Inserting a Hyperlink

[zeide]

http://books.google.com/books?id=cn0M3BekNDgC&dq=the+tempest&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=r4Kk2lbApB&sig=gV07NmOljqnq8c-4THQbqEi0-mM&hl=en&ei=0IW2Su-jJorANZOxzdoO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Hi, I am working on an assignment for class. We are making a sample web page about The Tempest. I have the entire assignment completed. The last thing I had to do was add some links to the web page where I got the content from. Also, the entire web page must validate as Transitional.

The problem is that when I insert the following link into my web page, the validator fails 63 times on this link. The rest of the document is 100% correct. I'm not sure why I cannot include this link in my web page.

It leads to a book that I used to get some content for the website. So it needs to be included in my assignment.

Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[AutisticCuckoo]

The '&' character has special meaning in HTML. It signals the beginning of a named entity reference (e.g.,  ) or a numeric character reference (e.g.,  ).

Therefore it must be escaped as & when it's supposed to appear literally in the content or in attribute values. (The exceptions are the script and style elements in HTML – but not in XHTML.)

So you just need to replace every occurrence of '&' with & in your URL.

[sophia8]

Alternatively, shorten such long links with a URL from bit.ly or tinyurl.com
It will be a lot easier, and lessen code bloat.

[AlexDawson]

Also there is a space in your URL which will cause problems, note the below:

http://books.google.com/books?id=cn0M3BekNDgC&dq=the+tempest&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=r4Kk2lb ApB&sig=gV07NmOljqnq8c-4THQbqEi0-mM&hl=en&ei=0IW2Su-jJorANZOxzdoO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=&f=false