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1. firstbaptistfulton
   Member
   Jul 12, 2011, 8:59 PM

   My blog is a link. All my blogs go to iTunes as a podcast. All works except the links that contain an apostrophe. The blog link that contains an apostrophe will not produce a valid RSS feed. What should be the replacement for the apostrophe in my link? My blog is sent to Feedburner and then to iTunes. Here's my link that contains the apostrophe:

   http://www.firstbaptistfulton.org/clientimages/29972/05-22-11%20embracing%20god\'s%20divine%20plan%20for%20our%20lives.mp3
   Blog url: http://firstbaptistfulton.wordpress.com/

2. macmanx
   Happiness Engineer
   Jul 12, 2011, 9:08 PM

   It should work properly. Try editing the link via the HTML editor tab and re-typing the apostrophe.

3. firstbaptistfulton
   Member
   Jul 13, 2011, 1:19 PM

   I tried re-typing the apostrophe but it still doesn't populate the podcast through the RSS feed. Any idea on what character(s) should replace the apostrophe? or any other suggestions?

4. hanni
   Staff
   Jul 13, 2011, 2:50 PM

   I've replaced the apostrophe with it's corresponding HTML entity:

   '

   Can you see if this makes iTunes happier?

5. firstbaptistfulton
   Member
   Jul 13, 2011, 3:52 PM

   Thanks! I'll try this.....so all I do is put a \ before the apostrophe?

6. hanni
   Staff
   Jul 13, 2011, 7:48 PM

   Hm, my apologies, it looks like that didn't quite come through as I'd intended - you can find the HTML entity you need to add on this page:

   http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp (it starts with &#3)

7. firstbaptistfulton
   Member
   Jul 14, 2011, 5:18 PM

   well, I replaced the apostrophe with ' and still nothing in iTunes. do I replace the apostrophe on the link or just on the html part? Here's my new link:

   http://www.firstbaptistfulton.org/clientimages/29972/05-22-11%20embracing%20god's%20divine%20plan%20for%20our%20lives.mp3

8. designsimply
   Staff
   Jul 14, 2011, 5:36 PM

   You should not use special characters in file names if you can help it. If programs like iTunes are unable to interpret the links you're creating, then I would recommend adjusting the way you name your files. Short names with dashes instead of spaces are better.

9. firstbaptistfulton
   Member
   Jul 14, 2011, 6:13 PM

   thanks but I'm linking to a secondary source so I don't control how it's named.

10. designsimply
    Staff
    Jul 14, 2011, 8:34 PM

    Okay, however, keep in mind that file names on the web shouldn't really have special characters like apostrophes and spaces in them. If you find another source for saving your files with special characters, you may still run into the same problems at iTunes.

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