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Greg297553612qhr
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September 8, 2024
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Error: Special characters must be escaped

  • September 8, 2024
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This error message accompanies every insert>image point., i.e., at (< and >)  in <img scr="etc..."</>

 

I tried to correct using HTML code but that just made the image disappear and the new HTML code appear.

The page looks fine otherwise. Is this just a quirk of DW?

Thanks

Gregnewbie

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      Correct answer Nancy OShea

      @Greg297553612qhr,

      What's the URL to your online page where this occurs, please?

      We need to see your document.

       

       

       

       

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      Greg297553612qhrAuthor
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      September 10, 2024

      What am I doing wrong. I insert>image and click on photo. The image appears but the code is "<scr.."...image.html/thing.jpg""  which verification says is an error and should only be <scr"...image/"thing.jpg" i.e., no "html". 

       

      Thanks

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      September 10, 2024

      @Greg297553612qhr,

      What's the URL to your online page where this occurs, please?

      We need to see your document.

       

       

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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      September 9, 2024

      The image element is a void element, meaning that it does not have a closing tag as in </img>. The proper format is

      <img src="... " alt=" ..." width="..." height="..."> or <img src="... " alt=" ..." width="..." height="..." />. The former is the prefered option.

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      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      September 8, 2024

      This implies that you have stray characters elsewhere in your document that DW can't resolve. 

      Validate code and fix reported errors. 

      Go to Window > Results > Validation.  Check document.

       

      Hope that helps.

       

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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