[Dixielandjazz] Garbled links

[D and R Hardie]

Hi Paul and Andy Ling,
That sounds like it will work. Thank you.
Dan Hardie
On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at 08:15  AM, Edgerton, Paul A wrote:

> Tech talk follows.  Delete unless you're vitally interested.
>
> Dan,
>
> The problem is that your file is HTML, but you didn't save it with an
> extension of .htm or .html so a standards-compliant browser like 
> Firefox
> will only display the text (the html markup) but some browsers (like
> Internet Explorer) will try rendering the markup.  So if you want it to
> be a web page, save it as links1.html or something similar.
>
> My guess is that you have what is called a shell account at your ISP.
> They will let you store anything you want but it is up to you to follow
> internet standards.  Some web servers (most of them, actually) require
> you to save files in the proper place and use the proper format, but
> some, like yours, don't care what you put there.  But *you* should 
> care.
> Change the file name to links1.html and the problem will go away.
>
> -- Paul Edgerton
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of D and R
> Hardie
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:26 PM
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Garbled links
>
> Hi All,
>   Can anyone explain why the Links page on my site reads OK in Safari
> and Internet Explorer but comes up on the web as Html text when viewed
> in Firefox and Netscape.  What makes it weird it is composed in 
> Netscape
> and reads OK on the desktop.
>   It's at: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~darnhard/Links1
> Dan Hardie
> http://tinyurl/nqaup
>
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