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| 134677 | 2003-04-09 13:59:00 | I have stored some photos at MSN Photos ( photos.msn.com ) and the URL for this is quite long and includes 3 exclamation points. I have tried to put a link to this site on our family website, but have run into a problem. When I create a html document that includes a link to my photos, Netscape replaces the "!" with "%21", so the links do not work. If I save the document as a text file, there is no problem, but Netscape seems to object to me using the ! character for some reason in a html document. I can edit the html document ( with notepad ), replacing the %21 with !, but as soon as I save it, the "!" characters all revert to "%21" What is going on ? Please help ! |
Mikey123 (3534) | ||
| 134678 | 2003-04-09 15:18:00 | what version of netscape are you using? try mozilla or phoenix instead. are you saving your edited html with notepad? notepad should not automatically adjust the code, which is why it is perfect for web coding. click file > save as... and then click the down arrow by the filetype field, and select "files of all types" or whatever it may say, and make sure your extension in the save as field is .html and finally choose where you want to save the file and click save... as i say, notepad should NOT mess with the code at all. never. also go to http://www.w3schools.com/ and check there, they might be able to shed some light on it... |
whetu (237) | ||
| 134679 | 2003-04-09 20:55:00 | ! is not a valid url character - if its part of the file name rename it it - It would seem unlikely that msn used it. can you prrovide the offending url? |
dagon (1357) | ||
| 134680 | 2003-04-10 22:32:00 | Thanks for your help guys. Have got it "sussed" Turns out there is a wee box in Netscape Navigator that says : "Allow Windows to use Netscape to open the following file types :" GIF JPG HTML etc. The box next to html was checked - when I unchecked this, edited the document again ( with notepad ), saved etc. - problem fixed ! It seems it is just Netscape that does not like Exclamation Points ... Thanks again guys .. |
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