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Chris Jones
Chris Jones
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Posted by Chris Jones
Chris Jones
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HTML code challenges

Not sure anyone addressed this in the past but when coding the challenges the backslashes are inverted for windows users. So when coding images in the code, windows users have to "code it wrong" to get the correct results. Is that right?

<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg">
<img src="img\featured-cupcake.jpg">

1 Answer

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points
Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

Every user has to code in the same form in this case. It does not depend on what OS you are running. So this

img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg"

is right. Don't forget to close the quotes like you did in your example ;).

Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points

Thanks I just have to remember that it's different when I'm taking notes to make the page work on my own vs coding in the code challenges.

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

Even when you are working and testing on your own computer you should use the same way as explained. If you would be in the command prompt on windows and were searching, copying etc. you would use the backslash.

But in this case you tell your browser in which path he has to look for. Not Windows.

So this "/" is always right in HTML

Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points

Unless referencing image paths then you have to invert for windows.

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

It shouldn't. You should always use the forwarded slash:

"The generic syntax uses the slash ("/"), question mark ("?"), and number sign ("#") characters to delimit components that are significant to the generic parser's hierarchical interpretation of an identifier."

source = http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-1.2.3

I could be wrong but I am pretty sure I am right :-)

Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
4,521 Points

Got it. It's just confusing if you are attempting to locate the image source in windows and copy paste and all you get are "\". So from the documentation the slashes are interchangeable so windows won't malfunction if I just use / all the time. Thanks.

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

You are welcome :-)