I think I've fixed it now. I built that link on my phone, and it put the curly quotation marks into the link instead of the straight " marks. Apparently that makes all the difference in the HTML.
Incidentally, it's an easy enough problem to diagnose, if not necessarily to fix. If you mouse over the link (in OP, for instance), the URL appears on the status bar at the bottom of the browser--at least with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Also, even the failed connection usually has the complete failed URL (including the original grimbeorn prefix in this case) in the browser's address field.
It's not surprising that the HTML code didn't understand the "smart" quotes; those have different codes from the straight quotes the HTML underlying code is set to interpret. It's similar to the problem I had on another blog, where I tried to use to signify a joke, and the display of that kept getting suppressed because that blog's software was coded to interpret the angle brackets as enclosing an HTML tag, so of course their display was suppressed.
where I tried to use to signify a joke, and the display of that kept getting suppressed because that blog's software was coded to interpret the angle brackets as enclosing an HTML tag
Just like this blog's software does. The above should have displayed tried to use "anglebracket"g"angle bracket" to signify a joke.
Problem with link
ReplyDeleteThe blog software didn't remove the grimbeorn prefix. This is the correct link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/johnny-rotten-defends-donald-trump-slams-left-wing/
Eric Hines
Eric is right. I don’t know why the thing is doing that. I’ve checked the code three times, and it looks right to me.
ReplyDeleteI think I've fixed it now. I built that link on my phone, and it put the curly quotation marks into the link instead of the straight " marks. Apparently that makes all the difference in the HTML.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, it's an easy enough problem to diagnose, if not necessarily to fix. If you mouse over the link (in OP, for instance), the URL appears on the status bar at the bottom of the browser--at least with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Also, even the failed connection usually has the complete failed URL (including the original grimbeorn prefix in this case) in the browser's address field.
ReplyDeleteIt's not surprising that the HTML code didn't understand the "smart" quotes; those have different codes from the straight quotes the HTML underlying code is set to interpret. It's similar to the problem I had on another blog, where I tried to use to signify a joke, and the display of that kept getting suppressed because that blog's software was coded to interpret the angle brackets as enclosing an HTML tag, so of course their display was suppressed.
Eric Hines
where I tried to use to signify a joke, and the display of that kept getting suppressed because that blog's software was coded to interpret the angle brackets as enclosing an HTML tag
ReplyDeleteJust like this blog's software does. The above should have displayed tried to use "anglebracket"g"angle bracket" to signify a joke.
Eric Hines