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Make7

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3. Everything is a number to a computer - so you can replace some characters in a web address with numbers.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 01:13 PM

Jun 2017

Some characters in web addresses here on DU truncate the link prematurely. If that happens, you can change he "broken" character with its numerical equivalent (known as URL encoding) to get it to work here (most of the time). Here is a reference to look up the hexadecimal number needed to encode the "broken" character:

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp#txt

You should be able to DU bookmark this post from this link (in case you want to find it again):

https://www.democraticunderground.com/110855765

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Trumps anti-Cuba posturing clashes with his America First doctrine [View all] Judi Lynn May 2017 OP

You can change the asterisk in that image link to %2A to get the image to display. Make7 May 2017 #1

It's a miracle! Whoa! Judi Lynn May 2017 #2

Everything is a number to a computer - so you can replace some characters in a web address with numbers. Make7 Jun 2017 #3

Yes, I am saving this one for future reference. Never have seen a source like it. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #4

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