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This is a discussion on users with . in their names within the Troubleshooting forums, part of the vBSEO SEO Plugin category; users who have . in their names like .ABCD. are unable to upload avatars. i have a user who's name ...
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| users with . in their names
users who have . in their names like .ABCD. are unable to upload avatars. i have a user who's name is .aftershock. and another user who's name is aftershock then 'aftershock' updates his avatar '.aftershock.'s avatar also gets updated. it started after i installed vbseo |
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Hi, To differentiate between the two users, do either of the following. 1. Manually set VBSEO_REWRITE_MEMBER_MORECHARS=1 options in the config_vbseo.php file to include "special" characters in URLs 2. OR add [user_id] part to your member profile URL format (to have both username and userid in the link) - in this case you will have clean profile URLs that will work with ANY username.
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already have it set to /user-id.html for months. i guess i'll try option # 1 too.
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Hi Zalak, I should have read your question better. Try adding the userid to the Avatar rewrite.
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| and how does one do that? thanks...
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In vbseocp.php, click "URL Rewrite Settings", then click the + next to Advanced Settings, then find "Custom Avatar Image URLs", then either choose the [userid].gif setting or define your own.
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Not using IDs. member-name.html only. When I change this using the config option above, it changes folks that had a space in their name from User-Name.html to User+Name.html If you type User-Name.html though, it still comes up. Since those are in engines already, Im guessing we would get hit with duplicate content issues. Is there a way to redirect 301 to the new style one, or do we just have to deal with it. Thanks! |
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It's recommended to include user_id in member profile URLs in case if there similar usernames on the forum. Quote:
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Thankyou this fixed a problem I had |