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maddie_jtf
maddie_jtf
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February 9, 2021
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Velocity script link is getting "%0D" added at the end breaking the link

  • February 9, 2021
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Hi everyone, 

 

I have the following situation: I'm using a very simple Velocity script in an email to display a link to a different landing page depending on which course someone completed. We also have UTM parameters added to the links in an email using a variable at template level.

 

The script is working - as in it's pushing the correct link. The problem is that the link in the email is seemingly broken and redirects me to the website's homepage, as there's %0D added between the link and the UTM parameters.  I can't figure out where the extra characters are coming from - I've checked the template and there's nothing in there, plus other emails without the Velocity script work fine. 

 

The script I'm using is:

#if (${lead.Training_Expert_Complete__c}=="1") https://info.jtfmarketing.co/Post-Training-Survey-Expert.html #else https://info.jtfmarketing.co/training-evaluation.html #end

 

I'd appreciate any support you could provide.

 

Thanks,

Maddie

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
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February 9, 2021

Few things here.

 

No need for the formal references ({}) — those will only cause confusion. And the == operator is buggy in some hard-to-detect ways, so always use .equals().

#if( $lead.Training_Expert_Complete__c.equals("1") ) https://info.jtfmarketing.co/Post-Training-Survey-Expert.html #else https://info.jtfmarketing.co/training-evaluation.html #end

 

Now, those aren't contributing to this particular case. What you're actually seeing is exactly what you're typing: you have a line break at the end of those lines. That's a %0D.  You can suppress it:

#if( $lead.Training_Expert_Complete__c.equals("1") ) https://info.jtfmarketing.co/Post-Training-Survey-Expert.html## #else https://info.jtfmarketing.co/training-evaluation.html## #end

 

But this is likely to disrupt processing, and is not recommended, because there's another more fundamental problem: the entire link should be output from Velocity. That is, the <a> through the </a> should all come from the Velocity token. This is the only supported method to get tracked & intact links.

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