URLs with parameters deemed invalid

[benbalter]

Have a page with the URL http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=drupal, which HTML proofer complains: ./_site/2014/07/07/analysis-of-federal-executive-domains-part-deux/index.html: (http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=drupal) is an invalid URL.

The URL returns a 50x (my fault), but should still be seen as a valid URL.

[doktorbro]

Your URL is invalid because it’s bracketed:

(http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=drupal)

Proofer doesn’t add brackets to the error message. Looks like a markdown leftover to me.

[doktorbro]

@benbalter I can see the invalid URL in your article.

 <li>Of those with a CMS, Drupal is still by far the most popular (<a href="(http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=drupal)">100+ sites</a>), with <a href="http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=wordpress">WordPress powering 14 sites</a>  and <a href="http://dotgov-browser.herokuapp.com/domains?cms=joomla">Joomla powering 7</a></li>

[benbalter]

[parkr]

When Markdown goes too far