Using/ in discussion does crash the discussion

elja

I did install and I am using Vanilla forum for the first time.
This is my forum :
http://senioren-reisgenoot.allerbest.nl/forum/

With testing everything did look fine.
I did get my first visitor that registered and posted. And then things went wrong. In the discussion title he posted :

Zeilzwerftocht Friesland 7/10 augustus 2014

And at that moment when you try to read the discussion : The forum get a File not Found problem.

I started thinking. And got the Idea that the slash could be the problem. Changed the title, and than it was OK.

Is it possible to solve this problem. I think that more people would put a / in the title in my forum.

Thanks,
Elja

elja

I use Vanilla version 2.1

elja

I have a test site set up. You can see the problem on the test site in discussion "weg van 4/4"
http://40pkus-reisgenoot.allerbest.nl/discussions

x00

that is a server 404 not a vanilla 404 you can tell the difference:

http://40pkus-reisgenoot.allerbest.nl/discussion/8

That mean it is your server rules that aren't resolving the url, vanilla hasn't been reached.

elja

And a % in the title gives a Internal Server Error

elja

@x00
And how can I solve the problem?

I´am just a simple person. When I install a CMS and do nothing special I have the expectation that something basic as starting a discussion would work well

whu606

@elja‌

Vanilla 2.1 works fine 'out of the box'.

You must have done 'something' or it would be working.

Did you move any files/folders after your testing?

elja

I did not move file´s or folders. I only installed and removed theme folders, plugin folders and installed application folder

elja

And I have the same problem with both installs, When I would have deleted something accidentally, I would have made the same mistake twice? I do not think so.

elja

Total clean installation. Done because the of the questions here. Nothing else done. Only did the installation.
Same problems
http://testen.allerbest.nl/

elja

Sorry url is here http://testen.allerbest.nl/

x00

sorry to be clear, it doesn't matter what you do with vanilla becuase it hasn't got to vanilla yet. This is a server level issue.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9206835/2f-in-url-breaks-and-does-not-reference-to-the-php-file-required

whu606

@elja‌

As you probably saw, I registered on your test site to have a look.

As you can see from here:

http://barspetsa.org/whu606wayback/

there is no problem with / in the title of my install, so this issue has to do specifically with your setup.

x00

@whu606 is to do with url encoded slashes, and the restriction is to do with apache security.

elja

I just dit install WordPress http://oef.allerbest.nl/
And I can put slashes and % in the titles of posts. So It is possible to make a programm that works with % an slashes in titles

x00

@elja said:
I just dit install WordPress http://oef.allerbest.nl/
And I can put slashes and % in the titles of posts. So It is possible to make a programm that works with % an slashes in titles

you are not using any url scheme just post numbers, yet it is possible but you have to substitute the slash with something else.

x00

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

whu606

@elja

And as I showed you, it is possible to do with Vanilla.

See here, where there is a random mix of both / and % in a title, with no problem:

http://barspetsa.org/whu606wayback/discussion/7183/this-discussion-has-a-two-a-single-and-a-followed-by-a#latest

Unless you accept that the issue is to do with how your set up is relating to Vanilla, rather than an issue specific to Vanilla, you will not be able to resolve it.

x00

Sure then can change the slug function Gdn_Format::Url() but this is relatively minor issue, so may no get into any update in 2.1 of course you can post a ticket here:

https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues

otherwise change your apache settings

elja

I thank you @x00 and @whu606 for trying to help me.
So you know what the problem cause is. It takes some time to look at all you wrote.

whu606

@elja‌

I can't say what is causing it, but if you look at this file (attached), you can see that the link to your discussion (which doesn't resolve) contains %20 in place of spaces, whereas mine (which does resolve) contains -

I don't think it is the issue, but in config.php do you have:

$Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = TRUE;

My link ignores the / sign, but your link translates it to %2F