Links not working unless resource downloaded?

Joseph Turner
Joseph Turner Member Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

I purchased Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, and I already owned Ugaritic Narrative Poetry.  I had been playing around on the computer hovering over links in DDD to other texts to see which ones I had, when I went into the other room with my iPad.  I found that on my iPad the links to UNP were not working, so I looked to see if maybe I was required to download UNP in order for the links to work.  Sure enough, when I downloaded UNP to my iPad, the links from DDD started working.

Is this something that has been known all along? 

 

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  • Mark Smith
    Mark Smith MVP Posts: 11,791

    Is this something that has been known all along? 

    I am not sure why you experienced this. I don't have the specific volumes you used, but note that other links between works that I own seem to work regardless of whether I have the resources downloaded or not.

    Is it possible you did not have an Internet connection when you attempted this? That's the only thing I can think of that would prevent you from seeing a link from a resource you own.

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  • Joseph Turner
    Joseph Turner Member Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭

    I definitely had a connection.  I even downloaded the work right there on the spot....I wonder if it is something to do with the fact that I had just bought DDD.  I don't know.  It was weird.  Later I will delete UNP and see if the links stop working.  That would be telling.

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  • JT (alabama24)
    JT (alabama24) MVP Posts: 36,489

    I wonder if it is something to do with the fact that I had just bought DDD.

    That was my first thought. 

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