this ended up working :) <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=#HTMLEditFormat("address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=7513+Grandview+Ave&city=&state=co&zipcode=80002")#" target="_blank">map it</a>
Nice catch, I wouldn't have even thought of that, thanks :) ~Dave the disruptor~ ---------------------------------------- From: "Pascal Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:45 AM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: RE: link validation ? It's not URLEncodedFormat but HTMLEditFormat that you need to use. This will replace characters like & with their html codes Pascal. > -----Original Message----- > From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 May 2005 10:00 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: link validation ? > > makes sense, being thats were the problems begin. I did try to > urlencodeformat it by setting the whole link via variable but that opened > up a new window and added the main sites url first which of course didnt > work. But when I wake I will try just the part you say. > Thanks Kay :) > > ~Dave the disruptor~ > > ---------------------------------------- > From: Kay Smoljak > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: link validation ? > > On 5/11/05, dave wrote: > > how can I make a link like this validate xhtml? > > map it > > encode the ampersand - searchtype=address&country= > > and before you ask, yes that DOES work :) > > -- > Kay Smoljak > http://kay.smoljak.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206482 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54