yes it is was missing a few key parts. Thanks for the info :)

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Tim Wienk <[email protected]> wrote:

> > why the highlighted section in the URL string.
> > Gets set to  "&amp;" and not just "&"
>
> In HTML, there are certain reserved characters, characters which are
> part of the HTML markup. The two most important ones are:
> - & (which starts an HTML entity), therefore to use a literal &, you
> need to actually use &amp;
> - < (which starts an HTML tag), therefore to use a literal <, you need
> to actually use &lt;
>
> So since your src attribute needs to contain a &, it is right for it
> to be &amp;. The browser will parse it just right.
>
> Browsers are generally smart enough to figure out when a & is not part
> of an HTML entity though, which is why a lot of people either don't
> know or just forget, and don't write their HTML right.
>
> Like Aaron just mentioned, your problem is with the URL itself.
>
> -- Tim
>

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