vBulletin 3.x Bug in thread URLs related to accented characters and acronym settings

[Drift]

Using the default set of acromyms and using the word "Présentation" in your thread title causes the URL to appear as:

http://xxx/xxx-1/12345-google-page-r...xxxxxxxxx.html

But should be:

http://xxx/xxx-1/12345-presentation-xxxxxxxxxxx.html

It appears that accented characters are being treated the same as white space by the code doing the acromym replacements.

We're using the latest VBSEO version 3.5.1

[Drift]

Also notice the same issue in the above post with "Pr" underlined

[Mert Gökçeimam]

This is a vBSEO option , not a bug. Please try changing the following setting in vBSEO Cp > SEO Function > Acronym Expansion > Apply Acronym Expansion to URLs? Choose this setting NO

[Drift]

I'm not reporting the conversion of acronyms in URLs as a bug. I'm reporting the different behaviour when accented characters are/aren't used. "pr" should not be converted into "google-page-ranking" when 'pr' is found within a word.

[Mert Gökçeimam]

Nick , please check if you have an acronym defined for PR.

[Drift]

We did, but as a short term fix I removed the 'pr' one as the term's not relevant to our forums anyway.

[Mert Gökçeimam]

You can do that , vBSEO is shipped with couple defined acronym's. If they are not relevant to your forum , you should surely remove them.