Enabling the name of department into a link

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  • 07/31/2014 at 5:27 pm #299279
    Leris Hambleton
    Guest

    Hi there,
    Thanks so much for this plugin.

    I have the plugin working the way we need it and have enabled the name of the department into a link (Connections > Settings > Advanced) and the link shows but the URL shows with plus signs i.e. if the department name is Financial Aid the link is Financial+Aid, if the department name is Technology Services the link is Technology+Services. In WordPress the page name convention is to separate them with dashes and I cannot find a way to name a page Financial+Aid or Technology+Services. What do I need to do make the link appear with dashes?

    BTW, if I enable the name it shows correct i.e. Peter Smith will be peter-smith.

    Thanks so much for your time,

    Leris

    07/31/2014 at 5:50 pm #299283
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Leris

    Sorry that can not be changed because the department name (actually all fields other than the Name) use URL encoding of the actual value entered into the field because there is no “slug” created for it like there is for the name. The URL encoding for a space is a plus sign (or can be %20). When the link is clicked, Connections decodes the URL and performs a search, limited in this case to the department field. This is effectively really not any different than doing a search using the search input. Put another way, the links, even though they are “pretty permalinks”, are direct links to specialized search/filters.

    I hope that helps!

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