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Hi,
Not a major issue, but maybe there’s an instant fix…
I’m passing entry titles to an email form a segment in a link on an article page. So a user sees a link ‘write to the editor about this article’. The link is in the form of

{exp:valid_url}mysite.com/index.php/template/mailForm/{title}/{/exp:valid_url}

the email form gets the segment as the subject of the email. The valid_url plugin handles spaces, but half-quotes or apostrophes get converted incorrectly, and the browser reports ‘invalid uri’ when it’s clicked. Changing offending titles to include & rsquo ; (ignore the spaces) or the ascii & # 8217 ; gets rewritten by valid_url to be & rsquo % 3B, also invalid.

Thanks for any ideas,
Matthew

Hi, earthisland - that would be something you’d need to customize; however, have you considered using the tell a friend form instead?

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I am using the ‘tell a friend’ form, in addition. Mostly the trick I describe works fine. I suppose it’d be easier to extend the ‘tell a friend’ to write to the author or editor than to reinvent… thanks again,
Matthew

Hi, Matthew -

That ability is already there with the tell a friend form, using the recipients= parameter.

Just to add, the other option with your solution is to use {url_title} instead of {title}.

Hi,
Yes, I’m sure that the ‘tell-a-friend’ template is what I’ll use. You can close this out,
Thanks,
Matthew

Glad to see you’re all set. Please post again as needed.