Image links broken when space in filename

[Ian MacPherson]

I have received a web site that I am about to put some active 4D links into
from a web designer - he was displaying the site perfectly on his web site.

 

I have placed the .htm pages and the images folder in the web folder and
moved the Active 4D shell into my database Active 4D 402, 4D Server 2004.7,
Windows XP, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer

 

I can navigate around the site and it all displays except the images that
have a space in their filename.  If I remove the space from the filename and
adjust the image source accordingly then the image displays correctly.

 

What do I have to do to make the images with spaces in the filename display
correctly?

 

Thanks in advance.

Ian

 

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[aparajita]

> I can navigate around the site and it all displays except the images  
> that
> have a space in their filename.  If I remove the space from the  
> filename and
> adjust the image source accordingly then the image displays correctly.
>
> What do I have to do to make the images with spaces in the filename  
> display
> correctly?

The HTML specification requires that all embedded URLs be URL encoded.  
Spaces in image filenames should be converted to %20.

And I do hope that the designer actually put double quotes around the  
img src attribute...

And finally, I am now recommending that all static content be put in  
the "decoy" web folder so it can be served directly (and cached) by  
4D's web server.

Regards,

    Aparajita
    www.aparajitaworld.com

    "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
    - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org


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[Ian MacPherson]

Aparajita,

Thanks for your reply - I have advised the web designer that he should URLs
should be URL encoded - however unless it is an option in his Namo Webeditor
he probably can't change.

He did put double quotes around the source attribute.

Placing the images folder in the web_decoy folder means the images are
correctly displayed.

Your documentation (see below) suggests that "Use the 4D Web cache" be
unchecked.

Table 4: Web/Advanced Preference Pane
Option Value
Use the 4D Web cache [unchecked]
Inactive Web Process Timeout [as necessary]
Options [unchecked]
Use Passwords [unchecked]

If I have the static files in the web_decoy should I check the "Use the 4D
Web cache" option.

Thanks,
Ian

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> Subject: Re: [Active4d-dev] Image links broken when space in filename
>
> > I can navigate around the site and it all displays except the images
> > that
> > have a space in their filename.  If I remove the space from the
> > filename and
> > adjust the image source accordingly then the image displays correctly.
> >
> > What do I have to do to make the images with spaces in the filename
> > display
> > correctly?
>
> The HTML specification requires that all embedded URLs be URL encoded.
> Spaces in image filenames should be converted to %20.
>
> And I do hope that the designer actually put double quotes around the
> img src attribute...
>
> And finally, I am now recommending that all static content be put in
> the "decoy" web folder so it can be served directly (and cached) by
> 4D's web server.
>
> Regards,
>
>     Aparajita
>     www.aparajitaworld.com
>
>     "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
>     - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org
>
>
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[aparajita]

> Your documentation (see below) suggests that "Use the 4D Web cache" be
> unchecked.

I am now recommending that static content be put in web_decoy (which I  
now call web_static) and that the cache be turned on.

Regards,

    Aparajita
    www.aparajitaworld.com

    "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
    - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org


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[Norbert Pfaff-2]

Hi,

that is interesting, but I have several applications running, mapped  
through the virtualhost.ini in different Folders.
So I have a folder and inside I have a pictures Folder. Now how to do  
this with the web_static?

best wishes
Norbert
Am 12.07.2008 um 22:44 schrieb Aparajita Fishman:

>> Your documentation (see below) suggests that "Use the 4D Web cache"  
>> be
>> unchecked.
>
> I am now recommending that static content be put in web_decoy (which  
> I now call web_static) and that the cache be turned on.
>
> Regards,
>
>   Aparajita
>   www.aparajitaworld.com
>
>   "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
>   - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org
>
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[aparajita]

> that is interesting, but I have several applications running, mapped  
> through the virtualhost.ini in different Folders.
> So I have a folder and inside I have a pictures Folder. Now how to  
> do this with the web_static?

You have to create your own folder structure within web_static and  
then reference the images/css/javascript from there. If your dynamic  
folder structure is like this:

site1
    images
    css
    js
site2
    images
    css
    js
web_static

change it to this:

site1
site2
site3
web_static
    site1
       images
       css
       js
    site2
       images
       css
       js

So your <img> tags would be like this:

<img src="/site1/images/logo.gif" />
<img src="/site2/images/logo.gif" />

and so on.

Regards,

    Aparajita
    www.aparajitaworld.com

    "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
    - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org


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[Norbert Pfaff-2]

Aparajita,

I´ll give it a try

Thank you
Norbert

Am 13.07.2008 um 13:34 schrieb Aparajita Fishman:

>> that is interesting, but I have several applications running,  
>> mapped through the virtualhost.ini in different Folders.
>> So I have a folder and inside I have a pictures Folder. Now how to  
>> do this with the web_static?
>
> You have to create your own folder structure within web_static and  
> then reference the images/css/javascript from there. If your dynamic  
> folder structure is like this:
>
> site1
>   images
>   css
>   js
> site2
>   images
>   css
>   js
> web_static
>
> change it to this:
>
> site1
> site2
> site3
> web_static
>   site1
>      images
>      css
>      js
>   site2
>      images
>      css
>      js
>
> So your <img> tags would be like this:
>
> <img src="/site1/images/logo.gif" />
> <img src="/site2/images/logo.gif" />
>
> and so on.
>
> Regards,
>
>   Aparajita
>   www.aparajitaworld.com
>
>   "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
>   - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org
>
>
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