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gdanton |
Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 12 2009, 1:46 PM EDT
I have very difficult when link to pages with spaces in the URL (i.e. http://www.sangroaventino.it/sezioni/IC Castel Frentano/). The URL is automatically modified in this mode: http://www.sangroaventino.it/sezioni/IC+Castel+ Frentano/ with "+" wher is the space and the link don't work corretly.Help for a solution! Do you find this valuable? |
awesomegamingstaff |
1. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 12 2009, 2:22 PM EDT
"I have very difficult when link to pages with spaces in the URL (i.e. http://www.sangroaventino.it/sezioni/IC Castel Frentano/). The URL is automatically modified in this mode: http://www.sangroaventino.it/sezioni/IC+Castel+ Frentano/ with "+" wher is the space and the link don't work corretly.That is not a Wetpaint wiki. I connot help you with that. Do you find this valuable? |
CryingDove |
2. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 12 2009, 2:23 PM EDT
| Post edited: Sep 12 2009, 4:04 PM EDT
Spaces are not legal in URLs. Internet Explorer will handle the spaces by substituting a %20 in place of the space. FireFox will do nothing and not redirect to the site and give an error message. Neither will handle the + sign, which Wetpaint will have to look into. So what you need to do in order for your links to work is to substitute %20 for the + signs used.or the spaces in the link eg the site URL will look like this http://www.sangroaventino.it/sezioni/IC%20Castel%20Frentano/ The link will now work as desired. Hope this will help you with your linking problem. Do you find this valuable? |
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gdanton |
3. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 13 2009, 12:21 PM EDT
Usign %20 for the + signs the link work, but at the next session the %20 is automatically modified in the + and te link don't work!!!!!!The spaces are not legal in URLs but many amny web sites utilize that. Do you find this valuable? |
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CryingDove |
4. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 13 2009, 12:43 PM EDT
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"Usign %20 for the + signs the link work, but at the next session the %20 is automatically modified in the + and te link don't work!!!!!!I see what you are saying. I also experimented some more. If there are spaces in the url, and when a link is created on your page with the spaces. Wetpaint will automatically insert the %20 sequence for the spaces. The link will work the first time. But when the page is reloaded, Wetpaint changes the %20 sequence into the plus sign. The plus sign problem only occurs with URL addresses that start with a WWW. . Non-WWW addresses have no problems with the plus sign, such as linking between Wetpaint wiki pages.This is something that Wetpaint Developers have to address. I will alert a Wetpaint employee of this thread. Do you find this valuable? |
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gdanton |
5. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 13 2009, 1:14 PM EDT
Very correct. Thanks for your interest. I think that is a great problem since is seriously limited the possibility for the link with not Wetpaint sites.I hope for Developers solution. Do you find this valuable? |
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CryingDove |
6. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 13 2009, 1:17 PM EDT
"Very correct. Thanks for your interest. I think that is a great problem since is seriously limited the possibility for the link with not Wetpaint sites.To keep you abreast, I have messaged an employee at Wetpaint about this thread. Be patient, for a reply, I am not certain of their work schedule, so a reply may not happen until Monday. Thanks. Do you find this valuable? |
jeremy_wetpaint |
7. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 15 2009, 1:06 PM EDT
Spaces are not allowed In URLs, so a %20 or + must be used. %20 and + both represent a "space" and should be treated the same. The web server that your site is on should recognize this and automatically convert the + to a %20 if needed. It sounds like the server hosting your site is not properly decoding the URL string.
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Posted Anonymously |
8. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 16 2009, 12:59 PM EDT
"Spaces are not allowed In URLs, so a %20 or + must be used. %20 and + both represent a "space" and should be treated the same. The web server that your site is on should recognize this and automatically convert the + to a %20 if needed. It sounds like the server hosting your site is not properly decoding the URL string."But the problem is in Wetpaint. The server is a Wetpaint server! I paste here the description of CryngDove: " If there are spaces in the url, and when a link is created on your page with the spaces. Wetpaint will automatically insert the %20 sequence for the spaces. The link will work the first time. But when the page is reloaded, Wetpaint changes the %20 sequence into the plus sign. The plus sign problem only occurs with URL addresses that start with a WWW. . Non-WWW addresses have no problems with the plus sign, such as linking between Wetpaint wiki pages." Is not possible to likk web pages external by Wetpaint! No problem for the Wetpaint pages! Do you find this valuable? |
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gdanton |
9. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 16 2009, 1:02 PM EDT
The "anonymous" of prevoiusly post is gdanton :-)
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Posted Anonymously |
10. RE: Problem for Link to pages with spaces in the URL
Sep 17 2009, 3:34 PM EDT
"But the problem is in Wetpaint. The server is a Wetpaint server!I am encountering the same problem. This is a major pain. Can wetpaint do anything about it? Do you find this valuable? |
