W3C Markup Validation | ww.wp.xz.cn

Resolved hnortham
(@hnortham)

12 years ago

Hi Paul,

When validating pages containing affiliate links with http://validator.w3.org/.

We get a series of following errors:

Line 97, Column 155: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.)
…azon.com/gp/product/B004OVDGVQ?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&ta…

Having a look online it appears that the urls generated by the plugin should contain: & amp; instead of the & sign.

Something for a future update??

See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4441594/w3c-markup-validator-ampersand-error

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/amazon-link/

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Plugin Author paulstuttard
(@paulstuttard)

12 years ago

Hi,

Yes you are correct (well spotted!), a fix will be in the next version.

If you want a quick fix in the meantime then see this post:

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/plugin-does-not-escape-instances-of?replies=3#post-5528507

Cheers,

Paul

Thread Starter hnortham
(@hnortham)

12 years ago

Thanks Paul,

I should have read the other topics first.

Further great support, there’s no stopping you.

Where do we send the beer money?

Cheers,
Harry

Plugin Author paulstuttard
(@paulstuttard)

12 years ago

No worries, there’s a lot of threads!

Beer money always appreciated, but not necessary. A donate button can be found on the plugin home page which is here: http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/plugins/amazon-link/

Paul

Plugin Author paulstuttard
(@paulstuttard)

12 years ago

The latest version (3.2.2) – has got the fix for this,

Cheers,
Paul

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