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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:35 PM Sep 2020

Why do some image links not resolve in DU posts?

Case in point: storm tracks from the National Hurricane Center: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT20/refresh/AL202020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/210009_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

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Why do some image links not resolve in DU posts? (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2020 OP

It has to do with the encoding of the + sign in the URL address. TexasTowelie Sep 2020 #1

TexasTowelie

(116,698 posts)

1. It has to do with the encoding of the + sign in the URL address.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:05 PM

Sep 2020

The ASCII Encoding Reference for the + sign is %2B. Substitute the %2B for the + sign in the URL and the result is as follows:

There is a list of special characters at https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP . As someone who has dabbled in making Web pages, it is a good practice to avoid using special characters in URL addresses because it causes the links to break. More discussion here: https://perishablepress.com/stop-using-unsafe-characters-in-urls/

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