Re: HTML Syntax Question
Helen Burnett <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:15:02 +1200
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--===============0411355666== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d77df6d5879404a507892b --0016e6d77df6d5879404a507892b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/web/publish/references/index.html <http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/web/publish/references/index.html>This link might help. My recommendation is to always use relative links, it makes moving the website MUCH easier, ie, going from a locally hosted site to a WWW site On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Perry Spiller <[email protected]> wrote: > > How does one turn a windoze path into a valid path for a relative image > source? > Start with this: > > <img src="G:\PerryE\Images\Perry\Harvard Five F Schol Pic.jpg" width="75%" > alt="Flying School Five" /> > > Are the windoze back slashes 'poison' to a relative source attribute? > > From a web search, it seems so. But altering them to a forward slash > didn't help. > > <img src="G:/PerryE/Images/Perry/Harvard Five F Schol Pic.jpg" width="75%" > alt="Flying School Five" /> > > Are spaces in filenames valid? > > If not, should they be filled with an under-line character? > > Concatenated? > > What of drive letters? > > If I move the image to they same root/directory and rename it so this is > the path: C:/HarvardPic.jpg > > . . . it works as desired, but ONLY if I remove the drive letter and > slash: > > <img src="HarvardPic.jpg" width="75%" alt="Flying School Five" /> > > As I'm presently in teach-yourself-html mode, I appreciate that this is to > some extent > academic, as my image references are relative and once actually on the www, > they'll > be absolute. > > Nonetheless, it would be nice to understand the syntax for locally > referenced images > when using the > file://localhost/C:/mywebpage.html > . . . type of URL for an image located in a different drive and/or folder. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Looking for a place to host your web site idea? > > Look no further than this > <http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=pspiller> > company<http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=pspiller>. > I use them for > my web sites. Here's Catherine's web site<http://spillerfamily.info/catherine/> > . > > How did I get an Internet address/domain name? > I bought it from this company<http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/6A582EB13A2306404D585DB35510593C85C7835A6FC0B0C416D8529F7887A2AEBBDCFDC9F7FC53C637168F1E6931E930/>for $NZ27 for 3 years. > > Cheap? You betcha! You can do it, too. Click on > either of the links to check for yourself. > > _______________________________________________ > HBLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug > > --0016e6d77df6d5879404a507892b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <a href=3D"http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/web/publish/references/index.ht= ml">http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/web/publish/references/index.html</a><= div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/web/publish/= references/index.html"></a>This link might help.</div> <div><br></div><div>My recommendation is to always use relative links, it m= akes moving the website MUCH easier, ie, going from a locally hosted site t= o a WWW site<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:52 = PM, Perry Spiller <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= .nz">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br> <div>How does one turn a windoze path into a valid path for a relative image source?</div> <div>Start with this:</div> <br> <div><img src=3D"G:\PerryE\Images\Perry\Harvard Five F Schol Pic.jpg" width=3D"75%" alt=3D"Flying School Five" /></div> <br> <div>Are the windoze back slashes 'poison' to a relative source attribute?</div> <br> <div> From a web search, it seems so. But altering them to a forward slash didn't help.</div> <br> <div><img src=3D"G:/PerryE/Images/Perry/Harvard Five F Schol Pic.jpg" width=3D"75%" alt=3D"Flying School Five" /></div> <br> <div>Are spaces in filenames valid?</div> <br> <div>If not, should they be filled with an under-line character?</div> <br> <div>Concatenated?</div> <br> <div>What of drive letters?</div> <br> <div>If I move the image to they same root/directory and rename it so this is the path: C:/HarvardPic.jpg</div> <br> <div>. . . it works as desired,=A0 but ONLY if I remove the drive letter and slash:</div> <br> <div><img src=3D"HarvardPic.jpg" width=3D"75%" alt=3D"Flying School Five" /></div> <br> <div>As I'm presently in teach-yourself-html mode, I appreciate that th= is is to some extent</div> <div>academic, as my image references are relative and once actually on the www, they'll</div> <div>be absolute.</div> <br> <div>Nonetheless, it would be nice to understand the syntax for locally referenced images</div> <div>when using the</div> <div><a> file://localhost/C:/mywebpage.html</a></div> <div>. . . type of URL for an image located in a different drive and/or folder. </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div> <hr> <font size=3D"1">Looking for a place to host your web site idea?<br><br> Look no further than <a href=3D"http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickth= ru.cgi?id=3Dpspiller" target=3D"_blank"> this </a> <a href=3D"http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickth= ru.cgi?id=3Dpspiller" target=3D"_blank"> company</a>. I use them for<br> my web sites. <a href=3D"http://spillerfamily.info/catherine/" target=3D"_b= lank">Here's Catherine's web site</a>.<br><br> How did I get an Internet address/domain name?<br> I bought it from <a href=3D"http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/6A582EB13A2306404D585DB355= 10593C85C7835A6FC0B0C416D8529F7887A2AEBBDCFDC9F7FC53C637168F1E6931E930/" ta= rget=3D"_blank"> this company</a> for $NZ27 for 3 years.<br><br> Cheap? You betcha! You can do it, too. Click on<br> either of the links to check for yourself.</font><font size=3D"3"> </font></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> HBLUG mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug" target= =3D"_blank">http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div> --0016e6d77df6d5879404a507892b-- --===============0411355666== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ HBLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hblug --===============0411355666==--