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    Another URL parsing bug

    Add this to the list ever growing list.

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

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

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

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

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    www.hexus.net ---- see?
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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    thank god!

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    About bloody time!

    Testing:

    http://www.play.com

    play.com

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    <snip>
    Last edited by DavidM; 31-07-2008 at 10:44 AM.

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidM View Post
    It was a clever idea... but...
    ...someone somewhere should have actually tested it before releasing or installing on a production forum.

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    About bloody time!

    Rude? Yep and unreasonable...

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    ...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&#37; 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.
    Last edited by DR; 06-05-2008 at 01:03 PM.

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

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

    Not nice is it?

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    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.

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    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.

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    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'?

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    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!

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    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

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    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

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    Re: Another URL parsing bug

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

    ie <title>';DROP TABLE *</tiltle> didn't get it
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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