Well, it's always good to avoid special characters in the username. However, this really shouldn't be an issue unless you are manually typing + into the url. If you stick [[C++]] into a page those +'s should be urlencoded and links should work fine. If you're having issues, just type names in the searchbox and hit go instead of typing it in the address bar.
~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, > > 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
