Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
I just got this error message when trying to post in Bitches:
March 25, 2003, 3:03 pm Deena[545]: ERROR [2] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) line 72 of file /home/buffist/public_html/classes/giles.php
March 25, 2003, 3:03 pm Deena[545]: ERROR [2] MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) line 72 of file /home/buffist/public_html/classes/giles.php
Auto-link editing apparently can't handle embedded spaces and quotation marks.
I don't understand Betsy. What can't you do?
What can't you do?
If you look at the link in Deborah's post, it ends with /Marta's_Journal.html, but if you mouseover and look at the page it actually links to, it ends in /Marta. The code that automatically converts a URL into a link cuts it off at the apostrophe.
IIRC, at some point this was discussed and it was considered that URLs didn't have apostrophes in them. Back in this thread quite some way. Would that be what's causing this problem?
Thanks Hil. Since when are apostrophes allowed in URLs? I'm going to be a snob and say that our code is fine; the URL should change. I dislike spaces in URLs too. Those %20's drive me nuts.
I've certainly never seen a URL with an apostrophe in it before, but I'm too zonked to go check the standard.
Thanks for the research Betsy. I still don't like 'em because they're going to cause trouble in places. Not just here. Why take the chance?
Because they are legal in URLs, which means that people will post URLs containing them. We don't control the content or format of URLs.
We don't control the content or format of URLs.
Yeah, I get that. I just meant that folks creating URLs shouldn't use them. I agree that we should try to make them work here if possible.