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Rise changes & in embed link to &&
I'm trying to embed a link with URL strings using the embed feature.
The URL string is a list of variables contained in the URL (e.g., www.site.com/survey#source=rise&course_id=1).
When I paste in the URL such as the example, the "&" symbol and changes to "&" which messes up the URL so the strings don't work.
So the link above gets changed to www.site.com/survey#source=rise&course_id=1
Does anyone have a solution?
Hi everyone,
I have some good news to share. We’ve released a fix for the Rise 360 Embed block issue where the “&” symbol in a pasted URL changed to “&” after saving, which broke links that pass variables in the URL.
Rise 360 updates automatically, so the fix is already available. It applies when you paste a URL into the Embed block, so if you’ve run into this before, paste the URL into the block again and check that the “&” stays as you typed it.
Feel free to reply here if anything else comes up.
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Hi everyone,
I have some good news to share. We’ve released a fix for the Rise 360 Embed block issue where the “&” symbol in a pasted URL changed to “&” after saving, which broke links that pass variables in the URL.
Rise 360 updates automatically, so the fix is already available. It applies when you paste a URL into the Embed block, so if you’ve run into this before, paste the URL into the block again and check that the “&” stays as you typed it.
Feel free to reply here if anything else comes up.
Has there been any update on this bug? I just had a series of courses where we received notice that the links don't work (also in the button block) and I checked each link - the added 'amp' is the issue. I'm correcting the links and republishing the courses for now...
Hello Rochelle,
Sorry to hear that you ran into this issue. We're still monitoring this bug and we'll let everyone subscribed to this thread now as soon as a fix is released!
I am experiencing the same problem when trying to use a button. The email address includes an & and Rise is changing it to & which invalidates the email address. Please fix this bug!
This appears to work with emails, but not iframe urls. Replace the & with %26
some info here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16622504/escaping-ampersand-in-url
Hi - FYI, this happens using the "button" block, which is clearly intended to create links. So, this issue with links containing "&" in this block is a problem.
This is a bug, not a feature. Would really love if y'all would prioritize fixing this.
Hi Lea -- thank you for the update. However, this issue has been on-going since 2017, so what are the chances it will be fixed? Is it on the roadmap?
Hi Stuart!
Unfortunately, it’s not currently on our feature roadmap. We’ll keep this thread posted if there are further updates on this feature.
I would like to revive this, since Articulate is still doing this:
<iframe src="https://asu.questionpro.com/cc-eoc-survey?p=planet&ct=test" height="720" width="100%"></iframe>
When inserted via embed becomes:
<iframe src="https://asu.questionpro.com/cc-eoc-survey?p=planet&ct=test" height="720" width="100%"></iframe>
Why would Articulate edit the URL? and ONLY the & used for passing variables?
Hi Stuart,
We have documented this issue where the & symbol is showing as "&" in an embed block in Rise. I'm sorry if this issue is slowing you down. We'll be sure to update you here if we make changes that will help. Thanks so much for your patience!
Hi Adam! I understand that you are using the Multimedia>Embed link to embed a URL but the URL gets changed and becomes invalid.
I am getting an error when accessing the first link you shared. Does it require a login? Can you try using an iFrame to embed it?
<iframe src="https://yoururl.com" </iframe>
Let me know if this works!
