Re: [Phpwiki-talk] New link icons added

[Steve W. <sw...@pa...>]

Oh, I think it's a great addition. I'd like to see an Aqua theme shipped
with Phpwiki, and the INSTALL for OSX is another great thing!

~swain

On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Carsten Klapp wrote:

>
> Hmm yes... links without square brackets, an oversight on my part.
> Actually at first I didn't like them but now I'm using them all the time :
> -] [][][][][][][].
>
> I'll have to figure out what else needs to be patched to get un-bracketed
> links to display icons. I do think that if link icons are enabled then
> Wiki should treat all links consistently, irregardless of the LinkMethod.
>
>
> One reason I use Wiki, besides for storing personal notes, it to prototype
> web pages. In fact most of the html code on my web site was generated by
> PhpWiki.
>
> Link icons do disrupt the flow of text and can be distracting for normal
> Wiki use, but I like them on my web pages. With a few more adjustments to
> the code, link icons could indicate the file type of a link instead of the
> protocol, such as a ZIP or gz file--which is a very useful visual
> indicator and common practice for indicating downloads on (non-wiki) web
> pages.
>
> Carsten
>
> <http://homepage.mac.com/carstenklapp/phpwiki/>
>
> On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 10:55  pm, Steve Wainstead wrote:
>
> >
> > Aha! I was using:
> >
> > http://www.example.com/
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > [http://www.example.com/]
> >
> > and with the latter, I get the graphics. Is this a feature and not a bug?
> > :-)
> >
> > ~swain
>

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