<img> content being replaced by spaces!

Owen wrote:
> This is the wierdest problem.
>
> I have a web page with some HTML code, for example:
>
> <a href="mypage.htm"><img src="pagelogo.gif" alt="click here"></img></a>
>
> But when I visit the page in my browser (both IE and Firefox do it), the
> image is missing, and when I do a "View Source", the code has been *changed*
> so that the <img> portion is replaced (yes, replaced!) by spaces:
>
> <a href="mypage.htm"> (spaces!) </a>
>
> However, the symptoms only seem to occur on my home PC - the page works fine
> on my work PC. The page in question is www.binarybaby.co.uk - there
> should be an animated logo (.gif) at the top of the page.
>
> Why in the name of God are my browser(s) bastardising the HTML code? It
> can't be the server because it only occurs on my home PC. And the files on
> the server are correct.
>
> W.T.F.??????
>
> Owen
>
>

uh. That's not how you do an image tag.


<img src=""...></img> isn't right.

<img src="">

....and...

<img src="" />

....should work better!

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"SpaceGirl" <NOtheSpaceGirlSPAM@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> Owen wrote:
>> This is the wierdest problem.
>>
>> I have a web page with some HTML code, for example:
>>
>> <a href="mypage.htm"><img src="pagelogo.gif" alt="click here"></img></a>
>>
>> But when I visit the page in my browser (both IE and Firefox do it), the
>> image is missing, and when I do a "View Source", the code has been
>> *changed* so that the <img> portion is replaced (yes, replaced!) by
>> spaces:
>>
>> <a href="mypage.htm"> (spaces!) </a>
>
> uh. That's not how you do an image tag.
>
>
> <img src=""...></img> isn't right.
>
> <img src="">
>
> ...and...
>
> <img src="" />
>
> ...should work better!
>


Actually, the way I did it renders fine (in IE and Firefox for certain) but
that's beside the point. The syntax of my IMG tag does not explain why a
large chunk of it is overwritten with SPACES when it arrives on my browser.

Have you got anything that might answer my question or do you just want to
critique my HTML skills? ;o)


Owen

Owen wrote:
> "SpaceGirl" <NOtheSpaceGirlSPAM@subhuman.net> wrote in message
> news:369gneF4unsakU1@individual.net...
>
>>Owen wrote:
>>
>>>This is the wierdest problem.
>>>
>>>I have a web page with some HTML code, for example:
>>>
>>><a href="mypage.htm"><img src="pagelogo.gif" alt="click here"></img></a>
>>>
>>>But when I visit the page in my browser (both IE and Firefox do it), the
>>>image is missing, and when I do a "View Source", the code has been
>>>*changed* so that the <img> portion is replaced (yes, replaced!) by
>>>spaces:
>>>
>>><a href="mypage.htm"> (spaces!) </a>
>>
>>uh. That's not how you do an image tag.
>>
>>
>><img src=""...></img> isn't right.
>>
>><img src="">
>>
>>...and...
>>
>><img src="" />
>>
>>...should work better!
>>
>
>
>
> Actually, the way I did it renders fine (in IE and Firefox for certain) but
> that's beside the point. The syntax of my IMG tag does not explain why a
> large chunk of it is overwritten with SPACES when it arrives on my browser.
>
> Have you got anything that might answer my question or do you just want to
> critique my HTML skills? ;o)
>
>
> Owen

Renders fine, but doesn't validate at all. So who knows what each
browser will really do. ANYWAY - the site looks fine here; as others
have suggested maybe you have some sort of ad-blockers running. You may
have accidentally told it to block that image? I can only think of two
other things - a cached version of the image that's blank (perhaps you
had a placeholder there previously, and your browser has it cached?), or
your browser has been set to not display animated GIFs (FireFox has the
option to do this, for example).


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"SpaceGirl" <NOtheSpaceGirlSPAM@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> Owen wrote:
>
> Renders fine, but doesn't validate at all. So who knows what each browser
> will really do.

Yes, yes, I know. I got into the habit of putting end tags on everything a
while ago and I've been trying to get over it ever since.... I am aware of
my problem, ok! ;o)

> ANYWAY - the site looks fine here; as others have suggested maybe you have
> some sort of ad-blockers running.

Yes, I installed McAffee Internet Security 2005 recently, perhaps that is
the culprit. I certainly havent set anything to block animated gifs in any
of my browsers' settings.

I think it may consider it a banner ad because of it's size and location
(long, rectangular image at top of the page). Thanks for the reply!

Owen

SpaceGirl wrote:

> <img src=""...></img> isn't right.
> <img src="" /> ...should work better!

In XHTML the two are *exactly* identical. (i.e any XHTML-conformant user
agent MUST treat them the same.)

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SpaceGirl wrote

> Renders fine, but doesn't validate

Perfect!

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