messy url

chewy

will this cause problems

a url thats made like so

http://www.cwu.ie/ejournal/CONNECT - August 2004.pdf

ends up looking like so

http://www.cwu.ie/ejournal/CONNECT%20-%20August%202004.pdf

which should i use? in a link?
is it still really bad to use spaces on the for files names etc on the net?
or can most progs handle them now?

mneylon

Using spaces in filenames is not a good idea. You have no way of knowing how people running an OS other than windows will handle them.
If I wanted to wget that file onto my laptop I would have problems.

JustHalf

You should use the second form as a link. Spaces are URL encoded to ascii codes. 20 is the hex code for a regular space (decimal of 32).

You should always encode your URLs. One thing you should also look out for is ampersands, which should be encoded as &

dead air

its not necessary, but I try to keep all my file names under 8 letters with no spaces whenever I can. At least for longer file names with spaces, use an underscore instead when naming your file.

for example:

http://www.cwu.ie/ejournal/connect_august_2004.pdf