Re: Problem with Images. . . <viola!>

by Kym Jones <kymj(at)airmail.net>

 Date:  Thu, 09 Sep 1999 12:49:31 -0500
 To:  Michael Channing Wilson <webmaster(at)digicomdesign.com>,
"Captain F.M. O'Lary" <webmaster(at)canopy.net>
 Cc:  hwg-graphics(at)mail.hwg.org, chapman(at)fanfarehouse.com
 References:  terranova
  todo: View Thread, Original


You're not wrong...all the "thingys" should be there. I believe that you
*can* get away with leaving them off "color" tags, but why get into bad
habits that could soon overflow into "thingys" being left off all over the
place :) 

Kym




At 12:32 PM 9/9/99 -0400, Michael Channing Wilson wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Ok I just had a chance to look at this thread and found that the images
>displayed properly for me in NN 4.6. After reading the "Captain's" post
>I must ask why he has said that there are "WAY toooo many " thingys"?
>They _should_ be used here. Someone please correct me if I am wrong on
>this. I always use them and have never had any problems with images
>displaying in any browser. 
>
>How, if in any way, could the use of quotes in this case cause this type
>of problem. I thought I remembered seeing/hearing that it was a required
>part of valid html....
>
>Later,
>
>X
>
>"Captain F.M. O'Lary" wrote:
>> 
>> Well, here it is!
>> 
>> <IMG SRC="grand_i/logo1.gif" WIDTH="434" HEIGHT="97" BORDER="0" ALT="Grand
>> Paints of Oklahoma">
>> 
>> was WAY toooo many " thingys. Yea, her editor is thoroughly poopey - but
>> that's not what's causing it. Take a look at this and it'll suddenly stand
>> out like the proverbial sore thumb:
>> 
>> <IMG SRC="grand_i/logo1.gif" WIDTH=434 HEIGHT=97 BORDER=0 ALT="Grand Paints
>> of Oklahoma">
>> 
>> Them dang trees - if it wasn't for them I could see the forest !!!
>
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