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Re: Help needed - HTML coding

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From: Sungod
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 00:00
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You have a typo in your HTML code. Whereas the file you uploaded is called
Boot....
you link is to a file boot....  Yep, you guessed it, its case sensitive!
change the link to a capital B and it will (should!) work.
-- 
...Sungod
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Robert Dean <rob@rodean.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<19970528.204622.38@rodean.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <5met6m$o7s$1@seva.mdx.ac.uk>,
>           hxbro@garfield.barnet.ac.uk (Martin Wheatley) wrote:
> 
> > Pete Carlyon (carlyon@argonet.co.uk) wrote:
> > > On a site I look after, I want to make files available for others to
> > > download.  I'm not sure of how to do this.  Can anyone help me
please?
> > 
> > You can just use <A HREF="program.zip">some program</A> or whatever the

> > filename is of the program.
> >
> 
> I've tried this and it don't work for me:-(
> 
>  actual instructions/text used...
> 
>    </a href=/Progs/test.arc>Test download</a>
> 
>  used in 'index.html' (Home page in intial directory for my site)
>  The actual test prog was uplaoded in directory...
> 
>     ADFS:<discname>.$.Progs.test  (with file type 'arc')
>     (Acorn format used above; see below sig for explanation for non Acorn
users:-)
>   
> The anchor words 'Test Download' do appear as a 'Link' (Using ArcWeb:-)
> but instead of the archive being dloaded, a search for a document is
> performed; 'error: file not found' is reported
> 
> -- 
> Robert Dean
> email: rob@rodean.demon.co.uk - Personal account!-/
>       boot@rodean.demon.co.uk - THE !Boot app for Pre-RiscPC Acorns
> postmaster@rodean.demon.co.uk - Don't send me S***; Your'll get loads
back!-)
>         New Web Pages:-).....http://www.rodean.demon.co.uk/index.html
>          Let me know what you think of this, my 1st attempt at html
>
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''''
> 
>    "ADFS"                Fileing system used
>    ":"                   Seperator used between filing system and
<discname>
>    "$"                   Root directory of drive being used
>    "."                   Seperator used between directories *and* files
>    "<discname>"          Name of the disc being used
> 
>    NOTE..................The file type is not shown as part of the files
'address'
>                          but is stored totally seperate and shown by way
of an
>                          icon. One icon for each file type. (When seen
via the GUI)
> 
> =========================== I hope you understand:-)
================================
> ps: I could write a book...     ...but won't:-)
> 
> 
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From: "Sungod" <Hippy@heyes.demon.co.ukx>
Subject: Re: Help needed - HTML coding
Date: 1997/05/28
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