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lylesback2

Feb 7 2008, 01:58

I see this [1] at the bottom of every news article on front page, but what purpose does it pose? It just links back to the index page....

Joel

Feb 7 2008, 02:01

It's a page link, but it doesn't seem to work very well because it took me back to the front page.

MGS4-SS

Feb 7 2008, 02:14

Quote - (Joel @ Feb 6 2008, 21:01)

It's a page link, but it doesn't seem to work very well because it took me back to the front page.

Isn't that its use? I thought it was.

Pc_Madness

Feb 7 2008, 04:12

Quote - (lylesback2 @ Feb 7 2008, 12:58)

I see this [1] at the bottom of every news article

SHUSH!! Haven't you seen The Net? Your supposed to keep this stuff quiet!

Mike

Feb 7 2008, 04:19

Quote - (Joel @ Feb 7 2008, 02:01)

It's a page link, but it doesn't seem to work very well because it took me back to the front page.

its using the old link style and i guess got missed when the news was updated to the nice url scheme

lylesback2

Feb 7 2008, 04:49

It looks like it uses half and half.. maybe some code was changed, and the link was never fully converted?

Example of link you click to read comments:
neowin.net/news/main/08/02/07/microsoft-requesting-beta-testers-for-games#comments

same page, but this is the link for [1]:
neowin.net/news/main/08/02/07/index.php?act=view&id=45619&page=0

Mike

Feb 7 2008, 04:54

its half and half because the link is relative in the code so the browser just tags the href value onto the end:

CODE

the href attribute isn't even quoted