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FreeRepublic ^ | Today | OneVike

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?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: areyouloggedin; links; vanity; whiner
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To: Deaf Smith

Well, I don’t brag. You would see if I allowed my name to be published, but I prefer to keep my donations between me and who I donate to.

I hate bragarts.

I have donated more than you could imagine


21 posted on 11/26/2020 8:13:26 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: Chode

Chode, the image I posted via the same HTML is visible. So sorry, but it is NOT ME!


22 posted on 11/26/2020 8:15:05 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike
Are you using this HTML format? Any title you want the link to appear in the posting
23 posted on 11/26/2020 8:17:17 PM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: jonrick46

Notice how your link was broken? So was mine. As I said the same HTML code everyone at FR has been using since the inception.


24 posted on 11/26/2020 8:21:48 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

The FR IP number changed during the recent system move.

You may be trying to use relative links that are referring to the old IP number.

Try using absolute links.

https://www.webstix.com/knowledgebase/general/relative-links-vs-absolute-links/

https://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/absolute-vs-relative-pathslinks/


25 posted on 11/26/2020 8:24:21 PM PST by TomGuy ( )
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To: OneVike

I visited your profile and clicked on the button to see your replies here at FreeRepublic.com.

Here is a reply of yours:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3909179/posts?page=41#41

that includes in your comments, a link to a Patriot Post website story:

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/74535-vote-trump-save-america-2020-10-30

I have entered some spaces, so that the following can be displayed but not active HTML, and I removed the quotation marks before and after the URL address:

< a href= https://patriotpost.us/opinion/74535-vote-trump-save-america-2020-10-30 >David Limbaugh Is A Trump Supporter< a >< br / >< br / >

You do not have a closing for the “a href” string. You have an

a

instead of

/a

Otherwise, as I look over 1 page of your replies, I do not see any Character Set issues.


26 posted on 11/26/2020 8:26:12 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: OneVike

And, your profile page looks OK.

So, you have a problem aboard your computer/software.


27 posted on 11/26/2020 8:27:22 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: OneVike

i’m not saying it’s you... and i’m sure it isn’t

please indulge me and post a pic to me

thank you


28 posted on 11/26/2020 8:29:34 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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To: OneVike

I think the other poster’s recommendation to clear your cache has merit. FWIW, links work fine for me on FR.


29 posted on 11/26/2020 8:30:34 PM PST by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: TomGuy

NO, I am using absolute links as in this. For the example I dropped off the first “<” that begins the HTML so you can see the code I used.

a href=”https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%204:6-7&version=NKJV” target=”blank”> Philippians 4:6</a>

Now wI’ll post the link with the “<” added so you will only see the Scripture I linked to


30 posted on 11/26/2020 8:31:50 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike; TomGuy
Notice how the link worked in the comment with the URL, but with the HTML added correctly it does not Philippians 4:6
31 posted on 11/26/2020 8:34:00 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike; Chode
It’s most likely a change in how “Smart Quotes” (both single and double) are handled (and UTF8) since the server migration. I’ve noticed that posting links using my regular computer (where Smart Sh*t is all turned off) still works fine, but on my iPad, which loves using Smart Sh*t, I have to delete the quotes from my link HREF and image SRC strings, or else the links and images don’t work.

So my advice is to either don’t use quotes inside HTML tags, or be very careful to use only the plain-vanilla ASCII apostrophe or plain-vanilla ASCII double-quote. Leave that fancy “Smart Sh*t” for MS-Word.

32 posted on 11/26/2020 8:34:20 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: OneVike
you mean like This?
33 posted on 11/26/2020 8:34:51 PM PST by TomServo
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To: Viking2002

“Unless the NSA hacked into your system.”

More likely minions of Her Thighness or the DNC.


34 posted on 11/26/2020 8:35:41 PM PST by Rembrandt (-a sure sign a Dem is lying - his lips are moving.)
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To: rlmorel

If I clear my cache I then need to add my passwords to sites I cannot remember what they are.

I add my password on sites I want protection, but most I could care less because they are just for information

But I will not start forcing myself to change passwords all over the place.

This is only a problem on FR, no place else


35 posted on 11/26/2020 8:36:40 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

Check Freepmail...


36 posted on 11/26/2020 8:37:50 PM PST by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: Rembrandt

I have wondered, because it was after FB blocked my post I wrote on the book of Hebrews I began having troubles.

When I posted the article hear, it worked, two days later the links were all broken.

I know they cross platform to screw with us, and I have pissed them off enough I guess, but this is just ridiculous.

I actually think that this is just a problem with FR.


37 posted on 11/26/2020 8:38:49 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike; Chode

I have the ANSWER !!!

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38 posted on 11/26/2020 8:39:14 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: mabarker1

LOL, I understand that, Well I do code.

This is why I know it is not me.

I have taught myself how to code, and I am good at it, and I know when something is just not right.


39 posted on 11/26/2020 8:40:56 PM PST by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

Your profile page needs an overhaul. Many links are dead.

The site you use for Muslim hadith no longer exists.
I used to use the same one.
The book and hadith numbers are not in the preferred system. (There are at least 3 systems.)

Which post links are not working? I don’t see any in forum.


40 posted on 11/26/2020 8:41:37 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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