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Name: Ray
Date: March 1, 2003 at 06:20:59 Pacific
OS: Win98S
CPU/Ram: P2/384mb
Comment:

I've seen a number of posts with links in them, but have been unable to do so myself. Pasting a URL results in just a normal typed address. No highlight or underline. Anyone got a hint?
Ray



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Response Number 1
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: March 1, 2003 at 06:31:04 Pacific
Reply:

Begin with a less than sign, then type A HREF="http://www.whatever.com", then a greater than sign. Type the text you want for the link Then between less than and greater than signs, type /A.
If this is still unclear, go here.


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Response Number 2
Name: Ray
Date: March 1, 2003 at 06:54:43 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks Sci-Guy. The mutiple number of ways to accomplish any given operation with a PC never cease to amaze me.
Ray


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Response Number 3
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 07:50:47 Pacific
Reply:

The place where many folks here learned was at Robert Bale's "How to post links on forums" page.

Bryan


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Response Number 4
Name: The Count
Date: March 1, 2003 at 08:50:00 Pacific
Reply:

In short:

<a href="http://www.your.url">Your url</a>

Greetz from The Netherlands,
The Count


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Response Number 5
Name: johnoh
Date: March 1, 2003 at 09:20:41 Pacific
Reply:

This is a test

test


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Response Number 6
Name: The Count
Date: March 1, 2003 at 09:45:21 Pacific
Reply:

LOL

That's a real nice url, johnoh!

didn'tclickonitbutsawitinthestatusbar. ;-)

Greetz,
The Count


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Response Number 7
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 14:35:59 Pacific
Reply:

The Count, How did you get the code to show on the page in your post #4?

Bryan


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Response Number 8
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown
Date: March 1, 2003 at 15:03:34 Pacific
Reply:

Your url

By using Special html characters.

Also.. you can get a utility from here if you want to include code in this forum.


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Response Number 9
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown
Date: March 1, 2003 at 15:11:46 Pacific
Reply:

<a href="http://www.whatever.com">whatever.com</a>


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Response Number 10
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: March 1, 2003 at 15:39:31 Pacific
Reply:

<A HREF="http://www.chemistryandscience.ontheweb.com">Here</A> is a link.


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Response Number 11
Name: The Count
Date: March 1, 2003 at 15:51:24 Pacific
Reply:

Trial and error!

Snooping around behind the scene's on a couple of website's that instruct on HTML-editting. For example: Basic HTML: Primer #4
Creating Links to Other Pages by Joe Burns, Ph.D.
(http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/primer_4.html)

And with the HTML-codes from Ascii Table - ASCII character codes and html, octal, hex and decimal charts.
(http://www.asciitable.com)

If you look at the source of the first link, and search for "Now an example:" the next line is <center> and then <B> after that, that's where it starts and ends just before ;<Font
To display the proper character you need the second link (button HTML Codes).

HTH

Greetz,
The Count


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Response Number 12
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 20:15:56 Pacific
Reply:

Google

Ok, I created a text file that contained the hypertext above.

Now I am on the 'confirm post page and...
Google

My test?
Bryan


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Response Number 13
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 20:28:18 Pacific
Reply:

...Failed.

I re-read the instructions for using coder.exe from:
http://www.computing.net/programming/wwwboard/code.html
"Just type
what you want in Windows Notepad, create the textfile from running the
program, then cut 'n paste in the "confirm post"
edit box. Not the first one."

What I did:
First I tryed by typing in the hyperlink with the tags into Notepad. I clicked on code.exe, I saw a flash of a DOS window and nothing more.

Then I saved the text file to my desktop, opened the file and clicked on coder.exe. Saw the quick flash of the DOS window again and nothing more.
I copied the text from the file and pasted into the second (confirm post) window and...

What's my problem?

I have, in the past, tryed using the greater than and less than special characters from http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/ without success.
;
and again now above.

Test two?
Bryan


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Response Number 14
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 20:42:33 Pacific
Reply:

I tried using the special character with a space between the ; and the next character and without a space. No go.
tried apersand with lt followed by semi-colon.

Sorry for using this as a test page but it is this forum that I would like to be able to use it.

I will try one other:
‹a href="http://www.google.com"›Google.com‹/a›

Otherwise; can I get some more help here?

Thanks,
Bryan

P.S. I am presently on the 'Confirm Post' page and above where I am typing the less than and greater than symbols are showing but below in the preview pane they are showing as curly brackets. I used apersand lsaquo code etc.

;
Just used lt and gt again with no spaces.


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Response Number 15
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 20:48:28 Pacific
Reply:

Ok, the last one that I could find is the numeric code of 60 and 62.
&60;a href="http://www.google.com"&62;Google.com&60;/a&62;

That's it, really.
Bryan


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Response Number 16
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 20:52:14 Pacific
Reply:

It might help if I did not leave out the # symbol.

;

It didn't matter. The above ; is all I got.
Bryan


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Response Number 17
Name: Bryco
Date: March 1, 2003 at 21:12:31 Pacific
Reply:

Each of the above work just fine at FuzzyPad test site

Bryan


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Response Number 18
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown
Date: March 1, 2003 at 22:51:31 Pacific
Reply:

The instructions for coder.exe dont exist..:) Trial and error and this is what i have...

Download coder.exe to a folder.

Create a new txt document.

Type in the code you want displayed in the forum, save the txt file.

Open a command prompt.

cd your way to coder.exe. Example: I created a folder called "code" in C:\. So i typed in cd c:\code. Im presented with a new command prompt. [c:\code}]

Type in coder.exe yourtextfile.txt and click enter. Be sure to skip a space.

A new txt doc will be generated named "tagfile.txt". Select all/copy.

Paste it into the reply box here at computing.net and hit submit follow up.

On the confirm page. Delete all the text and paste it again. The forum converts it at the confirm page and if you dont paste it again your code doesnt show.

Click confirm and your done.


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Response Number 19
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 03:28:13 Pacific
Reply:

‹a href="http://computing.net"‹font color="000099"›


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Response Number 20
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 03:30:37 Pacific
Reply:

Well it looks as if you are not alone Bryan. I get the same thing. Looks fine after clicking Submit Follow Up in the first white box. However in the Preview Message, yellow box, it shows the curlies.

Mesich


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Response Number 21
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 03:52:43 Pacific
Reply:

Bryan, Mesich and others

I've put spaces between the HTML-code, so then you have the proper line.
Don't forget to remove the spaces between HTML-codes, marked red.

& l t ; & # 9 7 href="http://www.your.url">Your url& l t/a>

N.B. This "l" is a lowercase "L".

HTH

Greetz,
The Count


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Response Number 22
Name: Bryco
Date: March 2, 2003 at 07:48:36 Pacific
Reply:

;

I still don't succeed.
Should I have spaces within the line or no?
I tried both ways?

I got coder.exe working with the instructions:
Google

Thank you for that.

Did you ever have one of those weeks where you start out knowing what you know and then by then end of the week you get to thinking that you must be a moron? Well, I do not think that I am a moron but these self tests are not helping. LOL

Bryan


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Response Number 23
Name: Bryco
Date: March 2, 2003 at 07:51:28 Pacific
Reply:

Oh well, I'm a moron. Coder failed too. Damn

Sorry that I am leaving to go skiing and will check back Monday night.

Thank you all and "I'll be back".

Bryan


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Response Number 24
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 08:28:15 Pacific
Reply:

Bryan,

You're certainly No moron.
Personally I'm very happy to see that you're around regularly, sharing your valuable knowledge.

The code in my previous post is correct, as long as you remove the space between the red marked characters.
In other words, from & till 7 is one "word" then a space and then href, and the whole thing ends with url& till /a> being one "word"

& l t ; & # 9 7 href="http://www.your.url">Your url& l t/a>
The above code without the spaces in the HTML-code.
<a href="http://www.your.url">Your url<a>

Be sure to paste it in the text-box on the Confirm page, otherwise as ShutMeUpOrDown (SMUOD) already explained when you hit the Submit Follow Up button, the code is translated and looks good in the preview but won't show in the actual post.

Hope this is more clear. :-)

Come back well!

The Count


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Response Number 25
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 08:36:19 Pacific
Reply:

Sorry, missed a forward slash in the resulting example code (not in the one with the red characters).

& l t ; & # 9 7 href="http://www.your.url">Your url& l t/a>
The above code without the spaces in the HTML-code.
<a href="http://www.your.url">Your url</a>

The Count


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Response Number 26
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:07:03 Pacific
Reply:

Computing.net


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Response Number 27
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:08:13 Pacific
Reply:

Your url


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Response Number 28
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:13:04 Pacific
Reply:

Don't feel bad Bryan, I am obviously having problems grasping this too. :(

Built a computer this morning, installed a dual boot with Win98SE/WinXP and networked it to a Win2000 Server.

Now I can't seem to grasp the good instructions provided to perform what should be a simple html code!

It all looked correct this time when previewing the post. Showed the > symbols in the preview yet it created the link.

Thanks again Count.

Mesich


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Response Number 29
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:14:37 Pacific
Reply:

P.S.

I like Bryan am not using this thread as an html tester but it appears to work using a test bed and now when reviewing the post.
Just not after submitting the Follow Up.

Mesich


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Response Number 30
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:28:38 Pacific
Reply:

Have I just gone brain dead or what?


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Response Number 31
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:31:17 Pacific
Reply:

The above response should have shown a less than and a greater than sign.

Check out the screenshots in the link below for what I typed and how it previewed.

Brain Dead

Thanks again,
Mesich


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Response Number 32
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:42:44 Pacific
Reply:

Hang in there...

I'll make the screenshots, the way I get it done, in a minute or so.

The Count


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Response Number 33
Name: mesich
Date: March 2, 2003 at 09:46:37 Pacific
Reply:

Might want to hurry as I am beating my bloody head into the wall and will soon be brain dead if I am not so already. :)

Actually take your time. You help is very much appreciated.

Mesich


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Response Number 34
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 10:26:10 Pacific
Reply:

You've got mail! :-)

Please check and see if it helps, before I put it online.

The Count


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Response Number 35
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown
Date: March 2, 2003 at 12:32:19 Pacific
Reply:

When you put the "code" into the reply box and hit submit.. Everything looks fine on the preview [confirm] page. The forum software translates it.

The problem is that when you click to confirm.. it gets translated a second time.

The key is to delete the fine looking code from the preview page and enter the code again. That way it only gets translated once and your code shows up in the forum.

Using coder i just type my response into notepad. 
I use normal html as if i wanted to include a 
link in the forum. It should show up below.
whatever.com


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Response Number 36
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown
Date: March 2, 2003 at 12:33:44 Pacific
Reply:

Forgot to enter the code again :)

Using coder i just type my response into notepad. 
I use normal html as if i wanted to include a 
link in the forum. It should show up below.
<a href="http://www.whatever.com">whatever.com</a>


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Response Number 37
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: March 2, 2003 at 16:13:14 Pacific
Reply:

Smuod,

It looks like everyone is forgetting to re-enter the code at the confirm page, just as you said. I don't think I could explain it any clearer than you already have, so we'll just have to wait till the penny drops for everyone.


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Response Number 38
Name: The Count
Date: March 2, 2003 at 16:41:35 Pacific
Reply:

I guess Mesich must have stepped away momentarily, here is the pdf-document with the screenshots I mailed.

How to Enter Links with HTML-Code.pdf

I hope this clears the question marks above ones head. :)

The Count


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Response Number 39
Name: sekirt
Date: March 2, 2003 at 22:59:46 Pacific
Reply:


< a href="http://www.google.com">google </a>


Ok, I am a sucker for these kinds of things...let's see if it works.


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Response Number 40
Name: sekirt
Date: March 2, 2003 at 23:01:43 Pacific
Reply:

Thank you Count - excellent

sekirt


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Response Number 41
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 01:24:02 Pacific
Reply:


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Response Number 42
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 01:28:53 Pacific
Reply:

<a href="http://www.onemoretime.com>One More Time</a>


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Response Number 43
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 01:37:11 Pacific
Reply:

Thank you SMUOD and Count,

I was not catching on to the part where it was getting translated twice.

Didn't get back sooner as I was having a "brain dead" day. After posting #33 the little lady came in and said "are your ready". Appears I forgot about a couple of prior engagements.

Thanks again,

Mesich


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Response Number 44
Name: sekirt
Date: March 3, 2003 at 04:43:23 Pacific
Reply:

Didn't mean to forget you SMUOD.
Actually did download the coder program and it works as you explained. Thank you also.

sekirt


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Response Number 45
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:35:36 Pacific
Reply:

With Coder:
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>


Input direct:
;

(After reading the the additional post and the .pdf once)

Bryan


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Response Number 46
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:45:17 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Bryan,

It's "brain dead" here, what I did after reading SMUODss post and Counts was submitted the Follow UP.
Cleared everything from the White text box.
Retyped the & l t ; & # 97 href="whatever">

I will now hit Follow Up and type in everything between the & and > in the white box on the next page. Hope it works again. :)

<a href="http://www.heregoes.com"></a>

Mesich


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Response Number 47
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:47:55 Pacific
Reply:

<a href="http://www.google.com">Google.com</a>

Coder is now working as instructed. I did notice that it is losing the .com after Google in the 'your.url' portion. I can live with that.

I am thinking I have some kind of mental block with the spacing.
There is no 'a' in 'a href' but there is the #97 followed by an actual space. The #97 is a space according to the webmonkey site.
I also noticed that The Count is dropping the semi-colons after a couple of them. Is the ; only used when stringing it with another such as the first one of lt and #97? lt has it and 97 does not.
Similarly the ending lt does not have it either.

Bryan


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Response Number 48
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:52:38 Pacific
Reply:

<
#97


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Response Number 49
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:54:49 Pacific
Reply:

&+l+t=
#97=a

Here it is without the #97 and substituting an "a"



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Response Number 50
Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 16:56:33 Pacific
Reply:

That didn't work! :)

Might want to wait on SMUOD or The Count Bryan! :)

Hope the ski trip was good.

Mesich


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Response Number 51
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 17:00:40 Pacific
Reply:

In response #47 above I did use the instructions by The Count. It is working completely although I do not comprehend the missing letter a in 'a href' as I now suspect that the #97 is actually an 'a' versus a blank space.

I am not a moron (glad to know, thanks) I can follow instructions and get results in doing so.

I will try it one more way and if it don't then simply ignore it. (Working on a theory)

Thank you everyone for staying with me and thank you Mesich for pretending to be dense too. (lol)

Bryan


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Response Number 52
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 17:08:48 Pacific
Reply:

Mesich, Yes the skiing was good. My wife and I are teaching our six year old daughter how to ski so we spent the entire day on a beginners slope. It was about zero degrees F so we had the whole slope to ourselves.
I am now having trouble walking up stairs.

My legs will come back in the next couple of days. The way they feel now I am glad we didn't get to the top of the mountain.

(Theory failed, modified theory above this line)

Bryan


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Response Number 53
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 17:14:06 Pacific
Reply:

I think it odd that none of the line showed up.

Below is the modified theory assuming that the #97 is special character code for the letter 'a'.

Google.com</a>

Bryan


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Response Number 54
Name: Bryco
Date: March 3, 2003 at 17:17:23 Pacific
Reply:

This is it.
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google.com</a>
I am betting this one works. If it don't I'll stick with coder.exe from now on.

Bryan


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Response Number 55
Name: The Count
Date: March 4, 2003 at 17:29:07 Pacific
Reply:

Bryan, Mesich and last but not least sekirt

Sorry that I didn't catch up with you sooner, went out to celebrate carnival yesterday.

I'm glad to see you got the hang of it now.

Bryan thought the 'a' was missing in 'a href', well it wasn't I'll show you. Hope it clearify's it.

&lt or &#60 = <
&#97 = a
&nbsp or &#160 = nonbreaking space
&#104 = h
&#114 = r
&#101 = e
&#102 = f
etc.

Source for the "special" characters:
www.asciitable.com, on the "tab" HTML-Codes.
Webmonkey - Special html characters

So
&lt;&#97;&nbsp;&#104;&#114;
&#101;&#102;&#61;&quot;
&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#58;
&frasl;&frasl;&#119;&#119;&#119;
&#46;&#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;
&#46;&#117;&#114;&#108;&quot;&gt;
&#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#46;
&#117;&#114;&#108;&lt;&frasl;&#97;&gt

or
&lt;&#97;&#160;&#104;&#114;
&#101;&#102;&#61;&#34;
&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#58;
&#47;&#47;&#119;&#119;&#119;
&#46;&#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;
&#46;&#117;&#114;&#108;&#34;&#62;
&#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#46;
&#117;&#114;&#108;&lt;&#47;&#97;&#62

gives <a href="http://www.your.url">your.url</a> as output (the harder way)

N.B. For some weird reason &#60 doesn't seeme to function correct, or is not interpreted correct.

&lt;&#97 href="http://www.your.url">your.url&lt/a>

also gives <a href="http://www.your.url">your.url</a> as output (the easier way)

As you can see I've learned how to put in the HTML-code without spaces, I think that makes it much more understandable. :-)

Greetz,
The Count

P.S.: Hope it goes OK when hitting the Confirm Post, as I'm in the Confirm Page right now.
Just paste in the whole text and added this P.S.


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Response Number 56
Name: Bryco
Date: March 5, 2003 at 03:11:29 Pacific
Reply:

The Count,

Originally I did not realize or overlooked the fact that the input had to be performed on the Confirm Post page.

Then my confusion was based around the usage of the semi-colon. I now realize that it is only used to string code together.

One more thing is the Webmonkey site displays #97 as a nbsp rather than the letter 'a'. The other link you posted shows correctly as the letter 'a'. Cool << in code.

Thanks to you and the others it is all clear to me now.

I hope Mesich has got the swing of it too.

Thanks again to all,
Bryan


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Response Number 57
Name: mesich
Date: March 5, 2003 at 04:01:54 Pacific
Reply:

I think I got it Bryan.

As you I did not realize or overlooked it must be accomplished on the confirm page.

Hope you got your legs back. :)

Thanks everyone,
Mesich


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Response Number 58
Name: The Count
Date: March 5, 2003 at 12:35:37 Pacific
Reply:

Bryan,

Now you've got me confused! :-)

Just went back to the Webmonkey site and this is what I saw in these color settings;
&#97;-
&#122;                    lowercase letters a-z
and a few line lower;
&nbsp;    &#160;     nonbreaking space

The above doesn't really matter.
What matters is, and Mesich I hope you don't mind that I bourogh your excellent choosen words,

"You are very welcome. You have helped out many here and I am very glad I could do the same for yourself."

It goes without saying that this also applies to yourself, Mesich.

With regards,
The Count


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Response Number 59
Name: Bryco
Date: March 5, 2003 at 19:48:32 Pacific
Reply:

With my warmest sincerety; Thank you all.

Bryan


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Response Number 60
Name: mesich
Date: March 5, 2003 at 23:14:08 Pacific
Reply:

I shall now borrow Bryan's words.

With my warmest sincerety; Thank you all.

Mesich


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