Problem posting urls

[ursaminortaur]

I've noticed that if a url contains characters such as £ sign then the it doesn't seem to be possible to post the link correctly.

For an example see

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8160&p=97243#p97243

[Itsallaguess]

I've noticed that if a url contains characters such as £ sign then the it doesn't seem to be possible to post the link correctly.

For an example see

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8160&p=97243#p97243

I think we've seen this problem before.

I'm not sure if there's an answer to the issue that Stooz can implement on the board-side of things, but one thing I find very handy for these types of issues is the TINYURL site, that will create a new short-link URL from a URL input by the users -

http://tinyurl.com/

Of course this only works if people use the preview facility and realise that their URL might contain a rogue character that 'breaks' it on these boards, but I do try to do this when I post URL's because I always like to make sure any links I post are going to go to where I expect them to, and in doing so I also check that they work as real 'clickable' URL's in the thread as well.

I've edited the post you've linked above, to now include a proper TINYURL link to the relevant website, and it seems to be working now.

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

[chas49]

You can also use http://lemonfoolfinancialsoftware.weebl ... ormat.html which would generate the URL:

http://www.pfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads ... eshold.pdf

This has a possible advantage over URL shorteners that the original URL is still legible apart from the special characters being replaced by hex codes. An URL shortener disguises the original URL so you don't know what you're clicking on..

[Itsallaguess]

You can also use http://lemonfoolfinancialsoftware.weebl ... ormat.html which would generate the URL:

http://www.pfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads ... eshold.pdf

This has a possible advantage over URL shorteners that the original URL is still legible apart from the special characters being replaced by hex codes. An URL shortener disguises the original URL so you don't know what you're clicking on..

You're quite right chas, and some people might prefer to see what they are clicking on.

I tend to trust posters generally, unless they are proven to be unreliable in these types of things, and I tend not to worry about it too much, but I appreciate your point.

I have a javascript button on my browser tool-bar that can be clicked when on any website, and it'll create a TinyURL from the current website address, so I tend to habitually use that format for my own posts.

I also tend to use it as a 'diverter', if I don't want to the landing-site to see that any 'referrals' are coming from this board, but that's also just my preference in some specific cases, mostly to do with our data-scraping activities....

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

[csearle]

...mostly to do with our data-scraping activities....

Funny you should mention that old bean. My homemade HYP spreadsheet stopped working a short while back and I'm still fiddling around with the VBA trying to get it to work again.

Chris

[Itsallaguess]

...mostly to do with our data-scraping activities....

Funny you should mention that old bean. My homemade HYP spreadsheet stopped working a short while back and I'm still fiddling around with the VBA trying to get it to work again.

If your spreadsheet uses the old Yahoo price-scrape routines, then they've stopped the feeds using the old methods fairly recently.

If you have a look at the basic 'Simple Price Scrape' VBA code, which has been modified to suit the new Yahoo price feeds, then you should be able to modify or copy the bits you want fairly easily, I'd imagine, and get going again fairly swiftly -

http://lemonfoolfinancialsoftware.weebl ... crape.html

If you've any questions, then just let me know on the Financial Software Board and I'll try to help out.

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

[csearle]

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Thanks yes I used yahoo. When it crashed I found a variable full of a warning message! Thanks for the link. If I have any questions I'll post over there.

Cheers,
Chris

[chas49]

I tend to trust posters generally, unless they are proven to be unreliable in these types of things, and I tend not to worry about it too much, but I appreciate your point.

I don't really worry about a TinyUrl link either, but I felt it worth reminding others of the alternative