Link Issues

[Matt]

Why would this link not work on "Firefox 7.12 Version 1.07"? It works fine
in IE?

<a href='aac_produ ct_home.asp?Cat egory=product&S ection='>

<td width="145" <%if lcase(sCategory ) = "product" then Response.Write
"class='topnavc ellactive'" else Response.Write "class='topnavc ell'"%>>

<p align="center"> Product Overview

</td>

</a>

Here are the two CSS classes.

..topnavcell

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #000000;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #CCCCCC;

cursor: hand;

}

..topnavcellact ive

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #000000;

cursor: hand;

}

I assume this may be a CSS issue but what is the issue and how can I resolve
it.

Thanks in advance.

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Matt wrote:

Why would this link not work on "Firefox 7.12 Version 1.07"? It works
fine in IE?
I assume this may be a CSS issue but what is the issue and how can I
resolve it.

You're right: it's got nothing to do with ASP. I'm not sure which
client-side group to direct you to because i'm not sure what you mean by
"not work".

If it is a css issue, then you should be posting to a css group like
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.

[Mike Brind]

Matt wrote:

Why would this link not work on "Firefox 7.12 Version 1.07"? It works fine
in IE?

<a href='aac_produ ct_home.asp?Cat egory=product&S ection='>

<td width="145" <%if lcase(sCategory ) = "product" then Response.Write
"class='topnavc ellactive'" else Response.Write "class='topnavc ell'"%>>

<p align="center"> Product Overview

</td>

</a>

Here are the two CSS classes.

.topnavcell

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #000000;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #CCCCCC;

cursor: hand;

}

.topnavcellacti ve

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #000000;

cursor: hand;

}

I assume this may be a CSS issue but what is the issue and how can I resolve
it.

Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by "doesn't work"?

And If you really think it's a CSS issue, why don't you try a CSS
group, like comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets

--
Mike Brind

[Mike Brind]

Mike Brind wrote:

Matt wrote:

Why would this link not work on "Firefox 7.12 Version 1.07"? It works fine
in IE?

<a href='aac_produ ct_home.asp?Cat egory=product&S ection='>

<td width="145" <%if lcase(sCategory ) = "product" then Response.Write
"class='topnavc ellactive'" else Response.Write "class='topnavc ell'"%>>

<p align="center"> Product Overview

</td>

</a>

Here are the two CSS classes.

.topnavcell

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #000000;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #CCCCCC;

cursor: hand;

}

.topnavcellacti ve

{

font-size: 9pt;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-family: Arial;

text-decoration: none;

background-color: #000000;

cursor: hand;

}

I assume this may be a CSS issue but what is the issue and how can I resolve
it.

Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by "doesn't work"?

And If you really think it's a CSS issue, why don't you try a CSS
group, like comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets

--
Mike Brind

Just guessing, but if you mean that you can't get cursor: hand; to work
in Firefox, you are right - it IS a CSS issue. And the reason is
because 'hand' is not a valid value for the cursor property in CSS2.
In fact, IE is the only browser to support it. You should use
'pointer' as the value instead.

--
Mike Brind

[Matt]

Thanks Mike. The user stated that the link in general did not work and the
hand did not appear. I will change hand to "pointer" but any idea as to why
the actual hyperlink does not work when the user clicks on it? Does it have
to do with the <a> tag being around a table cell?

Forgive me for posting to this group. I assumed other ASP programmers may
have experienced this issue and I would be able to relate to their solution
better. I was not sure if it was CSS related and did not want to limit
myself to CSS.
"Mike Brind" <pa*******@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@v 46g2000cwv.goog legroups.com...

Mike Brind wrote:

Matt wrote:

> Why would this link not work on "Firefox 7.12 Version 1.07"? It works
> fine
> in IE?
>
>
>
> <a href='aac_produ ct_home.asp?Cat egory=product&S ection='>
>
> <td width="145" <%if lcase(sCategory ) = "product" then Response.Write
> "class='topnavc ellactive'" else Response.Write "class='topnavc ell'"%>>
>
> <p align="center"> Product Overview
>
> </td>
>
> </a>
>
>
>
>
>
> Here are the two CSS classes.
>
>
>
> .topnavcell
>
> {
>
> font-size: 9pt;
>
> color: #000000;
>
> font-family: Arial;
>
> text-decoration: none;
>
> background-color: #CCCCCC;
>
> cursor: hand;
>
> }
>
>
>
> .topnavcellacti ve
>
> {
>
> font-size: 9pt;
>
> color: #FFFFFF;
>
> font-family: Arial;
>
> text-decoration: none;
>
> background-color: #000000;
>
> cursor: hand;
>
> }
>
>
>
> I assume this may be a CSS issue but what is the issue and how can I
> resolve
> it.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by "doesn't work"?

And If you really think it's a CSS issue, why don't you try a CSS
group, like comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets

--
Mike Brind

Just guessing, but if you mean that you can't get cursor: hand; to work
in Firefox, you are right - it IS a CSS issue. And the reason is
because 'hand' is not a valid value for the cursor property in CSS2.
In fact, IE is the only browser to support it. You should use
'pointer' as the value instead.

--
Mike Brind

[Mike Brind]

Matt wrote:

Thanks Mike. The user stated that the link in general did not work and the
hand did not appear. I will change hand to "pointer" but any idea as to why
the actual hyperlink does not work when the user clicks on it? Does it have
to do with the <a> tag being around a table cell?

Forgive me for posting to this group. I assumed other ASP programmers may
have experienced this issue and I would be able to relate to their solution
better. I was not sure if it was CSS related and did not want to limit
myself to CSS.

Yes it does - I didn't spot that before :-)

It should be <td><a href="somelink" >Some link text</a></td>

That's an html question now, so here's another group for that:
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html

;-)

--
Mike Brind

[Matt]

With the example you had given to me, the entire cell itself would not be a
hyperlink. Only the "Some Link Text" would be a hyperlink. Is creating an
entire cell as a hyperlink not valid HTML?

Should I use this instead or would I still experience the issue in a non-IE
browser?

<td onClick="locati on.href='msn.co m'">Some Link Text</td>

I am trying not to cross post because every time I do that people yell at
me. What is the best method of posting when it pertains to multiple groups?
"Mike Brind" <pa*******@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@i 40g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

Matt wrote:

Thanks Mike. The user stated that the link in general did not work and
the
hand did not appear. I will change hand to "pointer" but any idea as to
why
the actual hyperlink does not work when the user clicks on it? Does it
have
to do with the <a> tag being around a table cell?

Forgive me for posting to this group. I assumed other ASP programmers may
have experienced this issue and I would be able to relate to their
solution
better. I was not sure if it was CSS related and did not want to limit
myself to CSS.

Yes it does - I didn't spot that before :-)

It should be <td><a href="somelink" >Some link text</a></td>

That's an html question now, so here's another group for that:
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html

;-)

--
Mike Brind

[Mike Brind]

Matt wrote:

With the example you had given to me, the entire cell itself would not be a
hyperlink. Only the "Some Link Text" would be a hyperlink. Is creating an
entire cell as a hyperlink not valid HTML?
Not as far as I know.

Should I use this instead or would I still experience the issue in a non-IE
browser?

<td onClick="locati on.href='msn.co m'">Some Link Text</td>
Best try it out. I've never used it. This has definitely become an
html issue.

I am trying not to cross post because every time I do that people yell at
me. What is the best method of posting when it pertains to multiple groups?

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2081 :-)

--
Mike Brind

[Matt]

So Mike,

Just trying to get this newsgroup netiquette thing down. Now that you have
stated this is an HTML issue, should I submit a post to an HTML group or is
that still considered cross-posting?

Thanks.
"Mike Brind" <pa*******@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@u 72g2000cwu.goog legroups.com...

Matt wrote:

With the example you had given to me, the entire cell itself would not be
a
hyperlink. Only the "Some Link Text" would be a hyperlink. Is creating an
entire cell as a hyperlink not valid HTML?

Not as far as I know.

Should I use this instead or would I still experience the issue in a
non-IE
browser?

<td onClick="locati on.href='msn.co m'">Some Link Text</td>

Best try it out. I've never used it. This has definitely become an
html issue.

I am trying not to cross post because every time I do that people yell at
me. What is the best method of posting when it pertains to multiple
groups?

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2081 :-)

--
Mike Brind

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Multipost: posting individual messages to multiple newsgroups one-at-a-time
(i.e., send a message to group1, then compose the same message and send it
to group2
Crosspost: posting a single message simultaneously to several newsgroups by
putting a list of the newsgroups in the message's To field. When a message
is crossposted, replies to the post are automatically sent to all the
crossposted groups

crossposting good - multiposting bad

We usually frown upon multiposting because it is hard to carry on a
conversation in multiple places. it's like you go into a room shout out "how
do I do this?", run to another room without waiting for a reply, shout the
message into that room , etc. People in the third room will probably not
appreciate wasting their time trying to help with a problem that was already
resolved in the first room.

In this case, you have done well by posting to a single group. Oops, it was
the wrong group. There should be no one who criticizes you for posting to
the correct group, especially if you preface that with post with an
explanation that you found out you had initially posted to the wrong group.

Matt wrote:

So Mike,

Just trying to get this newsgroup netiquette thing down. Now that you
have stated this is an HTML issue, should I submit a post to an HTML
group or is that still considered cross-posting?

Thanks.
"Mike Brind" <pa*******@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@u 72g2000cwu.goog legroups.com...

Matt wrote:

With the example you had given to me, the entire cell itself would
not be a
hyperlink. Only the "Some Link Text" would be a hyperlink. Is
creating an entire cell as a hyperlink not valid HTML?

Not as far as I know.

Should I use this instead or would I still experience the issue in a
non-IE
browser?

<td onClick="locati on.href='msn.co m'">Some Link Text</td>

Best try it out. I've never used it. This has definitely become an
html issue.

I am trying not to cross post because every time I do that people
yell at me. What is the best method of posting when it pertains to
multiple groups?

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2081 :-)

--
Mike Brind

--
Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.