[Framers] active URLs spanning more than one line

[Carol J. Elkins]

Thanks Oran! Having overwritten the original problem URL, I can't 
test it now to see if the hyphens were the problem. They are not 
causing a problem in the "fixed" URL.

I hadn't realized that hyphens were on the do-not-use list for 
page-link URLs. I know that one should not use hypens in a domain 
name (e.g., thisdomainname.com), but I can't find an authoritative 
source than condemns hyphens in page-link URLs (e.g., 
thisdomainname.com/linktoapage.htm). Although debated, I can find 
plenty of non-authoritative sources that say hyphens are preferred 
over underscores in page-link URLs. Can you point me to a source that 
I can use if I pass this recommendation on to my clients?

Regardless, I can't do much with URLs that are not of my design, but 
I will remember your suggestion when troubleshooting this problem if 
it happens again.

Carol

At 01:54 PM 6/15/2017, you wrote:
>I have experienced issues with URL's that have hyphens. I did not 
>include the http://. they began with www. These resolved to garbage 
>in the pdf. URLs without http:// and no hyphen resolved correctly. 
>Frame assumes the http:// in most cases. While your problem is 
>somewhat different, I surmise that the several hyphens in your long 
>string are the issue. The fact that only the https:// is hot further 
>supports this premise.
>
>For troubleshooting, I would remove the hyphens to confirm the 
>quality of the resulting link, particularly the hot portion. Of 
>course it will not work, but you will have discovered the problem. 
>In general, I have found that hyphens in URLs are a bad idea.
>Oran Petersen