cms_selflink return href

[philonor]

The cms_selflink tag offers the argument
href
to only return the href-value itself.

Unfortunately, this works only when specifying an page alias or id like:

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{cms_selflink href='page-xyz'}

I'd like to have always an option to only return the href value:

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{cms_selflink alias='page-xyz' returnhref='1'}
{cms_selflink dir='next' returnhref='1'}

I'm in need of such a functionality, cause I always create image-links like that:

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<a class="next" href="{cms_selflink dir='next' returnhref='1'}">
<span>NEXT</span></a>

With the CSS class .next, I define a background-image.

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.next {display: block; width: 16px; height: 16px; background: url(next.jpg);}
.next span {display: none;}

For SEO, I'd like to have a text within the <a>-Tag. With cms_selflink as it is today, I can't do this, can I?

I would try to implement this myself. How can I contribute to core tags?

[Wishbone]

You can do something like:

{cms_selflink dir=next text=Next class=next}

This will produce a link pointing to the next page with the class 'next' with the text Next.

You will have to adjust your CSS because you don't have the <span> .. I tried adding the span to the text=, but it is escaped. In your CSS, you can use "text-indent: -9999px" to hide the text, but only works if you set the display to block or inline-block.

I just tested this out, and it seems to work just fine.

[philonor]

Thanks for your reply!

This works fine, yes. But since "text-ident: -9999px" forces the browser to render a 9999px box, I prefer using a span inside.

I think a "href only" option would be a good option for several purposes. What if the produced markup does not meet the requirements somebody has?

Since the href-value needs to be generated in any case, it can't be that much work to create a "href only" option, can it?

[philonor]

I tried to alter the cms_selflink function:
See the feature request.

[Dr.CSS]

Have you tried using <span> in the text= ..?

[Wishbone]

cms_selflink escapes everything... > ends up as &gt;

[rotezecke]

i've been using this since version 1.9

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{cms_selflink id='side_mail' page='contact-us' text='<span>Contact us by email</span>' title='Contact us by email'}

with no problems. i'm currently using 1.11.4. i briefly tested 1.11.5 and i think this still worked (had to revert to 1.11.4 for other reasons).

maybe it's the single quotes vs double quotes that allows <span> to be parsed.