- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 19:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Gregor Wolbring <gwolbrin@ucalgary.ca>
- cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Gregor Wolbring wrote: > it's not that simple unfortunately. Every url of an external link like > an newspaper article shows up with a different error message. But even > if I know how to correct it. I tried it with the one who has the '&' if > I change it my browser does not recognize the url anymore. Then you've made a mistake, or perhaps you tested it incorrectly. When writing anything in HTML, "&" needs to be replaced with "&". The browser interprets "&" to mean a literal "&". You're not changing the URL when you replace "&" with "&". You're just writing it according to HTML's syntax rules. If you were typing the URL in your browser's location bar, you wouldn't use "&". > e.g. the Information society, eEurope 2002: accessibility of public web > sites and their content for disabled people NEW > has the url > http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/oeil/oeil_ViewDNL.ProcedureView?lang=2&procid=5959 [...] > And if I change anything like add amp; ... you can't open the page > anymore This works fine for me: <a href="http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/oeil/oeil_ViewDNL.ProcedureView?lang=2&procid=5959">test</a> An HTML browser knows that the link is to <http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/oeil/oeil_ViewDNL.ProcedureView?lang=2&procid=5959>. -- Liam Quinn
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