[thelist] url encoding links to external sites

Kae Verens kverens at contactjuggling.org
Sun Nov 2 14:14:26 CST 2003


fstorr wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Probably simple, but my brain is near mush.  I need my page to validate 
> to XHTML1.0 but have this link:
> 
> http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=5 
> 
> 
> That, because it contains reserved characters, is causing my page not to 
> validate.  I've tried encoding the ? with %3f and the = with %3d etc, 
> but the URL then won't play with the national trust's server.  Is there 
> a way out of this?

the question mark should be fine. replace the ampersand with &


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Kae Verens
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