[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40139: WP 4.7.3 is misdirecting URLs

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#40139: WP 4.7.3 is misdirecting URLs
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 Reporter:  rmv           |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus         |    Version:  4.7.3
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Hi,

 My name is Rita and I am tasked with maintenance of the web site for The
 Riverview Public Library, Riverview, Michigan 48193.
 I have just installed WordPress 4.7.3 and am running the Education Hub
 theme.
 I have also just updated to Firefox Version 51.0.1 (32-bit).

 Since these updates, one of my Menu entries has suddenly become "circular"
 in that it does not allow me to access the external website for The
 Library of Michigan Catalog
 (http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/).  Instead of going to that
 address, it goes to my website = www.riverviewpubliclibrary.com and
 displays a blank page.

 Below, I have pasted the code I am using to access the TLN Catalog
 resource and for two other TLN resources I am able to access with no
 problem.

 WP Page Name:                   Catalog
 WP Permalink:
 http://www.stevenhelton.com/riverviewlibrary/Catalog/ ‎
 WP Page Content Link:           <a
 href="http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/?dt=list"><strong>Catalog</strong></a>
 TLN Site Link:
 http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/?dt=list    (Tab Name =
 Riverview Public Library)
 WP Menu Link:                   <a
 href="http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/?dt=list"><strong>Catalog</strong></a>

 Other attempts to reach the TLN Catalog include:
 Attempt 2:                      <a
 href="http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/?dt=list/"><strong>Catalog</strong></a>
 Attempt 3:                      <a
 href="http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/"><strong>Catalog</strong></a>

 In every case, the URL I am sent to is
 http://www.riverviewpubliclibrary.com/ instead of
 http://tlnl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/rivw/
 '''
 IMPORTANT NOTE:'''  If I right click on the Menu Item labeled "Catalog"
 and request that it open the page in a new Tab or a new Window, the TLN
 Catalog site opens.  However, our library patrons will be extremely
 reluctant to have to do those extra clicks.

 ============================================

 This TLN link works fine:

 WP Page Name:           MelCat
 WP Permalink:
 http://www.stevenhelton.com/riverviewlibrary/melcat-2/
 WP Page Content Link:   <a
 href="http://elibrary.mel.org/"><strong>MeLCat</strong></a>
 TLN Site Link:          http://elibrary.mel.org/        (Tab Name =
 MelCaT, the Michigan eLibrary Catalog and Resource Sharing System)
 WP Menu Link:           <a
 href="http://elibrary.mel.org/"><strong>MeLCat</strong></a>

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 This TLN link works fine:

 WP Page Name:           Research
 WP Permalink:
 http://www.stevenhelton.com/riverviewlibrary/Databases/
 WP Page Content Link:   <a href="http://tln.lib.mi.us/databases/">Online
 Catalogs & Databases</a>
 TLN Site Link:          http://tln.lib.mi.us/databases/         (Tab Name
 = Online Databases)
 WP Menu Link:           <a
 href="http://tln.lib.mi.us/databases/"><strong>Research</strong></a>

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 I sincerely hope that you can provide me with a solution to this problem.
 It does appear to be a bug in the new WordPress version or, perhaps, an
 incompatibility with the new version of Firefox.

 Please respond in as timely a way as possible.

 Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

 Rita M. Vick

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