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The difference between "source" and "source url"--my rant for the day
Me | 4/13/2008 | Miz

Posted on 04/13/2008 8:17:35 AM PDT by MizSterious

I don't post a lot of vanities, but today, I just had to rant. Someone posted an article this morning and entered the SOURCE URL where the SOURCE should have been. No big deal? Well, it is to me, at least on my computer. When someone does that it totally screws up the INDEX page, and instead of seeing a list of articles AND the material in the sidebars, all I get to see is (depending on how long the url is) a portion of the header and none of the sidebar. It makes it impossible to read Free Republic.

So PLEASE, learn the difference between SOURCE (such as the New York Times, Washington Times, etc.) and the SOURCE URL (the URL for these places). Have pity on an old lady who just wants to read the FR news!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Free Republic Policy/Q&A; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: dangedvanity; posting; source; url

1 posted on 04/13/2008 8:17:35 AM PDT by MizSterious
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To: MizSterious

So you don’t like the ID ten T errors?


2 posted on 04/13/2008 8:20:45 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting CONSERVATIVE in memory of 5 children killed by illegals 2/17/08 and 2/19/ 08)
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To: MizSterious

HEAR HEAR!


3 posted on 04/13/2008 8:24:07 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: MizSterious

Seems like it would be pretty easy to put some error trapping code behind the Source field that would reject the entry if it started with “http://";


4 posted on 04/13/2008 8:37:33 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: MizSterious

COul you post a link to this nefarious deed so we can see what you are talking about?. I understand the error but I don’t see anything wrong on my computer with the index page or sidebars....


5 posted on 04/13/2008 8:48:30 AM PDT by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: MizSterious

Nice rant. Clear, concise and, compact.

I give it a 9.4! (a screen shot would have garnered another .5) LOL


6 posted on 04/13/2008 9:23:57 AM PDT by papasmurf (WWOD? (What Would Obama Do?))
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To: MizSterious

+


7 posted on 04/13/2008 11:52:14 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: MizSterious
Almost as bad as leaving Itallics on............

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8 posted on 04/13/2008 12:18:26 PM PDT by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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