: Hidden "< prev" and "next >" pagination links on first and last page respectively I'm using the Yii Framework, with Bootstrap 3, and have noticed the default pagination behavior on the first
I'm using the Yii Framework, with Bootstrap 3, and have noticed the default pagination behavior on the first and last pages is a little strange.
On page 2 of 3 the links look like:
< Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next >
On the first page (page 1) the < Prev link is hidden (not disabled or removed), but is capped to point at the first page (page 1) again.
On the last page (page 3) the Next > link is hidden, but is capped to point at the last page (page 3).
The current page link also has the CSS cursor:default but does allow clicks.
To help the crawlers I have added rel="next/prev" to the relevant links.
I am tempted to remove the next and previous link entirely on the first and last page, respectively, and to disable the current page link (or even change it to a span). Would this be advisable? I would have thought this would make more sense to a crawler.
Is there a reason for the framework to include these hidden capped links on the page? It seems to have been deliberately coded in.
UPDATE
OK, so I just read up on it a bit more.
I thought the rel="next/prev" was supposed to be added to the link (<a>) tags in the body, not as it clearly states to additional link (<link>) tags in the head.. which was particularly foolish of me.
This was the main source of my concern, but I guess the question is still valid, so I will let it stand!
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The best practice is to omit the previous link (on the first page) and the next link (on the last page), because
user agents without CSS support will display them, which might confuse users
having them is pointless
The link to the current page would ideally be omitted, too, because
user agents without CSS support will display it in the same way like the other links, so users might not be able to tell on which page they currently are
having it is pointless
Having or not having these links should have no effect on SEO, though.
I can’t imagine any reason why having these hidden links would be a good idea. My guess (without checking their code) is that they kept them because it was easier to implement it like that.
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