Another URL parsing bug

[Funkstar]

Add this to the list ever growing list.

It can't handle extended characters in <title> blocks.

for example '€' gives you '€' instead.

[MD]

Removed the re-write for external URL's - it's just too unreliable.

Matt

[MD]

www.hexus.net ---- see?

[Fraz]

thank god!

[Funkstar]

About bloody time!

Testing:

http://www.play.com

play.com

[DavidM]

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[Funkstar]

Originally Posted by DavidM

It was a clever idea... but...

...someone somewhere should have actually tested it before releasing or installing on a production forum.

[DR]

Originally Posted by Funkstar

About bloody time!

Rude? Yep and unreasonable...

Originally Posted by Funkstar

...someone somewhere should have actually tested it before releasing or installing on a production forum.

Yep and when you can't do all the testing until live - you test 99% of the features and a few slip through instead of clawing it all back we decided to leave it active. Of course, with a lot of your posts you imply you can do better - why not drop a line to us - recruitment@HEXUS.net and help us out?

Would be good chap if you tried to think before you post - we are a pretty damn busy company and work our asses off day and night to make sure this place stays open, fresh and good for all that use it.

[MD]

all I can say to you Funkstar is 'yeh thanks....for nothin'

Not nice is it?

Matt.

[Funkstar]

I'm sorry for the posts, I just think it is a fairly fundamental part of the forums that kept breaking for many people and had been reported and discussed at length in the past. If it was a simple case of turning it off so easily then I can't see why it was left so long.

The second comment was aimed at the developers, who I assumed weren't you guys. I assumed it was a third party module released to the vB community.

I apologise unreservedly for my harsh and unthoughtful comments.

Neil

[DR]

Originally Posted by Funkstar

I'm sorry for the posts, I just think it is a fairly fundamental part of the forums that kept breaking for many people and had been reported and discussed at length in the past. If it was a simple case of turning it off so easily then I can't see why it was left so long.

The second comment was aimed at the developers, who I assumed weren't you guys. I assumed it was a third party module released to the vB community.

I apologise unreservedly for my harsh and unthoughtful comments.

Neil

Thanks Neil - apology accepted - please just try to think about your posts - I am convinced you don't mean any in malice but they do come across as very critical and showing little gratitude for the tons of things we do get right.

We only realized how to fix this when we were working on an off line set of code for the next generation HEXUS.community.

[dave87]

I think the reason it has been brought up so many times is also because it stands out like a sore thumb when it doesn't work.

Hexus forums seem to be one of the few I'm registered to on which everything works, and is there each time you want to look at it (unlike certain other sites which take coffee breaks whenever they feel like it).

And what's this about a 'next generation of the HEXUS.community'?

[DR]

Originally Posted by dave87

I think the reason it has been brought up so many times is also because it stands out like a sore thumb when it doesn't work.

Hexus forums seem to be one of the few I'm registered to on which everything works, and is there each time you want to look at it (unlike certain other sites which take coffee breaks whenever they feel like it).

And what's this about a 'next generation of the HEXUS.community'?

We are working our asses off to make sure that things work and uptime/speed.

... next gen? wait and see!

[dave87]

Yup, and for that we are thankful. Its just the contrast between the rest of the rather good (and continually improving) site and the minor bugs that make people complain

[DR]

Originally Posted by dave87

Yup, and for that we are thankful. Its just the contrast between the rest of the rather good (and continually improving) site and the minor bugs that make people complain

Yep - and trust us, we don't want the bugs there either, we are our own biggest critics but we would prefer constructive comments rather than ill thought out rude ones

[TheAnimus]

To be fair the bug was really anoying, but not *that* bad.

ie <title>';DROP TABLE *</tiltle> didn't get it