HTML Code Has Missing Quotation Mark

[John R. Baker]

I have included five photo galleries in a FrontPage 2002 website. The photo
galleries were created with Adobe Photoshop 5.5, using the "Automate > Web
Photo Gallery..." feature of Photoshop. The photo galleries were then
inserted into the FrontPage 2002 web source code.

All five photo galleries work flawlessly when viewed on four different
computers, using different hardware, operating systems, and ISPs. However,
there is a problem with the photo galleries when viewed from a particular
notebook computer.

On the problem computer, the HTML code has missing end quotes in the alt=
section of the code line.

As an example, one line of published code is as follows:

<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="100_0287.htm"><IMG
src="../images/previous.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0"
alt="Previous"</A></TD>

and the line does publish correctly, as determined by the correct display of
the page, as well as upon inspection of the code via "View | Source". But
on the problem notebook computer, the page does not display correctly, and
the problem line of code appears like this:

<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="100_0287.htm"><IMG
src="../images/previous.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0"
alt="Previous</A></TD>

Notice the missing end quote after the word 'Previous' (10 characters before
the end of the line). On the problem computer, the problem appears three
times on each page--for the PREVIOUS link, the UP link, and the NEXT link.

There are about one hundred pages that are affected, and all of them are
affected the same way. And it only happens on one computer that I have
tested (so far!).

Here is one of the approximately 100 "problem" pages within the 5 photo
galleries:
(Watch for word wrap!)

http://www.communitybaptistchurch.o...game_2/ub_2003_g2b_gallery/pages/100_0287.htm

On the problem computer, I did a "Repair Internet Explorer" from "Add/Remove
Programs" but it did not help.

Here's another clue I discovered: When I use FP2000 on the problem computer
to inspect the HTML code on the published website, the closing quotation
mark is in fact missing. Then when I use that same FP2000 on the problem
computer to add the missing quotation mark on the published web, that page
begins to display correctly.

However, when I use FP2002 to inspect the HTML code on the published
website, the closing quotation mark is there where it should be. It is NOT
missing!

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve my problem? I need to
know if the problem is specific to the one test computer, or if there are
any other computers out there that don't display the page correctly.

Thanks for your help.

- John R. Baker

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The problem is that your code for the link is incomplete:

<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="100_0287.htm"><IMG
src="../images/previous.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0"
alt="Previous"></A></TD>

Your are missing the "> after Previous, Home and Next

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[John R. Baker]

Thomas,

Yes, I now see what is causing the problem.

The code in question was generated by Photoshop 5.5, so I'm confused as to
why Photoshop made that mistake. And also, I'm confused as to why the page
does in fact display correctly on the other four computer systems.

Thank you for your sharp eyes! And thank you for your quick reply.

What remains is for me to find a way to get Photoshop to do it right the
next time around, so I can re-create the photo galleries. I expect to be
doing many more.

- John R. Baker

 

[John R. Baker]

I can't seem to get Photoshop to quit omitting the ">" character.

Here's my next best hope: is there some global search and replace tool that
will act on all files in a particular directory? That would be an
acceptable workaround. If I had to open/edit/save each of the 100+ files
one-by-one, I would be up past my bedtime...

- John R. Baker

 

[John R. Baker]

Problem solved (I think!)

I just used VPN & Remote Desktop (Windows XP Pro) go get to my computer
where I have my "day job". There, I have Photoshop Elements 2.0.

That version also has the Web Photo Gallery feature. It works, and does not
generate the corrupt code.

Thomas, thanks again for your help!

- John R. Baker

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

John,

Glad to hear you have, hopefully, found a long term solution.

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