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wendymadeit Apple Fan Posts: 82 Reg: Jan 12, 2011 location unknow... 820	confirm \| cancel 09/03/11 11:12 AM (14 years ago) Custom URL not working in some instances I am having exactly the same problem as here (http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=B71BA0B897964E80BC80390&status=&searchInput=url&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC¤tPage=1&doViews=1) there's just a page with boxes & red x in corners... So, I tried to replicate the above solution, but can't really work out the pattern (where did myCoolSearch come from? is just an arbitrary name?) I have force refresh on. URL =http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html (this worked a week ago!!) I tried this -> http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html&saveAsFileName=tec.html with no luck! I now get an error message that says - There was a problem saving some data to the devices cache? I also tried another page with another URL & it worked fine...> http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/myreps Is there any reason for this? the absence of .html in the URL maybe??? ????? Any ideas? Tanx Title Comments I am having exactly the same problem as here (http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=B71BA0B897964E80BC80390&status=&searchInput=url&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC¤tPage=1&doViews=1) there's just a page with boxes & red x in corners... So, I tried to replicate the above solution, but can't really work out the pattern (where did myCoolSearch come from? is just an arbitrary name?) I have force refresh on. URL =http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html (this worked a week ago!!) I tried this -> http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html&saveAsFileName=tec.html with no luck! I now get an error message that says - There was a problem saving some data to the devices cache? I also tried another page with another URL & it worked fine...> http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/myreps Is there any reason for this? the absence of .html in the URL maybe??? ????? Any ideas? Tanx

Parker @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1395 Reg: May 09, 2011 Pacific Grove, ... 24,500	09/03/11 05:17 PM (14 years ago) Hi Wendy, It looks like you are forgetting the '?'. Try this instead: http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html?saveAsFileName=tec.html The question mark indicates the end of the URL and the beginning of additional instructions. The reason the '&' character was used in the linked forum page, is the saveAsFileName part was appended on to another instruction following a '?'. Basically the '&' character means to do something 'and' something else as well. Comments Hi Wendy, It looks like you are forgetting the '?'. Try this instead: http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/index.html?saveAsFileName=tec.html The question mark indicates the end of the URL and the beginning of additional instructions. The reason the '&' character was used in the linked forum page, is the saveAsFileName part was appended on to another instruction following a '?'. Basically the '&' character means to do something 'and' something else as well.

wendymadeit Apple Fan Posts: 82 Reg: Jan 12, 2011 location unknow... 820	09/03/11 07:52 PM (14 years ago) Thanks Parker! your explanation made perfect sense!! I got a not found on this server error message, though... I had a little think, & saw that the custom URLs that are working do not have .html in their URL, so I tried removing the .html & it worked!! Not that I have the slightest clue why it did!!! Eg: this didn't work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education/index.html & this didn't work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education/index.html?saveAsFileName=tec.html BUT this DID work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education weird, huh?? Tanx again for the support! Comments Thanks Parker! your explanation made perfect sense!! I got a not found on this server error message, though... I had a little think, & saw that the custom URLs that are working do not have .html in their URL, so I tried removing the .html & it worked!! Not that I have the slightest clue why it did!!! Eg: this didn't work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education/index.html & this didn't work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education/index.html?saveAsFileName=tec.html BUT this DID work - http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/pages/Education weird, huh?? Tanx again for the support!

MGoBlue Apple Fan Posts: 980 Reg: Jun 07, 2011 Gold River, CA 10,600	09/04/11 11:02 AM (14 years ago) The thing that's working for me is to use a link shortener service like tinyurl.com to create a new link. That seems to work fine in the custom url. Comments The thing that's working for me is to use a link shortener service like tinyurl.com to create a new link. That seems to work fine in the custom url.

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