vBa links directory will not accept affiliate URL's

[AVC]

I am trying to list affiliate link URL's in my directory and it returns "Invalid URL" when I try to enter the following link:

http://www.tinyurl.com/yeprl8

The old version would accept these but this one will not!

[Brian]

That link is returning 404 (Not Found) headers, so it looks like it's really a problem with the way they have things setup on their server. CURL functions were added in v2.0 to check the validity of links, which has a few more checks than v1.0 did. If you upgrade to 2.0 RC1 though, then there's a way around it. An option was added in RC1 so that you can change the function used to check links. Once you upgrade, you'll see a setting called 'Remote Site Function' under 'Main Options' in your vBa Links settings. Change that to 'fsockopen' instead of 'CURL' and the link should go through since fsockopen doesn't check for as many things as the CURL functions.