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pbwiki can't handle "%" in urls
Whenever I put a URL with percent symbols in the text of a wiki page, the automatic links replace the percent symbols with plus signs. The URL appears correct in the wiki page, but if you click on the link, it tries to go to the wrong address.
Example:
Text says "http://www.pbwiki.com/mysite%tomorrow%schedule"
Link actually directs the browser to "http://www.pbwiki.com/mysite+tomorrow+schedule"
I'm trying to link to content that I do not control, so I can't change the URLs unless I use tinyurl, which I will have to since at present all of my links are broken. Is there a way to fix this bug?
Example:
Text says "http://www.pbwiki.com/mysite%tomorrow%schedule"
Link actually directs the browser to "http://www.pbwiki.com/mysite+tomorrow+schedule"
I'm trying to link to content that I do not control, so I can't change the URLs unless I use tinyurl, which I will have to since at present all of my links are broken. Is there a way to fix this bug?
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Inappropriate?This bug has been around since the early days of PBwiki V1.0. They have never fixed it before; I would not expect them to fix it anytime soon. I'm sure, however, that they are "aware of the problem, and are actively looking into a solution that will work well for everyone involved".
I’m amused.
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Inappropriate?hey WAC@DU - is there any particular reason why you're using a % sign in your page names? If you renamed the pages with spaces instead of a percent sign, this should solve the linking problem for you. Will this work?
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Inappropriate?Rachel: from the original post: "I'm trying to link to content that I do not control, so I can't change the URLs".
This happens a lot with European sites that have special characters in the page names (like ? or Ø. Those characters are URL-encoded as hex values beginning with a %-sign. As you can see, a PBwiki page with the Swiss name "Brü ends up looking like this. It's not always possible, or acceptable, to rename the page with the ASCII equivalent; ask someone who speaks Spanish the difference between 'añand 'ano'.
If PBwiki wishes to grow beyond the US, they will eventually need to support international character sets.1 Comment
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This solves the problem
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Aha - I see. I was looking at the example and thinking this was a page on the user's wiki. I'll definitely bring this up with the engineers again and see what we can do :)
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