tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post9192447502632163136..comments2023-09-28T03:28:17.063-04:00Comments on 3 Ring Binder: Remedial RespondentLynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-63682615647971542212008-07-17T17:22:00.000-04:002008-07-17T17:22:00.000-04:00Aaah! I considered that but thought if it happened...Aaah! I considered that but thought if it happened behind the scenes, when I hit "preview", the changes would magically appear in the original comment box! I should have known better. <BR/><BR/>Regarding "being stupid", <I>I</I> said that but please refer to my quiz and your comments on <A HREF="http://3-ring-binder.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-sensitivity-trumps-sense.html" REL="nofollow">sensitivity</A>.<BR/><BR/>And I <I>do</I> appreciate the help. In this case, it was pointing out my lack of careful editing.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-64217606982339107502008-07-17T16:50:00.000-04:002008-07-17T16:50:00.000-04:00I wasn't saying you were being stupid. I'm just tr...I wasn't saying you were being stupid. I'm just trying to help and poke a little fun at the same.<BR/><BR/>FYI, you taught me something new. You can indeed add a link in a blogger comment without quotes. Blogger conveniently adds them for you behind the scenes. (I checked the code by viewing the page source in the browser)C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-42817854998522016772008-07-17T16:44:00.000-04:002008-07-17T16:44:00.000-04:00Okay - you're right in implying that the system is...Okay - you're right in implying that the system is not "quirky" - I was being stupid; however, I really do not need quotes around the href URL in order for it to post correctly in a response. <BR/><BR/>Let's see if I can do it <A HREF="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3115188410730134929&q=&hl=en" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-87532288829992769152008-07-17T16:03:00.000-04:002008-07-17T16:03:00.000-04:00You may think that's what happened...I'm being a p...You may <I>think</I> that's what happened...<BR/><BR/>I'm being a pest, I know. But my experience is -- and this is why I love working with computers -- that there is <B>always</B> a hard and fast answer to seemingly wacky problems.<BR/><BR/>If you compose your comments in word, they probably use "fancy" quotes instead of the straight plain-text quotes you get in the blogger comment window. I have seen browsers be unable to render those fancy quotes, so who knows? Maybe it choked on those?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and you can actually see the different types of quotes in the example you gave. The tbs.com URL is surrounded by them.<BR/><BR/>I'm just throwing that out there as an example of something that might have caused a glitch. I doubt that was actually the cause. It's tough to really diagnose without reproducing it.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and once you removed the quotes, did the resulting link work once it was posted? Which post was it? I can look at the source code if you give me a link to the post.C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-74723703068831365302008-07-17T15:54:00.000-04:002008-07-17T15:54:00.000-04:00I meant to do that. Just kidding. Apparently, I'm...I meant to do that. <BR/><BR/>Just kidding. Apparently, I'm am a remedial poster now as well! <BR/><BR/>When I wrote this in Word, copied it into blogger, and published, I saw that I had to edit and re-publish it from the "html" because it had actually taken my tags as code and put a hyperlink on the extraneous words (I added the extra spaces to avoid that). <BR/><BR/>When I went back in, I didn't even notice the double URL!<BR/><BR/>But, I know for a fact that once I had to remove the quotation marks in a comment on blogger because it would not accept the tag with them. Ask Stephen! Really! It was his blog!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685065582281848343.post-18168350558048385532008-07-17T15:43:00.000-04:002008-07-17T15:43:00.000-04:00< href="http://www.blogger.com/“http:www.t...<I>< href="http://www.blogger.com/“http:www.tbs.<BR/>com/stories/story/0,,38710,00.html”">some related word or set of words, and then I need to close!!! the code < /a > (all without extra spaces that I needed to add in order to see the code).<BR/><BR/>[Note: <B>In some situations, the quotation marks around the URL are unwarranted</B>. Which situations? Sadly, I don’t know – another problem – but I have experienced it.]</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, the quotes are absolutely necessary in an HREF. One pair of quotes - only one.<BR/><BR/>The proper form of an A tag is <BR/>< a href="http://url.com"> text text< /a ><BR/>If you add an extra set of quotes in the URL (how did you get a URL like that anyway?) then it will break.<BR/><BR/>So if you often end up with doubled URLs like your example, with a blogger.com one followed by the actual URL you want people to click, make sure to get rid of the blogger.com thing, and make sure that there is only one set of quotes around the URL.C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.com