Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-21 Thread Gerhard Hoogterp
> > prevent links from _looking_ like links, thereby making it less probable > > that users click on them,>>> > > This is proabbly the best to do in my situation Does it have to be css? As reacting to a click is a functionality I feel it's more a javascript thing. And a simple piece of javascrip

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > discuss.org] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:27 PM > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable > > > The cms "m

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread neal
yes it is a terrible thing - goes against the grain of all we stand for! the client should be caned - and me too for considering it we can probably end this thread now > This is really a CMS issue. > > Even if you *COULD* do this, then you'd have to *UNDO* it once client > want's > the link "clic

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Rob Emenecker
This is really a CMS issue. Even if you *COULD* do this, then you'd have to *UNDO* it once client want's the link "clickable". From a professional perspective, I'd just tell the client they're suffering from a concussion! And, do you want someone else to look at your code and say, "Cutting edge,

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread neal
The cms "module" pulls a link from the xml - right now they dont want that link to be clickable (do not want linked page to be viewed)- but they want the link text to remain so they want the "link text to remain" - but actual link gone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The reason is "that's what t

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Frank Piuck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The reason is "that's what the client wants" > I follow standards fairly well in my own little way - but the client and > the cms are my nemeses > > << >> prevent links from _looking_ like links, thereby making it less probable >> that users click on them,>>> >> >

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The reason is "that's what the client wants" But you haven't told _what_ he wants. Just saying "I want links that are not links" is not a description. > <<> prevent links from _looking_ like links, thereby making it less >> probable that users click on them,>>> > > Th

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Karey Cummins
this exists in content link if there any way to make that link non-clickable only with css --- I've done this when doing tutorials where I show a link to a non-existent site like www.yournamehere.com. I either replace the content within the href with a # or else will appl

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread neal
Thanks all and Ingo - love the sarcasm - well deserved by me violating semantics so brazenly The reason is "that's what the client wants" I follow standards fairly well in my own little way - but the client and the cms are my nemeses << prevent links from _looking_ like links, thereby making it l

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > this exists in content > > link That's strange (and _quite_ different from a link with href="http://www.somewhere.com";), but anyway,... > if there any way to make that link non-clickable only with css No, clickability in the general sense is an inherent property of

Re: [css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread Ingo Chao
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > this exists in content > > link > > > if there any way to make that link non-clickable only with css You could replace the entire page by a large PNG. Ingo -- http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html http://www.dolphinsback.com

[css-d] make link non-clickable

2008-03-18 Thread neal
this exists in content link if there any way to make that link non-clickable only with css one solution that I do not want to use is putting an absolutely positioned clear image over it. thansk Neal __ css-discuss [EMAIL PRO