minor bug (hanging chad)

dZ · November 26, 2000, 12:12 AM

check out the button for the lower post new topic button
see the hanging chad?
here is the code:
<A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"> <IMG SRC="images/topic4.jpg" BORDER=0 ALT="Post New Thread"> </A>

that blank space before the </a> is being seen as a linked text item

the upper instance of the same button is coded correctly:
<A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"><IMG SRC="images/topic4.jpg" BORDER=0 ALT="Post New Thread"></A>

**Rich Lucibella** · November 26, 2000, 12:34 AM

Don't see it immediately, but this is the kind of bug report we appreciate. Keep 'em coming. We'll keep looking.
Rich

**Bud Helms** · November 26, 2000, 12:52 AM

dZ's right. At any forum list of threads, look at the bottom "Post New Topic" link. Immediately following it is a single underscore character. It is there because the space in front of the </A> is read as part of the html name of the link.

Everything between the <A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"> and the </A>, spaces included, is made part of the name.

Caeca Invidia Es · November 26, 2000, 10:04 AM

Oops, my bad...... Should be gone now.

November 26, 2000, 12:52 AM	#3
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	Yup, Good Catch. dZ's right. At any forum list of threads, look at the bottom "Post New Topic" link. Immediately following it is a single underscore character. It is there because the space in front of the </A> is read as part of the html name of the link. Everything between the <A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"> and the </A>, spaces included, is made part of the name.

November 26, 2000, 12:12 AM	#1
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	check out the button for the lower post new topic button see the hanging chad? here is the code: <A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"> <IMG SRC="images/topic4.jpg" BORDER=0 ALT="Post New Thread"> </A> that blank space before the </a> is being seen as a linked text item the upper instance of the same button is coded correctly: <A HREF="newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=12"><IMG SRC="images/topic4.jpg" BORDER=0 ALT="Post New Thread"></A>

November 26, 2000, 12:34 AM	#2
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Don't see it immediately, but this is the kind of bug report we appreciate. Keep 'em coming. We'll keep looking. Rich

November 26, 2000, 10:04 AM	#4
Caeca Invidia Es Staff Alumnus Join Date: November 18, 1999 Location: Earth Posts: 834	Oops, my bad...... Should be gone now.