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Posted by Mirko Blejic
Mirko Blejic
Courses Plus Student 37 Points

Data attribute problem

Hello guys,

What exactly is problem with this code, something with background is not ok, it won't show up photos I put in?

<blockquote data-cycle-pager-template='<a href=""><div class="hexagon" style="background-image:url("http://www.texturezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/turquoise-polygon.jpg");"><div class="inhexagon"></div><div class="hexTop"></div><div class="hexBottom"></div></div></a>'>

2 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Try escaping your " within a " in the 'style=background"' attribute of the div with a class of "hexagon" like so:

<blockquote data-cycle-pager-template='<a href=""><div class="hexagon" style="background-image:url(\"http://www.texturezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/turquoise-polygon.jpg\");"><div class="inhexagon"></div><div class="hexTop"></div><div class="hexBottom"></div></div></a>'>

I believe the problem you ran into was having a double quote inside of another double quote without escaping the second set of double quotes by putting a \ before it. You have to escape the quotes anytime you use a duplicate set of quotes within a string i.e.

"My name is Captain \"Red Beard\" Spaulding, and I'm gonna peg ye to death, ye landlubber!"
Mirko Blejic
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Mirko Blejic
Courses Plus Student 37 Points
Mirko Blejic
Mirko Blejic
Courses Plus Student 37 Points

Tried that already... Not working.. I'm starting to lose hope :/

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

I don't know what you mean by you've "tried that already"? Your code did not reflect the correct way to escape quotes, so if you copied and replaced that original line with mine (and everything else is correct) your code should be working now.