Comments on: Talking ’Bout URIs http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/ Mike Mariano on Computery Topics Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Harold http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-487 Harold Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:23:47 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-487 Thanks for your answer Mike. Fyi, this is how I ended up fixing the issue: I asked the guy who did a trackback to change his URL. Not much of a permanent solution though... Thanks for your answer Mike.

Fyi, this is how I ended up fixing the issue: I asked the guy who did a trackback to change his URL. Not much of a permanent solution though…

]]> By: Mike Mariano http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-458 Mike Mariano Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:53:35 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-458 Hi, Harold! I have not seen any indication this behavior has changed in WordPress release notes or elsewhere. My personal solution has been to manually create a Post Slug for every entry. Since I can't trust WordPress to do it for me. <strong>Bonus WordPress Failure:</strong> The link to this entry in the new, improved <a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/10/31/new-dashbaord/" rel="nofollow">WordPress.com Dashboard</a> is to <code>/2006/01/<strong>05</strong>/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/</code>, though I posted this entry at 9:42pm on January 4th, 2006. Looks like the Dashboard is creating links from scratch, and doing it with incorrect timezones! Congratulations! Hi, Harold! I have not seen any indication this behavior has changed in WordPress release notes or elsewhere.

My personal solution has been to manually create a Post Slug for every entry. Since I can’t trust WordPress to do it for me.

Bonus WordPress Failure: The link to this entry in the new, improved WordPress.com Dashboard is to /2006/01/05/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/, though I posted this entry at 9:42pm on January 4th, 2006. Looks like the Dashboard is creating links from scratch, and doing it with incorrect timezones! Congratulations!

]]> By: Harold http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-457 Harold Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:15:14 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-457 So guys... Any news about this? I have the same problem. Did you ever find a fix? So guys… Any news about this? I have the same problem. Did you ever find a fix?

]]> By: Mike Mariano http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-8 Mike Mariano Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:00:44 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-8 You're right, Eric. Your copy of WordPress is likely the one that did the percent mangling, since both <a href="http://technorati.com/search/mikemariano.com/weblog/2006/01/04/shaw-nuff/?from=http://mikemariano.wordpress.com">Technorati</a> and Feedster correctly display the link to this page. You’re right, Eric. Your copy of WordPress is likely the one that did the percent mangling, since both Technorati and Feedster correctly display the link to this page.

]]> By: Mike Mariano http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-7 Mike Mariano Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:11:48 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-7 <p>Wow! Eric, I don't even know where to start looking.</p> <p>Is everyone else keeping score? I suspected the permanent link to this page might be ugly, and it is:</p> <p><code>/talking-<strong>%e2%80%99</strong>bout-uris/</code></p> <p>Percent encoded, hideous looking, but functional. We can live with that, right? Not so fast.</p> <p>Once the trackback for this entry hit Eric's page (or perhaps as it was leaving my site in trackback form), the ugly URI had its percent signs <strong>stripped away</strong>, leaving this link on Eric's site:</p> <p><code>/talking-<strong>e28099</strong>bout-uris/</code></p> <p>That's a post to nowhere, and on WordPress.com there's no <code>.htaccess</code> to bail me out. Here at Mike's Diner it's fresh 404s, served daily.</p> <p>This was a vanity project for me, but this seems like yet another problem for people who blog using more than 26 letters. What happens if we WordPress users get a trackback from a Chinese blog? Or from <a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/"><code>ru.wikipedia.org</code></a>?</p> Wow! Eric, I don’t even know where to start looking.

Is everyone else keeping score? I suspected the permanent link to this page might be ugly, and it is:

/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/

Percent encoded, hideous looking, but functional. We can live with that, right? Not so fast.

Once the trackback for this entry hit Eric’s page (or perhaps as it was leaving my site in trackback form), the ugly URI had its percent signs stripped away, leaving this link on Eric’s site:

/talking-e28099bout-uris/

That’s a post to nowhere, and on WordPress.com there’s no .htaccess to bail me out. Here at Mike’s Diner it’s fresh 404s, served daily.

This was a vanity project for me, but this seems like yet another problem for people who blog using more than 26 letters. What happens if we WordPress users get a trackback from a Chinese blog? Or from ru.wikipedia.org?

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-6 Eric Meyer Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:03:53 +0000 http://mikemariano.wordpress.com/2006/01/04/talking-%e2%80%99bout-uris/#comment-6 Actually, it did let you down: the URL deposited in the trackback entry on my site has a mangled encoding. Now the only question is whether your copy of WP is to blame, or mine. It's probably mine. Actually, it did let you down: the URL deposited in the trackback entry on my site has a mangled encoding. Now the only question is whether your copy of WP is to blame, or mine.

It’s probably mine.

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