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  1. #1
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    Default URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    I have a link to an online Flicker photo album that I would like to set, but because there is an ampersand in the URL, XWD interprets it as an email address -- not a web link:

    To view the problem, go to the following website and cllick on the link that reads "Click HERE to view photos"

    http://mauiboatandyachtclub.com/

    When you click on the link, your email program will launch instead of the online photo album that I am attempting to link to.

    How can I get XWD to see this as a weblink instead of an email address?

    Mahalo,
    Holokai
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  2. #2

    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    Hmm - quite a conudrum..

    Of course you could always create a 500x500 pix placeholder and embed the album with this code:

    <object type="text/html" data="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=25113833@N07&set_id=72 157615759109040&tags=MB&YC" width="500" height="500"></object>
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  3. #3
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    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    Yes, it dopesn't seem to like that as a web address. Tested it and confirm that it defaults to a mailto command. Hopefully John will be around as it looks like a bug.

    EDIT: Ah, didn't see your post Steve. That works nicely.
    Last edited by Egg Bramhill; 28 March 2009 at 06:39 AM.
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  4. #4
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    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    Replace '@' with '%40' in your address.
    John.
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  5. #5
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    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    This is off topic but is a point of clarification.

    An ampersand is the character & which is an abbreviation for the word 'and'.

    The character @ is an 'at sign' and is an abbreviation for 'at the rate of' in accounting and commercial invoicing.
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  6. #6
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    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    Thanks for clarifying that Bill
    And to pronounce it I always say:

    support A Xara.com
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  7. #7
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    Default Re: URL mis-interpreted as Email address

    Problem solved!

    Mahalo,
    Holokai
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