Pagination: still Important for SEO?

The next step is to add styles with CSS to ensure your pagination not only looks good but is also user-friendly.  With CSS styling, you determine how the HTML looks and is displayed to the webpage visitor. Here's an example of how you can use CSS to style your pagination:   

CSS

.pagination {

  display: flex;

  list-style-type: none;

  padding: 0;

}

.pagination li {

  margin: 0 5px;

}

.pagination a {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  color: #007bff;

}

.pagination a:hover {

  background-color: #ddd;

  color: black;

}

To make pagination functional, you need to make it dynamic.  This can be done with Javascript and means that when you click on a page, something actually happens for the visitor. Adding Javascript requires certain in-depth knowledge of web development. We recommend having a web developer check your Javascript code before implementing it on the website.  Below is an example of Javascript code to make the pagination work:   

JavaScript

<script>

  document.querySelectorAll('.pagination a').forEach(link => {

    link.addEventListener('click', function(event) {

      event.preventDefault();

      const page = this.textContent;

      loadContent(page);

    });

  });

  function loadContent(page) {

    const content = document.getElementById('content');

    // Here you would load the content of the relevant page, for example via AJAX

    content.innerHTML = `Content for page ${page}`;

  }

</script>