[Resolved] Possible to make an entire Content Template clickable in a Toolset WP Archive?

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[simonM-5]

Hi Support

I'm trying make an entire box clickable, namely the contents of the Content Template, on a WordPress archive.

I have tried wrapping the entire <div> in <a> tags (screenshot), but it gets rendered outside the <a> tags (screenshot)

Also tried wrapping the contents of the <wpv-loop> tag and in <a> tags unsuccessfully (screenshot).

I've seen a few similar posts on forum https://toolset.com/forums/topic/want-to-make-the-view-loop-output-clickable/, https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-hyperlink-an-entire-container-block/

But haven't been able to get it to work. Is it possible without the use of JavaScript?

Thanks and regards
Simon

[Nigel Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/London (GMT+01:00)]

Hi Simon

It is invalid HTML to next links, so it won't work if the section of content you want to wrap in a link includes any links.

Looking at the markup in your screenshot it clearly does, so cannot work.

You could remove the inner links, making them plain text, for example, and just have a single link on the container.

[simonM-5]

HI Nigel

Hmm, I thought it could've been a potential problem too. I removed all the links and replaced them with text, but even after removing them, clearing the WP Rocket Cache and WP Used CSS, it is not working. Looking at the Inspector, the / characters in the URL do not seem to be being passed correctly (screenshot); the / character seems to be being replaced with a Space character...

Kind regards
Simon

[Mateus Getulio Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)]

Hello Simon,

Can you make a slight modification to the code to see if it helps?

Please change

<a href"[wpv-post-url]">

with:

<a href="[wpv-post-url]">

It looks like from your first reply to the last one the '=' sign has been removed.

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[Mateus Getulio Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)]

Hello Simon,

I added a custom class to that anchor:

<a href="[wpv-post-url]" class='nanny-link'>

Then I used the following CSS code to change the font text from green to black:

.nanny-link{
  color: black!important;
}

Please check the screenshots for further reference.

You can customize the color and the css rules in general.

Regarding the hover in the menu, I'm afraid that it is not Toolset-related and it'd fall beyond the scope of our support, I'd recommend getting in touch with the theme support to seek for help regarding such customization.

Thank you for your understanding.
Mateus

[simonM-5]

Hi Mateus

Thanks, that's a big help. Understand regarding the other customisation. Just thought one of you geniuses might know the answer off the top of your heads. 🙂

Thanks and regards
Simon