Many thanks to all who've contributed to this reply. I now have the
files and am about to listen to them.
Max
John Hartog wrote:
> Also, as has been pointed out many times but not in a while...
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> Space characters (such as between words)in URLs are often not
> recognized by browsers and cause broken links. Most spaces get
> converted to "%20" by the browser but some get missed. Using dashes or
> underscores between words in your folder and file names will fix that.
>
> I have noticed even with <carets>, a link can become broken if the url
> is two long and spans more than one line of text. Short file names and
> short paths to your recordings will help in reaching your audience.
>
> And if you can't keep it short, you can make it tiny at tinyurl.com.
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> John Hartog
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> --- In Lou Judson <> wrote=
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>> If people would post links with <carets> they would be clickable:
>> <http://www.standlynch.co.uk/sound%20bites/Waves%20on%20Pebbles.mp3>
>> and
>> <http://www.standlynch.co.uk/sound%20bites/First%20Gully%20Fulmars.mp3>
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>> That helps, and works cross-platform.
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>> <L>
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>> On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Tim Nielsen wrote:
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>>> Just copy and paste the entire link, click won't work because there
>>> are spaces in the link that break it on the email.
>>>
>>> Copy all the way to the end of .mp3 and it will work, I've just
>>> listened to them fine.
>>>
>>
>>
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