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Travis
Travis

Reputation: 161

How do I add an href to my .js file?

I need to add a link to a few quotes in a .js file that says "more". The link will redirect the user to the testimonials page where they can read the full testimonial. I'm not sure how to add a link directly in the .js file, because when I add an href it doesn't work. As you can tell, I'm not a Javascript guy, so please pardon my obvious stupidity :)

Here is the code for the quotes:

`({"quotes":
 [
    {
    "quote" : "Quote 1 Here... <a href="/testimonials">more</a>",
    "author" : "Persons Name"
    }
 ]
 })`

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1181

Answers (2)

Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards

Reputation: 2060

If you need to put " inside the JSON data content, then you need to escape it, or use single quotes ', otherwise the double quotes in the middle will close the JSON value.

`({"quotes":
 [
    {
    "quote" : "Quote 1 Here... <a href='/testimonials'>more</a>",
    "author" : "Persons Name"
    }
 ]
 })`

But as stated above, you should do this by editing the object in javascript and reproducing the JSON in the correct format.

Upvotes: 0

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887215

Your question doesn't make any sense. Javascript strings are ordinary strings and are not aware of any formatting details.

You probably want to set the HTML (not text) of a DOM element. Beware of the resulting XSS hole.

Upvotes: 1

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