URL Cleaner

If you are attempting to get the web site you are building to validate according to W3C rules, but keep running into errors with liks to other websites, you have run into the Dirty URL problem.

The Problem

When the W3C Validator sees a link that contains the ampersand (&) symbol, it thinks that you are trying to insert a special character such as a non-breaking space (created by typing  ) or an ambersand (created by typing &).

The Fix

Fortunately, there is a trick that will let you keep external, non-valid links without messing up your validation: replace "naked" ampersands with their valid symbolic notation. While this can be done by hand, the form below will do this for you automatically.

The Form

Just enter the invalid URL and the text you would like displayed for the link in the boxes below and click Submit. The result will be a Clean URL that will validate.

Link URL:
Link Text:

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