Learn how to fix web links containing special characters (sub-delimiters) that open as downloadable files or plain text instead of web pages in Elvanto. Following these steps ensures your shared URLs open directly in a new browser tab as intended.
Step 4: Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Copy the original URL from your source or address bar.
2. Identify any raw reserved sub-delimiter characters (see list below for those that apply) within the URL string. These 11 special characters cause Elvanto's link parser to misinterpret the link:
| Reserved Character | Character Name | Percent-Encoded Equivalent |
! | Exclamation Mark | %21 |
$ | Dollar Sign | %24 |
& | Ampersand | %26 |
' | Single Quote / Apostrophe | %27 |
( | Left Parenthesis | %28 |
) | Right Parenthesis | %29 |
* | Asterisk | %2A |
+ | Plus Sign | %2B |
, | Comma | %2C |
; | Semicolon | %3B |
= | Equals Sign | %3D |
Replace each reserved character in your link with its corresponding Percent-Encoded Equivalent from the table above (or shorten the link to its clean base path).
Example with parentheses:
[https://www.multitracks.com/songs/Elevation-Worship/Jesus-Be-The-Name/Jesus-Be-The-Name-(feat.-Tiffany-Hudson)-Live/]Corrected encoded URL:
[https://www.multitracks.com/songs/Elevation-Worship/Jesus-Be-The-Name/Jesus-Be-The-Name-%28feat.-Tiffany-Hudson%29-Live/]
Paste the corrected URL into the URL / Target Link Field in Elvanto.
Save your changes.
Troubleshooting & FAQs
Why does Elvanto treat these URLs as downloadable files?
When Elvanto's rich-text parser encounters raw sub-delimiters like ( or &, it cannot validate the string as a safe hyperlink. To prevent rendering errors, the system defaults to outputting the input string as a plain binary/text attachment.
Parentheses are fixed, but the link still opens as a file. What else should I check?
Scan the full URL path and query parameters for any of the other 9 sub-delimiters (such as !, $, ', *, +, ,, ;, =). Any raw instance of these 11 characters will trigger the same file-download behavior until encoded.