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#108058 Cleanup Guidance for Ampersands (&)

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Latest post by Ryan on Wednesday, 09 June 2021 19:36 BST

Wednesday, 09 June 2021 18:47 BST

nphic
Folks,

I'm having a bit of an issue with JCE Editor. I'm sure it is user error, but I need some help. I am adding Google Analytics code to a hyperlink in the "Code" area of JCE Editor for a K2 item. Below is an example:

menu-alias?utm_source=Source&utm_medium=Home&utm_content=AgeCOVID19-Part2&utm_campaign=CampaignName

When switching between "Editor" and "Code" tabs, the & becomes & like below:

menu-alias?utm_source=Source&utm_medium=Home&utm_content=AgeCOVID19-Part2&utm_campaign=CampaignName

I've turned off validate and cleanup of html but still makes the replacement. How can I stop JCE Editor from doing this substitution?

Thanks,
Joe

Wednesday, 09 June 2021 19:36 BST

Ryan
I assume you are referring to the conversion of & to & amp; (the forum has not displayed your post as intended) in the href value of the link?

Ampersands should be encoded in url values - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3705591/do-i-encode-ampersands-in-a-href

If you absolutely must have them unencoded, perhaps because a badly coded Joomla plugin no longer works with the encoded url, then you can set a Custom Configuration Variables value in the Editor Global Configuration, as in the image below:

https://cdn.joomlacontenteditor.net/tmp/108058-cleanup-guidance-for-ampersands.jpg

Ryan Demmer

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