In HTML code, spaces more than one are not seen and treated as just one space. The proper form for typing is leaving two spaces after each period (end of a sentence).[space][space]Since you can't do this in HTML code by simply using the spacebar, the tag means "non break space" and you're supposed to use it after each period ending a sentence. It gives a more uniform look so sentences can easily be distinguished from one another. They are not causing the ? marks since I use them on all of my webpages, that's the only page.
Check out my follow-up on this issue I posted after Ben's reply: "FWIW, I found a way to fix this on my end, but it still begs the question why am I only seeing it. I'm not going to fix all the ? marks until a few others check it and see if they see the question marks. What I did to get rid of one of them is to just type the area over again." -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Very interesting. No question marks at all in IE or FF. XP with SP2. Why are you using those spaces? ( ) I don't see what they contribute. Do the question marks go away if they're removed? <Font> tags? Inline style sheets? ***************************************8 Hi all. This is a strange one. I'm seeing ? marks on this page after some of the periods. http://orpheuscomputing.com/popups/linking_terms.html . I asked my hosts about it thinking it was a Cpanel issue or some other server issue, they just replied back and they said they don't see the question marks!! So I made a screen shot so they could see them, please take a look. http://orpheuscomputing.com/tests/question_marks.gif . I asked which browser they were using but I won't know that until they reply back. I'm using IE and SP2. Note the ? marks I circled in orange. They're only in the 1st and 2nd paragraphs for some reason. Check the HTML code and you'll see there is NO question marks or anything that could cause them, yet they are showing up on the webpage for me! It was not like this before, but I don't know when it started happening, I just now noticed it. Can someone on XP SP2 or SP1 please check the WEBPAGE LINK, and see if you see any of the question marks I show in the screen shot? Does anyone know what could be causing it? -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
