links not working

[songman]

I'm using an old version of web designer but I think my question would apply to any version. Does anyone know why hyperlinks to other pages in the web I'm working on do not work if they are enclosed inside a box or table cell. Thanks, Steve thesongsender@comcast.net

[Acorn]

Steve, by a box I assume you have grouped text with a box. If so, you need to apply the hyperlink to the group.

By a table cell, is this where you are using the Xara Table widget?
If so, you need to compose the link by hand in the form of <a href="http://www.linktoaplace.com" target ="_blank">This is a Link</a>

Acorn

[restless]

I'm using an old version of web designer but I think my question would apply to any version. Does anyone know why hyperlinks to other pages in the web I'm working on do not work if they are enclosed inside a box or table cell. Thanks, Steve thesongsender@comcast.net

I had that problem recently. turns out, the box was on top of the link, so I was only clicking on the box, not on the link beneath it.

Solution was simple: Select the link and Bring to Front.

I have no idea why I can select the link in Xara, but cannot click on it on the web page.

[Acorn]

Ed, another object's bounding area overlaps the link.
In your Xara application, it doesn't know about this HTML-imposed constraint so you can easily select it.

If I have such problems, I try to bring the link forward.
If that affects the design, I then consider slicing shapes to reduce the bounding area.
If that fails, I cheat and place a near transparent box over the link and let it act as the link.

Acorn