Posted on 11/26/2020 7:37:04 PM PST by OneVike
I have been posting articles on FR off and on for 22 years, and in that time I have become very good at using HTML to create the type of posts I like. Yet ever since FR changed the carrier of the site, none of my links work on articles I post. I have not changed what I use as HTML code, it's just that what I use does not work on FR any more. And not only links, but much of the HTML on my profile page is all screwed up as well.
Is there a logical reason for this?
I just looked at the page source and it seems the double quotes is a function of FGR. all links have double quotes
Mac users can disable smart quotes system-wide by visiting Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Text, then unchecking “Use smart quotes and dashes.”
Well, it’s late. I’ll try using note pad to create my post and then post it. If it works thats the problem but I doubt it’s the problem. But right now I’ll try anything.
I’ll ping you tomorrow and let you see what I post.
It’s bed time for Bonzo.
Thanks for the suggestions and concerns.
OV
OK, I’ll look into it.
Thanks
Ok, I disabled it. I’ll post something tomorrow as a test and see what happened. I’ll also try using note pad as some have suggested.
Thanks, and I’ll ping you tomorrow and let you see the results with the hopes one of these things helps.
Yet I still doubt either is the problem, but ya never knew know
God bless and thanks for all the help and suggestions.
OV
Here is a list of double-quotes HTML codes. I'm going to include spaces, so the text shows; followed by another row, not including such spaces.
The problem characters should appear to be different. These are all right closing double-quotes, or plain upright double-quotes:
& quot ; "
" "
Those look the same to me.
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& # 34 ; "
" "
Those look the same to me.
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& # 132 ; „
„
Those do NOT look the same to me.
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& # 148 ; ”
”
Those do NOT look the same to me.
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& # 168 ; ¨
¨ ¨
Those look the same to me. (I am not sure what that symbol is.)
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FR sees 132 and 148 as some other, right, double-quotes character, that is not a part of the traditional 1 thru 255 HTML code.
In case there remains any confusion: don’t use curly quote marks, use straight ones in your links.
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& # 8221 ; ”
” ”
Those look the same to me.
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& # 8222 ; „
„ „
Those look the same to me.
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& # 8243 ; ″
″ ″
Those look the same to me.
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And all three of those examples, look the same to me.
That and they can’t figure out which bathroom to use so I’m not too concerned about them figuring how to use a Firearm.
I see that in OpenOffice Writer your HTML tags have typographical quotes (”curly quotes”) where they should be plain quotes. “Intelligent” word processors will trash your HTML, you should use Notepad (or a similar text editor) that is more literal. If this worked in the past, it was a corrective case on our end which seems to have not adapted to recent changes. (Long story short, we went from using Latin1 to UTF-8 character sets, and both Latin1 and UTF-8 have their own idea of what constitutes a curly quote, and they are different!)
I notice they work, but they are not opening a new tab.
Just what do you mean? Links work fine as before if correctly coded.
What I do is to save the document (wrote in Apache or Libre Office) as a web page (html) and then load it in a separate Firefox-type browser, and then select the section I want to copy, then right click in it and choose "View selection source" and copy and paste that. For instance, that is just what i did for the below
true believers are accepted in the Beloved, and positionally seated together with Him in Heaven, and have boldness to enter into the holy of holies, (Eph. 1:6; 2:6; Heb. 10:19; cf. Phil. 3:21) and will go to be with the Lord at death or at His return. . (Lk. 23:43 [cf. 2Cor. 12:4; Rv. 2:7]; Phil 1:23; 2Cor. 5:8 [“we”]; 1Cor. 15:51ff'; 1Thess. 4:17) Note in the latter case all believers were assured that if the Lord returned, which they expected in their lifetime, so would they “ever be with the Lord.” (1Thes. 4:17) though they were still undergoing growth in grace, as was Paul, who expressed he would go to be with the Lord at death, yet was not already perfect. (Phil. 3:10f)
And with the only suffering for believers that is manifestly taught as after this life being that of the judgment seat of Christ, which does not begin at death, but awaits the Lord's return, (1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Timothy. 4:1,8; Revelation 11:18; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Peter 1:7; 5:4) and is the suffering of the loss of rewards (and the Lord's displeasure) due to the manner of material one built the church with, which one is saved despite the loss of such, not because of. (1 Corinthians 3:8ff)
It would fine, unless copying internal links on a page,as in a table of contents. That never worked unless I edited them. Below is a table of contents form this page that I just copied as above:
TABLE OF CONTENTS (click on titles in Web version)
8. John ch. 4; Use of women evangelist allows being a pastor. | |||
20. Abigail | |||
21. 1 Cor. 14:34, 35 22. Commentaries |
Special Characters
To Jim Robinson | 11/15/2020 10:48:59 AM PST sent
Jim: You probably already know this but things like quotation marks are not posting correctly after your move. What posts is the funny TM code.
Satin
Mac user here. My experience of smart quotes is that if I copy <a href=""> into my reply, I can paste the label of the link first and then paste the target URL between the quote marks, and the link will work. If OTOH I paste the target URL between the quote marks first, and then paste the label of the link in its place, the trailing quote mark after the URL gets “smart” - with the result that my link, and sometimes some following text, disappear when I do a preview.When that happens, tho, I can cure it by simply deleting the (trailing) smart quote and hitting the “ key. Then the link shows up in preview, and is functional.
cycle the power
lol
Thanks, After a good rest I am back at it, and will try to incorporate your suggestions to see if things work out as I hope.
I need to do a full post,or more, since the only time I have a problem is when I post an article I wrote, and the preview showed all is OK, but once it is officially posted is when the problem occurs.
So I am working on a short commentary, and I will do so first off in note pad instead of my Word program
I’ll give you a ping when I have it up
OH WOW!
Yes, that would explain the problem.
Thanks John.
I was advised by others to use notepad, So I wil try it. I am currently working on another Commentary and will give you a heads up if I still have a problem.l
Question, if note pad does fix the problem, is there another Word program I could use besides Open Office for my MAC that would work with the new system?
I dislike note pad since it is limited in its functions, but I also want to get back to posting things I write that works.
One more thing, is the new system the reason when I go into editing my profile page that everything is jumbled up in one long paragraph view so it makes it difficult to find things I want to edit?
It used to keep the HTML in a systematic order for us to easily find and change things, now is HTML hell to locate something I need to change.
I realize I have an extensive Profile page, but I was wanting to use it as a blog to post my articles and things on so no one has to leave FR and cut down on the nasty comments some FReepers seem to use when attacking bloggers.
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