Changing URL

[phybernightmare]

We have recently moved to contribute here at our library. We have a lot of
links to different resources, though we noticed a problem with URL characters
being rewritten. Specifically, colon characters are being translated to %3A,
which typically isn't that big of a deal, but in our case it is as the link is
being passed through a URL rewriting proxy.

For example this URL
[url]http://proxy.wm.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip[/url]
,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sbh

is rewritten as

[url]http://proxy.wm.edu/login?url=http%3A//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=[/url]
ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sbh

This effectively "breaks" our links. Anyone know how to turn this "feature"
off? I've looked all over and haven't found anything.

Thanks,

Wayne

[webmonk]

Is the URL in the source or the content? If it is a link to something it
shouldn't be doing that to the link in the code. In the text on the page it
might do that... do you have a link to the page this is happening?

[wsgrah]

Sure...

[url]http://swem.wm.edu/temp/graham/[/url]

I did go to the Advanced Options in the Link Browser and manually put in the
colon to make sure it was there; when it uploaded to the server, it turned it
back into "%3A"

[webmonk]

What version of Contribute? That seems like a bug to me. I need to try and recreate it...

[wsgrah]

Contribute 4 on Windows and Mac.

[AU-shelly]

I am having the same problem, my link is:
[url]http://www.ashland.edu:2048/login?url=http://ashlanduni.naxosmusiclibrary.com[/url]

when posted it is changed to:

[url]http://www.ashland.edu:2048/login?url=http%3A//ashlanduni.naxosmusiclibrary.com[/url]

I have tried pasting this URL in the advanced section of the insert link
window and it still auto-corrects (once I publish). I am using Contribute CS3

Has anyone found a way resolve this?

[jheycie]

i was able to find a tech note for this issue:
[url]http://www.adobe.com/go/bd557a81[/url]

and as discussed, contribute engrs are aware of this and they are currently
working on it. The work around suggested is to use the HREF field in the
'Insert Link' dialog box instead.

[boisei]

On Oct 9, 8:27 am, "jheycie" <webforumsu...@macromedia.com> wrote:

> i was able to find a tech note for this issue:
> [url]http://www.adobe.com/go/bd557a81[/url]
>
> and as discussed, contribute engrs are aware of this and they are currently
> working on it. The work around suggested is to use the HREF field in the
> 'Insert Link' dialog box instead.

I tried this workaround and it doesn't work. The colon still gets
rewritten to %3A in the URL.