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  • 1.  Website Program Name Symbol

    Posted 24 days ago

    Hi there,

    Is it no longer possible to have the "&" symbol in the name of a program on a website?

    Would welcome all responses.

    Thank you!


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    Theodora Douklias
    Program Manager
    Boehringer Ingelheim GmbHCanada
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  • 2.  RE: Website Program Name Symbol

    Posted 21 days ago

    I'm pretty sure I've used them in the event titles without an issue - are you running into an error? If so, what's it say and where do you encounter it?



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    Mike Nicol
    Event Data Manager
    McKinsey & Company, Inc.United States
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  • 3.  RE: Website Program Name Symbol

    Posted 20 days ago

    Thanks Mike!  This is what my colleague (who's building the site) said:  

    "Its in the email section so all the titles in the emails that are sent, and when you click on our emails for contact us it will just say "First word of program name"  and then nothing else if the & is there. It sees the "&" and then blanks the rest out."



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    Theodora Douklias
    Program Manager
    Boehringer Ingelheim GmbHCanada
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  • 4.  RE: Website Program Name Symbol
    Best Answer

    Posted 14 days ago

    Interesting - so it sounds like you have a Contact Us widget built into the site, and the system won't populate the entire event title (assuming it's using a data tag to populate it)? That's a really specific issue and maybe something Cvent isn't aware of, so I'd recommend calling them or submitting a ticket to support.

    Maybe a workaround to this is using a custom link widget instead and adding the mailto link for your inbox to it?



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    Mike Nicol
    Event Data Manager
    McKinsey & Company, Inc.United States
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  • 5.  RE: Website Program Name Symbol

    Posted 13 days ago

    Thanks Mike - we did call Cvent support and you are correct, there is a Contact Us widget and because the title was added as a data tag in the subject line, it wasn't recognizing the symbol.  The workaround was to remove the data tag and enter the title manually.  Thanks again!



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    Theodora Douklias
    Program Manager
    Boehringer Ingelheim GmbHCanada
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