WHITE SPACE

[melissa]

Hi NG,
I've heard and read to avoid white space character in the name of files or
folders and to replace them with underscore.
Moerover the white space should brings problems with javascript
Is it true? Why?
Bye and thanks
Melissa

 

[Steve Easton]

Because so browsers won't read file names with spaces which in effect
produces a broken link.
As for spaces in javascript, that would depend on which part of the script..
It could or could not have the effect of breaking a string value, depending
on the type of string and it's function.

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[Randy Birch]

Spaces are not allowed in HTML URLS. While it looks pretty in windows
Explorer when your folder/file structure looks like

images\
our family pictures\
summer vacation 2003\
bob at the beach.gif

To use this in a URL the spaces are escaped to %20 (HEX 20 = ASCII 32 =
Character code for a space). Thus to be usable, your URL

http://www.myweb.com/our family pictures/summer vacation 2003/bob at the
beach.gif

needs to be written as


http://www.myweb.com/our family pictures/summer vacation 2003/bob at the beach.gif


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: Hi NG,
: I've heard and read to avoid white space character in the name of files or
: folders and to replace them with underscore.
: Moerover the white space should brings problems with javascript
: Is it true? Why?
: Bye and thanks
: Melissa
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[melissa]

Thanks Randy and Steve for your prompt and kind reply
Melissa