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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: ALZ on June 19, 2008, 01:43:05 AM

Title: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: ALZ on June 19, 2008, 01:43:05 AM

Just got done with some HOW TO:

How To Radio Control DC Motors Cheaply

Build This Low Cost H-Bridge

Build This 52 Inch Robot That Has An Arm And Hand

It is on my site: http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/
 

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: dunk on June 19, 2008, 03:17:14 AM

hi ALZ,
none of your links from the title page work because you have spaces and forward slashes (instead of back slashes / \ ) in the URLs.

for example,
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX chip\chip0.htm
will work with *most* browsers like this:
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX chip/chip0.htm
but it would still be better to remove the spaces and rename the page like this:
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX_chip/chip0.htm

out of interest, which browser are you using that actually works with the forward slashes?


dunk.

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: awally88 on June 19, 2008, 05:58:13 AM

It works for IE7 but not FF3. I'd assume ALZ is using the former. Just out of interest can someone test this on Safari or do they know is alternating slashes work?

Also ALZ don't forget to fix the slashes for images as well. The spaces are fine, they will just be encoded to %20, it will work fine its just bad practice!

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: R.O.B. 2.0 on June 19, 2008, 07:35:56 AM

All of ALZ pages on his site work with Safari.

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on June 19, 2008, 12:08:36 PM

Also add a link to the main page right after the The End of each section!

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: ALZ on June 21, 2008, 12:17:34 AM

Hi:

Thanks for the "/" catch dunk. If your browser doesn't work with a space then there is a problem with the browser you are using. I'm using explorer 6

Quote from: dunk on June 19, 2008, 03:17:14 AM

hi ALZ,
none of your links from the title page work because you have spaces and forward slashes (instead of back slashes / \ ) in the URLs.

for example,
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX chip\chip0.htm
will work with *most* browsers like this:
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX chip/chip0.htm
but it would still be better to remove the spaces and rename the page like this:
http://robotics.scienceontheweb.net/VEX_chip/chip0.htm

out of interest, which browser are you using that actually works with the forward slashes?


dunk.

Title: Re: Just got done with some "HOW TO"
Post by: JesseWelling on June 21, 2008, 01:37:59 AM

You might want to check out Eagle (http://www.cadsoftusa.com/) for those electronic schematics when you get the time. Another thing you might want to 'wikify' your tutorial more. When you make references, link out.

Example:

VEX (http://www.vexrobotics.com/) is a company that sells robotic parts and kits. They sell a VEX transmitter and receiver (http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex-robotics-starter-kit-parts.shtml) on their site for $129.99 but you can get a VEX transmitter and receiver for about $20 on Ebay  (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=VEX+Transmitter&category0=) and many other places.