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After a recent change, some of my web site users have reported that portions of my pages are no longer visible. (The pages are very close to the HTML 4.01 standard.)
After looking at the HTML source viewed by users, I discovered that the hyper-links - the <a href> tag - some how becomes commented out on the users' browser!
For example, the html file on the disk has the following link, which is correct:
<p><a href='/ads/97602.html'>house for rent wanted</a>
However in the user's browser the link somehow becomes commented out!:
<p><!--ref='/ads/97602.html' house for rent wanted -->
It only happens for links beginning with "/ads/" which was the change I made to the pages. When I went back to my previous directory, the link appears for everyone!
Could it be the browser is commenting out this code for security reasons? Could it be virus checking program that comments out hyper-links it thinks are suspicious. Is there something magic about a link to a directory called "/ads/"? It is very strange. Any ideas?
Users with Microsoft IE have reported the problem, not sure the version.
Thanks.
The solution? Never use "ad", "ads" or such like as directory names. A reasonably complete list of "banned" directory names here [webpagesthatsuck.com].
I merely swapped the directory name and changed the src urls and everything was fine.
Norton Internet Security was the culprit. Thanks everyone for your help.
