What should replace the apostrophe in my RSS feed?

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  firstbaptistfulton · Member · Jul 12, 2011 at 8:59 pm

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  My blog is a link. All my blogs go to iTunes as a podcast. All works except the links that contain an apostrophe. The blog link that contains an apostrophe will not produce a valid RSS feed. What should be the replacement for the apostrophe in my link? My blog is sent to Feedburner and then to iTunes. Here’s my link that contains the apostrophe:

  http://www.firstbaptistfulton.org/clientimages/29972/05-22-11%20embracing%20god’s%20divine%20plan%20for%20our%20lives.mp3
  Blog url: http://firstbaptistfulton.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 12, 2011 at 9:08 pm

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  It should work properly. Try editing the link via the HTML editor tab and re-typing the apostrophe.

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  firstbaptistfulton · Member · Jul 13, 2011 at 1:19 pm

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  I tried re-typing the apostrophe but it still doesn’t populate the podcast through the RSS feed. Any idea on what character(s) should replace the apostrophe? or any other suggestions?

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  hanni · Member · Jul 13, 2011 at 2:50 pm

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  I’ve replaced the apostrophe with it’s corresponding HTML entity:

  '

  Can you see if this makes iTunes happier?

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  firstbaptistfulton · Member · Jul 13, 2011 at 3:52 pm

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  Thanks! I’ll try this…..so all I do is put a before the apostrophe?

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  hanni · Member · Jul 13, 2011 at 7:48 pm

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  Hm, my apologies, it looks like that didn’t quite come through as I’d intended – you can find the HTML entity you need to add on this page:

  http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp (it starts with &#3)

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  firstbaptistfulton · Member · Jul 14, 2011 at 5:18 pm

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  well, I replaced the apostrophe with ' and still nothing in iTunes. do I replace the apostrophe on the link or just on the html part? Here’s my new link:

  http://www.firstbaptistfulton.org/clientimages/29972/05-22-11%20embracing%20god's%20divine%20plan%20for%20our%20lives.mp3

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  designsimply · Member · Jul 14, 2011 at 5:36 pm

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  You should not use special characters in file names if you can help it. If programs like iTunes are unable to interpret the links you’re creating, then I would recommend adjusting the way you name your files. Short names with dashes instead of spaces are better.

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  firstbaptistfulton · Member · Jul 14, 2011 at 6:13 pm

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  thanks but I’m linking to a secondary source so I don’t control how it’s named.

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  designsimply · Member · Jul 14, 2011 at 8:34 pm

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  Okay, however, keep in mind that file names on the web shouldn’t really have special characters like apostrophes and spaces in them. If you find another source for saving your files with special characters, you may still run into the same problems at iTunes.