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Sonia Rockett
926 PointsSVG exported from photoshop uses different code using xlink. Can I use this?
The code is very different. It doesn't look like it'll work.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="90" height="90" viewBox="0 0 90 90">
<image id="Layer_0" data-name="Layer 0" x="16" y="14" width="60" height="61" xlink:href="data:img/png;base64,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"/>
</svg>
2 Answers
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsIt's pretty much just inserting an image from a base64 encoded data URI. Think of it like an inline image, instead of getting an image file from somewhere else.
Not very handy in an svg though, since it won't resize nicely like a regular vector would... so the answer is, yes, you could use it, but you probably don't want to (I'm sure there are tons of Twitter svg icons available).
If you have Adobe Illustrator, use that for vector images like svg files. Oh and if using for a production website, you probably want to look at compressing/optimising the svg before using it. Try SVGOMG.
Sonia Rockett
926 Points@iain. Thanks for your response. I knew it wasn't right, so I ended up using and online converter. Which gave me the correct code.. http://vectormagic.com . NOTE: not all online converters I tried worked as expected. I like the look of SVGOMG will try it out next time I am using SVG's.
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsIf my answer helped, please mark it as 'best answer'. :)