Ampersand in link description text?
- by kitenski
I am validating my site using validator.w3.org and have an issue where there is a & in my link description text.
ie this is taken from the source
<a class='tag' href='/php/iphone software.php?function=developer&dev=witch%26wizards+inc.&store=143441'>witch&wizards inc.</a>
Which gives me this error in the validator
Line 188, Column 540: cannot generate
system identifier for general entity
"wizards"
…6wizards+inc.&store=143441'witch&wizards
inc.
If I urlencode the description then the validation passes, but the user then sees the text displayed urlencoded, ie
Developer witch%26wizards+inc.
However I believe it's much more user friendly if this was displayed unencoded, ie
Developer witch&wizards inc.
Is there a way to pass validation but still have user friendly text displayed?
Thanks,
Greg