Link List XML Character Issues

[sfinsf]

Just a note for other s9y users who (like me) are not XML experts, and encounter XML-based plugins...

When using plugins like "Link List" where you need to code in XML, remember to be mindful of XML reserved characters. I forgot that ampersands cannot be used with XML without escaping it some way, and it kept messing up my sidebar links.

More info about this specific problem here:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum26/336.htm
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... L.90).aspx

(Actually I just used the word "and" instead of an ampersand... that works fine too! )

[Don Chambers]

It is not just an XML issue... you should never really use the ampersand by itself anywhere, such as in entries, links, etc. & is always the way to go.