Re: [xsl] Hyperlinks [newbie Q]

Subject: Re: [xsl] Hyperlinks [newbie Q]
From: Nic Ferrier <nferrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:13:44 +0000
Aaron Johnson <Aaron2.Johnson@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I would like the text 'XML Hyperlink' to be a link on the rendered html
> page.
>
> I want it so that if you need to change the url, you change it in the
> xml rather than in the xsl.
>
> How do I get the xsl to make this a hyper link? 
>
> XML:
>
> <welcome>
> 	<text>This is some welcome text</text>
> 	<link url="http://www.somthing.co.uk";>XML Hyperlink</link>
> </welcome>
>
> XSL so far:
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> <xsl:output method="html" indent="no" encoding="UTF-8"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 	<html>
>
> 	<xsl:for-each select="welcome/text">
> 	<p><xsl:value-of select="."/></p>
> 	</xsl:for-each>
>
> 	<xsl:for-each select="welcome/link">
> 	<p<xsl:value-of select="."/></p>
> 	</xsl:for-each>
>
> 	</html>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>

Something like:

  <xsl:for-each select="welcome/text">
     <p>  
       <a>
        <xsl:attribute name="href">
            <xsl:value-of select=../link/@url"/>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
       </a>
     </p>
  </xsl:for-each>


> Does any one have any pointers to tutorials? Any help would be
> appreciated thank you.

There are lots of good books. The archives of this list are a good
place to start looking for pointers:

> XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

-- 
Nic Ferrier
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk

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