href confusion - ASP.NET

Nak

Hi there,

I know this isn't 100% relevant to ASP.NET but I'm hoping that someone
can shed some light on href's in HTML code.

Consider the following,

http://www.spoon.com/dir/page.html

I'm trying to work out the relationship between href's on the above page
and the pages own URI, for example, am I right in saying the following is
correct,

"/dir2/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/page.html
"dir3/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/dir3/page.html
"../page4.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/page4.html

The reason I ask is that I am making an HTML href parser and this has
recently caused me much confusion. Also, are speech marks actually needed?
Because I've analyzed a few pages lately that haven't had any, for example

href="http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html"

and

href=http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html Correct ?

Thanks loads in advance for any help and sorry if this seems irrelivant
to ASP.NET but I was convinced that you guys would know this one.

Nick.

Nov 18 '05 #1

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Scott Mitchell [MVP]

Nak wrote:

Consider the following,

http://www.spoon.com/dir/page.html

I'm trying to work out the relationship between href's on the above page
and the pages own URI, for example, am I right in saying the following is
correct,

"/dir2/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/page.html
"dir3/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/dir3/page.html
"../page4.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/page4.html
Your understanding is correct.
href="http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html"

and

href=http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html Correct ?

XHTML requires that there be quotes around element attributes. I
believe HTML says there should be quotes there, but many browsers aren't
picky about it. Good HTML authors always use quoted attributes.

hth

--

Scott Mitchell
mi******@4guysfromrolla.com
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com

* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!

Nov 18 '05 #2

MikeL

Answers are inline

"Nak" wrote:

Hi there,

I know this isn't 100% relevant to ASP.NET but I'm hoping that someone
can shed some light on href's in HTML code.

Consider the following,

http://www.spoon.com/dir/page.html

I'm trying to work out the relationship between href's on the above page
and the pages own URI, for example, am I right in saying the following is
correct,

"/dir2/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/page.html
"dir3/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/dir3/page.html
"../page4.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/page4.html
Yes this is correct.

The reason I ask is that I am making an HTML href parser and this has
recently caused me much confusion. Also, are speech marks actually needed?
Because I've analyzed a few pages lately that haven't had any, for example

href="http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html"

and

href=http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html Correct ?
Read this article.....
http://ferruh.mavituna.com/article/?569
Thanks loads in advance for any help and sorry if this seems irrelivant
to ASP.NET but I was convinced that you guys would know this one.

Nick.

Nov 18 '05 #3

Nak

Hi Scott,

Your understanding is correct.
Excellent, thanks!
XHTML requires that there be quotes around element attributes. I
believe HTML says there should be quotes there, but many browsers aren't picky about it. Good HTML authors always use quoted attributes.
That's a shame, I hate it when the standards get dropped, a bit like 3rd
party msstyles files, parsing those is a complete nightmare!

Nick.

"Scott Mitchell [MVP]" <mi******@4guysfromrolla.com> wrote in message
news:5Y******************@newssvr13.news.prodigy.c om... Nak wrote:
Consider the following,

http://www.spoon.com/dir/page.html

I'm trying to work out the relationship between href's on the above
page and the pages own URI, for example, am I right in saying the
following is correct,

"/dir2/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/page.html
"dir3/page.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/dir2/dir3/page.html
"../page4.html" < Would become
http://www.spoon.com/page4.html

href="http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html"

and

href=http://www.spoon.com/none/error.html Correct ?

hth

--

Scott Mitchell
mi******@4guysfromrolla.com
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com

* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!

Nov 18 '05 #4

Nak

Hi Mike,

Yes this is correct.
Cool, cheers!
Read this article.....
http://ferruh.mavituna.com/article/?569

I shall indeed, thanks both for your helps! ;-)

Nick.

Nov 18 '05 #5

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