+Kit Fox Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) I'm experiencing a strange problem on two of my geocache pages. When I code an HTML link on the cache page, Geocaching.com adds their own link. Example one: GC17F3P I posted an image that I turned into a hyperlink for my personal geocaching site. When you click on the link, it sends you to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/www.antelop...ygeocachers.com instead of www.antelopevalleygeocachers.com . My HTML coding is as follows: <center><a rel="no follow" href= "www.antelopevalleygeocachers.com"><img src= "http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/sgbofav/misc/AVGLogolong.jpg"> </a></center> Example two: GC10028 My HTML coding is as follows: <a href="www.devils-punchbowl.com" target= "_blank">Devil's Punch Bowl.</a> The link comes up as http://www.geocaching.com/seek/www.devils-punchbowl.com instead of www.devils-punchbowl.com. What causes this, can you fix the error? The link comes up as http://www.geocaching.com/seek/www.devils-punchbowl.com Disregard, I figured out the error, you have to add http:// in order for the hyperlink to work properly Edited December 2, 2007 by Kit Fox Link to comment
+trainlove Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I'm not sure what "<a rel=" is but I think you want to use <a href=" Rel sounds relative so to speak so that sort of sounds exactly like your description of the problem, a relative link on www.geocaching.com would have that at the front. Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 I'm not sure what "<a rel=" is but I think you want to use <a href=" Rel sounds relative so to speak so that sort of sounds exactly like your description of the problem, a relative link on www.geocaching.com would have that at the front. HTML tidy adds that, no matter how many times I delete it. Link to comment
+caughtatwork Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 <a href="www.devils-punchbowl.com" target= "_blank">Devil's Punch Bowl.</a> Add the http:// to the front. ie. <a href="http://www.devils-punchbowl.com" target= "_blank">Devil's Punch Bowl.</a> Link to comment
+trainlove Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 <a href="www.devils-punchbowl.com" target= "_blank">Devil's Punch Bowl.</a> Add the http:// to the front. ie. <a href="http://www.devils-punchbowl.com" target= "_blank">Devil's Punch Bowl.</a> Who would have thought that HTTP:// is so important. I hate having to type WWW. and .COM also but one has to to that in an actual to-be-used link. thanks for the info Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) I'm not sure what "<a rel=" is but I think you want to use <a href=" Rel sounds relative so to speak so that sort of sounds exactly like your description of the problem, a relative link on www.geocaching.com would have that at the front. "<a" is the opening anchor tag. "href" is just one of several attributes that can be contained within an anchor tag. "rel" is another. It defines the relationship between the page with the anchor, and the target page. "nofollow" is a non-standard value that's supposed to tell search-bots not to associate the two pages. It performs the mirror function of the "rev" attribute. The order of attributes within the anchor tag is irrelevant. So "<a rel=..." or "<a target=..." are perfectly acceptable. Edited December 4, 2007 by Prime Suspect Link to comment
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