Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

I do not have root access to the server for the moment.

A temporary solution could be to avoid the use of this special character (+)
in the username. Is that possible?

Laurent


2008/12/4 Daniel Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> This is because the + sign is treated as a space in queries and you are
> rewriting paths to queries.
>
> This is a known issue with using rewrite rules (which are basically a
> poor hack) to manage short urls. The best way to do short urls is with a
> Alias line which can only be done if you have root access to the webserver.
>
> Though, I also have an even better method for nginx users.
>
> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire)
> ~Profile/Portfolio: http://nadir-seen-fire.com
> -The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com)
> --It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com)
> --The ElectronicMe project (http://electronic-me.org)
> -Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
> --Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com)
> --Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com)
>
> Wikimini wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > First sorry for my poor english.
> >
> > I'm running Mediawiki 1.13.0 on a production web site for children and
> > noticed a (big) problem on users pages whose names contain a "+".
> >
> > Here is an example with user P6++
> >
> > When I access :
> >  > http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++,
> > I'm redirected to :
> >
> >> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6 (without ++) !!!
> >>
> >
> > I've just created a similar account on Wikipedia fort testing purposes.
> >
> > When I access :
> >
> >> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++
> >>
> > I get the page :
> >
> >> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++ (with ++) !!!
> >>
> >
> > Actually the problem seems to be specific to the "+" sign. For example,
> > http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:!!!$$zOuzOu$$!<http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:%21%21%21$$zOuzOu$$%21>!!
> is working fine!
> >
> > This problem is really annoying as the
> > http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++ page shows an empty page
> even
> > if there is some content on it!
> >
> > Could someone help?
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > HTACCESS info:
> >
> > In the root, I have an htaccess file with the following content:
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > Options +FollowSymlinks
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> > RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
> > Options -Indexes
> >
> > In the fr folder, I have another htaccess file with the following
> content:
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> > RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Thank you for your help!
> >
> > Laurent
> >
>
>
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