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Issue with embedded Hyperlinks and Ampersand '&'
A similar problem, we have linked to an external link. For example, we copied the sharable link which was: https://golearn.sheffield.gov.uk/learn/course/616/leadership-style-matrix?generated_by=13090&hash=e4978972e60e274273acdb1db39841e66e0d5105 What is strange is that when we paste the link onto the button block, it independently changes slightly, adding amp; after the ampersand thus breaking the link and voiding it. See below the link that was pasted into the block...
https://golearn.sheffield.gov.uk/learn/course/616/leadership-style-matrix?generated_by=13090&hash=e4978972e60e274273acdb1db39841e66e0d5105 in order to fix this, we are going through and deleting the amp; within the links is so tedious but hopefully it will work!
Hi Olivia!
Thanks so much for bringing this up, Erica! I'm noticing the same thing from my side where the URL shows & in place of the &. However, clicking on the button, it correctly takes me to the correct URL (with the &). Can you verify if you are experiencing the same behavior?
We've shared this with our Engineering team, and we'll reach out to you again if we get any updates on this behavior!
In my case with SCROM exports, I've seen:
- URLs with "&" get rewritten to "&s" in some places of the URL; for example, I exported two SCORMS and you'll see that only one & (the first one appearing in the URL) had the additional characters added:
- ...39266ede-f2f4-41db-b56a-7137f33df5a4?hidenavbar=true&CourseNumber=227&tenantId=7a916015-20ae-4ad1-9170-eefd915e9272
- ...39266ede-f2f4-41db-b56a-7137f33df5a4?hidenavbar=true&CourseNumber=227&tenantId=7a916015-20ae-4ad1-9170-eefd915e9272
- The link with the & sometimes work, but most of the time do not work for most of our internally hosted materials (Edge Browser)
- URLs with "&" get rewritten to "&s" in some places of the URL; for example, I exported two SCORMS and you'll see that only one & (the first one appearing in the URL) had the additional characters added:
