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AM obfuscates ampersand in URL to ASCII code.

 
 


Silvatti
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Oct 3, 2006, 12:26 PM

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AM obfuscates ampersand in URL to ASCII code. Can't Post
So I'm creating a new category for Arts & Entertainment using the filename:

../Topical/Arts_&_Entertainment/index_1.php

The problem AM is having is with the ampersand in he url.
I'm getting the following error:

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Publishing Error

The program cannot create or write to the file:

/home/sharedin/public_html/Library/publish/../Topical/Arts_&_Entertainment/index_1.php

Please ask your server administrator to make sure the publish directory and publish file(s) are writable.

I might just change the directory name, but is there a way to get AM to read the ampersand in the url as intended w/o converting it to "&"?


ross
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Oct 3, 2006, 1:33 PM

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Re: [Silvatti] AM obfuscates ampersand in URL to ASCII code. [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

I have been playing around with this and am running into the same thing as you. I don’t actually think this is specifically an Article Manager problem though as special characters can cause problems on any page when it comes to file names. It’s basically being URL encoded which is what happens to any link.

What I think would work best here is to replace the ampersand with the word “and”. Does that sound like it would work?

Let me know what you think Smile.
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Silvatti
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Oct 3, 2006, 1:42 PM

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Re: [ross] AM obfuscates ampersand in URL to ASCII code. [In reply to] Can't Post
I think I'll do just that. It's a minor adjustment, after all. Thanks!