[xsl] Display link text as a hyperlink

Subject: [xsl] Display link text as a hyperlink
From: Brent Solly <ultra@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT)
I have an xml file that contains this character sequence: 'www.gamefaqs.com' .

Primary Problem:
After I convert the 'www' text to hyperlink format, the xsl displays it as plain text, but I would like to display it has a hyperlink.   

Secondary:
I am aware that the url may also contain subfolders like: www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64   OR different a suffix like www.gamefaqs.ca., but right now I'll focus on .com, but feel free to make suggestions :) . 


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss>
   <channel>  
      <item>     
         <description>More information on this game can be found at (www.gamefaqs.com)</description>
      </item>
   </channel>
</rss>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="2.0">
<xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="UTF-8"/>


<xsl:template name="globalReplace">
  <xsl:param name="outputString"/>
  <xsl:param name="target"/>
  <xsl:param name="replacement"/>
    <xsl:choose>
   <!--Begin Test -->
   <xsl:when test="contains($outputString,$target)">
   
      <xsl:value-of select=
        "concat(substring-before($outputString,$target),
               $replacement)"/>
      <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
        <xsl:with-param name="outputString" 
             select="substring-after($outputString,$target)"/>
        <xsl:with-param name="target" select="$target"/>
        <xsl:with-param name="replacement" 
             select="$replacement"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:when>
   <!--End Test-->
  
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:value-of select="$outputString"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>

  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="rss">
  <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
  <xsl:with-param name="outputString" select="."/>
  <xsl:with-param name="target" select="'www'"/>
  <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="concat('&lt;a href=&#34;http://www',substring-before(substring-after(.,'www'),substring-after(.,'com')),'&#34;&gt;',substring-before(substring-after(.,'www.'),'.com'),'&lt;/a&gt;')"/>
  
  </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>

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