Invalid Url for Web Content Overlay

I am constantly getting this error when I try to upload a page with a web content overlay -- i even get thi smessage if i try to upload http://google.com.
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This link is likely being redirected, and redirects aren't allowed in Web Content overlays. For example, http://www.google.com will work, but http://google.com won't. Check the URL on a mobile device. A lot of sites get redirected to the mobile version: http://twitter.com becomes http://mobile.twitter.com.

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Short of dismantling and recreating a page how do i find out whats causing [Error: Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay]

Hi,
i received an indesign file to include in a folio that had links to the creators desktop where they had the assets for the web content overlay. When i try to update the folio i get the error message:
"Content generation error.
[Error: Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay]"
Which is fair enough.
The problem is, i have gone through and changed all URLs that I can see, but there is one somewhere, that I just can't find.
Is there a way to get a list of all web content overlays in a particular file? otherwise i will need to recreate the whole page again, and it has some pretty complex interactions which i rather wouldn't do.
I also cannot ask the original doc creator to just change the links as i'm sure he'll have the same issues as me, at not being able to track down the erroneous link.
The problem I have with DPS is that its not very transparent. you'll have to click on everything, and into every group to see what actions are on it, which can be extremely time consuming and frustrating when complex interactions are included.
thanks in advance for any assistance

I’ve found watching the process helpful to narrow down the page.
Working off a duplicate of the file, delete one layer at a time until you figure out what layer the problem is on.
From there it’s a bit easier to narrow down.

Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay. Help?

I am doing a french tranlation to an existing folio app that someone else created.
There is one page in my folio that is comprised of garbage and a trash can. You touch the garbage and drag it into the trash, and things change, etc.
I have an index.html file and a bunch of other images.
I can't even successfully add the article to my folio, I get this warning: Content Generator Error. Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay.
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When you specify the .html file, all the content in that folder is uploaded automatically. Here's an article about Web Content overlays:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/digitalpubsuite/using/WS9293e1fb3b977c5c73657495129f66e490f-7f fa.html
And here's an article and video about HTML articles:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/digitalpubsuite/using/WS67cb9e293e2f1f60530cf39c12f5fcd6d46-80 00.html

Content generation error: invalid url for web content overlay

Hi,
I am having an error message " content generation error: invalid url for web content overlay" when I want to upload the article.
I don't have any link with that article and this is my 1st time having this kind of error. I am using indesign CC
Please help.
Thanks,
Rush O

I’ve found watching the process helpful to narrow down the page.
Working off a duplicate of the file, delete one layer at a time until you figure out what layer the problem is on.
From there it’s a bit easier to narrow down.

Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay, ERROR!!!!!!

Hello All,
I'm hoping someone can help me with this error, I was working on my indesign file and was testing it out locally, then I went on to upload my file and I got prompt to install a new version of the Folio panel which I did, now every time I try to upload my file I get this "ERROR: Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay", I've searched around and have not come up with an answer. Not sure if its a bug on the new update or what. I tried some troubleshooting which this is what i did. I copied my first page of my document onto a different file and tried to upload one page and then i got the error but then I deleted the images and just left one text box and it uploaded my file without any issues, strange huh. Any ideas????

I was having the same problem with both hyperlinks and buttons in one particular file -- "Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay." It seems to only be a problem in files where I had a link or button previously, and then deleted the object. When I create a new object and create a link or button, it's as though the old link is still lingering somewhere in the file! However, none of the old links is listed in the hyperlinks panel before I create a new one.
This occurred while I was teaching a DPS class, using the Adobe courseware (sight unseen by any proofreader, I believe). In one of the exercise files, the steps for the student to create hyperlinks and buttons had already been done, so I deleted the hyperlinks. (I think I deleted the text frames that contained them, but I'm not sure.) I never had a problem with it UNTIL I downloaded the Overlay Creator/Folio Builder dated June 19 (v21, I think).
In the same file, I also had problems with a NAVTO link, . I don't think there were any NAVTO links in any earlier version of the file, at least none that I ever created or deleted.
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Hi Bob, thankyou very much for coming back on this. The flag is coming up towards the end of the preview process on desk top. I have made dozens if not hundreds on my two published apps on the app store, but have not done an update for nearly a year, in which time I have needed a refresher, and as usual went to Lynda. In this case I have followed to the letter your DPS course, which is great, and I found the process of making the scrolling panels somewhat easier than when I started 2-3years ago. Initially I was mystified that the flag talked about url and web content, but just put it down to something I had missed in recent improvements in CC.
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mp4
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Web Content overlay error

Not sure why I am getting this error all of a sudden, but when I try to create a Web Content overlay by linking to a local html file I am getting a "Scrip Alert: Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay".
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I am using InDesign CS 5.5 on Windows 7 64-bit. Any ideas?
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Web Content Overlay Link to the HTML Resources

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Does anyone know what should go inside of "URL or File" field for the Web Content overlay if I need file from the HTMLResources.zip?
DPS documentation is very unclear/confusing (e.g. there is no ".html" at the end):
For the file inside of HTMLResources.zip with this path:
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Thank you, joev and Bob,
Update to the text below: I just realized that documentation explains how to call some file from the HTML content of the Web Content Overlay, not how to get the HTML content inside the Web Content Overlay. I can probably do redirect to the train1.html from plain HTML code inserted into Web Content Overlay. So there is no way to use link to the file as for the http://webServerPath/Cartoons/train1.html?
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HTMLResources.zip/Cartoons/train1.html
HTMLResources.zip/Cartoons/train1.png - referenced inside train1.html
If I use http URL, e.g.
http://webServerPath/Cartoons/train1.html
then everything works, if I try to set that URL to the HTMLResources:
../../../HTMLResources/Cartoons/train1
or
../../../HTMLResources/Cartoons/train1.html
I'm getting an error, even documentation explains what link should be used.
Workaround when we just use the local HTML folder also works.
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I have already come across these "solutions".
I am on v27 and have been since its release.
I have tried method number one. It partially works however it is buggy. When the overlay initially loads, it flashes the Twitter URL before showing the feed in the overlay frame on the article. Additionally, it sometimes flashes back and forth from the Twitter Feed's URL and displaying the feed itself. This, for me is not a wholly valid solution but it will do for now since the only thing that remotely works. I suspect the URL flash has alot to do with the network connectivity of the device one is viewing the feed on. However, to flash that URL before the feed loads makes the overlay appear buggy.
And the second method most definitely crashes ID ever single time I attempt to preview the overlay either on desktop or iPad. And I have tried this method on several different machines, thinking it was my copy of ID. It still crashes upon preview, so mehtod two is not a valid solution at all, unless there is something special that needs to be in the HTML file (besides the twitter widget) for it to not crash ID, that I am unaware of.
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Web Content Overlay | Local images do not load

Hi there,
the tutorial for the Web Content Overlay says, that you have to place all images and scripts in the same file folder, as the html-file itself, when you are using a local html-page.
example:
index.html
pic1.png
pic2.jpg
Unfortunatlly it isn`t working. Why? Any ideas? The pictures are not visible on my device or the folie preview builder.
And yes, if I open the html in my browser (like firefox or chrome) it works well.
It works only with pictures, which are hosted online on a server.
Thanks for answering.
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It finally works!
I tried a lot, but now I know the misstake/failure/bug.
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Link from Web Content overlay to another article

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In theory, I ought to be able to reduce the file size of the pages containing these panels if I was to replace the vertical scrolling content frame with a tall Web Content frame that would point to an appropriately designed HTML doc in HTMLResources.zip. This would minimise repetition of all those thumbnails.
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This is probably a simple fix, but I haven't been able to find it and don't know HTML very well.
After loading a web content overlay, we would like to include a button that lets the user exit back out to the page they originated on.
Right now, we us a navto to go back to the specific page, but now the same overlay will be used on several pages of the folio, and we need the user to be able to go back to the exact page they came from.
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I'm not aware of an easy way to "close" an activated Web Content overlay. I suppose you could display the web content in the in-app browser using a Go To URL link. Users would tap a button, view the HTML contents in the in-app browsers, and then tap the Close button. But that might not work for your design. Another possibility is to put the overlay in an MSO state that includes a button that switches to a different state. Again, it depends on your design.
You can report feature requests here: www.adobe.com/go/wish

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You may program local HTML file, that will check connection and either will display the 'this page requires an internet connection' message or will redirect user to the server's page. Then point to it from "URL or File" field for the Web Content overlay, so it will be saved inside the folio and will be available if no internet connection.

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