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[Nahuel]

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When clicking on profiles that contains [ ] white spaces, the url that is generated is returning a 403 Forbidden. I see there's no longer the index.php?action=profile;u={userId}, it has now the user name /forums/profile/{username} instead and when clicked it's returning a 403

Example of users:
  https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Crimson%20Wizard/ 
  https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Postmodern%20Adventures/
 
  Username (forbidden) https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Wavey%20Games/
  Userid (good I had it from an old message sent) https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=17716

[Nahuel]

It is also impossible to send messages to those profiles:

[AGA]

This is a known issue with the rewrite plugin.  All the pages are still accessible via user ID rather than the rewritten name, like https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/pm/?sa=send;u=39 to send me a PM.

It's a bit longwinded, but if you go to https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/mlist/?sa=search and search for the username, the link in the Status column on the results page will include the user ID.  Then plug that into the address format from above, and you'll be able to do what you need.

[Khris]

Here's a GreaseMonkey script that will fix this:

Code: JavaScript

// ==UserScript==
// @name     AGS profile link fix
// @version  1
// @grant    none
// @match https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/*
// ==/UserScript==

window.addEventListener("load", function () {
  document.querySelectorAll(".poster h4 a, .postby a, .moderators a").forEach(a => {
    a.href = a.href.replace(/%20/g, "+");
  });
});

(In case you don't want to use GreaseMonkey, simply replace the spaces in the username with + symbols)

[Snarky]

That's great, Khris. Thanks! I recently had to ban a couple of accounts with spaces, and it was a bit of a pain. This'll make it a lot easier.

[AGA]

Here's a GreaseMonkey script that will fix this:

Code: JavaScript

// ==UserScript==
// @name     AGS profile link fix
// @version  1
// @grant    none
// @match https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/*
// ==/UserScript==

window.addEventListener("load", function () {
  document.querySelectorAll(".poster h4 a, .postby a, .moderators a").forEach(a => {
    a.href = a.href.replace(/%20/g, "+");
  });
});

(In case you don't want to use GreaseMonkey, simply replace the spaces in the username with + symbols)

Thanks!  I've added this to both themes' JS files, so no need for a local GreaseMonkey script.  It's not quite perfect, as there are other places profile links appear, but this is a great starting point I can use to add other classes as I find them.

[AGA]

Thanks!  I've added this to both themes' JS files, so no need for a local GreaseMonkey script.  It's not quite perfect, as there are other places profile links appear, but this is a great starting point I can use to add other classes as I find them.

Thanks, @Khris, I've adjusted it to the following, which is a bit more heavy handed, but should coves all eventualities.  Let's see if it slows things down at all!

Code: JavaScript

window.addEventListener("load", function () {
    document.querySelectorAll('a').forEach(a => {
        if (a.href.includes('https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/')) {
            a.href = a.href.replace(/%20/g, "+");
        }
    });
});

[Nahuel]

Working now, I've tested those profiles all looking good! 

[Khris]

Here's an optimized version:

Code: JavaScript

window.addEventListener("load", function() {
  document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/"]')
  .forEach(a => a.href = a.href.replace(/%20/g, "+"));
});

[AGA]

Here's an optimized version:

Code: JavaScript

window.addEventListener("load", function() {
  document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/"]')
  .forEach(a => a.href = a.href.replace(/%20/g, "+"));
});

Thanks, that's implemented!