Unable to add empty anchor tag in CMS

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10/26/2011 5:48:06 PM
FredB
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Unable to add empty anchor tag in CMS

When trying to add an "empty" anchor tag to an HTML Content feature, I run into two problems

1. If I try to update the Content with: <a href="javascript:;" class="whatever"></a>
 after clicking update viewing the page, then going back into the feature, the anchor tags a no longer there.

2. If I supply an empty space: <a href="javascript:;" class="whatever">&nbsp;</a>
Then I see two underscore characters on the top of my page:

_ _

Any ideas why I can't add empty anchor tags, or why the non-breaking space character adds underscore characters? Thanks!

10/27/2011 4:59:12 PM
Joe Davis
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Re: Unable to add empty anchor tag in CMS

The editors can get a little over-zealous at times. It is difficult to get them to allow an empty element of any kind.

Using the non-breaking space usually does the trick and I haven't seen the behavior you're describing with the underscore characters. Can you give me a link to your site so I can see it in action?

You can also try placing actual text, something meaningful so it will make sense to the search bots, and then use the text-indent CSS property to hide the text. Also, try replacing the href with onClick.

HTH,
Joe D.

10/31/2011 2:38:31 PM
FredB
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Re: Unable to add empty anchor tag in CMS

Thanks for the reply. I ended up getting it to work by supplying an actual blank space:

<a href=""> </a>

I'm sure adding text would work, but I'm not able to in this case because the tag is the "play button" for a jPlayer audio player and I'm adding a background image in the css for the button.

Thanks again!

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