making links in xml

[abione]

Hi can anyone help,
I have created a web photo gallery using flash and xml to load the pictures and all the text on the site are being displayed from the xml but my problem is that I would like to create links hyperlinks within the xml files.

 

[oldnewbie]

CDATA!

http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/XMLbasics6.htm

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[abione]

so would something like this work:

<section>
<sectioncontent>
<![CDATA[this is my website<url>www.hotmail.com</url>]]></sectioncontent>
</section>

 

[oldnewbie]

Most likely...

<![CDATA[this is my <a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com">website</a>[/URL]]]>

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[abione]

thankyou very much for the code but it does not fully work in the sense that you get the little hand that tells you it is a link but it does not send you the chosen destination. also what if it was an email address for example
Code:

<a href="

http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com</a>

http://www.nadineleighton.co.uk

 

[abione]

hi Can anyone help

this small piece of code in my xml file is not working the way i want it to. it creates a link but the link does not take me to the destination can anyone tell me where i am going wrong

thanks

<![CDATA[this is my <a href="

http://www.google.com">website</a>

]]>

 

[kennethkawamoto]

This XML works for me:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<section>
   <sectioncontent>this is my website <a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.hotmail.com">www.hotmail.com</a></sectioncontent>[/URL]
</section>

Obviously you have to parse it in a ceratin way in Flash.

Anyway you'll need to add "

http://"

otherwise Flash thinks it's a local path.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

Hi I just tried the way you suggested but that does not work either, anyother solutions this is what the actual code looks like:

<section>
<title>links</title>
<sectioncontent><![CDATA[Thank you to the following people for their help and support:
<a href="

http://www.nadineleighton.co.uk">http://www.nadineleighton.co.uk</a>

<a href="

http://www.samanthaalmon.co.uk">http://www.samanthaalmon.co.uk</a>

<a href="

http://www.romabravo.co.uk">http://www.romabravo.co.uk</a>

<a href="

http://www.thetejeffect.com">http://www.thetejeffect.com</a>

]]></sectioncontent>
</section>
the links do not take you to the suggested destination but i do get the little hand when you hover ofer the links.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

> links do not take you to the suggested destination

Where do they take you?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

all that happens is that you get the little hand when you hover over the links indicating it is a link but when you click with your mouse nothing happens, you are still in the same page.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Does it work from the Flash IDE? Are you testing locally? If so it's a local security preventing the HTTP call.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

thank you so much it does actuallu work now I feel so stupid i cant belive it i have been wrecking my brain for nearly a week just trying to sort this thing out thanks again

Could I ask just another thing now that I have the links working what can I use to seperate each link so that they sit on there own line and would i do the same procedure for an email address?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Put <br /> tags in the XML.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

thanks that works and everything looks great. what do you suggest i do about an email address

 

[kennethkawamoto]

<a href="mailto:someone@somewhere.com">email</a>

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

thank again for the help

 

[abione]

Hi can anyone help,
I have cerated links in my xml file but I want to make the links open in a new window
here is my code:
<a href="

http://www.totaldominion.co.uk">www.totaldominion.co.uk</a>

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Adding target="_blank" to the anchor tag may help.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[abione]

I tried what you suggested but i am not sure if I have put it together properly because i cannot seem to get it to work.

<a href="

http://www.totaldominion.co.uk">target="_www.totaldominion.co.uk"</a>

 

[kennethkawamoto]

<a href="

http://www.totaldominion.co.uk"

target="_blank">

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk