Wrong character in URL title

Lian · #1 08-25-2006, 04:11 AM

Hello,

we get wrong URL titles on our forums when using "Automatically parse links in text" if the titel contains special chars like the german umlauts (äöü).

How can I fix this?

See here for a sample: Grafik in Signatur des OWA verwenden?

"MSXFAQ.DE - EventDisclaimer einfÃ¼gen" should be "MSXFAQ.DE - EventDisclaimer einfügen"

Thanks,
Lian

Philipp Herbers · #2 08-28-2006, 12:37 PM

Hey Lian,

it should work when "Replace Non-English Characters in URLs?" is disabled. If not, you have to add it manually within the following array in the config_vbseo.php file:

PHP Code:

  $vbseo_custom_char_replacement = array( 
'Ä' => 'ae' 
);

Oleg Ignatiuk · #3 08-28-2006, 04:20 PM

Hello Lian,

this happens because target site uses UTF-8 encoding, while your forum wotks in ISO-8859-1.

Lian · #4 08-30-2006, 06:21 PM

Thanks, I see

I'll test Philipp's ideas.

Lian · #5 03-25-2008, 10:37 AM

Would it be possible to change the UTF-8 title to ISO-8859-1 via PHP?

As we are a german forum, we frequently see this error hapen, a fix for this would be awesome.

Thanks

Oleg Ignatiuk · #6 03-25-2008, 11:55 AM

Hello,

you can use iconv PHP extension to convert it: PHP: iconv - Manual

MediaHound · #7 03-28-2008, 01:55 PM

This looks like a good thread to post my question -
This character:
•
appears in titles as •
Is there some list of common replacements or some other fix that will handle most of these html character replacements?
I tried editing

PHP Code:

      // ****** CUSTOM CHARACTER REPLACEMENTS ******
    // The following array enables you to select a replacement for characters other than the ones replaced
    // by default.
    $vbseo_custom_char_replacement = array(
    );

however the bullet does not like my clipboard on this computer, textpad shows a foreign character... a little guidance here would be much appreciated to help me parse out this, and other, html characters in my titles.

Oleg Ignatiuk · #8 03-28-2008, 07:17 PM

Hello,

it should be removed from URL by vBSEO.

MediaHound · #9 03-28-2008, 08:17 PM

Hi,
It's showing in the url the html entity as •

Oleg Ignatiuk · #10 03-28-2008, 08:20 PM

Can you please provide an example URL? What is your setting for "Remove non-English characters" option?

Lian · #11 04-01-2008, 04:39 AM

Thanks, Oleg - why is it more difficult than replacing some characters?

Any chance to see this in a future vBSEO Version? Is this already changed here? It doesn't happen here?
I see that this site is on ISO-8859-1, too

Another example of such an URL
heise online - Gegenwärme führt zu effizienter Kühlung von Prozessoren

Quote:

Originally Posted by MediaHound

This looks like a good thread to post my question

Oleg Ignatiuk · #12 04-01-2008, 05:23 AM

Do you have iconv module for PHP installed on your server?

Lian · #13 04-01-2008, 08:17 AM

Yes:

Quote:

iconv support enabled
iconv implementation glibc
iconv library version 2.3.4

Oleg Ignatiuk · #14 04-01-2008, 01:19 PM

Looks like heise.de is not UTF8 though.

Lian · #15 04-01-2008, 03:12 PM

Hmm, I see.

This one should be, produces errors as well:
Sample: MSXFAQ.DE - EventDisclaimer einfügen
Appears as "MSXFAQ.DE - EventDisclaimer einfÃ¼gen" on our forums.

How come it does not appear as broken as on our forums?

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