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Old 07-31-2008, 10:22 AM & or & in links
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I'm currently validating my website and one of the errors I'mn trying to fix is the "&" in a link. The link is for my
affiliate prgram - revenuepilot.com. So do you think I should just leave the "&" there or replace it with the "&"?

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...e&ss=1&group=0

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Old 07-31-2008, 10:37 AM Re: & or & in links
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& is technically correct. In practice, I don't really see any benefit or disadvantage on either method.
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Old 07-31-2008, 12:17 PM Re: & or & in links
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& is technically correct so you might have to change it in the future if you use &. Might as well get in the habit now.
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Old 07-31-2008, 02:13 PM Re: & or & in links
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I would use "&". The reasoning is (besides it being standards compliant) is that the "&" character is used to indicate the beginning of a special character. Though browsers can still usually render things correctly it can cause some problems.
Here is a good explanation of why: http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/valida...blems.html#amp
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Old 08-01-2008, 07:14 AM Re: & or & in links
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Thanks alot, I changed the link to using ampersand's, thanks again
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