Non-HTML links (Page 48)

[gtvj]

We need to include the file type in the link text for non-HTML links (like PDFs). Ideally this would be done in the source HTML but we'd need to identify a way to achieve this. Alternatives would be to do this with CSS (i.e. pseudo elements based on the href attr) or to use JavaScript to append the file type. Both have their drawbacks.

UPDATE: This is an editorial task, not a development task, and will need relevant pages to be updated via WordPress. See below for reason.

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[AshGDS]

Hi @gtvj, does non-HTML links mean that they are linking to files, and not that they are being inserted to the page via Javascript?

[gtvj]

It does mean linking to files, yes. It’s things like PDFs and Excel files. Thanks @AshTNA

[gtvj]

While investigating this, @AshTNA has identified an issue that means we cannot address this with code. It seems some pages already have the file types appended, as is the case here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/selection-and-transfer/selecting-records/osp-subject/. For this reason the changes will need to be made via content changes to WordPress.

[gtvj]

@MGDeVille / @grange85 - it seems this change will require content changes via WordPress editorial. Do you know how long it might take to identify and update all links to the PDF/Word docs etc.?

[MGDeVille]

Hi Gwyn.

I can do this – it’s very easy, just a bit laborious. One thing to add though is that the standard way that we write the link text for (e.g.) PDFs is how you currently see it, i.e. the PDF and file size info bit is NOT included in the link text.

So do we need to change all of the (many hundreds of) similar links?? Yikes.

Matthew

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