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skreutzer · 04-15-2014, 01:21 PM

I wouldn't replace :// with %3A%2F%2F, there's no reason to do that, it might even cause trouble in some instances. You only need to URL escape characters which are invalid for URLs, the protocol specification by :// and forward slashes are allowed in general, except in the arguments of HTTP-GET data.

If your href attribute doesn't start with a protocol specification (like http://, file://, ftp:// ...), its value will get interpreted as a reference to a local file, as a path relative to the location of the current document.

Code:

Text/http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx

therefore references a file

Code:

http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx

in the

Code:

Text

subdirectory of the directory in which the HTML file is located, which obviously doesn't make any sense, because you're actually trying to create a HTTP link to an external resource. Solution: just remove the 'Text' part, you might have copied and pasted it in error.

04-15-2014, 01:21 PM	#8
skreutzer Software Developer Posts: 190 Karma: 89000 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Germany Device: PocketBook Touch Lux 3	I wouldn't replace :// with %3A%2F%2F, there's no reason to do that, it might even cause trouble in some instances. You only need to URL escape characters which are invalid for URLs, the protocol specification by :// and forward slashes are allowed in general, except in the arguments of HTTP-GET data. If your href attribute doesn't start with a protocol specification (like http://, file://, ftp:// ...), its value will get interpreted as a reference to a local file, as a path relative to the location of the current document. Code: Text/http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx therefore references a file Code: http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx in the Code: Text subdirectory of the directory in which the HTML file is located, which obviously doesn't make any sense, because you're actually trying to create a HTTP link to an external resource. Solution: just remove the 'Text' part, you might have copied and pasted it in error.