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post #1 of 7
8/7/09 at 12:07pm
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Hi. I grabbed RSS links for 3 forums but they're all opening to the same forum -- 'Notebook Forums - General':
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...mp;forumids=22
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...p;forumids=156
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...p;forumids=340

This create-your-own-feeds thingy isn't providing distinct links either.

Any ideas?

I've searched and haven't anyone else reporting this, so maybe it's a local problem?
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post #2 of 7
8/7/09 at 12:10pm
Yup you're right. This is a bug. We're gonna need to fix it. Thanks for the heads up.
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post #3 of 7
8/7/09 at 3:28pm
Seems like it's the encoded ampersand that is the problem.
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post #4 of 7
8/7/09 at 6:37pm
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...S2&forumids=22
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...2&forumids=156
http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...2&forumids=340
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post #5 of 7
8/7/09 at 6:42pm
I changed the "&amp" to "&" in you links and they work fine.

I took a screen shot of the generated texbox after I selected "Asus Notebooks" from the dropdown. Mine contains the actual ampersand. Do you know how yours got converted? Did it happen before or after you copy and paste?
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post #6 of 7
8/18/09 at 11:39am
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Originally Posted by Shaun@NBF View Post
I changed the "&amp" to "&" in you links and they work fine.

I took a screen shot of the generated texbox after I selected "Asus Notebooks" from the dropdown. Mine contains the actual ampersand. Do you know how yours got converted? Did it happen before or after you copy and paste?
I'll give the new links a try soonest.

Not sure how the "&amp" was generated, but once I get to my regular computer, I'll test how the links were grabbed.
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post #7 of 7
10/3/09 at 9:20am
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Originally Posted by Shaun@NBF View Post
I changed the "&amp" to "&" in you links and they work fine.

I took a screen shot of the generated texbox after I selected "Asus Notebooks" from the dropdown. Mine contains the actual ampersand. Do you know how yours got converted? Did it happen before or after you copy and paste?
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Originally Posted by Azazello View Post
I'll give the new links a try soonest.

Not sure how the "&amp" was generated, but once I get to my regular computer, I'll test how the links were grabbed.
Update:

I should have mentioned in the first post that I was using FF 2.0.0.20. Sorry.

I upgraded to FF 3.x and the links are working fine. I'm not sure if browser version was the cause because I can't yet back-test how the links looked in FF 2.x. For now, it's all good.

BTW http://www.notebookforums.com/extern...2&forumids=340 is not showing any content. Don't know if that's by design.

Thanks for your help.
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