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Re: [OT] HMTL help



Adrian, Rodney,

I think I have got to the bottom of this, but I don't understand exactly
why...

The very first line of my file had the tag "<html>" (no
quotes) and
wasn't closed anywhere.

* If I create new file from scratch without this line then everything
works perfectly.
* If I delete this tag from an existing file, the target image fails to
load.
* If I copy the *file* and rename it, the image load doesn't work.
* If I open the suspect file and copy the *contents* to another
Notepad file (without the <html> tag then all is good :-)

Somehow the PC is remembering that a certain file contained a certain
tag and this stays even if I duplicate the file and rename it.

It's all very odd, and very confusing, but at least I have now got to
the bottom of it.

Thanks again for all your help !!

Tim.

On 6/26/06, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I didn't have much chance to look at this yesterday, other than to
> find that your test page opens perfectly on my troublesome PC at home.
> I still couldn't get my page to work, however. Maybe I shouls upload
> it instead of running it locally?
>
> I also wonder if it's a problem specific to the OS as the PC I have
> trouble with runs MCE 2005. Both my work PC (XP Pro) and laptop (XP
> Home) seem to manage it without difficulty.
>
> Some more digging to do I think.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
> On 6/24/06, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Rodney,
> >
> > Many thanks for taking the time to put up that page. It works for
me here :-)
> > Later last night I tried creating the same links using a Picassa
logo
> > and I had thought that it still didn't work, however it was late
and I
> > had tried so many different things that I can't be sure that I
did it
> > correctly now...
> >
> > I'm currently at work, where my original page works faultlessly,
so I
> > can't really test any further. I will have another go at home
though;
> > both renaming my existing images and trying some new ones that
weren't
> > created by me.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > On 6/24/06, Rodney Hall <rmh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Tim Hawes wrote:
> > > > Thaks Rodney,
> > > >
> > > > A quick update. If I write this:
> > > > <A HREF="big/pic1.htm"
target="_blank"><IMG SRC="p5280001.jpg"
> > > > ALT="image1"
STYLE="BORDER-STYLE:NONE"></A>
> > > >
> > > > i.e. call another page containing just the IMG SRC
line, instead of
> > > > the calling the jpg file directly with HREF then it
works just fine
> > > > (although the image is bigger than the browser window)
> > > >
> > > > So I seem to have a problem with the <A
HREF="big/p5280001.jpg">...
> > > > part of my original code, although, as you said, it's
pretty much the
> > > > same as some on your site (I just checked :-)  )
> > > >
> > > > It's somewhat reassuring to know it doesn't appear as
if I've made a
> > > > Noddy mistake, but still frustrating that it's not
working.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks though :-)
> > > >
> > > > Tim.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hello Tim,
> > >
> > > I have just generated code on http://rmhh.co.uk/test.html for
opening a jpg
> > > direct from thumbnail (2 Queens) and it works fine.
> > >
> > > <a href="/ships/2 Queens.jpg"><img
src="/ships/thumbnails/2 Queens_jpg.jpg"
> > > width="100" height="63"
border="0"></a>
> > >
> > > It looks as thought the numbering of your jpg name may be
the cause of IE
> > > taking offense!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rodney HALL
> > > Heywood, Lancashire
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > rmh@xxxxxxx
> > > http://rmhh.co.uk/
> > > http://rmhh.org.uk/
> > > ~~~~~



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