dan_the_man at telus
Dec 3, 2008, 7:45 PM
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Re: Strange behaviour on user pages whose usernames contain a "+"
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Well, it's always good to avoid special characters in the username.
However, this really shouldn't be an issue unless you are manually
typing + into the url. If you stick [[C++]] into a page those +'s should
be urlencoded and links should work fine. If you're having issues, just
type names in the searchbox and hit go instead of typing it in the
address bar.
~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire)
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Wikimini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
> I do not have root access to the server for the moment.
>
> A temporary solution could be to avoid the use of this special character (+)
> in the username. Is that possible?
>
> Laurent
>
>
> 2008/12/4 Daniel Friesen <dan_the_man[at]telus.net>
>
>
>> This is because the + sign is treated as a space in queries and you are
>> rewriting paths to queries.
>>
>> This is a known issue with using rewrite rules (which are basically a
>> poor hack) to manage short urls. The best way to do short urls is with a
>> Alias line which can only be done if you have root access to the webserver.
>>
>> Though, I also have an even better method for nginx users.
>>
>> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire)
>> ~Profile/Portfolio: http://nadir-seen-fire.com
>> -The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com)
>> --It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com)
>> --The ElectronicMe project (http://electronic-me.org)
>> -Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
>> --Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com)
>> --Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com)
>>
>> Wikimini wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First sorry for my poor english.
>>>
>>> I'm running Mediawiki 1.13.0 on a production web site for children and
>>> noticed a (big) problem on users pages whose names contain a "+".
>>>
>>> Here is an example with user P6++
>>>
>>> When I access :
>>> > http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++,
>>> I'm redirected to :
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6 (without ++) !!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've just created a similar account on Wikipedia fort testing purposes.
>>>
>>> When I access :
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I get the page :
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++ (with ++) !!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Actually the problem seems to be specific to the "+" sign. For example,
>>> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:!!!$$zOuzOu$$!<http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:%21%21%21$$zOuzOu$$%21>!!
>>>
>> is working fine!
>>
>>> This problem is really annoying as the
>>> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++ page shows an empty page
>>>
>> even
>>
>>> if there is some content on it!
>>>
>>> Could someone help?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> HTACCESS info:
>>>
>>> In the root, I have an htaccess file with the following content:
>>>
>>> RewriteEngine on
>>> Options +FollowSymlinks
>>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
>>> RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
>>> Options -Indexes
>>>
>>> In the fr folder, I have another htaccess file with the following
>>>
>> content:
>>
>>> RewriteEngine on
>>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>>> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
>>> RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> Thank you for your help!
>>>
>>> Laurent
>>>
>>>
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