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Old 03-02-2006, 04:51 PM
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Usernames with special characters linking to wrong user profile

If I click on -Cher- at http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/members/list/ I get the profile for Cher instead of -Cher-.
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Re: Usernames with special characters linking to wrong user profile

Names with - in them will cause issues... You'll need to add the userid to the member profile URL.
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Re: Usernames with special characters linking to wrong user profile

Hello,

here is the solution for this issue: http://www.vbseo.com/20391-post2.html
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Re: Usernames with special characters linking to wrong user profile

Quote:
- manually edit config_vbseo.php file: set VBSEO_REWRITE_MEMBER_MORECHARS option to 1
That doesn't affect the - though, does it?
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Re: Usernames with special characters linking to wrong user profile

The new release of vBSEO v2.4.1 will keep leading/trailing dashes, so it will work in the case specified as well.
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