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Tim i tried a number of ways and i do understand the link needs to be closed in, but the main concern was the end tag </li> so this is a good reference for me, thanks guys !!!
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Boy oh boy i added the </li> and yes all works, unsure where i first messed up. I'll have to go back and look at the replies, i have a result but got lost for a moment, cheers
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strange to note that on one page i left the </li> out at the end and it still worked, however i have added it in again and am grateful for the pointers !
It might have worked on your browser within the surrounding code but being a serious omission it would have caused problems on other browsers along with creating long-term issues if you went to modify the code at a later time (such as adding another line in the list).
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Happy to agree, thanks
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Yes good point, basically i will delete today's site and start again tomorrow with the hope a bit more sinks in
If you are testing the code online you can check the HTML by running the URL through this validator:
http://validator.w3.org/
You don't have to get it 100% correct for example sometimes there are issues with "DOCTYPE" but you can check the actual code you are writing.
If you are checking the code on your computer you can sometimes see if there is a problem by right clicking then selecting "View Page Source" and then checking the code section you are working on to see if there are any tags in red indicating an error. This works with Firefox not sure about other browsers.
http://validator.w3.org/
You don't have to get it 100% correct for example sometimes there are issues with "DOCTYPE" but you can check the actual code you are writing.
If you are checking the code on your computer you can sometimes see if there is a problem by right clicking then selecting "View Page Source" and then checking the code section you are working on to see if there are any tags in red indicating an error. This works with Firefox not sure about other browsers.
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Cheers, i did use the w3 validator last week and it had a problem the <html> and </html> tags ?? Yet everything else was ok
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My latest attempt to do a ftp gets me this notice, worth noting i am just trying to copy a youtube video tutorial, maybe it is not telling me something?
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Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /.ftpquota on this server.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /.ftpquota on this server.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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BIG THANKS to Tim ……..Phone Support !!
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Luckily i do not have share holders saying wtf ??
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Todays homework was to do a ftp by myself, once logging onto filezilla i did do a successful ftp and then i opened up the site and yes it was there…. ripper! But then i clicked on one of the links only to lose the site. "Oh no" Then i remembered how Tim had explained i need to rename the main file to index (which i had done) but i had not done it to every other internal link in the file/page? What to do, ah go to my hosting and make the changes via code edit option ….. save and yipppeeee it worked. Clicked on a link in the footer and again a problem ?? What now ?? I did notice the failed page had a capitol letter at the start of the file …. back to code editor and yep there it was! A quick change back to lower case and the practice website www.428th.com exists.
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Quite satisfied !
Great work!
Another option you could have done as well, was to make a copy of the main file and rename it index.html and upload that.
but it looks like you are gaining a lot of experiences from learning from your mistakes which I think is more important than getting it right the first time and not fully understanding what you did.
Another option you could have done as well, was to make a copy of the main file and rename it index.html and upload that.
but it looks like you are gaining a lot of experiences from learning from your mistakes which I think is more important than getting it right the first time and not fully understanding what you did.
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I did rename the original but i thought it would be learning to use the cpanel then public html files to make the change, thanks
findtim
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the problem with doing it that way is the file on your computer is no longer named correctly, this will create problems down the road so best to start with good systems
tim
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makes sense, both are the same at this point, many thanks
