Quotation Marks
Today I learned that quotation marks can be very tricky. I copied and pasted my image source code from another post for today’s Wal-Mart credit card image. However, when I went to preview the image, it would not display. I triple checked my code and then went to ask for help.
The problem was that when the code was pasted into the new article, the quotations were open and closed quotes, not vertical or neutral quotes.
Here is an example of open and closed quotes: “ ”
Here is an example of vertical or neutral quotes: " "
In order for the quotes to work in the code, they need to be the latter version–vertical or neutral. So, the next time you cut and paste your code and it does not work, this could be a clue.
My next challenge was to display both types of quotation marks in this post. In order to insert symbols into html, you need to utilize unicode. You can find the definition for unicode at Wikipedia. Here is a helpful unicode table. The chart at Evolt.org provides not only the unicode, but also the corresponding html compatible code for the symbols.
June 21st, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Nice article!
Seriously, this is a very educational read as I am extremely ignorant with unicode. Great writeup and thanks for the links.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Leah,
I’m learning so much from the online tutorials, but they don’t include these great tips. Thanks! I looked at your source code tonight out of curiosity. I loved the comments–I’m assuming some of them are PJ’s to you and some are yours to yourself. Keep up the good work–H
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Hey Heather,
What comments are you talking about? I don’t think I have any in my source code……
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Do you know if some company use the same marketing concept as Webkinz?
I’m writing a few articles right now and want to get some info and opinions.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:20 am
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