URL rewrite doesn't seem to be working

Question

We have the following rewrite rules in our config:

<encodeNameReplacements>
    <replace mode="on" find="&amp;" replaceWith=",-a-," />
    <replace mode="on" find="?" replaceWith=",-q-," />
    <replace mode="on" find="/" replaceWith=",-s-," />
    <replace mode="on" find="*" replaceWith=",-w-," />
    <replace mode="on" find="." replaceWith=",-d-," />
    <replace mode="on" find=":" replaceWith=",-c-," />
    <replace mode="on" find=" " replaceWith="-" />
  </encodeNameReplacements>

However when I create new items with spaces, the urls have '%20's in them. There are no includes that are overwriting this. We did switch over to MVC renderings from Layouts a while back, could this have effected the url's?

Answer 1

Double-check the code where the URLs are being generated to ensure that you're using the LinkManager to generate your URLs and not simply the items' names or display names. This will ensure that the encodeNameReplacements are taken into account when generating the URLs.