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One of my forum users has brought up an interesting point. He’s trying to post a URL/link to some photos he took, but the URL has a space in it. The forum system breaks the URL at the space, whether the space is left in or replaced with the old “percent 20” deal.

What’s the secret to posting a clickable URL that contains a space in the forums?

This seems to work:
http://example.com/foo bar.jpg

Basically, ]url[ ... ]/url[ around the link. That said, spaces are technically illegal in URL and should be avoided at all reasonable cost.

Hi, Ingmar.

I just tested it again. A URL with a “percent 20” or with a space worked OK if enclosed in URL brackets.

[url]http://example.com/foo bar.jpg[/url]

However, just pasting in a URL with a space or a “percent 20” resulted in a broken link the forum created the link automatically.

Is the secret to simply enclose it in the URL brackets?

I’d say so. The issue is this: if you are relying on the autoconvert feature, how is EE determining where the URL ends?

Consider these examples:

http://example.com/ is a cool site.
http://example.com/test/ is a sub directory there.
http://example.com/foo bar.jpg is the image I wanted to share with you.

Thanks, Ingmar!