As an FYI, while I personally prefer relative URLs for simplicity and code reuse, full URLs in the HREF attribute provide slightly better SEO due to the replication of the domain name.
On Dec 5, 10:23 am, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a reference URL by the way: > > http://www.hscripts.com/tutorials/javascript/document-object.php > > On Dec 5, 10:21 am, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matthias... > > > Attr('href') will give you whatever is contained in the href property. If > > you want the "http://otherpage.com"; then that needs to be contained in the > > href property. Using the 'domain' property of the document object will give > > you the first part: > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > <!-- > > alert(document.domain); > > //--> > > </script> > > > andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Matthias Coy > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:10 AM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] How to access href-property > > > Hi there, > > > how do I access the "href"-property of an anchor-element? I know there is a > > > $("#idOfAnAnchor").attr("href"); > > > but this only gives me the attribute and not the property. I need the > > property, because inside of this property is the full URL. See example: > > > <a id="idOfAnAnchor1" href="/index.php">Home</a> // on otherpage.com <a > > id="idOfAnAnchor2" href="http://somepage.com/index.php";>Home</a> > > > $("#idOfAnAnchor1").attr("href"); // gives '/index.php', needed is > > 'http://otherpage.com/index.php' > > $("#idOfAnAnchor2").attr("href"); // gives 'http://somepage.com/index.php' > > > I could use: > > > var aLink = document.getElementById("#idOfAnAnchor1"); > > var aHrefProperty = aLink.href; > > > but where is the jQuery fun in this :) ? > > > Regards > > Matthias
