of content What else could the BBC do to promote sharing of content? License some of the

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

2008-08-19 Thread Adam
Brian Butterworth wrote: It's probably worth having a look at this story on the BBC News The Editors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/08/new_ways_of_linking.html I can't think of a better example of doing something really simple and straightforward completely wrong. Instead of a

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

2008-08-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:29 PM *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong! Dave, 2008/8/19 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the trial we're

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

2008-08-19 Thread Phil Wilson
I actually like the idea that they are using javascript to insert the links into the page, as it means with noscript it is possible to block apture.com and then all the links disappear. If you click one of the links and open a popup window and click Feedback you can disable the multimedia

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

2008-08-19 Thread Brian Butterworth
There's a real problem for search engines doing the wrong way. Most search engines take the non-Javascript version of a page and index that. If there's normal inline hypertext links in the content, Google (for example) will use this as part of the page popularity ratings. If they are done the

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

2008-08-19 Thread John O'Donovan
PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Butterworth Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 16:36 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong! There's a real problem for search engines doing the wrong way. Most search engines take the non-Javascript version of a page

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

2008-08-19 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/8/19 John O'Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So this is an editorial trial rather than a technical one so best not to get too concerned with how it is implemented. Feedback on what people think about inline links in general is very useful to see where we go with this. I think editorially its

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

2008-08-19 Thread D P Ingram
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 ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ extn 8001 ¦ darren @ ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦

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

2008-08-19 Thread John O'Donovan
: [backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong! 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 ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ extn 8001 ¦ darren @ ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi http://www.ingram.fi