Trouble with plus sign in alias

[Jonny Johnson]

Whenever I use the + symbol using an alias, it does not translate in my browser. For example, I have a wolfram alias that I use to graph mathematical expressions, and whenever I use the + symbol it just becomes a space, and I have to manually edit it. Everything else works, such as -/*^(). How can I get the + to work?

[mouser]

can you show me your alias (screenshot)?

[Jonny Johnson]

Here you go

[attach]

[mouser]

Ok, so I can help

Someone made a wolfram alpha alias here:
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=18405.0

Now if you look at it, you'll see what's different between that one and yours:

[mouser]

The $$u1 is useful when you are opening urls, because it does the necessary replacement urlencoding so that urls are properly encoded when they have symbols like + or & in them.
I'm going to modify the tips on that form to give a hint about this -- it's very tricky i'll admit.

[Jonny Johnson]

Ahhh, very nice!  It's working great now, thanks Mouser.

[mouser]

Awesome 

[mouser]

Btw DC member Gothic, who did server admin for dc for a while, now works for wolfram doing server stuff.