Velocity token: traceable links fail, but work if non traceable

[Grégoire_Miche2]

Dear all,

we have the following code in a velocity token:

#set($downloadLink={

  "BPDCS":{

  "title":"BPD Case Study",

  "link":"infos.inficiences.com/rs/593-IYJ-660/images/Inficiencespartners-casestudy-bpd-digitalisation-marketing-systeme-information-marketing-commercial.pdf"

  },

  "DACS":{

  "title":"Deny All Case Study",

  "link":"infos.inficiences.com/rs/593-IYJ-660/images/Inficiencespartners-casestudy-denyall-marketing-automation.pdf"

  },

    "IVCS":{

  "title":"Infovista Case Study",

  "link":"infos.inficiences.com/rs/593-IYJ-660/images/Inficiencespartners-casestudy-infovista-systeme-information-marketing.pdf"

  },

  "EBSCS":{

  "title":"ESSEC Case Study",

  "link":"infos.inficiences.com/rs/593-IYJ-660/images/Inficiencespartners-casestudy-essec-conception-deploiement-strategie-acquisition-nurturing.pdf"

  },

  "KDSCS":{

  "title":"KDS Case Study",

  "link":"infos.inficiences.com/rs/593-IYJ-660/images/Inficiencespartners-casestudy-kds-nouvelles-pratiques-generation-demande-automatisee.pdf"

  }

})

<ul>

#foreach ($key in $lead.downloadcenter.split("[;]"))

#set ($key = ${key.trim()})

      <li><a href="http://${downloadLink.get($key).link}" target="_blank" class="mktNoTrack">$downloadLink.get($key).title</a></li>

#end

</ul>

It works well. But if we remove the class="mktNoTrack" from the <a> tag, the links generated raise a DNS error:

any hint ?

-Greg

[SanfordWhiteman]

Let's reduce the problem surface. Does this happen if only a single <a> is output?

[Grégoire_Miche2]

Hi Sanford,

<a href="http://${downloadLink.get($key).link}" target="_blank">$downloadLink.get($key).title</a>

Will raise the error, showing that the ${downloadLink.get($key).link} is apparently not resolved in the script. I also have tried to add a dummy class (class="whatever"), but the error remains.

<a href="http://${downloadLink.get($key).link}" target="_blank" class="mktNoTrack">$downloadLink.get($key).title</a>

Works perfectly well.

http://${downloadLink.get($key).link}

Works well, displaying the plain URL in the email.

I have set up a test program that can be fired here: Download Center Test-inficiences the email will have the 3 links

This seems to me like a bug.

-Greg