FIXED: Link capsule title from "test Link" for title w/ '

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   BlossomSBposted 11 years ago

   If I add a link at the bottom of a hub and the title has an apostrophe 's', it comes out like this:
   
   Poem: A Stay-at-Home Mum's Quiet Day
   
   Is this how the readers see such titles? If so, what can I do so that it makes sense, please?

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      Alastar Packerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Blossom it makes sense to me as it is?

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         Michael-Milecposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Only other choice would be without apostrophe  " Mumas " ; we the readers would be happy either way, is my guess.
         ( where's the poem please?)

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            Alastar Packerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Will the links tool accept apostrophes, can't remember if it will or not. Mumas? That's cool but never heard it used before.

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         BlossomSBposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         It does make sense as it has shown up here, but every time I use an apostrophe in a link it shows up on the hub like this:
         A Stay-at-Home Mum's Quiet Day

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            BlossomSBposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I just typed it up the way it appears with the & # 0 3 9 : s and when I pressed 'submit' it jumped to show the title correctly. I've now put a space between each to show what I get instead of the apostrophe and I hope it will show up this time.

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            Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Are you saying that is not how you would like the link to show?
            Do you have the title or URL for the Hub about which you are speaking?

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               BlossomSBposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               It should have been, e.g.:  A Stay-at-Home Mum's Quiet Day, but each time it comes up as A Stay-at-Home Mum & # 0 3 9 ; s Quiet Day instead of the apostrophe (without the space between each character). It has come up that way in any titles that has an apostrophe. However, thanks to Howard S's comments (see below) I know how to fix it - it will take quite a while! I'm still mystified as to why no one else seems to have had this problem.

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                  Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Glad to hear you got it working.
                  But it sounds like you had to copy formatted HTML from a text capsule to a link capsule, though.  Is that the case?  If so, I will send this to our engineering team so they can address the issue.

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                     Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     I think I may be missing some key info as I just tried to post both a link in a text capsule and in a link capsule with an apostrophe in the linked text and it worked for me.
                     
                     Here is the test Hub I built:
                     http://matthewmeyer.hubpages.com/hub/Te … ie-capsule
                     
                     Here is what I put for the link capsule:
                     
                     Link URL:
                     http://Google.com
                     
                     Link Title:
                     Poem: A Stay-at-Home Mum's Quiet Day
                     
                     I want to confirm some things:
                     1. Is the issue related to the URL you are using?
                     2. Is the issue related to the link capsule and not the text capsule?

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                        Millionaire Tipsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        I just did it and it happened to me.  I opened an unpublished hub - Tell Your Story.  Added a link capsule and added the url to this hub:
                        
                        http://millionairetips.hubpages.com/hub … ee-Cereals
                        
                        The title has an apostrophe in it, but the code shows up instead of the apostrophe.
                        "List of Gluten Free Cereals by Kellogg's, General Mills and Other Companies"
                        
                        Yes, the problem only happens in links capsule, because in the text capsules we provide our own words.  In the links capsule, we let the field autopopulate.

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                           Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           I think I finally understand the exact issue.
                           
                           It isn't related to you entering a title with an apostrophe and is changing it, but related to the title that results from clicking "Test Link" for a Hub that has an apostrophe in the title.
                           
                           I will send this to our engineering team to be addressed.
                           
                           In the meantime, you can manually edit the link title in a link capsule.
                           
                           So for this URL:
                           http://millionairetips.hubpages.com/hub … ee-Cereals
                           
                           The resulting title from "Test Link" is:
                           "List of Gluten Free Cereals by Kellogg's, General Mills and Other Companies"
                           
                           Until this is fixed, you can manually change the title to
                           "List of Gluten Free Cereals by Kellogg's, General Mills and Other Companies"

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                           Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           I think I finally understand the exact issue.
                           
                           It isn't related to you entering a title with an apostrophe and is changing it, but related to the title that results from clicking "Test Link" for a Hub that has an apostrophe in the title.
                           
                           I will send this to our engineering team to be addressed.
                           
                           In the meantime, you can manually edit the link title in a link capsule.
                           
                           So for this URL:
                           http://millionairetips.hubpages.com/hub … ee-Cereals
                           
                           The resulting title from "Test Link" is:
                           "List of Gluten Free Cereals by Kellogg's, General Mills and Other Companies"
                           
                           Until this is fixed, you can manually change the title to
                           "List of Gluten Free Cereals by Kellogg's, General Mills and Other Companies"

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                  Millionaire Tipsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  This happens to me every time I add a link via the links capsule to a hub or article that uses apostrophe.  For some reason it uses the code instead of the apostrophe.  I am able to fix it by editing it, but it would be nice for it to work right the first time.

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                     Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     Ah, so the issue is with URLs that have an apostrophe?
                     
                     Does anyone have an example of such a URL?

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                        Millionaire Tipsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        No in this case it is the title that has the apostrophe. The problem is happening in the title field.
                        
                        I am not sure what would happen if the URL would have one.  It probably wouldn't matter, because the system should be able to find it either way (?).

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                           Millionaire Tipsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           I just looked through my hubs and none of them have apostrophes in the URL.  Apparently the start a new hub tool that creates the URL takes them out.  The problem is with the way it pulls up the title.

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                              Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                              I tried to reproduce the issue in Firefox 18 and Windows 7, but title with apostrophes seem to work fine for me. 
                              
                              I think I might still be missing some small detail in order to reproduce the problem so I can send it to our engineers to address.
                              
                              If someone can provide the exact URL and title text that is problematic, then I can try those values.

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                              Howard S.posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                              If it works like that now, it's changed. I have several urls created by HubPages that contain apostrophes. The links capsule tool, however, changes them to code in the "link title" field (not in the "capsule title" field).
                              
                              I've spent too much time on this Hire me.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      @BlossomSB The way you see links in the Hubtool should be how users see them as well.  Did that answer your question?  Let us know if you need further assistance.

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      Chi Hai Nguyenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      thank you blossom sb sàn gỗ tự nhiên

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      Mark Painterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      The conversion of apostrophe to an html encoded form was I problem in our software.  I believe it is now fixed.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      As Mark stated, this issue should now be fixed.

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   This is just a shot in the dark, but I wonder if Australian custom and US custom are the same when it comes to apostrophe placement? I have no idea, but I thought I would bring up the possibility so as prevent possible miscommunication.

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   JohnMelloposted 11 years ago

   Hi Blossom
   
   The way it looks already makes sense - a quiet day of a stay-at-home mum. I'd say leave it like it is

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   chasmacposted 11 years ago

   I don't understand the problem. Has it come out different to what you expected? What do you think is wrong with it? It looks fine to me - and it's the correct use of an apostrophe. What am I missing?

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      Simone Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I think I might be missing something to- looks fine as is!

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   Gypsy Rose Leeposted 11 years ago

   What you wrote looks good to me. I know that there have been times the apostrophe wasn't accepted and then it would be mums-day but that's alright too because the poem is what counts and if one can understand the title then no prob.

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   Howard S.posted 11 years ago

   The problem is that Blossom SB used the Links Capsule, which does not accept apostrophes. When she types the question here, we don't see her problem. The solution is to copy the contents of the Links Capsule and paste it into a Text Capsule.
   
   There are two other differences in moving from Links to Text Capsules. One is that Text adds to hub word count; Links doesn't. This is usually desirable.
   
   The other is that Links update dynamically when the summary of the linked article is updated. Texts do not update dynamically, but allow you to insert your own summary (and title) for the article, which can often be worded better than the original.
   
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   Post script: After testing, this seems only partially true. The problem seems to be with the pasting action, but can be corrected by editing. An apostrophe worked in Links summary, but required editing in the title of a linked hub. I may have seen this in Text Capsules as well, but don't recall the specifics. I know I was able to correct by editing within the capsule so, there again, it probably had to do with pasting. I generally draft in Microsoft Word before pasting into capsules

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      BlossomSBposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you. I'll try that - hope it works as it really looks strange the way it is.

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   Howard S.posted 11 years ago

   @Matthew Meyer: For an example, see the first capsule in my unpublished sandbox hub http://howards.hubpages.com/hub/Hubs-on. In that links capsule, the url looks fine, but the title that is auto-generated requires editing to replace the hexa-octal whatever code with legible punctuation. This is most evident with the links capsule open and attempting to add a url where the title contains an apostrophe.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I will do some research so I can send this to our engineering team.
      Are there other capsules that have seen the same issue?

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   Howard S.posted 11 years ago

   @Matthew, it does not affect text capsules or Amazon capsules. I did not test further. If I have seen it elsewhere in the past, it was perhaps on RSS or News--now irrelevant.

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   Howard S.posted 11 years ago

   @Matthew: Your example does not illustrate the problem. Use a url with an apostrophe. I gave an example awhile ago (you have access to my unpublished hubs, right?) This is what the capsule in that hub looks like:
   
   Er, not sure why it's not displaying here.
   

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