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   <p class="lead">Stay up to date on the development of Bootstrap and reach out to the community with these helpful resources.</p>
   <ul>
     <li>Read and subscribe to <a href="http://blog.getbootstrap.com/">The Official Bootstrap Blog</a>.</li>
-    <li>Chat with fellow Bootstrappers using IRC in the <code>irc.freenode.net</code> server, in the <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/##bootstrap">##bootstrap channel</a>.</li>
+    <li>Chat with fellow Bootstrappers using IRC in the <code>irc.freenode.net</code> server, in the <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23bootstrap">##bootstrap channel</a>.</li>
     <li>For help using Bootstrap, ask on <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/twitter-bootstrap-3">StackOverflow using the tag <code>twitter-bootstrap-3</code></a>.</li>
     <li>Find inspiring examples of people building with Bootstrap at the <a href="http://expo.getbootstrap.com">Bootstrap Expo</a>.</li>
   </ul>